Business in the Upturn.

The article focuses on the business conditions in Minnesota, Montana and the Dakotas as discussed in reports presented at a luncheon gathering for the magazine "Business Week" by newspapers of the Twin Cities in October 1935. The themes that emerged from the production, sales and collection report were progress and optimism. There were improvements in buying power and department store sales in the Northwest. Also cited is an increase in advertising spending in the heavy industries.