General business conditions in this country continue to show a moderate but encouraging upturn. There is nereasing evidence that many concerns ow are preparing to undertake long deferred renovations and replacements, This will give an added imdus to suppliers, although in many ases the introduction of new machin~ ey will displace workers, Unemployment figures still provide a distinct challenge to private enterprise to Work out a new relationship between erproduetion and undereonsumpion, The large manufacturing industries continue to. be buoyant, with a tendney to slight increases in prices all along the line, Newsprint production 's showing substantial monthly in-teases over the same periods in last Year, and most of the leading miles ate operating to near capacity. There has, however, been a tendency to the building up of rather large stock: trid any falling off in consumption will result in an immediate slump in mill activity. The price achieved a Slight rise at the beginning of the for the first time in many years trid may well be followed by further Periodical increases until the burden of debt is lifted from the various com=
Building continues to be rather dull {nd new construction during the past (yo years has been confined almost filly to government awards, which ye slowed up. considerably. The theme for the construction of large numbers, of low cost houses under {tt Dominion Housing Plan is not tak~ hold as yet, principally because it not suMelently aggressive. There not the least shadow of doubt that (instruction of metropolitan housing ough a combination of a slum fistting plan and a national totsing development must come in One, But the dimeulties in the way Seem insurmountable, Railway Anniversary pate completion of the Canadian Tatilie Railway as the frst link be-Giten the East and the far West of ada in 1886 is being remembered cis eer as the half-century mark 5 ound, while this year also
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