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Show REPORTS SHOW BUSINESS GAINS MONTH OCTOBER SHOWS MUCH ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT BUS.INE8S WORLD Federal Reserve Board Gives Figures of Increase Freight Records Smashed According to Railroads Washington. Economic nnd general business conditions mado groat strides forward during Octobor, it was shown by roports mado pubftc Wednesday by tho federal resorvo board, supplemented supple-mented by a statement from tho Amor Isan Itallway association showing rail-road rail-road activities to novo reached during October nearly tho highest poak over recorded. A sensational Improvement In general gen-eral Industrial activities and sharp in creases In tho marketing of agricultural agricul-tural products were noted by tho rail roads. Loading of revenuo freight ln the week ending October 21 smashed all weekly records for tho pnBt year. During this sovon-day period tho total freight loaded passed the million car mark for tho first tlmo since Octobor 7, 1010. Tno total of 1,003,750 cars loaded from Octobor 15 to 21was within 14, 780 cars of tho highest mark ever achieved and has been oxcoodod only four tlmos In the history of American railroading, the association said. "The ostnbllshmont of this rocord," it was announcod Is all' the more significant sig-nificant as tho loading ot merchandise and general freight Is one ot tho best buslnoss boromotcrs that can bo found." Reports to tho federal rcsorva board, gathered from all sodlons of the country, coun-try, fonturod (1) steadily increasing bank deposits; (2) heavier sales ol all commodities; (2) genoral employment employ-ment of labor. Tho reserve board found, howover, thnt tho valtroad situation Is still the greatest barrier to Industrial and commercial com-mercial prosperity. Only lack of transportation facilities, tho board said, Is holding back a genoral era ot moro prosperous business. |