Show I. I GENERAL BUSINESS i SLOW DURING WEEK I Holiday Cuts Off V Volume While e Few v Special Lines I I. I Prosper j INVESTMENT MARKET GOOD D L Lumber an anI and Building Material I f I May Make Advance Shot Shortly tl 1 I j General business has haa been quiet during during dur dur- ing the week weel Just Juat closed cloned tl with tho the ex ex- exception exception ex of ot one or two linen lIns n I trade trado was rendered lively by tho sea j son Wholesalers rs and commission me mesay men i say 11 the they have havo no complaints to make 1 J That the tho business s 3 transacted ed In con con- i with the Thanksgiving I vat nl this year ear has been tar far and awn away awny y 1 larger than that of or last y year nr and belter bel bet ter prices rices have prevailed clear through t In In the Eastern business centers trade conditions continue conditions continuo continue to Improve Mono Money lone I is steadily loosening up and an nR a a. ro ro- ro 1 stilt of at this num numerous rous small business s I enterprises are starting up nil all over er tho th Now New ew ewI t country Then Thon too throughout I 1 England In pitr parti particular and nd f facto factories ries rles aro are opening for tor business Justness near nearly Y J ovary every dd day arid and In the tho bullet belief of ot nn many ny tho the entire section Is on the 1 I. I eve ovo of an era ora of tr prosperity without I precedent In the tho annals of or tho ten country Tho r number of ot Idle hUo men Is steadily decreasing de creasing and anti It Is estimated that th te there ro 0 S are aro ruu fury fully CO GO 0 per c cent nt less Jess lessof of these e In n r. r t the East today th them than n there wn was two 1 months ago aJo i Security In E vi stock market conditions condition are are particular feature unless 8 It ibe be bethe the unprecedented 1 co continuation of or InI In- In vestment in securities on tl the e part of ot I the cho general public Whereas before election stocks of or all kinds were quiet and such transactions an fin were recorded were largely I wash sal sales Eales en made forS for tho S purpose of ot bolstering up tip weaker securities ties tics and transactions by brokers brokars among themselves th At t this timo the public Is practically In control of of ot the market er E Everywhere stocks are offered of or- c fc c ed the they are aro snapped up In record time time- time If tho prices pAces are anything like e et t reasonable Moreover stocks In general general gen gen- eral are aro not believed Lello to be unduly high j at this time and public purchases at nt Current rates are arc generally regarded ns as of or the tho publics public's Judgment in the matter mattor of stock Investments Locally bank clearings da day b by da day S ever or since election have shown a gratl- gratl 55 Increase o en over or CT r tho figures l tor for tor or tho the thoI I I corresponding day of ot last Jast year Bank Bank- ers era report plenty of ot money on hand for tor forr t r legitimate business enterprises with current rates of or Interest J not t above normal Bank Dank re reserves reser es er are lre still hi high and deposits are steadily Increasing In volumn olumn Transactions on tho the floor of or tho the local ruining mining stock stoel exchange nr are of ot hf higher her volume day b by b- dB day than during dur cur ing ngo tho the same week weck of last year while the weeks week's totals show a n heavy J gain ID Thursday being a holiday rendered the weeks week's business smaller b by several thousand dollars than It ft otherwise I would 1 ba have bae e been Metter HeUer In Future I In 1 local ocal retail lines dealers report JL a- a. a gratifying gratifying- condition of ot affairs While In ono one or two t lines Jines the sales have not been made unduly heavy during tho the thoI I week tra trade e has hns been well 11 sustained on the whole and the Indications for tor the thc future futuro were worE perhaps never better beUer Inthe Inthe In Inthe the general d dry y goods tine line sales safes fell teB felli i t oft Olt of to some sarno extent on account of or tho the weather cather conditions of ot the middle of ot tho the week and tho the same Is true of or mil mU- Hoor and one or two other lines This was was more than made mado up for by the tho Increased business In shoes of all kinds rubbers and overshoes overcoats overcoats over over- i coats and heavy underwear nn and the snap cold coUl of ot the the- past two days clays has made for tor a 3 continuation of ot the de de- de mand The trade lu iii general hardware all and building material still keeps up notwithstanding notwithstanding not not- notwithstanding withstanding that building operations have havo fallen CaWn off oft In tho the neighborhood of or 40 46 per cent since tho the Heat first of or the week L Lumber brick and cement to together with nails nl bolts sand and screws are In I steady Head demand domand Winter sporting goods gonds aro attracting quite a n little attention now that stocks aro arc becoming more f 1 n nearly complete while the sales of or shotguns shotguns shot shot- guns rifles and ammunition Is nearl nearly as lB large as It has been boen all fall tatt Prices s In lumber an and building material I ally remains unchanged although a general advance ad IB Is predicted In thoi tho the i tor former within the next ten days or so IO 1 f la I. Slow e es tate during the week hast basI has bas t I been at nt a standstill duo ue larcel largely to tho holiday A number of Important deals aro arc pending and und tho the demand remand for rentals rent tont als 1 of all of-all all 11 kinds Is 19 nearly nearh as great groat ns as ever Small scattered sales solea of or one or o lots Jots In III various subdivisions are reported by most of or the dealers but the volume of or business In tho gate gato b nan baa R been small email with no single sale Halo amounting to over ocl a a. few hundred dollars l Many Inquiries are aro being boing re recel re- re cel ed ro regarding local property from outside points and tho the bell belief of Is general that within a short a n numb number or of Important transactions r Of will have o been closed up |