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Show FALL REVIVAL IDEAS DIFFER Some Expect Short. Boom, Others Say Only Part Will Prosper NEW Y 1 1: fit, Aug. 2S. (By The Associated I're.ss. Both indications i as to the trend of business and finance, fi-nance, and opinions as to fall prospects pros-pects havo shown marked diversity during ihn past week. Settlement of the Foft coal strike Is generally expected ex-pected to be reflected in a sharp gain in production, a figure as high as n:ne million tons a week being mentioned men-tioned as likely to be realized In the Immediate future. On the other hand. It is pointed out that the government's scheme of priori' y must remain in force for some time, particularly until un-til the needs of the northwest have been taken care of so that the st. l industry Is likely to feel the restriction restric-tion Imposed bv fuel shortage for some weeks to come The 20 per cent increase fh steel wages meanwhile is interpreted as indicating in-dicating that st el manufacturers expect ex-pect to bo able to dispose of all then available production this fall at favorable fav-orable prices, a conclusion which la reinforced bv tne present restrii " I scale of operations, as compared with the rate of at Uvity during the spring and early nurnmer Whether or not steel prices will rise materially above present levels, however, remains to bo seen. As far as the railroad strlko U concerned, financial quarters have not entirely abandoned hope of a settlement settle-ment And do hot Bl cm alarmed ovet the prospects of D finish fight. Car loading statistics thow I hit the road ere continuum: 1 move i oium.- f fri iKht comparing favorably witfl the best performances of the year. On the other hund li is . recognized that arar shortage during tho fall Is Inevitable. In-evitable. PREDICT SHORT BOOM. ArRuincr from tnC Increase In wages in the eoa'. and stool Industries, which are symptomatic of o shortage of common labor, ahd the higher prices of coal and sU-1 products, some observers ob-servers conclude that the country Ifl entering a period of ' inflation.' While definitions of this term vary eonsld-crably eonsld-crably what Is probably meant is that something like a boom, short lived ..r otherwise. Is t be bred of n general gen-eral rise in .ommoditles prices. Opinion on the matter is. however. 'divided. Tho-e who refuse to sub-scrlbe sub-scrlbe to the liteory point put that the pres-mt Increase in prices Is due to abnormal situations arising from the strikes nnd that a-s such the hlghe: I prices ir.- likely I'd be temporary. Such critics also emphasise cac fact tnn certain commodities such an rubber, ,arr .heap and n o likely to remain so. I In addition, they maintain thjj with grain prices at xistlng low b-.ls, tho I formers' purchasing power will remain moderate, and conclude that no great boom is possible until the farmer can take part In tho movement. They also point to Europe's low purchasing power and 'be general consumer's resistance re-sistance to hlph prices. According to this view then, the I situation !s likely to continue to show a marked lac,- of uniformity, short-I short-I aces and high pii es In some commodities commo-dities and industries are expected to I exist alongside f unlet markets and I moderate prices. The consensus In the beet Informed quarters Is perhaps, I that the fall S'i likely to bring a I rontinuatlon of somewhat spotty j buK'.ness revival on a moderate? scale. Sentiment In the Kraln and cotton markets has been affected somewhat 1 during the past week bv the adverse developments In the European itua-I itua-I tion and thjQ resultant weakness In tfct exchanges of Germany and the continental con-tinental allies Wheal has hovered I Just nboVe the dollar murk with weather conditions and crop prospects pros-pects little changed. Little If any change has been apparent ap-parent In the money market Rates I continue at approximately 'he low lavi I els of the year ind no sudden change Is anticipated |