The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-01-01

Stock Average viii be less on June
80. 1854 shan on January ! 1854
I 3 Taxes viii be lowered by eH-
pirlng Laws,
4 The price of most commodi-
ties Will be lower on June 30. 1854
/. S. The Eisenhower Honey
moon is.fast ending and he will
have a hard time controlling Con-
gress curing the next six months.
s. Retail sales can be kept up
by manufacturers and merchants
spending more money on adver-
Using, selling and developing new
products.
\ T. The Y. S. population viii
continue Its present growth and
the best prospects for sales in
1854 will be the 'teen-agers.
8. Interest rates during the first
SIX months of 1854 should aver
age about as at present. except on
the renewal OF lov-rate loans
8. Farm lands. except near
cities. will sell for less during the
first half Of 1854. when farmers
profits vii begin to decline
\ 10. The. Central and Southwest
viii not sQffer drought as in 1858.
H. There viii be more fear Of
World WAR III as years 60 on.
People VIII gradually move out Of
certain large cities Nearby farm
land viii pc split up. a rise in the
price Of such fringe farm land is
certain
10 The y. S. Government will
. give less money to the European
and other nations direct; but viii
help them through the United Ma
tons
13. There Will be fewer employ
ed next June r. the total take
home pay Will be less-than last
June. This. however, may be
good thing for the morale Of the
nation
IA. The present Administration
Will suffer much opposition TO
attempts to reduce tariffs if pro-
fits decline or unemployment I'M
creaseS.
IS, The, Administration and the
Labor Leaders viii try to revamp
the Taft Hartley Bill during 1854
but bad strikes are coming.
Is. l am no weather prophet,
but experts expect a warmer win
ter for the eastern portion Of the
u S. and a colder Florida
H. Canada will continue to
boom during tho first half of 1854,
but this may be a good time to
take profits on Canadian invest
ments.
10. The above may also apply TO
|. Southern California and its air
plane and movie Industries Both
may have reached their peaks for
the present.
10 Automobiles will be harder
to sell and easier to buy during
the first half of 1854, Both the
automobile stocks and the cars
, Will be in less demand. There will
be more bargains IN used cars.
/ discounts on new cars. especially
cars Of the independent manu-
factmer
!. 20 Florida may have killing
frostS during the next few
months This will cheer zap Cali
fornia. Arizona and Texas.
81 The Korean situation will
remain about AS it is as the
/ Chinese says, much talkie, no
shootie. ="
% There VIII be one or two
designations from the Eisenhower
"Businessnen's Cabinet" replaced
by politicians" All is not going
too we'll The President is not
used to being prcssurcd by lob
\ bies
%. The first half of 1854 should
be your best time to get out Of
debt or at. least reduce your debt
Remember that most bankers are
IN the business of "loaning UNI
/ brellaS when the sun is shining.
and calling them in when it
/ rains. Moreover, you cannot
blame Them because the umbrellas
really belong 10 depoSitors, who
also will want them on rainy
days Operate so you can clean
up bank leans once during 1854
"a The, companies which Will
prosper most are those which
have lnaugurated effective labor
saving programs, Most manutac-
turers arc learning that they can
not beat labor through mere
strikes. They arc winning only as
they purchase new labor Savipg
! machinery. spend more money on
research and on directed adj
vertising,
rs There may be some further
/ initiation iii 1854; but percentage
wise TO the total national output
It should not help the stock mari