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L VT on display here, you'll agree that our efiort
clothes, superbly tailored, exclusively styled
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nuts for street, dress and business.
Styles for youths, young men and men.
izes for regular, short, tall and slim
men.
‘vlcdels for conservative and advanced
c‘ r»? ssers.
$35 .
mv’s
12-14 No. Main St, So. Norwalk
House of Kuppenh‘eimer Good Clothes
$40 $45
The State of Trade
What important \isible changes
are noted in trade and industry are
still toward the quiet side. says
Bradstrcct’s. Trade condition, and
for that matter crop developments.
are indeed very spotty, part of this
due to the flickering character of
the buying, part to very irregular
weather, due to rain and wind
storms. and part to the lateness oi
the spring season this year as com-
pared with last. All the reports
from government sources coming to
hand this “'Cl‘k as to March devel—
opments point to a confirmation of
earlier reports as to the tapering off
of buying and of limnul‘acturing ac-
tivity in that month. Thus, retail
and wholesale trade fell below
March a year ago. foreign iradc
made a markedly retrograde move—
ment, petroleum stocks showed a.
further increaSC. and in addition,
railway earnings, responding to
smaller car nlowmcnt. fcll off. On
the face of early returns for April,
slight increases seem visible in some
lines. notably retail trade, mail-or-
der business and bank clearings.
but the lateness of Easter is_l.hought
apparently with good reason. to
have affected comparisons. The fact
is that full comparisons for fpur
months in both years will be neces-
sary to establish the true measure
of the extent. probably :1 \Cl')'
slight one, to which this year's bus-
iness has so far fallen llt'lU\\' lhc
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world 11‘ ht,
there. _4
very active first tour months of
1923.
So far as the current week is
concerned. it may be said that trade
at retail has gained little, that
wholesale trade has tended to Quiet
still more ,and that industry out.
side of building has also slowed
down slightly. Retail trade in New
England, affected by weather and
has not expanded much. Trade on
the Pacific cosst has felt the influ—
ence of quieting in lumber buying
and output, while the numerous
regulations against the spread of the
cattle disease in California. have
been reflected in intrastate trade.
especially in rural districts, al—
though late reports are that citrus
fruit shipments from Southern Cali-
fornia have been resumed under
Federal direction. Southern trade
and crop reports Wore early in the
week more uniformly favorable than
most others. but a severe storm with
loss of life and property in the
Southeast tended to restrict opera-
tions later. \Ycather conditions were
:L feature also in parts of the North-
west and along; the Lakes. Trade in
coal mining regions has tended to
drag. especially in the neighborhood
of the bituminous fields, where un-
employment is probably most
marked.
April mull—order sales exceeded
those for March and for April 8. year
ago. while four months‘ returns.
1921:.
Foreign trade
year both in imports and
ports.
in imports is proved by the loss
that month of all the gain made in
the provlnils eight months, proving
that l-Ol‘i“lgll (is well as domestic
trade “as quick to reflect the sull-
sidcnce of Merck.
April failures and liabilities (x-
cccdcd these of March and of Aprn
a year ago. as was forecast in these
coininns lust week.
In crude ri»holeum. domestic pro-
dlli‘iion in March exceeded that of
{my 0*: the preceding three months.
and stocks at the end 0! the month
reached a ncw high level.
Some features of. the week have
b-ccn a. further sagging in all metal
prices. iron and several kinds of
steel declining. and non-ferrous me-
tals all going lower on reports of
forced selling by speculative hold-
ago.
considerable curtailment of industry”
AKUTANJS FAILURE
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0F SPRING COAT
though spotted, record a. (rain 0\~l
in March tell he ,
Mild February and below March a:
cx—g
The sharpness of the turnl
inS
crs in liuropc. The drop in steel
A spring coat with absolu'ely
new lines is the one pictured here.
It .18 develo in sand colored
ml! with a igh collar embroider-
' _ m colors. The sleeves are cut
slim style and the skirt is pleat-
from the peak in March is now
output, according to the Iron Age, nearly ‘_‘0 per cent. l’or lli'ls. slack-
At Open Char. Cost
All Closed Car Comforts, Utility and Distinction
Why buy an open (at? High cost for clowd car comforts
is no longer a question. The Coach—exclusive to Hudson
and Essex-gives every closed car advantage, at almost
open car cost. N 0 other our shares its position.
It creates the dominant at issue
of the your. Mark how rapidly
the Coach is superscding open
cars. Sales exceed ’3000 a week.
It is the largest selling six-cylin-
der closed car in the world.
— Buyers must consider
any purchase in the
light of this over-
whelming trend. As
the wanted car the
Coach maintains high
resale value, against
the waning desirabili—
ty of open airs.
Hudson and Essex—
inventors and exclu—
H UD S ON
Super-Six
COACH
31550
ESSEX SIX
COACH
‘9'75
Mhtandiasa-m
sive producers of “Closed Car ;
Comforts at Open Car Cost”—
are responsible for this issue. In
two and a half years, and in the
hands of more than 135,000
owners, the coach has proved a
stauncbncss and serv-
iceability never before
associatcdwithacloscd
at. It gives every util- '
ity you can get in any
closed car. All concede
unsurpassed chassis re—
liability. The price
removes it from all
competition.
You today want “the
car for everyone.”
The Coach is Exclusive to Hudson and Essex}
If
THE ERWIN M. JENNINGS CO.. INC. “My.
.___———— 12 WEST AVENUE NORWALK, CONN.
Bridgeport New Haven Waterbury Danbury
euing in building needs and less 12 10 20 per cent. below the year’s Out \Vesl
than antleipated takings by automo- peak in March. If correct. this
bllo manufacturers. are held rC- points to about 300,000 passenger
sponsible. A shade more steadiness cars, which Compare “'ilh 348,396 (Pickup)
in the 5058? market i3. howevcr, rc- cars in March and 334,639 cars in -r-'l ( , .. - m
poricd. Ill coal, bituminous produc- April a year ago. The 1923 peak The I’m-“ml DAM”. Ema had
Iiogand'snlc are so slack that it is
said they can only be altered for
the better, which view has seemed
to steady prices. Anthracite coal
has been advanced 10 cents a ton.
lnltcxlilcs, reports of slack buy-
ing or cottons. and only moderate
ordering of woolen goods, but of
firmer prices for raw silk, are the
outstanding features. Shoe buying
does not seem to be equal to a. year
ago in any leading.market, and the
leather trades generally are without
normal life.
Estimates of April auto
indicate productions varying
duced.
brush-your-tect h weeks.
they
fifty—one neglect weeks.
output tion is an 012er which fits
from
in cars turned out was reached in
May. when 350,409 cars were Juro-
“'6- do not like, nor do we advo-
cate. health weeks, clean-up weeks.
colulyyour-
hair weeks and all the other “'kas;
are usually mere excuses for
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explained the rules, and wound up
\l'lll‘l one of his i-iial'actcl'istlc sme-
ranch.
moms. He said:
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kick the bail. laisl: a man on tho
other side. Now, let‘s get billy.
“‘here's that ball?"
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shouted:
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