The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-03
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NEW YORk-Labor Day. gate
way to seasonal autumn business
expansion. this year comes at lust
.he time that unusual exnorf is
being made 10 get the huge ma
tional defense program under way
Employment figures are at the
best level of the year. with the
trend upward steel activity
is sure 10 hold high rate Of oper-
ations Hardware manufac-
turers warning buyers deliveries.
viii be slow early next year.
Building permits show expan-
sion. with prospects Of 1871 being
a record year Lumber ship
ments exceed output Dip In
glass output only seasonal; better
ment from here on Paper mills
operating at better than 81 per
cent Of capacity Fur sales
expanding Dry goods. favored
business index. has bullish pros
poets; advance In sheet prices
pending.
Army buying accounts for de-
mand in gray goods E.. Rug man
ufacturers predict good autumn
sales volume Furniture circles
bullish Grocery volume again
records gains Home furnish
ings demand high: seasonal &.
Clothing manufacturers look for
increased volume over last year
Business failures on seasonal
decline Retail trade prospects
brightest since early 1887.
Bonds Reconstruction Finance
corporations new-money financ-
ing will come before treasury de-
partment's Sept. Is required fl
nsncing Traders active In
Northern Pacific 6s of 2047: some
foreign selling overhanging
Quoted above call figures. Flori-
ds Power 4 Light LIST mtge IS
of 1854 amply priced Bust
nessman's risk: Western Union
AIS and 5s; same goes for Asso-
ciated Tel & Tel 5iss of 1855
p. r. Goodrich LIST mtge AS Of
1888 amply priced.
Commodities - Bureau agricul-
tural economies estimates 1910
farm income. including govern
ment payments. at $4,000, 900. 900.
or 1886. 000. 900 increase over 1899
No cotton shipments being
made to European countries; do
nestle consumers, however, large
takers War prevents inter
national movement of wheat; Bal
kan rift benefits grain prices;
mills larger buyers :. Corn crib
scarcity for new crop 9. Japanese
order to consume more silk should
help price structure.
News bits - Reports from 2S3
cities show s0.614 In vocational
training for defense production
jobs: 10000 TO be placed soon
Editor and Publisher"-Bible Of
Fourth Estate - says two-thirds
nations 1888 dailies favor Wen
dell Willkie Col. Philip b.
Fleming. wage-hour administrator
ordered 237 inspectors to check
whether 5000 factories in leather
goods. hosiery. shoe, furniture and
wooden industries operate within
law.
Hole says 20 per cent of
$3.246, 633. 900 lent on homes has
been repaid e. Exclusive of nom
relief families. country has $780,
600 indebted on cash installment
loans Without publicity fan
fare, Finnish government will pay
in fun losses incurred by Amer
lean firms because of cession of
territory to Russia 4. Tide Water
Associated Oil isn't negotiating
with Mexican government for sale
or purchase OF petroleum products.
Lloyd's of London lost a notable
risk with assassination OF Leon
Trotsky: amount ran from $500, 900
to S400. 900 Goodyear Tire a
Rubbers new synthetic product
called chemigum Hercules
Powder booked a S16,075,000 war
department contract Apple
growers and machinery manufac-
turers negotiating for an apple
squeezer for serving of fresh apple
juice at soda fountains: expected
out about Jan. l -. North Amer
lean Aviation to build new
$4,000. 900 manufacturing plant
near Dallas, Tex.
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