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...Stock Exchange and in investment and commercial banking circles during July and August is notoriously slim. This Summer, however, the usual vacations are not being taken. Million share days on the Exchange have reappeared. Railroad mergers are not merely being discussed but being effected. Utility propositions are to the fore. The long-suffering bond salesman is coming back into his own again. Despite the sweltering heat, executives and traders arrive early and leave late. Not since the Summer of 1920 has there been the activity in the financial centre that has been witnessed during the past month...
With domestic politics quiet for the moment, the equally political conference of the Allied Premiers over the eternal question of German reparations is again to the fore. The acridly partizan politics in Paris threaten as usual to hold up agreement upon the Experts' Plan. Yet the business community in the U. S., although heartily weary of futile European conferences, is unusually hopeful that this time some definite basis of concerted action regarding Germany can be secured. How much actual buying in U. S. markets this would develop, is problematical...
...jaws are yellowish-white; forehead and muzzle chestnut red; large, ass-like ears red fringed with black. The neck, shoulders, barrel and back vary from sepia and black to deep red; the belly is blackish; the tail bright red with a black tuft. The hind quarters and hind and fore legs are pale cream color, but marked with purple-black stripes, which give a zebra-like effect...
...Spring passes into Summer, it becomes more and more apparent that American business will not really get its bearings until the political conventions are over, and until the results of the Fall's election as far as they will affect trade can be intelligently fore cast. With the Democratic candi date still unknown, both "platforms" yet unannounced, and the seriousness of La Follette's third party gesture not clearly determined, a tone of hesitation in the markets is quite natural...
...next ballot, however, saw Governor Lowden coming to the fore. Despite, his repeated assurances that he was not a candidate, the delegates flocked to his banner, and amid riotous applause, his nomination was announced. Uncertainty as to his acceptance was still so strong, however, that a recess was declared during which Chairman F. W. Mondell of Wyoming, communicated with the ex-governor of Illinois...