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Show STEEL PLANTS I SUFFER MOST j ' NEW YORK. July 31. (By the Associated As-sociated Press) Although the check 1 to the country's business recently imposed im-posed i the strikes, grew during the I past week, tho curtailment is not 'i large und d nnlto set bin k to the industrial in-dustrial revival is nut yet a probability. The steel industry appears to i" the Chief BUfferer. llorc the loss Of production produc-tion is something tike 10 per cehl This industry, too, lias been runslder- ablj upset over the possible effects of priority established with r gard to coal distribution. Car lo;illnf figures have been re-as-nuring. The t.l tl number tor tl.. w . '. ended July IB, Is within 1 7,000 of the high record for the year. Exclusive of coal, loadings were close to the high record for all time It may be seen, therefore, that general business so far has suffered relatively slightly. Coal production, one the other hand remains re-mains poor. In the commodity markets, good export ex-port buying baroly held wheat prices against hedge and short selling Wcu-tln Wcu-tln r conditions continued favorable and there was no appreciable change In crop prospects. With the reserve ratio of the combined com-bined federal reserve system at I DSW high record of 12 per cent well informed in-formed observers anticipate no early change La monetary conditions. |