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Show General Trade Rapidly Gaining By Ira C. Tichenor ; j ALTnOUGII lome conserTativ bankers who spoke at thf recent ronvfntion of the Amnrirau RauktW anooiatiou expressed the I opinion that the long liquidation process in inany communities has not yet been completed, that the thawing out procens is still to be! carried on In som. Unci of trsdi, and that th. most healthy conJV.Ion of j business will not h. ushered In until these processes hve been completed. It li quite, evident business conditions as a whols have. Improved to such an extent during- the present year that It ran be declared as more than I satisfactory. . j Unquestionably, and quite naturally, there remain a few tender jpots. both as to certain Industries and as to certain comparatively small and scattered sections ot the country, but these gradually are being eliminated; as a -result of the general forward movement and sooner or later will be wiped out completely. . . Seemingly there exists only one drawback to any remarkable further. Increase within a comparatively short time. This Is the near approach to a car ahortage, which condition, by the way, offers ample proof of the prevftlllnftT bualnens activity. The loadings during; the week ended September j . tl tha latest for which estimate statistic, are available, amounted to 973,000. " cars, which Is new high record for the year and almost 100,000 cars greater than that of tha corresponding; week of 1921. Tha near approach to a car shortace naturally Is due to the shopmen's j strike, but with the gradual settlement uf this difficulty It Is confidently i expected that the ahortage will not prove serious or of Ions; duration. More , cars than ordinarily used are being: employed in shipments of coat to offset the deficiency In fuel due to the strike of miners, but this, atao. Is being rapidly overcome, with the result that the great Industries are no longer j hampered by a lack of fuel. j Among; the principal factors entering into the Improved business j situation are the Increased operations of the big steel mnnufwcturlng com- j 1 Jjafllet, The" " lncrra IT! "f Mltoa 6T" earnings, " the continued ix.an!tion In con etcuctlon operations and the decrease in unemployment, which now hns 1 reached the Tanlshlng point, and which has resulted In a splendid recuperation of the buying power of the general public and which la being felt in retail trade circle. |