Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1909 — DUN’S REVIEW OF TRADE [ARTICLE]

DUN’S REVIEW OF TRADE

Makes Statement that General Activity Has Been Recorded. R. G. Dun .ft Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: Most of the tests by which trade activity is measured make favorable records. Reports from the principal cities are of a generally hopeful character, but the fact remains that there la still lacking that buoyancy and readiness\to make long commitments ahead, which are features of a trade situation entirely free from unsettling uncertainties. The week has witnessed the introduction of a tariff bill making large cuts in duties on iron and steel and other products, but apparently less is apprehended from this than from a possible failure of congress to heed the words of President Taft and get through with the tariff business as soon as possible. The. coal trade is confronted with a labor crisis. The iron trade continues in the process of price readjustment, though n alow revival in structural lines 1s a reflection of Increased activity in building.