The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

kilA AHDl Iallt obiI Wilat JIlCJ OC and steady" improvement weeks business men who ad' MIRA program have emphasii the long pull"
 They regard evidences of grad nal upturn, as reflected by increas- ing forward commitments of re- tailers, as being of special signii- canoe.
 A New England manufacturer wrote that he has never known such "conservative. though confi- dent, placing of orders by mer- chants wko are sure of the trend before taking any chances"
 r. T. Joy, vice-president of the Mallory Hat Co.,, wrote:
 The business of our company has increased over 50 percent this sea son, and present bookings of orders for spring indicate larger increase over the corresponding period last tyear. We understand similar con- MftiOn prevails throughout the hat ii1Sdustry, and we attribute this 1eartcning increase to the recovery pfogram of the president
 We believe the hat industry'S code is decided step forward for the industry. Many detrimental trade practices will be prohibited to the advantage of the industry. The Mallory Hat Co. puts itself on rec Grd as being heartily in favor of the hat code as a contribution to the success of the National RccOy- cry Act, which success we believe 1s, assured.
 A similar report of increased business for life-insurance agents aH S10 states was contained in q telegram from c, J. P. Lucas, Com ,nnonwea1th Life Insurance Co, Louisville, Ky, assfollows: From January to July 1, 1888, we lost million in business. From August T to December 1, under MIRA. we show increas l business of $3,000,- 1000. Greatest increase is in indus trial wage-earners policies since in- ,stitution of NRA,"
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 | Evidences of lonG-fange better inent are submitted by many com spanies and industrial reporting agencies. The largest consumption of cotton during the first months of the current, season since the cor responding period of 1929 is typical. An lnvariable barometer of expec- tation is said to be orders for scrap Iron. Exports alone for the first 10 months of 1893 exceed the total figure of 550,000 tons that set record for 1929, and November fig ,ires bring the 11-month total to 600,000 tons, as against 227,O00 for all of 1892. ! T-s GA., 1a h Al n-fI l. maee of holiday employment re- Goods association states that: Minimum of 100000 additional workers will be given employment, and Approximately $4,000, 000,001 will be spent over retail counters tffsS month. Estimated 'extra-labor compensation by retail stores will 1e d230, ,O00,6 600. Merchants expect ChTiatmas business to be the re- maining element that will pull this yeaf's figures to the black side or th&g ledger
 Business Barometer Good
 Effrhe business activity Barometer ofsDun & Bradstreet shows. 6l.2 as compared with the preceding week, anAincrease of IS, and 53.9 for the corresponding week last year. Car loadings. steel, and bank clearings showed the greater gains. Only use oflslectric tk ower showed decfne. Ste6f operators averaged 2S.o per cent of capacity, as against 26.S pSreent the kpreyiohs week. Bank cIearings were IF percent over the corresponding week of 1882. The increase appeared at all key cen teEs.
 The Melville Shoe Co. showed November sales of $1,S6O,551. up cts:.percent from last year. Park x Tflford showed net progfits for the first g months of 1883 of $S0S,943 aKl1thst net loss of $3S2,37b ip sim iI&ryperiodrof .faS2.
 4Rctail trade sittained substantial pr6pOrtions last week. according to Icilorts from all federal reserve dis, tripts. Pay rolls were 16 percent up iu,4he Philadelphia district. Novem- hfsr fbuilding permits showed rise f0HstIie fourth c0iie- autive month iii tho; Chicago district. Pronounced actixity" was reported from St. Louis: '.wilolesalc trade continued to Improve siin the kansas City urea: tbusincss failures smallest Tor any month iIl 13 years,". in the Richmond district. and volume or retail sales 26 percent above a year ago. in the < Dallas district. san. Francisco reported .'business bar. Omctcrs including reports from banks. indicate that the recent ini- pRovement iss being maintained. Dollar volume store sales in the Cleveland district was 16 percent above November 1882. Minneapolis x.,twnJ. Atxss.s, is. thu upnPf hxvaSt as reflected by hank debits, con- tinued to shoW Improvement. Re tail department store sales in- f,It -