Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
BUSINESS GAINS
CHEER WEST COAST
Eaisins, Lumber and Varied
Industries Calling Hundreds
Back to Jobs.

~ TIRE Associated PrA&8s
Z SAN FRANCISCO, October 2s.-
wlints Of sunshine, breaking through
Efts IN business clouds Of the Pacific
Coast. are spreading financial warmth
- the farmer, the manufacturer. the
eforekeeper and the lsborer.
The hens cackle may be no louder,
ksft IL n more tuneful 10 the farmers
ear. The golden cream in the milk pail
wrd the golden grain In the bin no
kpnger are reduced TO fools dust. Eggs.
butter. grain and dairy products, along
18th other products Of the soil in the
West. are putting a few more coins In
ne aRriculturalist's jeans
. A weighty factor In the Pacific North
West Il wheat, the price OF which has
hIrned up abruptly. More than rs per
cent higher than prices obtainable
Earlier IN the season." Is the way r. J.
8tephens, Spokane, manager OF the
Farmerf National Grain Corporation
put 4.
: with an upturn in price Of 40 per
Ment since January, butter has indeed
AIKEN on an aureate hue. The hen that
hyn the golden egg hasn't been Matched
- yet. but golden specks in the way OF
higher prices have been noted. These
products affect the pocketbook OF the
average farmer all over the Coast.
Raisln Prices Going Up.
RAlsins In the San Joaquin Valley
Of California, where vineyards have
Been pulled in an effort to combat
@veTproduction, have been selling at
steadily rising prices for months.
Toward the close OF the shipping sea-
eon the price OF juice grapes turned
npward.
survey agencies note gains In employ
1nent and activity in shops turning out
Wearing apparel. lingerie, especially mil
Nnery and shoes for milady.
Z Records Of the California State
division OF labor statistics show a gain
pf i2.3 per cent in pay rolls of textile
companies from August TO September.
Other lines in which State statis-
xieians found agains in employment or
Eagea or both, are: Metal trades,
furniture factories, leather and rubber
goods markers, publishing paper prod
nets, clothing. millinery. laundering
and q miscellaneous group.
r Trade reviews have consistently
placed the total OF the Coast steel BUSH
meas ahead OF last year. Sales for
major Jobs were reported by the maya
zine Steel to be 322 900 tons, compared
with ISL 900 In the like period OF the
previous year. gain Of 2s per cent.
Big pipe line Jobs, to bring water. gas
DA OIL 70 GA0ACo VI AAt0hStt tHA OCASCASs
and municipal and State projects
played . large part in the advance.
Trade Gains Appear.
Shopkeepers and clerks have Just
little less time to twiddle their thumbs,
for gains In trade have appeared here
and there. Nineteen department and
similar stores in representative cities re-
ported TO the Federal Reserve Bank
here that their September sales were
aarger, on a cash basis, than for Sep
tember Of 1880. Most trade surveys. in
cluding Dun's and Bradstreet's. found
retail trade holding even with last year,
or virtually so, on q basis Of volume Of
goods moved.
More ships are plying the seas and
carrying something besides ballast. A
notable increase was reported in ship
ments Of pacifio Coast goods in inter-
coastal trade 70 Atlantic ports. Exports
from Oakland. for example, rose IL per
rent from August TO September. said
the report Of the Board OF Port Com
1niMsioners.
: Reports from Chamber Of Commerce