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Show EXPECT SPRING I TRADE REVIVAL Retailers' Cut in Prices Being i Felt Slowly, Says Financial Finan-cial Editor By ' H N W Hil l. I man. ill I Alitor. Iron Tnwlc ItrvtBVI H Th outlook Is for continued unrcr- H taint - until prices attain a more nor- flH mal lavl, money become decidedly HH easier and the public cll off IU '"buj EV r' atrlkc." No real business revival j Kfl Is looked for before next nprtnK Wp9B mWmM does come, however. It will brlnK H healthy Activity nn.l rmi hc hOt-hOUS H variety which sprang OU of the war. CHEAP VOOD PRW BS Shnn prl ' MW . ducts in d utroylng th H lavish spending By farmers will -nmu-l V ste buslneiM this fall. Still ch. ai K HBB food prfcM " indicated by the snr i, ...us ) iclds foi all i rop Thi i 'r'" HbU major cereal crops give promise n fx' B - ling. Iat venr'x groat yield hy 230.- H ' nOO. 000 bushels. MmMmm western farmers say that 'ho years mwrnm wheat production OOSl was $- TC a kMm trihel, and they are holding out for mMW $3.00 The market price recently uroke through $2 00 With world wheat CroV prospects Unproved. m. r i-. n millers Importing from (Jan hiIh, export demand dlmlnlshlnsvln-BB dlmlnlshlnsvln-BB llu releasing whoat for Kuropo and B (he trend of all prices downward. l would seem that the farmer must bear ' his share of deflation Present prices ' Pl are based on the strength of buying i! Henmnd not on ROP V 1L1 I 6 MIMMvS hr Thus far the shrinkage In cereal lH and cotton crop alues from th'' lfyl .m oi .i feat months aa;o, rtai amounted over $200 per capita of rural popsla-l tH (Ion or more than $1000 for each farm. These losses will accumulate As HE i.nos dro further The average net BH profit of the American farmer Ig es-j iimate.i at $9.ii weekly. Perhaps this, BJ explains wh the propArtlon of farm-i BBS era to all persons enraged In OCCUpa- Hj t lions fell from 1820 BBT' .10 per cent in 192o. Improved meth BBj ds have prevented the nation from ' starving. Bwa' 1TY l l I l I K GAINS BBa The farmer's lu.- will prove the ur- BH I, anile s gain as food costs decrea BB Bt what he saves on food will lie ab-j BBf sorbed this winter In high rents and j BB fuel prices. Coal men have given BBa xurance that there will be no shortage; BB this winter, also lhaf prices will rs- 1. mam high for the present. Rente th last to rise, will be the last to fall A BBs irg Chicago landlord has broken the BH loSi holTever, by announcing a 10 per BH cent reduction In rents, v RETAIL PEN I S BBJ The anticipated fail retail price cut BH ting wavp bus v I 1 BB have charg d ret.iiU-rs with Uloiki.i'; BH the channels of business lv trying '. Bh avoid losses and unload high pi i i v BB stocks on the ultimate consume). BH the rising market retail prices advanc- Bl ed simultaneously with the wholesale Increases and the consumer Is entitled to benefit as prices fall. His apath) Is forcing retailers to make conccs- BH SHOE TE IDE A prominent tunning Interest t BB diets many tannery shut-downs unless Bl conditions improve- Tanneries are Bv now running lI about BO per cent ol BH capacity, Hldea are al pre-wai prlcei BH but the charge Is made that retail' i BH are clinging to war prlCCa for shoes. BTEEC PEE ES Ul m s BH Ono by one the most flrmlv en- BH trenched high price citadels nr.- crum- ! BH bling. The moat recent Is that of Iron BH and steel. Prices are being shaded on BBJ a number of tbe.se products d. man. I ' 7-' J slackens. Prices of th- I'nlte.i States 1 ijfl 9teel Corporation, which are front 20 B to 2f per cent under those of Inde- BBJ cndent companies remain un- I PB changed STOCK M iEKET LROMLETEE j Bj Distinct o i iritj markel i BJB movements usually fpreahttdovi similar ZJ changes In bualnt thi ic- i BH ceeding six months This straw has BS given no indication that the end of I the period of falling prices; and de- dining business profits Is in sight. Industrial stocks still are settling' downwards, the low point of the year having been reached last week. Ball-1 road stocks are strong because their' earning prospects are good under the new rate advances, BOSn N BANK TEOl !;!.! B General apprehension because of the suspension of six Ilosloti truat companies is unwarranted, authorities give assurance. Those companies are snid to have been officered by in-.-! perienced men, who financed doubt-" ful business vonturvy. The trouble, i which is purely i.n ai, started with the bursting of the Ponxl bubble. |