The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-02-19
Behind the Scenes In
American Business
By REYNOLDS KNIGHT

Living, usually pictured in the
cartoons as a tall, unfriendly
creature, will never look the
same again.
What is the ultimate meaning
of this reSounding crack in ouI
primary markets? It immedi-
ately conjureS memories Of 1929
But few of the steady, far
sighted observers expect this
break to develop into a rout OF
our economy. This break, in
the opinion of the few people
worth listening to, is a correc-
ton of a maladjustment and
not the beginning of the end
The correction was overdue. And
some good things will come out
of it. Your customer, the Amer
lean housewife, has had heI
purchasing power increased. She
can now buy more food and
still have something left over
for other needed items. There
will be less pressure for higher
wages. Some kind of tax cut
will go through Congress. And
the farmers purchasing power
will still be high. True, crops
are better throughout the world,
but there is still a vast hunger
in many lands. And the govern
ment, which talks anti-inf1a-
ton, will still spend $40 billion,
which hardly can be considered
deflationary.
WALDORF FARM SHOW-Not
many industries would choose
New York's Waldorf-Astoria to
introduce a new tractor, but
Joseph w. Frazer, a Snowman
to the core, did it last week
with reSounding success. Recall
ing the scenes in December,
1945, when Frazer introduced his
new cars in the same place,
crowds of farmers from the area
surrounding metropolitan New
York Stormed the hotel to get a
first view of a revolutionary new
farm machine - the "Jauues-
Frazer" tractor, a lightweight,
low-cost unit utilizing a small
engine-high torque principle" to
achieve adequate power without
unnecessary weight. Designed to
sell for about $685., the tractor
combines a six horsepower air.
craft-type motor with a six
speedS-f onward transmission,
and, with its rotary tiller at
tachment, will prepare more
ground for planting>in less time
than a high-horsepoWer trac-
tor with two 12-inch blows,
Frazer asserts. More than 10000
persons thronged through the
exhibit during the two-day
show, and orders were booked
for 3,545 of the new machines
indications that the Frazer
showmanship pays off.
THINGS TO COME-Mine
owners are turning to airguns
and away from explosives in
mining coal. It is safer, said to
be cheaper. The man of
the house, with muscles groan-
ing from snow shoveling this
winter, will be glad to know
there is a new, power snow
pillow on the way. It cuts a &c.
inch path. -. Motorists plagued
by toll houses on highways can
now get a little coin holder
which fastens on the dash
board, makes it easy to reach
for that dime. -. Plastic divi-
sion of General Electric is MAX
ing a plastic sailboat. A
new paste, which you mix with
the water you use for cleaning
floors, is said to catch germs
from the air the way fly-paper
catches flies. For fancy
packing apples and berries, there
is a new cardboard container
that can be set up without glue,
TAPPING or stitching. The
Slick people will soon announce
a new utenSil made of crystal
and chrome which will keep
tea, coffee, other beverages hot
while awaiting serving.
HOME OWNERS DELIGHT
Virtually 100 per cent accep-
lance in American homes of
products packed in tin cans was
revealed in a nationwide sur
pey of can opener ownership re-
ported by American Can Com
pany. In 80 states covered by
444 investigators, it was found
that 99.6 per cent of all house
wives possess one or more open
ers. On a sectional basis, can
openers are most prevalent in
the east, with only one house
wife per thousand not consid-
ering them standard kitchen
equipment. In the midwest, two
housewives per thousand lack
an opener; in the far west, five;
in the south, IA. About 60 per
cent of the housewives own
modern types of openers-either
the kind that is pressed into the
can and operated by turning a
handle on top or the kind that
operates on the same principle
but has the further convenience
of being fastened to the wall.
BITS o. BUSINESS-The pro-
gram sponsored, jointly by in
duStry and government to find
new sources of fuel, such as oil
from shale rock, is due for an
other boost. Government
economists say that small in
ventorieS will be a Stabilizing
influence in the market break.
They do not believe the inVsn-
tory losses industry will have to