Show Rail Officer Sees Business Increase S WASHINGTON Sept 7 P Paul IP-Paul Paul Shoup houp vice chairman of the thc board of the ic Southern Pacific railroad said after after af af- af ter a conference with President Hoover Hoover Hoo- Hoo ver cr today he had reported that fig fig- urea ures res showed a perceptible improvement improvement improve improve- ment in the economic situation of ofle the le southwest and Pacific coast coas Shoup said had in in- creased substantially and that he was WIS partIcularly hopeful because of the thc increased movement of oC freight in less Jess than lan carload lots A study of oC less than c carload freight ho to said indicated that small merchants mer mer- chants hants and md business businessmen men were were stockIng stock stock- Ing ng up on commodities of oC all kinds |