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Show } ; * " . BUSINESS LOOKS UP . ' c cThe The continued contmued improvement in business and employ- employ employment employment employ.went - ment .went went . conditions condlbons which , , hich has been in evidence during re- re recent recent recent - " \ pessiJ cent months has begun to convince even the most pessirnistic pessimistic pessi- pessi pessimistic - ? J mistic rnistic that we are really on the road to national economicrecovery economic ' I < recovery . , j { \ Many l\funy l funy factors are contributing contnbuting to this th1s most desirableresult desirable } ) result : , and it can not be doubted that the bold legislativet legislative 1 piogram logram program ] ) enacted by Congress at the request of President\ President PresidentI PresidentRoosevelt President PresidentRoosevelt tant of those factors . This Thiscan Thiscan \ I . Roosevelt is the most impOl impoitant important can be freely said without the slightest shghtest political partisan partisan- partisanship partisanship partisanship - ship , because leadeis leadels leaders of both parties have had a part in inpassing inpassing inpassing passing this legislation . Among the measures lecently recently passed by Congiessand Congless Congress Conglessand Congressand and various state legislatuies JegislatUles legislatures , it 1t is believed by many thatthe that thatthe thatthe the laws legalizing legahzmg the sale of 3 2 per cent beer have havebeen havebeen havebeen been especially especlaHy henefitial beneflJal henefiUal ( in affording affOl af folding dmg widespread unem unem- unemployment unemployment unemployment - ployment lelicf lehef ielicf , while at the same time contributing contrlbutmg to tothe tothe tothe the cause of real temperance through curtailing curtmlmg the con- con consumption consumption con consumption - sumption of vile bootleg liquor hquor . Many industries mdustrIes , including mcludmg the t h e manufacture ofbre\\ery ofbre ery of ofbreer ofbre bre\\er bre er breerr bre \ sery \ r equipment , bottles , barlel4 barrels ban els : and boxes , ice ma- ma machmery machinery ma machinery - chinery chmery and refrigeration facilities , and other supplIes supplIeshave supplieshave supplieshave have gIven gi en a new maiket mal1\.et mal1.et mal1 .et et market \ . to pioducts plodl1cts products of the tdrm td.rm farm . , forest forestand forestand forestand and factory , as well as employment to many men . Taxes Ta\.es Ta.es Ta .es es ' \ . paid to the Federal , state and local govern govern- governments governments governments - ments duung dUllng during the shoit short ShOl t time in which the sale of beer hasbeen has hasbeen hasbeen been permitted have exceeded e.ceeded eceeded . all expectations . President Roosevelt himself ' is 'IS 7s said to believe legal legal- legalizatlOn legalization legalization - ization izatlOn of beer to be an important factor in m his recovery recoveryprogram recoveryprogram recoveryprogram program , and to an unpiejudiced unpleJudIced unprejudiced obsel obseiver observer vel ' it seems to be bewOlkmg beworking bewolking wOlkmg working out that way . |