The Archive · 1922

Trade Still Dead: Momentary Excitement Due to Sudden Rise in Cotton Quotations

Nov. il, The market was naturally affected by the semi-holiday of Race Week and the difficulty of doing business during the short hours firms were open. Even making this allowance, however, things were particularly dull and there are no signs of the long-awaited revival. The situation has now become very, serious, for once again the season of big business in the normal way has come round and there is practically nothing doing in any line.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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