Show trade conditions condition still no DO revival and more excuses inns duns review of trade of the says I 1 1 it I t is now the middle of may too I 1 late ate for business to change materially until the prospects of coming crops are assured and definite shape has been given to the presidential contest by the conventions vent ions until the future I 1 is s more clear there will be prudent disinclination to produce much beyond orders or to order beyond immediate and certain needs if this waiting spirit prevails two months longer it will cro crowd w d into the last half of the year an enormous business it if the outlook is good for the present there is less business on the whole than a year ago 11 though in some branches more and the delay following months of depression is to many trying and the cause of numerous jum erous failures ever since the repeal of the sherman law the gold men have had prosperity pio plo looming up ahead but there was always some little thing in the way first we must have a bond issue to replenish the gold reserve and restore confidence then it was found that the bond issue had itself created some stringency which however would soon pass away just as soon as the gold could bp be drawn out of th treasury I 1 again then another bond issue was required to give more confidence then more stringency ind and then more mom bonds sometimes the weather was bad sometimes it was too fine for the last month or two the trouble has bf ben b en under consumption and lack of demand for goods now the lack of demand continues the season is too far I 1 advanced and no DO material improvement can be looked for antil after the 1 conventions have been artt arild ld and cro crop P conditions assured it will be more than two months before fill all of the conventions vent ions shall have been held and we can safely rely upon the ingenuity of the trade experts to find a small volume of excuses by that time less business upon the whole than there was a year ear ago with good times coming constantly ringing in our ears is s a condi i i tion that should open peoples eyes |