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Show Business Conditions in the U. S. This map represents business conditions in every state of the Union as shown in March, 1934, issue of "Nations Business " official publication of the United States Chamber of Commerce. o 120 '"SczS" Barometer of Business Activity , i ' i ! . ! i 100 ao ; ; : ; , ; eo 1 ; i ; 1 80 ,0 ! ; iJ i 70 : I . i a -c I 1928 1929 ' 1930 j TyTT 1 1932 1 '933 I 1934 I J January raw December's rally in business carried into the new year with relatively increased force and volume; the normal lull in retail buying failing to function. Mail or-dter or-dter ;ales (rural buying) showed remarkable percentage gains. Wholesale trade volume was generally gener-ally larger. Prices of commodities, stocks and domestic and government bonds increaesd. Foods led in commodity com-modity rises. Auto shows were crowded and big orders for first quarter were booked. Reports as to bank recuperation were encouraging with fewer closings than for years. Textiles sold better than a year ago. Wheat and cotton re'ached the highest high-est levels since November. Dry, cold weather west of the Mississippi makes possible a third consecutive small winter wheat yield. January failures and liabilities were less than half those of a year ago. 1933 auto output and net railway operating income were 42 percent above 1932. Cigarette consumption seven per cent, domestic merchandise merchan-dise exports 4.5 per cent, merchandise merchan-dise imports nine per cent and general gen-eral trade volume ten per cent higher. high-er. Chain store sales 1.5 and gross railway earnings two per cent off. Shoe production next to 1929 record. (By Frank Greene Based on information in-formation supplied by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc.) |