Show FOREIGN TRADE I JUMP I OVER Iron Ore In Industries Pay Annual Dividend of Ten Per Cent Lumber Sales 90 Per Cent of Production I STOCKHOLM I. Feb 7 By A A. P P. Healthful stability of Swedish economic conditions in general J contrasted with the hampering ef effect er ef- feet of the disproportion between industrial wages and market conditions conditions con con- are arc the keynotes of ot the fourth official quarterly report of the royal board of trade The balancing of accounts for the fiscal year 24 1923 shows a budget surplus of ot th the principal sources of this excess revenue be being being being be- be ing the import duties duties- and the earnings earnings earnings earn earn- ings of various various' state enterprises such as the state railways rail s. s The The 4 1 4 total foreign trade is increasing rapidly with the exports gaining f faster taster than the imports The Swedish iron ore industries had a prosperous year berg the principal mining company company com corn pany declaring a dividend of 10 per Ier- cent for 1924 as against 5 per percent percent per percent cent the previous year yeal During the year ended September 30 30 1924 this company exported exported ton tons of ore an increase of about tons over the preceding yea year The Iron and steel and machine I industries are depressed owing to i the fact that the prices obtainable in the market scarcely co coyer cover er the I cost of production A process of ot wage readjustment is now going on which it is hoped will restore a fair margin of or profit and encourage encourage encourage age enterprise Swedish S lumber sales sall's during I 1924 amounted to about 90 per cent centI I of the total production By the end of ot December more than standards had also been sold for delivery in 1925 which is 43 per pel percent percent cent more than the corresponding figure a a. year earlier The tot total l' l exports of Swedish wood pulp duning during during dur dun ing the first nine months of 1924 reach reached d tons a as a compared with during the coi respond responding ing period of 1923 Among the thc buyers of Swedish wood pulp ranked according to sums paid the United States now takes the he load lead |