Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1920 — BUSINESS REVIEW BY DUNS’ [ARTICLE]

BUSINESS REVIEW BY DUNS’

Retail Dealers Hold Up General Revival of Business. —Orders / Held Up. - New York, Nov. 29.—Dun’s Review says: “General business revival still waits mainly on the removal of the restraint in retail buying. Distribution of goods at the counters has Increased somewhat, but the gain is upeven, and there is less of it than usually appears at this season. The longer purchasing is deferred the more certain Its future development becomes, and there is doubt in some quarters as to whether consumption has declined In proportion to the present decrease of production. Inasmuch as mills cannot operate without orders frojp merchants or dealers , and contracts are being placed sparinglv, the rate of output has receded steadily, falling to a low’ point in some leading Industries. “Commercial failures In the United States number 218 against 263 last > week, 250 the preceding week and 87 • the corresponding week last year.”