Show retail detail Bu business better than A year ago that the county is in better shape financially finan cilly than ihan it was vas a year ago is indicated by the reports just made by the die federal reserve board to the effect that C christmas sapp ng during the recent i holiday wis w 13 al erd ed of that thai of 1924 in a 1 1 pal pai ts of the to be more i aaa X 1 l sall sales s by the retail stores were on tiie average of 72 percent greater then than a yeara goThe greatest I 1 iner increases cases were in new York Chicago and atlanta District the si fidall nall est esl in the minneapolis and kansas city districts but there was a gen oral cral increase everywhere general business conditions also generally at the close of the year according p p the report in creases were noted in the production of pig ironald iron and steel which always serves as a barometer of general business conditions |