Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-01
REPORTS BUSINESS
SPEEDING FORWARD
Sales Expert Notes Bright
Spots in Survey of Latest
Conditions.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, october l-Reawakened
| consumer demand for a large variety
Of products is a sure indication of bet
| ter busineSs-and glowing promise of
still further improvement in the near
| future.
At recent national sales conference
c. King Woodbridge, vice president of
| Remington Rand, disclosed reports Just
| received through his own sales organiza-
| ton, which contacts every line of bust
ness, which show that better business
is not ahead-it is here.
The business procession Is moving
Mr.. Woodbridge declares. 1T is like a
snowball-bigger and bigger-as we go
where the snow is. We are discovering
evidence Of greatly restimulated activity
Industry in every part of the United
| States may profit by utilizing the in
| formation contained in this survey
based on actual conditions which exist
| today.
North.
New England Wooden makers are
working full time, due to increased de-
mand. Shoe companies are working
overtime on new values in low-priced
shoes; worsteds are responding to in
creasing demands.
| North Central-Printers and lithog-
|
| store items; drugs and chemical COM
panies working on new products; bust
ness active in tools and wrenches for
/ automotive industry, due to new meth
| DDS of merchandising; wax. varnish and
| paint companies are prosperous, due to
| new products and aggressive advertis-
| ing: rug and textile companies working
| full time on loW-priced rugs and cloth
ing. Other industries working full time
| tn Id oHN yArftc 81
| tor companies on large contracts, law
book publishers radio and automobile
| battery manufacturers.
East.
| Atlantic Seaboard-FirmS working
full time and many overtime: Artificial
silk, laundrieS and dry cleaners, diaries
and ice cream plants, soft drink bot
tiers, leather, oil and grease manufac-
turers; toys and radio plants, clothing,
cold cream manufacturers, silver, fur
niture and shoe makers.
! At Newark trunk manufacturers are
busy on Salesmens trunks for firms
preparing TO send men on the road;
! braSsiere manufacturers are looking up,
| due to changes in Fall styles. A corset
waist company is running full time for
| the same reason. Other firms sharing
in the general pickup include candy,
wholesale drugs and fire-extinguisher
| factories.
West.
Pacific Coast - Cake and cracker
| manufa cturers are working overtime,
together with makers Of boxes, cans,
| labels, bags and fruit containers. Raisin
| packers are at their peak season and
| the handling of all fruits Is stimu-
| lating the lumber industry. Other
! q f,,I I,,Ia L.
| paints. varnish and mems hats. AT
| Hollywood the movie industry is under
way after a practical shutdown of
| three months. R-K-O, Universal, First
| National. M-G-M, Paramount and Co.
| lumbia studios are working rs per cent,
as against the normal go per cent ca
pacity for the year around.
Mountain States-Sheet metal prod
| ucts are on full time on Government
contracts: rubber tire manufacturers
working overtime due to seasonal de-
mands and aggressive sales tactics:
cookies, cakes and crackers are requir-
ing full-tine operation.
| SouthweSt-Womens wash dress firms
| are working overtime TO meet Fall de-
| mandS. Cement companies are busy
on bodybuilding contracts and mil
linery Arms are busy on new models.
South.
South Atlantic-All cigarette and
| tobacco industries are working full
/ time. due to increasing demands. The
large hosiery mills are working full
time because of repeat demand for
| products.
Gulf States-Hardwood lumber firms
are working day and night on special
! orders; paper mills and pap1r bag
Arms are working full time on regular
demand: machinery manufacturers and
foundries working full time because
Of unusual facilities for making a large
variety of products and their aggressive
management Tire fabrics, sirup cot
ton gin and cottonSeed oil products in
dustres working full time: smelters,
! helium plants, meat packers. ice. ice
cream, creamery, milling firms working
| full time.