Show THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK The great slogan of the Republicans during the last Presidential campaign was that the country would be snowed unJer in business matters if the Democrats Demo-crats gained power and as the Democrats now have power and as the country is not snowed under we give place to the following fol-lowing from the Philadelphia Times whose editor has lost no love for Cleveland Cleve-land and who is inclined to toady to Republicans The autumn opens with the best business outlook for several years The crops as a whole are better than last year and what is more to the purpose the crops across the water are below the average thus giving promise of a brisk demand for the American surplus sur-plus which must necessarily be large An increase in railroad building has also stimulated the iron and steel industries if t healthy condition The prosperity uO agricultural portions of the coun > jr iq having a marked effect upon the trade of the Eastern cities New York jobbers and wholesale dealers report the best fall demand for dry goods boots and shoes furniture builders hardware and I other articles that go to make up the r stock in trade of the count dealer they atve had for several years The increased 1 in-creased demand comes both from the V r South and West and is accompanied by t that other infallible sign of business prosperity l pros-perity prompt collections What is true of New York is true of Philadelphia Boston i I i Bos-ton and other trade centers Business is f i quickened everywhere and business men t J are confident of permanent improvement ia tho Demand for nearly all aru jidinary consumption There t avetwi lures of this advance in busi I 1B iiew ty Ul3tare worthy especial notice rrL 1 Ls1 is that the increase in demand itl i iuolthy and one that is likely to bo maint ed and not in the nature A of a sudden boom which may vanish as quickly as It can i The reason for this is that prices 1 a > t not been materially advanced and there are no exorbitant profits to di i i Lie resources of purchasers pur-chasers on the one band or cause a sudden sud-den expansic of f production on the other GooJs are being made and sold for wlmt thy are really worth to consumers and consumers find themselves Me to pay reasonable prices for what they need The other feature of the present business con tk 1S C < > C dition especially worthy of note is that the grade of goods demanded by Southern South-ern and Western consumers is noticeably higher than formerly They want better clothing better furniture choicer crock eryware and boots and shoes of a finer quality than ever before This indicates both the ability to pay for better goods and an improving taste in their selection I Manufacturers should not fail to take I note of this demand for the best the country affords and direct their attention atten-tion to the production of the class of goods which is certain to be in demand in the future |