Show BUSINESS THE following Is taken from one of the leading trade journals of the country 1 I have just returned from rom about a s six ly weeks ellch carried me to nearly every section of the country the outstanding impression or of the entire if re trip was the decidedly improved optimistic ti fitle attitude of the trade there probably a 4 better everyday every day barometer of general bu business bubines sines conditions lotions dmn the reflections of th the e cb hardware ar dware jobbers and generally Epen speaking hing a very conservation lot not prone to be overly optimistic or unduly pessimistic but their attitude usually portrays conditions in their territories about as they actually are one of the largest jobbers in tb the conn try told me they had been working og thel their entire plant for several saturday afternoons in order to handle the increased volume of orders they were receiving that a few days ago their orders in both volume and dollars were the largest st they had enjoyed in almost two years in the east and west as well as the north and south were reports to the effect that the buying public had held off buying things they actually needed as long ns as they possibly could and now were buying actual cash in savings accounts are larger today titan than they have brive been in a generation more money per capita capi in waiting allin for the mental courage to take it out and spend it than ever before it has ins been a depression of mental fear everyone hns has plenty of what mint the other fellow needs need and wants and lie he has money to buy it but lies hes been afraid banle panle stricken with ilith the poisonous depression propaganda that has been flooding the press front page headlines when several banks in kentucky rind tennessee close their doors but riot not a single word ord when those same hanks banks reopen and make good one hundred percent people hungry in a land overflowing with food and money everone waiting for the other kotlier fellow to start tile the hall ball rolling and now its started rolling definitely upward folks bolks cant wear last years suit forever or drive the car indefinitely or let the house go without paint or repairs repair s without end readied reached a point where they hale hae to buy and doing it and that corner corne r around which libich ale were re to find returning prosperity has been turned commodity prices are stiffening and rising with the increased buying activity there aill continue slowly but surely rising prices of commodities ond and with the lie rising prices the confidence that the low point lins hns been passed and it nill hlll be folly and to boltl liolia off any longer to the man who Is enjo ing hard times for t the ic conversation it affords him these anges cri changes that ILIVE taken place will mean nothing but the aggress lie he merchant ullo alio la Is alliy northy rl liy of the name 1111 go after business biness harder than everand get it ind and have haie stock in ills his store to give the service his customers nant and expect both business and prices are definitely on the upturn |