The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-03-31
. TRADE
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Sound Investment
Legislation Can't
Avert Food Shortage
Coffee and Spice
Stocks Better
Nv LOU SCHNEIDER
oPA lawyers being replaced by
experienced business men: local
draft boards now have increased
authority Wholesale grocery
sales volume 50 low turnover Of
1882 depression year looks wonder
full WPB agreed TO manu-
facture Of $50. 900 pressure cookers
and may increase number: last
years total 10000 wPB APP
proved resumption Of production
of alarm clocks: goal IL 100. 900
BY close Of 1e43.
Steel orders again showing
DarlEed gain; stiIl running
ahsad Of production volume
Lumber orders thus far
shis year exceed shipments by
Els Per cent and production
BY 49, per cent This is the
time 10 purchase stove pipes
asd elbowp; hard to get next
Autumn :. Board of Eco
nounic Warfare placed orders
IN India for $50, 900. 900 yards
Of buriap-all for military.
Shoes damaged by fire. water.
smoke, steam or other accidental
cause may be sold to public as
non-rationed: but they must be
damaged Shelf paper supplies
near the vanishing point BY
means Of increased allowances Of
raw wool, mills viii provide larger
quantities this year for consumers
Retail trade continues good
in dollar sales volume but not In
items: this because of higher price
structure.
Top-grade bonds nearing a cell
ing Of yield, but no serious near
term price weakness likely
Refunding a possibility for all II
linois-Iowa power company issues
list q ref A SIS Of 1858. LIST a
ref B 5ia's of 1854: LIST q ref c
Bs of 1856 and s. r. deb 5Is's of
1857 Businessman's risk:
Boston Maine Inc. as of 1870
on wartime revenues Lowell
Gas Light LIST mtge A AIS Of 1856
retained for income.
Monogahela West Penn Pub
lie Service does not plan near-term
refunding Of debt o's of 1868 :.
Indianapolis Union Ref. q Impv.
B sls's of 1885 retained for in
vestment; has Pennsylvania Rail-
road and New York Central guar
antee International Paper Ref.
s. r. A SIS Of 1855 retained for
attractive yield Businessman's
risk: American q Foreign Power
deb SIS Of 203o on chance Chilean
properties may be sold to Re-
public Of Chile; price asked $751;
600, 900.
Chairman Cannon. house
appropriations committee. n
ON record saying no amount Of
legislation can avert a nation
n food shortage; outside of
few items, there Ii no surplus
e.. The nation has no actual
guardian Of food responsible
Ties for the some 125.oO0,000
felix's On the home front =.
One-fourth Of the food pro-
aucsd this year win 20 to the
arms1 forces and lease-lend.
Cotton consumption will total
about 1900 900 bales this season;
based on figures known that makes
b.672.ooo bales for second ak
months Alcohol production for
war use win consume 200, 600, 900
bushels Of grain this year
Natural rubber from Honduras
more than five times that Of last
year; now about $4,000 pounds
monthly Cocoa and chocolate
allotmsnts TO hold for balance Of
year; that's . trade expectation.
Tea imports win total $1,000. 900
pounds this year against 10000
900 normal consumption More
than l.2oo 900 bags of coffee i'm
ported since Feb. 23 Stocks Of
virtually all spices will run short
this year; ginger in best position
with black pepper worst Cali
fornia grape prices viii be fixed
before harvesting time !. Borden
company expanding line Of de-
hydratsd soups. and all have .
powdered milk base; armed forces
now get Ill.
It requires ten tons Of equipment
70 land . soldier In North Africa
and / u tons monthly 70 keep him