BUSINESS BRIEFS.

This section offers news briefs on business in the U.S. as of December 3, 1949, including the price increases of tires by major producers except Goodyear and Goodrich, the abandonment of the ride-now-pay-later plan by the Union Pacific and 15 eastern railroads due to cost, and the decision of the Missouri Supreme Court to discard the use tax due to tax exemptions of certain motor vehicles.