Show economic highlights Happen iuKa that effect the chiner pails dividend and aad tax bills of every tim tile annalists ann anna allsta lists aro are pursuing a caul cautious lous course their PI r forecasts we ate qualified with if its amla buts buta and on oil tile the ather lianda bands 0 for the of la Js quite different than wits was prophesied it a few mont months lisi back the spring slump was expected was IVAN not expected way was its deverity bonit in our recent ills his tory on oil top of that uio the expected sigivie of betterin eilt have not LIP ap particular eular force war la 19 an important bullish factor in only a i number of the result Is according to paul Nf allon that the th guesse i of eyen alu alo abe government experts ruu on ithe pt side tho oderal Ik Ite serve board index of industrial production which camb close cloeo to tit the ISO mark during last win kintero tero sharp upward move inove allent fell to around ln an march and tho the forecast la 11 that it will drop to and below by abio limo ahne may oakla then ute the fore casti caama continue a new upturn 0 hould set in but few are willing now to gamble that it will be as aa strong na as steep or ia its long lived as aa was waa forecast two or three months some soine built elm M virless of interest follow there was waa a contra seasonal decline in production late lately Y and that leads to uio the belief that a rise in production may be expected soon duo due to the hie fact that production has bus beet been lagging be hind consumption dolly february output was about tons tona whereas dally daily con alit eption in we sanie same period was waa tolia LUMBER axium I 1 has bas boon been fairly rood good aud and operations opera tlona have been beba tit at about dihe the expected ley level el orders for hardwood flooring nave have been especially good CONSTRUCT rION lids aias shown increases summer Suin nier al ngoat abw always ya bring substantial now new building and that la is expected aa 19 usual this year big fic activity tIvIt y la Is still in the field due to guarantees of heavy loans loana to th the 0 builder No however wever botter better mcnut in non building Is 14 alsol also al so anticipated bowlon output lo is high and the industry according to reliable reports porta re plans plana on con and now new con tiou this yeat ear athla Indu bluest problem la is still political as it lifts lias been for years WOOL iricea uru are to decline somewhat ina inasmuch as a hill arla lorts have hao licen great the ill high bevel of recent consumption has ti been exceeded by supply COAL tho the extremely cotil cohl win will ter and early curly spring weather lier calls vol fl to b be L high ia u sharp dec dechille lille la Is to bo be expected now it will probably be 10 sharper than sea ew arnul due to abo generally lower level of industrial activity 1 jt dt la Is hoped that the liew census will at last hist provide data front froin it will bo be possible to anoro indro or kisa its exactly tho the tiu niber of range front from to with tile higher figure more anoro prevalent aliu resignation of da ludlw of was not a sur briw to informed quarters quai tors it lias hall long been eved eliat both the brcich anti and 11 duglish are tillit thau than their civil loaders when air Da ladler tadler asked for it a vote oto of confidence recently only ono one voted against hint him but about of tho the of deputies did not vote at all the resignation then became inevitable lU eynaud tho the new premier la is be lieveld to favor faor a more aggressive war policy in england opposition to the chamberlain leadership grol gravs M it la Is in wine influential Influent lal quarters qu artera that tit alie allies dedyo may bo be slipping with tile the passage of time and eliat a blow should be truck struck atthe at ithe mille time equally squally qualified tire ire still convinced that the british blockade will bo successful that russia will not le be of significant aid to tile reich and that thile works with the allies there seems little chance at present that mr bir chamberlain will bo be forced out and tho the recent increased activity of tile the british fighting forces force 4 character zed by air raid on the german seaplane base bage has proven highly popular with the british Io people pile as a whole whether ithe relative of Gerni anya fighting arms Is the peace before the storm la Is a matter of considerable conjecture hitler liaa has nn been talking bUtz blitzkrieg krieg so long without IthOl lt acting ac tang that wine some alave become convinced it la is in mainly allily bluffs bluff on the other side of the fence are those who re main convinced Q that 11 t germany will shoot her bolt before long that sho she must it being her only chance cb aiice objective would be to destroy allied docks power plants iran tran tation warehouses as well as aa niu notions depots and air fields ill inalie the meantime more and more mor e are saying that no one will or can win this war that it will prove a disastrous stalemate ata sta lerate for all concerned hitler has said that in ill modern war there cau can be no winners only losers and in that opinion ile he la 19 joined by thinking people in all countries of tile the world |