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Show Teh Mineral Industrj Tho mineral industry Is still in t stage of readjustment Markets an quiet and production Is still target: curtailed. Tho various Industrie: nro gradually using up accumulate stocks, whilo tho government ha been disposing of its supplies. 1'rlc es nro reaching lower nnd more stn bio lovels, and It Is expected thh conditions nnd production will 1m prove. Building activity is being re sumed. While prospects for forclgi trndo are improving and ocenu ratei aro declining the shortage of oceai bottoms Is still acute. Freedom from strikes and lncrens ed labor elllclency ate absolutely no cseSary to keep innny of tho west'i mines In operation even on a grentl; curtailed output. Production Is stll In advance of consumption In mos of the staplo metals nnd prices an below cost ot consumption. Tho mines aro marking tlmo no waiting for their second wind, In the shapo ot orders due to lncreasei building and Industrial activity li this country and gradual beglnnlnt of reconstruction work in Europe. |
