Business: Earnings: Apr. 28, 1930

Anxiously awaited. First Quarter earnings statements last week began to appear in volume. Although it will be a long time before complete returns are in, and although, as often happens, the poorest statements may be the last, the following were indicative of what may be expected : Increases 1929 First* Quarter 1930 First* Quarter

Colorado Fuel & Iron ........ 939 1,294

Commonwealth Edison ...... 4,941 5,120

Container Corp ............. 35 135

Curtis Publishing Co ........ 5,752 6,533

Cream of Wheat ............ 479 530

General Electric ............ 14,505 15,042

General Foods .............. 5,168 5,900

General Railway...

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