Show economic highlights happenings that effect the dinner 1 pulls dividend and afia ta bills of every lu individual the anuil lists are pursuing a cautious cauti oua toure course T their 1104 forecasts are liberally qualified with its lauds 1 bute buta and oil the other hands handa por for the trend of business activity generally geue gone rally la Is quite different than was a few til 8 back the spring slump was expected what was not expected was waa its severity worst in our recent history on top tell ot of that the exPect expected 04 signs of betterment have not up ap geared du particular force JV war a r buyle Is nu an important bullish factor lu iu only a limited number of industries tae result la is according fo 0 mallon that the guesse 4 t of even the government exil experts erts asrun run on oa the ithe pessimistic side the federal reserve Il oserve board index of industrial production which C 1110 close to td the ISO mark during last winters sharp upward move men anent t fell to around in march and the forecast Is that it will drop to and perhaps below by tha time may ends then the tore fore casts casta continue a new upturn should set in but few are arc willing now to gamble that it will be as strong as aa steep on as long lived as was forecast two or three months ago some business briefs of interest lin terest follow L there was waa a contra nasonal decline la in production 1 lately and that leads to the belief that a contra seasonal rise in ill production may be expected soon due to the tact fact that production has been lagging behind consumption daily february output was about tons whereas dally daily consumption su in an the me same period was waa w tonS al atia liki dema demand nd has baa fiaai been T fairly good and operations opera tlona have been beed at about the expected level orders for hardwood flooring have bee been it especially good CONST construction 1 hal haa shown moderate increases summer almost always brings new it W building and aad that Is expected its as usual this year big activity Is s still till in the field due to guarantees guarante es of heavy loans to the builder however betterment in residential nonresidential non building t is also anticipated POWER output la is and the industry according to reliable reports plans on considerable sid erable expansion and new construction st this year tills this Indu Industry 8 biggest problem Is still political as it has been for years WOOL prim prices are expected to decline somewhat inasmuch as imports have been excessively great the high level of recent tion has been exceeded by supply COAL the extremely cold whiter mid and early spring wrather wN ither caus calls od ml consumption to be high A sharp ti decline la Is to be expected now it will be than sea due alle to the generally lower icyel aviel of industrial bidus trial activity it 11 Is loped hoped th ut the new census will nt at last data from which it will bo be possible to dIsco discover more or loss losa exactly the number of unemployed estimates range from to with the higher figure moio ahe 1 he resignation of bremler ida ia ladew of lorance france was iva not a surprise to informed quart crai it baa long been ibell eved taftt both balt um 1 french I and ana english peoples are more W militant lul litant than their civil lead ers when mr Da ladler asked for a vote of confidence coal dence becenti reca re centi itly only gnp laemmer voted against him but 14 about of the chamber of deputies did not vote vole at all the resignation then became inevitable 41 aynaud the new premier Is believed lle ved to favor a more mope aggressive war policy in Un england gland opposition to the leadership g crows ro irs it la Is believed in some influential quarters that the allies edge may IQ be slipping with the passage of time and that a decisive deci alve blow should shoula le struck ailbe at the same time equally qualified experts are stul still convinced convince that the british blockade will willbe le successful that russia rusala wilt not be of significant aid to the reich and that time works with the allies there seems little chance at present that mr chamberlain will bo forced out and the recent increased activity of the british Britis li forces character zed by tile the air raid on the german seaplane lae has proven highly 1 with people fla aa le 1 I 1 1 vf V f 44 W alb ather the pr lre quiet ol of Germ germanys Ger manye anys fighting arms is the peace before be fore the storm Is a matter matler of considerable conjecture lilt lor lias has been talking so long without acting that some observers have become convinced it Is mainly mably bluff ozi on theother tho other lother side aide of the fence are those who re main convinced that germaey Cl ermany will shoot lier her bolt before long that she must it being her only chan chance eel objective would be to destroy allied docks power plants transportation warehouses as well its munitions liff notions depots and air fl fields elds in the meantime mean tAme more and more are saying say lug that no one will or can win tills this war that it will prove a disastrous stalemate sta lerate for all concerned has said that in it modern modem war wear there can be no winners baly losers and in that opinion lie he Is joined by thinking people la in all countries of tho the world |