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Show BUSINESS AS USUAL-AND USUAL AND USUAL - - AND BETTER"Business BETTER BETTER"Business "Business Business "Busmess Busmess " as usual - esciibcs desciibcs esciibcsthe ' ' d- d descubcs descllbcs the commeicial commelclal commercial pic- pic picture picture pic picture - ture today During Dunng recent weeks weeps , , theie thele there have ha\e ha e hae \ ' , been no nolUalked nomarked nomaiked lUalked marked changes either elthcr upward up\\ard up ard \ \ or downward down\\ard down ard \ \ The Thehigh Thehigh Thehigh high level le\el le el \ attained attamed during durmg the spring sprmg has been main m\m- m main- mmtamed maintamed maintained ' \ - tained tamed this sumrnei summel suinmei , , " when "hen hen seasonal adjustments are aremade aremade aremade aremadeTo made madeTo To quote Business Week , " ' business 'busmess busmess sentiment IS rs ISobviously rsobviously isobviously obviously improved now The presidents president s court bIll bIllhas billhas billhas has taken a trimming trimnllng Though all is not exactly exactlyqwet exactlyquiet qwet quiet on the labor front it is definitely defimtely better than thanit thanit , it was .as as vas . " Another encouiaging encoUlagmg encouraging factor , in the view of ofbusmess ofbusiness ofbusiness busmess business men , , is 15 the apparent leluctance reluctance of Congress Congressto I Ito to okeh major "experimental experimental " ' ' legislation Last year yearat yearat 1 1at at this time , many leaders were frankly skeptical ofthe of ofthe I Ithe the basic baS1C soundness of the recovery movement movementthey , , they regarded it as a bubble that might Inlght burst at any anytIme anytime anytime tIme They still do not feel that the underlying underlymg struc struc- structure structure structure - ture is as solid as it might be , but they arc are definite definite- definitel definitely definitely - l ly ' more hopeful that needed corrections correctlOns will w1l1 takeplace take takeplace takeplace . . place Here are some business busmess briefs of interest . . I IAGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE Big crops are being harvested harvestedand harvestedand i iand and prices pnces are good There is an acute shortage of oflabor oflabor oflabor labor in m many states , although . wages v.ages vages have risenmaterially rIsen rIsenmaterially risenmaterially materially . AUTOMOBILES ' ' This Tills June , , passenger car regis reg1S- reg1S regis- reg1StratIons registrations registrations - trations totaled 336,000 336000 , as against 369,000 369000 , June , , ' 35This 35 35ThIs 35This ThIs shows shm\s shm s shoos \ sales hale ha\e ha e hatie \ slackened Prices of cais calS cars arerising are are1'1smg arerising 1'1smg 11smg rising ' , , owing owmg to increased mcreased production costsADVERTISING costsADVERTISING costs costsADVERTISING ADVERTISING . Is , Is up in all branches1ith branches , , \ with \1ith 1ith : bIg- bIg bIggest biggest big biggest - gest gains gams registered by magazines magazmes , whose lineageis ImeageIS Imeage lineage IS now at its highest point since smce June , 1930 Farm Farmpapels Farmpapers Farmpapeis papels papers ran second in m peicentage pelcentage percentage increases mcreases , , and news ne\\s- ne s news- nespapers newspapers newspapers \ \ - papers thll"dCONSTRUCTION thirdCONSTRUCTION third thll"d thlld thirdCONSTRUCTION " CONSTRUCTION . A building boom is forecast forecastto to start soon and to continue until about 1943STOCKS 1943STOCKS 1943 1943STOCKS STOCKS AND BONDS Are stableIth stable . , With \\Ith Ith aith \ the thegeneral thegeneral thegeneral general tendency upward up\\ard up ard \ Practically ever everyone one antici anticl- anticl antici- anticlpates anticipates anticipates - pates higher values for securities secuntIes this fall and v.m- v.m win- win v.mter winter . win winter - terSTEEL terSTEEL ter terSTEEL STEEL AND RETAIL RAIL PRICES . . With labor dlf- dlf dif- dif dlfficultIes difficulties dif difficulties - ficulties over for the time being bemg , sieel steel mills mms have haverecently haverecently haverecently recently been operating operatmg at more than 80 pel pe1 pet cent efficiencya ef- ef efficIencya ef efficiency - ficIency-a ficIency a ficiency - a very high summer sununer rate Retail prices pnces m in msome insome insome some lines hnes , , notably meats , have risen very noticeably |