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Show The Turn Has Come That conditions in general are better than they have been for some time and are continuing to improve is certainly apparent if one believes the statements one reads in the press of the country. According to weekly reports furnished fur-nished by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc., of New York, manufacturing operations oper-ations are continuing to improve with employment increasing- in the following industries: Automobile, paper board, barrel, glass bottle, shoes, cotton goods, woolen yarns, textile machinery, pottery and tin containers. Even more impressive than increased in-creased employment and of particular par-ticular interest to the average citizen citi-zen are the announcement of wage increases by manufacturers of heavy electrical equipment, refrigerators, refri-gerators, automobile a c c e s s o ries rubber goods and other industries, as well as by the limestone industry, indus-try, cotton mills in the South, zinc and lead smelters and brewers. Larger buying power is a direct result of this improvement, indicated indi-cated by the constantly widening distributive totals. Each week consumer con-sumer demands are being extended to additional items and as soon as such urgent requirements as the clothes and shoes are filled, it is evident that accumulated bills will be paid and a greater interest displayed dis-played in such things as furniture, furni-ture, house-f u r n i s h i ngs, radios, musical instruments and perhaps, even such luxuries as jewelry, etc. The fact that the improvement in general conditions have not yet begun to be clearly apparent in Mt. Pleasant should not be discouraging dis-couraging to our citizens. It will necessarily take time for the effects ef-fects of the depression to wear off. However, we feel absolutely confident that the turn has come and that it won't be long before every city, town and village in the country will be reflecting the upward up-ward swing to better days. |