Show many lines set new mark As 35 business reaches high po point int of four year period XE NEW LOKK dec 2 26 6 business in the united states during 1335 1935 was the best in four years anil and several special lines rose to abone pit pie depression levels a a suney suley of oc trade barometers by the united press revealed tonight indications point to an accelerated trade momentum for 1936 with tho the possibility that many lines of industry will be abl able to show the best records for that year ear since start of the depression news was replete with cheering business reports among which the following were out dividends paid faid 1 A united press compilation revealed that was returned to investors in american crite enterprises pr I 1 ses in ia 1 the form gl of interest and divid dividends end s this bear ear the highest since 1931 and that a potential reinvestment demand of about was built up by this return plus of principal 0 on it bonis bonds limi trages and valou oilier types of li liens e s 2 1 by rading leading nationwide trade associations that the this month was the tle highest since 1330 1930 and showed a gain of some 8 per cent over a year ago and of 20 per cent ov 07 pr 1933 1913 retail trade for this month th was placed at the largest since december 1930 mail Vol volumes up 3 announcement by postmaster general jamies parley farley that re rc boits from 55 of the nations larg est post offices indicated that christmas mail was approximately 10 1031 01 per cent greater in volume than last year 4 1 A survey by te lite magazine printers p I 1 enters inters in ink showed that national advertisers are planning activities further in advance than at any time since 1929 that 25 per cent ot or those companies increasing such budgets will place most of the increase in newspapers c and that advertising riat ions will be increased an average of 11 14 per cent each by 53 per cent ot of the advertisers mentioned 5 disclosure by the national tool builders association thit that the largest expansion and re program since 1929 involving the expenditure oi 0 was launched during the final six months of this year and that this was regarded as 03 the most tangible assurance ot of the continuance ot of the current business revival 6 latest rep report crt of the edison electric institute elec viletty production for the week endl ended december 21 at 2 kilowatt hours the largest on oil record and indicating that electricity output for 1935 will be some 0 kilowatt hours the largest in the history at f the industry burldine Buil dine materials 7 A statement by bertram 13 caddle caddie secretary 0 of the copper and brass research association ot of new york th that atsales sales of building materials from copper and its alloys in the last three months of this year were the best since the depression was first felt and that the industry believes that the volume of business in t the he building field during 1936 will more than double that ot 1935 8 R C stanley president of the international nickel company of canada reported that statistics statistic i F for or the first 10 months of 1935 indicate that the he current years business will be the largest in the history of the nickel business rail income |