Show BEA BEAUTIFUL SPRING I 1 latSon if f I 1 a t i 0 in t to 0 burst u s into t aj war baboom rf EAR oo 00 where price inflation Is concerned there is no such thing as a last word more words more gloomy predictions always follow latest verbal foreboding by vate and government forecasters holds that next april and may will mark a probable crisis peak in the continuing upward trend of retail and wholesale prices flat predictions that meat and some other food prices are likely to soar as winter ends have been made by political officials and confirmed by government and other acono mists experts in retail dry goods prices are saying that the shelves emptied by the christmas buying rush will be restocked with goods that will be priced much higher the goods were being bought in the garment trade centers at wholesale prices nearly equal to last spring springs s retail prices another factor boosting the iffla tion bubble is expected to be the peak in foreign demand for food and other items in europe scheduled to come as winter bows out the construction industry chich hit an all time high in dollar values as the 1947 season ended probably will begin the 1948 season under an extra ord harily high demand pres sure for building materials another considerable influence is CIO pres dent philip murray s re cent declaration that unions in his organization will seek another round of wage increases increase thus helping to form another price bulge pressure tor for higher wages Is ex pecked to build up during the late winter months in washington political leaders of both democratic and republican persuasion are giving all these signs serious and concentrated study and both sides are convinced that some thing must be done it is not considered likely that these indications of further inflation will add up to a nation wide bust next summer their biggest siant finance is that they make up a pack age of pol dynamite which probably will explode with an earth shaking impact sometime around the presidential election in novem her ber ewh kwh |