NBW YORK, April 27.?Rradst reel's I
| lo-morrow will way:
Notwithstanding sonic irregularities. I
trade and industrial currents continue J
to indicate unwonted activity to cope i
Willi which existing: facilities are en- j
tiroly inadequate. War expenditures,
stimulate and. indeed, more could he
done if the means for getting 'poods !
shipped or delivered were available, j
With the opening: of navigation, con
siderable relief will bo afforded to ,se- 1
verely overtaxed railway facilities, j
Recognition of the high cost of living ;
has resulted this week in advances for!
?loo.ono coal mine workers, and in nu
merous other lines higher wages sire j
to go into effect on May 1. A sifting1
of the facta as regards distribution j
shows that, while recessions have oc-i
curred in some branches of jobbing and i
retail trade?notably, in wearing up- '?
parcl and kindred lines?losses have,
been pretty well balanced by heavy!
government purchases of army equip- '
ment at wholesale and by somewhat |
hysterical purchasing of foodstuffs t
from fear of immediate, rather than of
future, scarcity. Leading producers of
sugar, ilour and groceries and coal
complain of price and trade unsettle- j
ment caused by irrational overbuying
by ultimate consumers. Taken as a
whole, trade is fully equal to a year j
ago in nearly all sections and ahead j
in others, and the industrial pace has j
really quickened as the government I
has made arrangements to push the ,
building of wooden ships.
niXSKIlVATlSM IS AlOIti:
t (IVM'It TtU S l-KATlltlv NOW
N'KW YORK. April 27.? Dun's Weekly
Review of Trade to-morrow will say:
Kxcept for government requirements,
general business is of lessened mag
nitude, and conservatism is a more
conspicuous feature in many quarters.
