The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-02-13
Behind the Scenes
In
American Business

American Business
BY REYNOLDS KNIGHT
New York. - A more eau
tious buying policy on the part
of large retail stores is apparent
in the Federal Reserve Systems
February summary of business
conditions. The Federal Reserve
reports that department store
stocks showed a much smaller
decline than usual in Deem
Der and were 70 per cent larger
at the end of the month than
a year previously. Outstanding
orders for merchandise, it is
added, continued to decline and
were about 80 per cent smaller
than a year ago. Increased
;tocks accounted in large part
for the clearance and price re-
duction sales which spread
through the retail stores dur
ing January. December sales
revealed the usual sharp in
crease and the total for the
fourth quarter holiday shopping
season was % per cent larger
than during the like period of
1915. However, this gain was
smaller than during the preced-
ing quarters as evidenced by
the 81 per cent increase for
the year. The usual seasonal
decline developed during the
first three weeks of January,
the Federal Reserve points out.
VISIBILITY UNLIMITED -
One of the characteristics that
has made American industry
supreme is its divine discon-
tent with things as they are.
No matter how good a thing is
industrial research experts are
constantly trying to improve it.
That is why there is such a
contrast between the 1916 au-
tomobiles and those of the eos.
Latest example of this is a rev.
dictionary new transparent
cartridge for b%all-point pens
just developed by Eversharp.
Their original cartridge was
perfected after ID months OF
research and was used satisfac-
torily in the millions of CA
pens produced and sold last
year. But the experts decided
they needed a visible ink sup
ply for the pens so users would
know how much ink they had
left. The result is the trans
parent spiral cartridge which
not only provides unlimited Wis
Utility, but even better perform
ance than the original. Employ
ing newly discovered principles
of capillary action, the cart
ridge has a new spiral capillary
tube which permits the perma-
nent ink to flow continuously
in one direction.
THINGS TO COME - Food in
brighter, more attractive con-
tanners and with more appetite
ing names =. B. F. Goodrich
is changing the designation OF
one type of rubber from syn
thetic" to Hycar American Rub
Der 49,. Plastic horSeShoes
which enable the game to be
played indoors -. A new
chemical cleaning fluid which
removes the oxide film which
causes aluminium to turn white
-. An aluminium ladder with
rubber covered ends for use in
doors An electric grinder
with an attachment which
makes it available either as a
hand tool or as a flexible shaft
tool -. A tape dispenser which
measures out cellulose or acct
ate tape in lengths 3-8th Of an
inch to three inches -. A new
camera, which develops film
almost as the picture is taken
The company which is said to
have it is not commenting
which indicates that it may not
be On the market for a while
-. A portable electric hand
saw with a six-inch blade and
a two-inch cutting capacity
... A smokeless coal heater
which combines three streams
of air to promote full combus-
ton and eliminate the possibil-
ity of gas escaping through the
chimney.
CASH FROM WASTE - Get
ting cash returns from corr
cobs, grain stalks and husks
and chicken feathers seems like
a fantasy, but the Department
of Agriculture is setting out tc
do just that. Good results are
already reported by leading in
dustries and universities. A vel.
low powder called ruth is now
obtained from the lowly buck.
wheat plant, and the University
of Pennsylvania medical schoo
reports that it may become 8
specific for high blood pressure
Some $4,000 pounds of groune
corn cobs are now used an