economic highlights As the alla campaign entered ii the e middle or of I 1 its s third week enthusiasm ens cus thusia sm wis vlas hed pled cs continued to pour four in while troi bles bleg have pitt in the and the earn pa I 1 gm is obvious touching its most crucial point minta are arc as confident as ev er e in forecasting rem remarkable trica hip the blanket code lias has 1181 ped 1 ohp ot ill trade codes ili il the news the latter however will nill probably be tit in operation ration fonfe tuan than tho the and the law instead of ft public opinion only fly is hack back or them it Is nit an orcil ore i secret that th government Is dissatisfied with trade code brogi progress ess all and Is ever every effort to speed matters up of the most important liim luni lioi bLi as thrown out olit when bent in ili now the president lias has signed an approved lumber code which Is exl ex l pecked to do much tor for tile tho indest y and its employed emp loyes Mini minimum murn nages mages range from 23 cents an hour in the south to 40 cents in the north and west with a 40 hour work week which may b extended to 48 hours at seasonal peak an ali agency known as the lunt linn her code authority inc Is the job of protecting prices leial and controlling productions every operating company will be given nit an rl ment and production quotas for or various divisions division ot of the industry will be on the basi of 0 consumption including anticipated export demand selling price is never to be allowed to drop below tho the cost ot of production point under selling will be illegal the agree m ait is deright ta to increase liim hini and timber employment by cottien COt CO omen nien the electric industry is operating under a temporary code until the edison institute can 0 obtain otaie at ap ot of a permanent agie agreement ement steel ard automobile industries ire arc bones ot of contention code off officials rials fro ere struggling with the problem it worst comes to worst the seven eril ment will make up codes them on the indu stiles whether whet hii they like alvor not its a cae cabe where they wont take no tor for an anstet the first NHA chiselers are arc appearing these are firms which sign the tha agreement then violate it hy by not bringing wages to the specified minimum keeping workers ott on the job for or longer hours than are arc allow able etc cases have been found where employed emp loyes have protested only to tie be told that it they reported violations to direct directors ork they would be discharged general johnson and subordinates are going after concerns falling in this clas the law may step iri fro signed pledges are sent thru the malls postmaster general farley Is considering the possibility ot of prosecuting employers who bigland sign and Vl diate NI ate the pastal fraud statute st atut general johnson has a giuy buy now campaign wili the buying restricted to 10 members an executive order permitting cancellation cel lation of gy en inert o w th manufacturers who hive have ant i toi toie one e into the toll fole lias has been isred Issi ird no 0 new govern go van meiA wil lo fco to non NICA firms twe famous bu reatis 0 oi ft f ilav the other liy lay LII cu ithe shipping board wl wk with it uba al 11 lea received ilu ill neat sum of in if appropriations during its life and had a 3 book value ot of it at lal report its functions what ars left led of them were transferred to the department part parti ment nent of commerce other casualty was the von ton bureau which came into being belli in 1920 spent in ili 13 years and was involved in the loss losh of lives most of the 1800 dry agents were dismissed the farmer and the grain dealer found one recent government report of great interest it 11 was the latest crop forecast highlight was wai that the wheat crop would not be as short as had been expected and prices dropped accordingly most remarkable revelation however was that all grain crops MII will the be extremely short total will be small est in decades the farm relievers rol lovers ire are faced with one very perplexing question heavy hogs the nation now has expectant mother hogsand hogs and it the birth rate rat is ig up to normal there will bo be a great oversupply probable solution will be to en cn courado the marketing of 0 small pigs by paying a higher price per cwt cat and by placing a stiff processing tax against heavy hogs to T bring supply in line with demand it will bo be necessary to 0 o remove ot of pork and pork