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Show RAIL TRAFFIC SHOWING GAINS i Fall Business Expected to j j Place Severe Strain on Roads j NEW YORK Sept. 4 tBy the As-( I soclated Press 1 Developments in the 1 coal and railroad situations and antic!- , '-patlona '-patlona on the natui f fall trade! have oi cUpied the center of the busi-.J nese stage during tho past week. j ; I Car loading figures Indicate that t so! n.al produc'.mn is rapidly return- I ing to normal, or to distinctly en- j ; couraglng levels. Thus incomplete 3 figures suggest that the total output , I I for the week will run well over 9,- 000.000 tons or, perhaps close to 10,- j OOn.OOO ton This rte compares favorably with normal weeklj aver- ages c C AR LOADINGS INCREASE i j Reports r thi general n ment j I of the railroad traffli sho that re-M ' enl rates n hlch appi oximate I he b 1 i of the year, are being maintained. Total loadings t'r tin week ended August 19. the latest for which fig-; C urea are available, are 859,000 car ,1 J which represents an Increase of 6,638 j over th' preceding week and 41,072 1 1 over the name week a year ago. It is still too early to measure the 3j effect of the growing soft coal move- K ment but it is felt that a resumption I of anthracite mining, added to the 1 c Crop carrying buiiN-n, will i tripos.- a t -.-. re vIimIh mi the transportation I system, it Is thought a car shortage I J j is inevitable The consensus seems . ! 2 , be. however, tha the shortage will II not be BO senou- as in retard vitally!; thi revival In business it is also j doubted whether it will i ause a gen-II j eral rise In commodity prices. f FARMERS BCi CAUTIOUSLY fi Agricultural prospects remain re. i markably little hanged The depart- I ment of agriculture's September l oot-i! ton rop report cut the estimated I yield from 11.449,000 bales to 10,676,-1 000 bales 'Cotton prices were little V changed. Wheat futures continue to fluctuati a sllghtl) above thi dollar level al Chi-II cogo, and thos" rices are taken to c 1 i ri 1 1 ite conservative purchasing ot'i 'general merchandise on the pari of I farmers. El ROPE RM.il I n A I The commodity markets and thai for S foreign exchange reacted well to an-!j I nouncemeht by the reparations' com- J mission that iii"n:any hii been grant-II ed a six months' postponement on thi 0 fall's reparation payments. It Is con- c sldered that a major political crisis in A Europe has li-rn averted Nut that the I reparations d i t : i i . 1 1 .. t : 1 r. mains to -be met. u tj A'hile the federal reserve ratio Is I showing a slight recession, it Is felt i that this cir. umst irii e is pi lined In 1 part, at least by the approach ol the September 1 holidays So sharp I 3? change In monetary conditi' n- is e- Q pected. oo s |