Show I 1 LOOK FOR BETTER TIMES improvement noted in various branches of business new york city signs from the general business world of tile the arrest of the shrinkage following tho the financial christs are discernible lu in more mord than one direction and the slight improvements prove ments reported the past week give elvo a hope that the corner has haa been turned towards steady betterment the action of the securities market however does not reflect full conal confidence in the immediate progress of 0 improvement the mixed conditions in fit the flold field where thi th improvement la is roost most shown help to explain this speculative attitude tire tha th a decision of the amalgamated copper company to resume production in the montana mining camps was heralded as a positive tIvo evidence of betterment in that trade the state of the market however has been unsteady the yielding of copper prices being attributed to the prospect of ofa the increased output from tile resumption in montana reduction of the surplus of freight cars on railroads makes an encouraging item in the weeks summary inroads upon earnings of railroads aro are so eo severe however as aa to bring into question future dividend returns awl ami even in tho the case of the weaker companies the meeting of fixed charges the struggles to bo be met in the readjustment of wages in the carrying out of economics Is viewed with disquiet |