| Show f BUSINESS AS USUAL AND BETTEE BETTER business as usual describes the commercial fleure pleure pic ure today during recent weeks there have been no marked chang es e either upward or downward the high level atla attained ined during the spring has been maintained this summer anen seasonal adjustments the made A to quote business week business sentiment Is obviously improved now the presidents court bill has hos taken a trim tri taing mIning though all is not exactly quiet on the labor front it Is definitely better than it was another encouraging factor in the view of business men Is the apparent re reluctance of congress to okay major experimental I 1 legislation i last year at this time many leaders were frankly skeptical 0 the basic solin denges of the recovery movement they regarded it us is a bubble that might burst at any time they still do not feel that the underlying structure is as solid as it might be but they are definitely more hopeful that needed corrections will take place I 1 here are some business briefs of interest agriculture big crops are being harvested and prices are good there is an acute shortage of laboi in many states although wages have risen materially automobiles this june passenger car registrations totaled as against june 35 this shows sales have slackened prices of cars are rising owing to increased production costs advertising Is up in all branches with biggest gains registered by magazines whose lineage Is now at its highest point since june 1930 farm papers ran second in percentages increases and neus newspapers papers third w V construction A building boom Is forecast to start eoon soon and to continue until about 1943 f STOCKS AND BONDS are stable with the general tendency upward practically everyone anticipates higher values for securities this fall and winter STEEL AND RETAIL PRICES with labor difficulties over for the time being steel mills have recently been been operating at more than 80 per cent effi efficiency cincy a very high summer rate retail prices in some lines notably meats have risen very noticeably |
