Show economic highlights that affect the h ailt DI nc arr 1111 divid dividend d cherke check ard 4 T tux bill of ll ry do 1 and ami it international 7 ila leaun I 1 poablo Pr ablo prom from local I 1 ca welfare As aa the campaign entered the middle of 0 its third week enthusiasm spasm was wag undiminished pledges continued to pour in while troubles have put in III their a appearance and the campaign Is obviously touching lea its most crucial point spokesmen apOK K esmen ore are as aa confident OB as ever in forecasting remarkable results tile tho NIIA blanket code has usurped the place placa of the trade codes lit in the news the latter however will probably be in operation longer than the and the law instead ot of public opinion only la Is back ot of them it la Is an open secret that the government la Is dissatisfied with trade code progress and Is making every effort to speed matters up ong one of the most important lumber was thrown out when first sent in now the president has signed an all approved lumber code which la Is expected to do much for the industry and its employed emp loyes minimum wages range from 23 cents an all hour in the south to 40 cents in III the north and west with a 40 hour work week which may bo be tended extended dx to 48 hours at seasonal peaks an ali agency known as aa the lumber cole code authority inc Is given the job of protecting price levels and controlling every operating company will be given an allotment and production quotas tor for various divisions of the industry will be arranged on the basis ol of consumption including anticipated export demand selling price Is never to be allowed to drop drap below the cost coat of production point underselling will be illegal the agreement a gre ement lg Is designed to increase lumber and umber timber employment by men the electric industry Is operating under a temporary code until tle the edison institute can obtain approval ot of a permanent ent ag eminent steel and automobile industries are 1 bonus als ot of contention code coda officials offic c are struggling with the tha problem it if voi borut at comes to the government will make up codes force them on the industries whether they like it or not its ifa a case w here they wont take no for 4 au a 1 dower the first NIIA chiselers are appearing these are firms which sign tho the agreement then violate it by not bringing wages to the specified pacified minimum keeping work era rs on the job for longer hours than are allowable etc cases have been found where employed emp loyes have protested only to be told that it they reported violations to NHA cireo tors they would be discharged general johnson and subordinates are going after concerns falling in this athla classification the law may step in signed pledges are sent through the malls mails postmaster general parley farley la Is considering the possibility of prosecuting employ erd era who sign and then violate under the postal fraud statute general johnson has inaugurated a buy now campaign with the buying restricted to NKA members an ali executive order permitting cancellation cel lation of government contracts with manufacturers who have not come into the fold has been issued no new government contracts will go to non firms two famous government bureaus officially died the other day one la Is the shipping board which with its subsidiaries received the neat surn sum of 3 in a appropriations D during its ite ife and ila had d a b boote value of at last report its ita functions what are left of I 1 them were transferred to the do de dei i apartment part ment of commerce other casualty was the pro hibl bl lion bureau which came into being in 1920 spent in 13 years and was involved la in the loss losa 0 ot f lives most ot of the 1800 dry agents agent were dismissed the farmer and the grain dealer found one recent government report of great interest it was the latest crop forecast highlight was wag that the wheat crop would not be as 5 short hort as had bad been expected and prices dropped accordingly most remarkable revelation however was that all grain crops will bo be extremely short total will be smallest in decades the farm relievers rel levers are faced with one very perplexing question heavy hogs the nation now has expectant mother hogs und and it if the birth rate Is up to nor ohl there will be a great over sup BUP py ply probable solution will be to encourage the marketing of small P alga digs by paying a higher price per ew cat cwt t and by placing a stiff processing tax against heavy hogs to bring supply in line with demand it will be necessary to remove BOO pounds of pork and pork products from the markets aurli during g the remainder of this year and ae pounds next year |