Show OPTIMISM MOVING UP business interests throughout the country are feeling more optimistic over the near future there is very little of the hopelessness observed so generally six months ago ra the trend treila of business is upward and increasing steadily sales are more numerous and in larger 11 I 1 amounts and merchants report that there is not quite the tendency to count evey penny before before parting wih it u signs are de decidedly cidely hopeful with a reasonable assurance of soon becoming satisfactory |