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Show : ii5A!)E-.C0N8iii0HSr Scntlicra Centers Arc UnusuailrAclIvc;1 Still Sltua-tlca Sltua-tlca Is f lore Hc;cful Than for Some Time. Past. , NEW YORK, July ,L Advices from 1 special correspondents the International Interna-tional Mercantile agency Indicate that heavy rainfall la sections of the Southwest South-west has proved a deterrent to general business. This, however, will be more han .compensated for' through benefit to the crops. Although Jobbing Interests Inter-ests stin complain of slowjtrade, results already achieved are better than a year ago with pr6rr.!-"' of .Increased , July .volume. The puuoi la' excellent In settlprs tributary to St. Louis. Coot ' 1 thoe mr ntifacturers still have mora workr than they cam attend to. Most of the large factories are Tip to their limit. : Millinery has not been In so good demand this week. Hats and caps are showing up well and orders from-. country .districts suggest in-.! creased consumption of groceries and drug sundries... As soon ss the PresW dential campaign takes definite Shape an element of uncertainty which Jus had Important bearing on the general business situation will be eliminated. ' Thee South has become -this week thp brightest spot In the whole country, so far as sustained trade and general con sumption Is concerned. Texas reports a, heavy business In retaU buying at a period that Is usually regarded as the dullest of the year. Louisville Is showing show-ing np well,' with average conditions fully equal to last year. Chicago wholesalers whole-salers are doing a fair ftade in general merchandise.' ' " ' - y ' , " Pittsburg for the first time la many i weeks Is becoming - hopeful over the steel outlook.' Sellers. are refusing to tie up at low prices, and while furnaces fur-naces continue to, go out of blast, shrewd observers expect a revival of railroad business as soon as Increased i earnings, which are now becoming more pronounced are effective. The feeling is general that the heavy purchasers of steel rails . will be forced into ' the market before lor.g through sheer necessity.. ne-cessity.. Prices of ptg iron andalllets , ere being shaded somewhat, but everything every-thing hinges on the rail situation which Is the strategic point In an outlook i that Is complicated by some Interesting cross movements. The Industry In general gen-eral Is picking np. Textile manufacturing Is still at low ebb wlth little prospect of immediate Improvement In New. England the shut down of milling interests Is restricting re-stricting consumption of general merchandise, mer-chandise, . ... - N. . .r t ,4 , . The outlook for excellent yields . for all grains is all that could be. expected. |