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Show SHOWS HEALTH , OF BUSINESS Postal Department Issues First of Monthly Indices I WASHINGTON. Sept 2 i By th-Associated th-Associated Press ) A health of I business Index based on the postal I receipts of so sslSotsl ifidostfial cit-II cit-II the -ounfrv is to e lsiu I mont v by tho poxtofflce lepartn ent. j In nod. lion to the list of the :.) leading ellii ln amount of pti1 receipts which has been Issued for more than " 2 0 years. The first announcement of the busl-1 busl-1 ness' health index by Assistant Post- master General Olover shows July ' postal receipts for the selected Industrial Indus-trial cities Increased 10.45 per cent m" 1 over July a year ago, while In 50 leading cities of the country the ln-CrOSSe ln-CrOSSe was 11.62 per cent. The postal eipte of the :,0 Industrial cities to- "v taled $2,1 6 4,4 4 1 compared with $1.-,969.547 $1.-,969.547 In July last year. I Albuquerque, New Mexico, had the I largest percentage of Increase with ' 40 69 per cent, while South Bend. Ind . Increased 3128 per cent, Tren-1 Tren-1 ton. N J. 27.. 11 per cent. Topeka. Ivan.. 2 45 per cent,, Pueblo. Colo . I 20 49 per cent, and Tampa, Fla.. 21.21 I per cent. 1 Among the 50 Industrial cities ae- i t. d for the business health Index , with sir July postal receipts and the parcentsgS Of increase over the July. V 1921, receipts, arei ' Pet Inc July over July Cltv 1 932 1921 Spokane. Wash 76.272 9.15 Oakland. Cal 74.944 19.S1 Pueblo. Colo 23.933 20.49 Phoenix. Ariz 18,56 8.29 Rutte, Mont 18,138 17.82 Holse. Idaho 16.564 11.0$ Reno. Nev 12,838 1.28 Albuquerque. N". M. ..11.0S4 40.59 Cheyenne. Wyo 7.354 x9.74 Note xDecrcase. |