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...