Show BUSINESS SHOWS MUCH IMPROVEMENT Interest Rates Rate s Are Being Gradually Gradually Grad Grad- Reduced at Banks t I BANK CLEARINGS GROWING Shows Signs 0 of f Again Ag r Coining Coming to Her Own t In nearly et ClY C ety line Une of Io local al business bust busi s ite ness nels S t the he wa week olk just closed has been an ant t r. r excellent on ono The Tho retail tra trade e hag ha presented no extraordinary features and tho the wholesalers sa say that In no r. r particular lino Uno has hils there thoro been any spectacular gain n But Lut a n steady undercurrent noticeable notice notice- of ot confidence Is i r able on every hand and bu business iness in the aggregate Is 13 excellent Reports from tram Eastern financial centers all breathe the same spirit of ot optimism Mills factories and warehouses wares ware ware- houses housE'S s are being thrown open at tho the rate rato of or ono one or two a 0 da day all over tho the East and at this time there are arc fewer unemployed men In tho the country countr than has been the case at any time during the past year ur From all aU Indications railroad earnings will show a marked increase from now on and In other lines the Ute gain will be equally marked Money In the En Ent t Is rapidly loosenIng loosening loosening loosen loosen- ing up UI and no trouble Is experienced in obtaining an any reasonable amounts for legitimate put purposes poses Interest r rates rales are aro being gradually reduced and andIn andIn In a general wa way the prospects t at this time are arc better In a n business way than I for tor years past flank Bank J Clearings Gain Galli Locally bank clearings for tor the pas past t tw two weeks ecks have o been heavily U In excess s of tho the corresponding days das of or last las t year car Banks Danks Bro are still carrying heavy Y cash reserves s but these are being st steadily diminished and loans ar are arc being made tr freely upon approved security Whole Wholesalers and Jobbers Tcp report rt business the best bet In months with every cry Indication that conditions will continue to Improve e Indefinitely from tram now note on T The 1 entire country country- appears appears apr ap ap- r pears to have settled do down to an era of ot pro prosperity and und every everyman man ratan mot with f Is an nn optimist t and a t. t booster The wholesale grocery tr trade dc hue has been heavy all week weel Orders are coming from points farther afield every oyer day and traveling mon arc are being be being bent be- be and Into ing nt sent upon longer lodger trips more remote regions all the time lime I Idaho aho is responding with v some somo excellent excellent excel excel- lent orders and und Nevada o Is gradually but surely sur Jy coming Into info th position I of of prominence which that l state oc occupied oc- oc c among the trade prior to a year ear ar or so ro ago P n Reports ports of ot s general business conditions throughout Nevada Ne- Ne vada ado aro ito of an encouraging nature and morn more men are being employed In inthe the tho mines and smelters almost dally daily J Idaho a 10 too loo Is believed b by man many to be beon on oil the theo ova evo o of a boom and nd local merch merchants merchants mer mer- ch chants can fin hardly fall fail to tu profit b by such mch resumption of activity Collections Still SUU Slow Loc Local l' l retailers arc are all busy In the main section of the tho to town n and In ht the outlying districts trado trade 1 Is distinctly 1 Rood good Collections are aro still a a. slow v but thin is IB duo to the tt of Ot Ota I delayed the theIn a. a mouth or ao ago aso which l' l In tho t U n lUnie of ot th lr C r 1 1 t os hort 0 1 tt r The b boot at and shoe tra trade e has perhaps not been a as heavy during the past week au at former formerly but the proceeding ling week was unusually active in this lino line which accounts for forthe forthe the partial slump of the week ek Just doted closed Har Hardware alc sporting goods an and building material of all kinds aro active with no prospect of a let up at an any rate for sonic time to come corne Stock exchange business has haa been the largest for tho the week In months past and is far and away ah ahead of ot the corresponding week eel of last year On Ont t t t. t the floor of th the local exchange a as in n nother other lines a spirit of optimism prec pre pre- c falls valls and the outlook for th the future Is rIng Ap hJ |