Show GENERAL V BUSINESS BUSI ESS STILL IMPROVING difficulties in handling the increased fr freight eight traffic tine due to car shortage have become an factor in the cur car rent situation the total number m ber of ear care loaded increased during september 8 Sep lember chiefly because of heavy loadings loa dinge of coal aul livestock the production of bituminous and antera cite oal coal was wo restricted in ala latter part of september ahl A a shortage of about i coal ears ar developed A shortage thor tage of box can cars appeared in n the first week in august and by october 7 amounted to cart cars the ty 1 is securing curing ee can cars for shipment hip ment has led to some curtailment of production ii U lumber and finished steel products the output of pig i on and steel ingots ingols bow low ever has expanded headily stead tea dily py jince inee an au gut cotton imi I 1 wool woolen aeu pills continue oatt nue i to a operate at ilose to agri cu cultural receil x conti continue nut to be litany h avy Who wholesale lessle trade showed improvident dur aurli LI increases occurred in sales of hardware and furniture which reflected the large volume of r residential e s identical ident ial building seasonal declines 0 occurred e in sales of farm implements and automobile supplies but lalee sales were larger than a year ago retail trade continued to improve during septem her ber and department stores ales sales were larger in all district districts than in septem her ber 1021 the wholesale price index of the bu rean of labor statistics tati declined from 1155 in august to in E pt ember ow ing chiefly to the fall la in coal prices price prices of building materials and metals continued to rise bank in eitle cities excluding new york were percent per cent larger in september than in n augurt 1922 and 9 0 per cent larger thai in september 1921 loans of reporting banks in leading cities low show an increase of for the four weeks ended october 18 and demand deposit deposits advanced federal reserve bank dis dim counts for the four lour weeks ended octo her ber 25 15 2 increased and note circulation expanded by the reserve ratio shows a slight de crease from 78 4 to 77 6 per cent |