Evening star., 1932-07-24
GAINS IN INDUSTRY
SHOWN BY SURVEY
OF TRADE CENTERS
Better Quotations on Farm
Products Reflected in Quick.
ening of Business.
PLANT ACTIVITY SHOWS
INCREASING TENDENCY
Gradual Additions to Pal Rolls Are
Reported in Some Manufactur-
ing Districts.

As commodity prices stiffen, reports
from all sections of the country indi-
cate an improvement in business Ac-
cordlng to these reports, the outlook
appears to be more cheerful than at any
time during the last three years.
The following dispatches, covering
variety of industries, cite evidences of
/ the reported improvement:
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. July %
Sharp increases in market prices of
hogs and beef cattle during the last two
months and the prospects of a fine
grain crop in the Northwest, assuring
cash incomes for farmers and ample
, supplies Of live stock feed for next Fall
! and Winter, have improved the agricul-
tural situation. reflected in a better
feeling and slight upturn in business
| activity in this city and throughout the
surrounding territory.
Several lines Of industry in this and
other larger Northwest centers are re-
! ported to have added workers and in
! creased pay rolls this month. Grain
trafflc in the next six months is eX-
pected to do much to improve the earn
ings and financial position of these
| railroads and optimism is general in
| transportation circles.
! Activity in apparel and other textile
factories has held up relatively we'll this
| year and their operators are planning to
meet increased demand next Fall Man
| ufacturers Of all classes of farm ma
| chinery expect an active replacement
! demand from farmers whose equipment
| has become pretty well worn out. and
are arranging increased production pro-
grams.
Mill Operations Expanded.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., July 23-Gen-
orally speaking, the present month has
| witnessed a moderate improvement in
manufacturing activity. largely a sea-
Sonal development. Retail trade volume
remains unsatisfactory, although actual
volume Is making more favorable COM
! parsons with last year than dollar sales
total
Woolen and worsted plants have been
expanding their operations substan-
TALLY. This is a seasonal development
marking the beginning of the Fall
season. JeWelry plants show signs of
increased activity in the preparation OF
Fall samples. Silk mills show some
signs of improvement. Cotton manu-
featuring shows no marked change in
operations, which are very slow, ex-
cept in rayon divisions where activity
has been fair for about three months.
Knitting mills are reasonably active,
but not excitedly so. Rubber manu-
featuring Is reasonably active, not a
new development.
Employment Gains.
LOUISVILLE. KY, July 23-Among
heartening signs listed by the Louisville
Board of Trade in series Of Mid
summer optimistic industrial notes
was a June employment increase in
seventy-tWo plants of IT per cent over
tho same month last year.
The most substantial gains in en-
ployment have been made in the to-
bacco factories. where cigarette manu-
featuring is booming, with two shifts
| working daily at most of the plants
Indications for better tobacco prices
this Fall are going to help Kentucky
farmers. as we'll as the manufacturers.
the trade body reported.
Among construction work about to
begin in the city's trade area is $780,
600 Army Hospital at Fort Knox. addi-
tional sewer projects in the city to cost
/ 81 900. 600. a new Evangelical Hospital
to cost $4,000, and 81 100000 worth of
extra highway construction work in
the State.
Increased Hog Prices
DES MONIES. Iowa, July 23.-The
value of Iowa's hogs and cattle in
creased through higher prices s154,-
C00,000 from early June to mid July
Although there has been some re-
action in prices due to let up in
pork consumption during the heat
| wave. prices are again steadying and
much of the increased value has been
| held.
Farm experts are confident that the
next move will be upward
Pay Rolls Larger.
LOS ANGELES, Calf. July %
/ State Director of Finance Vandegrift
announces that. in the States building
| construction. labor improvement in
June as compared with May in Los
/ Angeles County showed an increase
of 254 per cent in employment, 297
per cent in pay roll and 3.5 per cent in
per capita earnings.
Seasonal activity in canning is help
ing to relieve the unemployment sit
uation. Several rubber companies have
re-employed number of men and have
stepped up the working hours.
Coal Mines to Reopen.
SCRANTON, Pa, July 23.-Through-
out the Lackawanna County section of
the anthracite field, coal companies
are placing mines and breakers in
readiness for an expected busy season
starting the last two weeks of August
During the remaining days of this
month an increased demand is ex-
pected as prices will advance 20 cents
ton on August l..
Printing Business Improves.
DALLAS. Tex, July 23.-With bank
clearings here showing a gain of
So, ,OOO, 900 in weekly figures. new con-
Struction under way or definite prof.
ected to cost about 100000 the
printing business reporting SO per cent
improvement over last year and the
city tax payments exceeding 1881 fig
ures. business conditions here supply
some basis for folk to consider chang
ing their views regarding the depression.
In addition building program to
cost about s3,000,000 is under way at
the University of Texas, Austin.
Large Plane Order Placed.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 23.-The
Waco Aircraft Co. has begun making
war planes for Brazil on official con-
formation received for the building of
IS ships, the largest single order ever
received by the local concern.
The order TOTALS SZUU,OU0 and five
military ships will be delivered three
weeks from today. All IS will be
shipped by boat from New York to Rio
de Janeiro. The Brazilian order makes
a total of 81 planes for which orders
have been entered by the company this
month.
New Industry Established.
SYRACUSE, July 23.-Establishment
of a new industry in this city, which
may mean construction Of similar