Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-01
A|RPLANE
BUSINESS IS SEEN
Manufacturer Believes Sur.
plus Stocks Will Soon
Be Cleared Out.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, september Anthony
H. G. Fokker, airplane designer and
manufacturer, thinks the present con-
ditions will result in greater business
efficiency and prosperity In the future
than ever before.
Mr.. Fokker says the Watrus bill,
which is forcing airplane transporta-
ton units to MERGE" will increase their
general efficiency, and in the long run
will create larger volume Of business,
although the present effect will be to
limit immediate sales.
Stocks of completed airplanes are
being moved regardless of COST" Mr..
Fokker told me. by the Spring of
1881 todays surplus should be in the
hands of the user. and the manufac-
turer in position to resume production
on his latest types. The slump in blNi-
ness in general, and in the aviation
industry in particular, will result in
cleaning the industry of undesirable
elementS-unsound financial manipula-
tions, etc.-leaving the well founded
aviation enterprise, with capable en-
gineering STATS and experienced buSi-
ness arrangements, to survive the pres
ent depression and build up one of the
biggest industries, devoted to tranSpor-
tation"
One Of the drawbacks in the aviation
industry has been that in the last two
years large quantities of inefficient and
expensive airplanes have been built.
These must be disposed of at somewhere
near their economic value before the
manufacturers can resume their pro-
duction.
Asked when the upturn in business
would take place, Mr.. Fokker replied:
Il believe that the general business
situation is definitely on the upturn
now
Coal Mine Fatalities.
Its a bathing problem-the job of
eliminating coal mine fatalities July
reports, according to the Government,
show a higher death rate per million
tons of coal produced than in June of
the present year, or in July of last year.
There were LAB men killed in July
OF this year in American mines, or 10
more than In June, although II less
than in July of year ago.
Coal production amounted to 40,373,-
600 tons, representing an increase of
l,476,OOO tons, as compared with June.
1880, and decline of 5.795, 900 tons, as
compared with July, 1929.
Now during the first seven months of
1880, the Bureau of Mines reports that
1,132 lives were lost in accidents at the
mines. This is So less than the number
Killed during the corresponding period
last year, but the death rate per mil
lion tons went up to 371 this year
as against 3.44 last year, owing to the
TACT that the output of coal fell of
from 339,6l3000 tons for the seven
month period year ago to 304, 799, 900
tons for the same period of the present
year.
The Government puts It this way:
The output of coal declined to 10 per
cent, while the number of deaths de-
clined only per cent.
Ever since coal mining has been an
industry, the number of deaths has
continued to be major problem with
every owner and operator. Modern
safety devices have been installed,
shorter hours have been given to men.
but the number of fatalities continue
at an extremely high rate.
Most Favorable Area.
according to the latest issue of the
Northwest Banccorporation's MONTHLY
Review, an area Including parts of
Southern Wisconsin, Southern Mime
sofa, portions OF North Central and
Northeast Iowa, Nebraska and the East
ern part of the Dakotas comprise the
most favorable area in the United
states at the present time"
The Monthly Review, after saying that
southern Minnesota's crops are better
than the average. that they have not
been hurt by the drought, and that
Minnesota has not been touched
severely, says:
While butter prices have been and
still are ranging cents under last wear
and cents under 1928, an advance Of
Z cents in the last two months is be-
neved to mark the beginning of a def
nltely sustained upturn."
The Northwest Incorporation Is one
OF the two large chains in the North
west, that owns and operates 100 banks
extending from Minneapolis to the
Pacific Coast. and as far South at Iowa
and Nebraska.
tCopyright. 1880. by North American News
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