The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-04-04
SURVEY DISCLOSES
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hama and Mississippi
De UvefA state the consensus of opln.
lon WAS that the FARMERS have not die.
posed 81 OH their laHt seasons ciupa
Low prices and shortage ~ money ana
nhni are said Go have caused rec
duriiun in acreage No an states excerpt
Illinois iuWu. Kansas. Missouri Mo-
hraskh and the Pacific coast staten
The crop outlook iof 1871, huwe, ~, in
every CaHc. wea reported ftit o. good
The survey indicated tnnt the hUHls
nosa world " atln feeling rs way. bot
with Increasing confidence and with
the conviction that the worst hae
passed" said former Secretary iious-
Ton. The country has suvCrHsfully
;ies,.n tho strain caused by most
notHhlo drop w p'iNos. particularly ~
"a vast volume or rev materials. ana
has wcaihvred tring period ~ ig-
uidation
"rho demand Tor finished products
has not developed 90 the point who're
our faCiurlsa feel justified in taklnF
The requisite quantity ~ our HurpiuH
fhN materials tu furnish the ncces.
sary relief 90 their pfuducora but
there are some indications ~ hiE
change in lhin direction.
fThiH survey docs point Co certain
favorable domestic conditions. The
cost of Twins has apptociably dlmin
iehrd, Building operations in mum
bei Of districts tend 90 Increase. There
have recently been uo strikes ~ cone
sequence Greater productivity ~ ln-
hOr pVr mun iH reported from aii dis
tlctH. Raw materials are plentiful ana
physical transportation conditions htc
good. There hutr been mo- business fnil-
uroa Of moment The crop outinoh ie
satisfactory and the banking situation
has lmufuYFd.
."rhs country iH better on today than
NJ wna three months nru aud mnnufaC
tufDlH ln growing numbers aio plan
ming definite production schedules. ln
formation from other quarters Than
fnis survey indicates that the auto 81
m1hiir industry and Some fesiiie lines
are nirkluF 800 now hui the public W.
afill restricting See buying and ptob-
ahlY viii continue 90 purchase eau p
fiOualy until retail price reductions be-
come moro nearly equal tu the roduc-
ton in manufacturers ana wholcRaierH'
prices.
."rho maintenance Wv retailers ~ p
relatively hiKh price loVri hne been.
perhaps. the chlsf stumbling block i0
uuickened industrial activity. The great
puf boo prn1ucfrH and wholpanlers
prices last summer and full Was nor
followed Ny uruuuftlunutc reductions in
fht pricoH Co consumers, u iH npphf
Vut tNuf We are approaching we fNlHl
where mnuy manufacturers can ret
nnfcrinla at prices they can afford 20
nay aud with lower wages and more
efficihnt labor they can furnish goods
ed a cost within tho consumers reach
"Nu npprrrluhlr reduction in vases
h. noted iu every section and in VIZ
utily every Kind N industry. The Tact
fhni savings accounts have Increased
I 300 the Industrial afctiunn. however
! would seem Co Indicate that in such
districts wage aud salary rcducilon'
have not been o. great az the redno
lions in the prices ~ commodities and
that. therefore the decrease Ia wages
I has moi nccrsHitated a lowering ~ the
standard Of living
'~rhe credit situation IL Improved
/ Interest rutoa range from "a per
cent f0r the country as whole, but
banking funds are reported nvailahii
hy every section except the south aud
Z Rocky mountain rcgioua."