Show Business Seen In Industrial Survey NEW YORK Dec Dee 29 Business W-Business Business volume in the first quarter of 1935 will be moderately better in most lines in the opinion of editors of lead lead- ing lag industrial publications it t was revealed in a survey today In some som cases it was felt elt profits may not increase in the greater gross because of advanced operating costs through hi higher wage and materials bills and price instabIlity ity Generally however better earnIngs earnings earn earn- ings were seen as a likely accompaniment ment of the rising activity by editors of publications publication which arc are memo mem bers of the Association of Business Pap Papers rs Editors EdItor in touch with retail merchandisIng merchandising mer mer- expect department store sales to continue their recent gains into the first quarter while feeling that profit margins may be thin Hardware and shoe buying for or the is already progressing in increased in increased in in- creased volume The steel outlook is encouraging The steady small Increase in production production tion in recent weeks is seen as likely to run into the early months of 1935 It was estimated that production in 1934 was about tons an increase in increase in in- crease of tons over oyer 1933 Average profits of the were believed to quarter of 1 per cent on their capitalization compared com corn pared with a deficit of a little less than 1 per cent in m the previous year |