Show acono economic MW highlights r eri gh lights that affect tho th vin inor vans checke nd T tux of iivo lerv national and from welfare I 1 Lam waw kven iven ellough the alio business statistics tic S show no deri nibe cliance cl cJ iange there la is much in tile the fact act that a relative degree legace of stability lias hita been reached and maintained in the past two inon mon tha blead are taking which will have a healthful infill mice on oil industry in general ge noral weaker units aro are being eliminated a necessary prelude to general gene raf recovery roco vory the efficiency of industrial operations Is steadily increasing one of tho the most moat interesting signs la Is that a virtual mortgage moratorium la is gradually taking effect tho the center of this la Is in the inid western states where officials and courts have shown a tendency to aid the tanner farmer in ili his tight fight against foreclosures fore closures the largest mortgage holders insurance ranco companes and hanks banks ore are showing an extremely len lenient tent attitude attl tudo A short time ago a group of the largest insurance companies announced a policy which in brief means that there will be no foreclosures fore closures that can be avoided so long as the mortgagee shows a 0 disposition to do tits his host best to work out his problem the long awaited report of tile the national transportation committee was wag recently issued after months of investigation and study among its suggestions were that parallel lines alnea be abandoned that top heavy capital structures be aired down that regulation be bd loss less severe and more flexible Alean meanwhile while a good sign Is that railroad traffic and earnings on the whole are now ahead of last year efforts to stabilize the oil industry took concrete form with the adoption by the american petro gouni institute of anew and aggressive policy to eliminate avils main result sought Is balanc balan cli tig of production with consumption the institute will fight diversion Iver of gas baa tax funds to other purposes than roads tax increases gas bootlegging and tax evasion and will maintain that gas gaa should rightfully be taxed by the states only in tile the field crude la Is still selling boiling lit at prices with tho the california of tile the industry in better condition con dlton diton I 1 la late te reports on major industries show copper higher prices are expected great interest shown in withdrawal of american Arne rican smelting smelling Sm elting and refining company from copper exports inc the world asso elation formed in 1929 to sell copper outside this country Lumber New business fairly good with demand exceeding production further slow improvement Im fit n next 60 days Is expected shipping apprehension Is ex that the coming world economic conference will attempt to atop stal federal subsidies of U S shipping those these subsidies in the torm form of mall mail contracts have niad made meet low wage ocala it possible to foreign competition steel seasonal blY buying illg recently improvement scrap cricos caused biml anti and finished stool alrin hava been prices weak extremely un cannara 0 outlook for fop food ca connera enors with cort aill prices low 1 Ilo however wever shipments last year lavo hayo awn large that than per c cent ent ot of 1932 asparagus pack Is sold bold and moro more than aluin CC 06 por per A limited pack cent of poach peach this year in attempt acted pact pack la Is me expected to nate ca carryover rr farm prices haye havo been of 11 iotte on tile downgrade ado but losses havo been small cattle I 1 was vas ono one of tile tha exceptions showing a rise cotton grain Kin lii hay bay hoga at and id sheep took losses lOS fiOS the price of grain futures rose with extremely bad w weather eather caution wins wag evident how over ever ind bild t there here ling has been little pronounced cli change angov ahn visible supply ot of 01 wheat la IS la ahn 01 la the decreasing easing steadily a good sign for future price and market improvement pro nu nosiness siness conditions in the philippines show no improvement with credits anti and collections difficult in dustral activity Is at a high level in ili japan little chango in ang land and italy showed allowed a heavy beavy unfavorable trado trade balanco balance in 1932 conditions in ar austrian trian industries are ario unfavorable in finland tile the low exchange value of the mark during 1932 enabled export industries to increase salm sales abroad and marked gains ains were shown in tex textile tilo foodstuffs metal and otylior Indu industries Atries |