Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1912 — BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOD [ARTICLE]

BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOD

Dun's Trade Report Gives Encouragement for all Lines of Business. From the Freeport, 111., Standard, Sept. Dun’s trade report for the past week gives encouragement for all lines of business, crops and manufacturing enterprises. In part the report says: Continuous advance In trade activity Is the tenor of the reports from the principal manufacturing and distributing centers last week. The advance is both in actual volume of transactions and in that confidence which is the basis of healthy business. The big August bank clearings are a development of present activity and buoyancy. Clearings in August gained 4.6 per cent, over last year, while during this week they increased 10.5 per cent, over 1911 and 17.6 per cent, over 1910. The evidence of these -clearings is confirmed by the current railroad grosß earnings, which show a gain of 6.8 per cent, over 1911. Rates of money are hardening in all parts of the world, a plain response to the greater movements of trade and commerce and the bigger demands of new enterprises. The increased confidence in the financial markets is illustrated by the fact that the August output of new securities and short-term notes in this country was $92,000,000 greater than a year ago. The remarkable consumption of iron and copper products continues to the point of actual capacity, and all the principal industries show satisfactory activity.