Show INCREASE SH W j Country Sets Out on Climb Climb to Normal WASHINGTON v Sept 6 An An Ini In crease creaso of oC per cent In u i em tor torment mont ment In sixty-five sixty prInc principal pal Industrial ce centers in August as compared w Jul July was shown by statistics madi public tOda today by the department of 1 labor The figures were taken ken fo from the payrolls of or 1428 firms i J Increases occurred In the num number r employed in food lyod and ana food products product textiles and their products iron an and steel leather and its Us finished product products stone atone clay and nd glass products metal metai and metal products other than iron at and steel tobacco manufacture sand rail rau road repair shops all alt other classifications decreases While it Is true that hat the country has hal at tInt last definitely sot set out on the lone uphill climb to normal tho the statement said it would bo a mistake to the figures with a a. significance not strictly in accordance with the facts faca It must be borne in mind that tIe lm ira In I provement shown can be traced larg large I ly to the vast agricultural activities A happy augury Is la tho very ery general gener ener I al Increase In building operation which are greater than at any u since tho the nation entered the tho war I Other encouraging features pointed ou out t were the bountiful harvest indications indica of ot Improvement In the Iron ai and steel marked reinstatement in railroad occupations the approaching I of ot manufactured stocks and continue strength of or textiles particularly of cotton Business men generally the statement state ment continued are Inclined to th the belief be tot lie hot lief that the worst part of ot the dep l sion sian Is over o Seattle showed an increase of employment em of ot 16 per cent San Francisco showed a decrease of per cent |