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Show ot oo BUSINESS OUTLOOK IS GOOD. That the cpneral hiiolnn i. o w.u.t..t,o 'JULivjiJa is bright is attested by one of the foremost fore-most financial writers of the world, who says: "In spite of drawbacks, there is a confident undertone in financial circles. cir-cles. Agricultural prosperity this year will be unexampled, since in any event food is bringing high prices, and in the case of wheat our government has fixed the price at $2.26, which means a subsidy or extra profit to the grower of about a billion dollars. Clothing is also high, and our cotton and woolen mills are anticipating a heavy demand, de-mand, the concessions in prices at first hands a few weeks ago having stabilized the market and stimulated demand. Building materials are already al-ready hardening in anticipation of a real estate revival. Copper and some of the principal metals are naturally suffering from lower pricf resulting Ironi stoppage of war orders and fin enormous leftover supply. This depression, de-pression, however. Will be but temporary. tempo-rary. For petroleum products there, ip in enormous consumption in prospect, pros-pect, with corresponding prosperity. "Our foreign trade is gradually returning re-turning io normal, and while our commerce com-merce with war devastated regions will require time for restoration there is no reason why a larger traffic should not quickly ensue with South America and the Orient, where new 'opportunities await the adventurous' trader Great Britain IB already making mak-ing tremendous efforts to re-establish' her foreign trade. The United States, I thanks to the war, has suddenly be- j eome. a great maritime power, and v. ill soon closely approximate Britain o vast tonnage. There is still a great scarcity of ships, and it will be one if not two years before ihe void I? filled Meanwhile, American shipowners ship-owners are making handsome profH j which explains the Increasinf activity and rising prices of marine Issues on the stock exchange." |