23 DECEMBER 1932, page 24

Rationalizing Industries.

Slowly but surely indications increase of more cheerful prospects for some of our staple industries. I referred recently in these columns to the important development in......

Fall In Capital Values.

And that railway shareholders have suffered terribly in recent years both as regards dividend and capital depre- ciation there can be no question. Next week I expect to be......

Falling Traffics.

Notwithstanding the fact that the railroads are doing their utmost to meet modern requirements, both as regards the speed and comfort of the railways, traffics continue to fall......

Finance—public & Private

Railways and the Investor I Fist) it very difficult to justify the lack of attention which seenis to have been given by the Government to the findings of the Salter Report on......

Financial Notes

HOLIDAY MARKETS. THE approach of the Christmas holidays has had the usual effect of restricting dealings in the stock markets during the past week. On the whole the tone has......

The Wage Earners.

Meanwhile, not only railway directors and the railway shareholders are confronted with a serious position as regards the profit-earning power of the companies, but upon the......

• Unfair Competition.

Nor is it as though railway charges themselves had not increased, for although of recent years there has been a great increase in facilities for cheap short-term travel,......