Business: 1901 vs. 1924

The stockmarket has continued to prove the most active spot in business. Volume has been continuing at about an average of 2,000,000 shares a day, with rising prices in both rails and industrials. Liberty bonds, on the other hand, have been weak and other gilt-edged bonds have been stationary or weak—another normal sign of a good-sized "bull market." The heavy trading in shares has drawn forth many comparisons with active markets in the past—particularly with that of 1901. As yet, however, the present market has still to equal many records established...