Show IIIi J f Vt VE 8 A 1 r 0 R 1 I iS J t t G Nfl Business Condit Condi Condi- Conditions t I cr bons Improved Says Il I I ll b p t R Report it 17 By Associated d Press Pre WASHINGTON April 3 Improve o t I lent In general business con conditions nd id nd the tho continuance of an undertone r tt f confidence In the essential strength h nd soundness of or tho country's cco- cco position Is reported in the tho 1 reserve boards board's review of ot thet the tho t situation toward tho ho 10 end nd of or off f arch X ii e JIn J r in all federal reserve districts the rICO situation was said to be he still Ii he controlling factor In business S con con- 0 and outlook While tho the actual It had not changed fun funda- funda a- a ally symptoms were reported R Jointing to an Improvement ement io in future prospects ro and to a more more complete readjustment of business s 8 to normal I A continuous though ode line decline of at prides es was noted t E Equally Important as tho the decline In 9 Caprices Aces It was vas said has been the fact tact that t tho the public at large has given up f expectations of Imme- Imme g 1 Ite ind n d decisive c declines iND ES T l t Great diversity of conditions was found to exist In the manufacturing field with unsettlement particularly i in cotton manufacturing manufacturing- and iron and step steel Manufacturers of or boods hoods and shoes reported from rom various districts the r review ew said that thal their business Is x almost normal and in some seine cases up upi to capacity j i l Woolen 11 mill production n has hns reached its ts is lowest point and Is beginning to toI t I Improve c I The demand for tor Jewelry automo- automo files os and other appears to he be in many districts iff 1 In tn connection with the 4 situation there Is to ho bo noted i n Ja a distinct Improvement in the labor land ind and employment outlook Returning Soldiers are arc ar being g- g generally re- re employed although there Is difficulty in placing those who desire higher wages and better appointments than I they had before entering entering- the arm army I AGRICULTURE TURE I In the thc agricultural r ag-r districts a a large lart demand fo for labor is now opening due 1 Ito to the th prospects of excellent crops CrOIS On the tho Pacific coast tho problem of unemployment nt is still serious but In some Iome sections It Is believed that h by May M y 1 tin that entire labor surplus will havo hayo been absorbed 1 Reports from the producing dis dis- districts J f continue to be ho very satisfactory satisfactory tory ton In the Nest Wr-st and Middle West cst i It Is IR stated that the condition of ot I wheat is excellent and in some Iome quarters the best est that has ever been I for or tho the month of or MarchIn March I i In the livestock market the tho situation sItU situa I tion Is reported as bright The Tho I It average t price of cattle and hogs has baa advanced v very ry considerably over a n I year pur ago aSo The price of meats has advanced t I |