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Show FULL SPURS INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES Encouraging G a i ns Are Recorded In Many Lines. By RICHARD GRIDI.EY United i'ress Jinam'ial Writer NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (U.R) Business began the "fall" season this week with encouraging en-couraging gains, and with thousands of workers recalled in anticipation of heavier orders. or-ders. Practically all of the leading lead-ing business indices were at their best levels since early July. Several, Sever-al, such as railroad car loadings and electrical power production, showed greater than seasonal expansion. ex-pansion. Ford Keopens The vast Ford factories reopened at River Rouge after a shutdown of three weeks, and many other companies speeded up manufacture manufac-ture of various fall merchandise. This tendency has been pronounced pronounc-ed in the textile industry. Cooler weather in many sections of the country gave retail trade much - needed stimulus. Many stores imported heavier business than in many weeks. One of the most hopeful signs of business improvement was the steadily increasing number of freight cars handled by the railroads. rail-roads. Loadings last week were the highest since May, and showed the fourth successive weekly in crease. Consumption of electrical energy, which has shown scucessive gains in the past three weeks, for the week ended September 3, was only i 10.4 per cent under a year ago, I compared with a loss of 12.3 per cent in the preceding week. ! Steel Improves The rate of steel production, while disappointing, this week rose to 14 per cent of capacity, against 13 per cent last week and with further gains indicated. Another favorable straw is the check in the rate of telephone disconnections. dis-connections. The Bell System, after af-ter making seasonal allowance, lost only 201,000 subscribers in August, against a loss of 268,000 in Julv. Telephones connected in August showed an increase of 22,-uuu. 22,-uuu. Business men believe that the farmers will be among the first to feel the upward tide of business, and are closrly watching developments develop-ments in agricultural sections. |