Show V HARDWARE BUSINESS IMPROVES Business In the wholesale hardware line Is looking up and a further in increase in in- crease and more stability may Defor be De looked for In the near future according according accord accord- ing to tho those so who are active in the field After an exceedingly slow year I business along this line took a turn for tor the better about the of September last year and and I since that time a small but gradual Increase has been felt by practically every y wholesale wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale hardware house in salt SaIl City Purchases by retailers retailers' are still be beIng being being be- be ing made In small lots but on the whole these purchases are becoming more and more frequent Wholesaling ing In hardware as as' as asin in most other I lines Is more or less marking time taking new business as tt t comes waiting waitIng waiting wait wait- ing on a reopening of the states state's metal mines The Strevell Paterson n company re reports reports reports re- re ports business about 75 per cent of ot normal The largest Imp importer of at American passenger automobiles during the latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter part of at the year just gone was Mexico followed by Australia Canada and the United Kingdom As regards Mexico heads the list followed by Japan British Oceania Canada and The Netherlands A decided improvement In the market market mar mar- ket for American motor trucks has become evident In due to better roads While activity In the Belgian yarn rm market following the rise In raw cotton cot cot- tot ton prices has become less marked since inc the price of the r raw w staple showed signs of wavering Belgian spinners for the tho most part have orders ahead for tor three months of normal production pro pro- and are not promising delivery II on new or orders especially on carded cotton cotton yarns under four or five I months |