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Show AS TO THE OUTLOOK FOR BUSINESS. H Will business and Industry besin to H improve with the Inauguration of H;V Warren G. Harding? Their is a dif- H lorcnce nf opinion among those who l reply to that question. The financial Hp writer of the New York Times does Ht not look for a quick response, as he H '!) forecasts a national policy of uncer Hfll lainty. He says: Hip! "Judgment seems lo be momenta' il v Hm suspended in Ihe matter of the new Hit administration If financial markets ' I wi ie In a mood of cheerful confidence Hjjjl on general principles one might safe- Hnj ly predict ihnt something would be H(j found even In Mr. Harding's inaugural l address next Friday which would R rferve to stimulate speculative buying. H; Itul the market's present mood is des H H pondent, not to say pessimistic, and HJ( whether that stale of mind is warrant Ik7 ea 01 no1, inciuenls Rro aDt to Hjj their color from it. Hal "A firm and resolute statement of H jj purpose regarding our home finances ff and our European relation.-, clear Hfij enough to brush away misinterpreta- lion and sound enough to remove mi H,) giving, would unquesiiunabl? have a H'l! liappy influence on all financial mar-lit mar-lit kets Today, however, the feeling in HS the financial community seemed to be IB that the greater probabiliiy was for Hd Hn utterance noncommittal on the Hit larger Issues, with conceivably the HZf raising of some highly controverted lam. questions. Until these two uncertain IB ,ies a' "London and Washington are removed by knowledge of the facts H the pause in real financial initiative H is easy to understand ." |