Show i r I Pocketbook New News j jH H J OW about business conditions conditions' Axe Me times time A S going to be good or bad Well the theiron theiron iron industry looks encouraging And experts for years have considered pig iron production tion a of general business Its It's supposed to rise or fall six months ahead of other lines S SIron Iron output in October was a trifle more in Sept September a customary seasonal movement lOv meI t. t O October tober production was quite a abit abit abit bit less than in May the record month but pro production last spring was so excessively big that a r r was inevitable October output of pig iron averaged over 10 tons a day In October 1914 the average was not much more than half as big As long as our basic or key industry is step- step fing it off nearly twice as fast fast as before th the way there's theres he e s sno no no o excuse excuse for I pessimism I Steel industry not only is is' is busy its it's preparing preparing preparing pre pre- paring to c continue so This years year's shipments of f iro iron br ore down the Great Lakes Lakes up up to to the first of November ex exceeded tons Ions This c compares with about abouL 39 tons in the corre corresponding period of last year In October over passenger autos and trucks were manufactured compared with only in October 1922 J Railroads continue hauling record break ing amounts amounts' of f freight So far this year they have loaded and moved cars of of- freight for each cars in in the Uie corresponding period of and ind cars Business cars in 1921 men should clip cip ip that last parag paragraph aph and paste past iton it iton iton on their desks S |