173: #SmallBusinessAmerica: How to watch for signs of the recovery; and don't overlook S B A 7(a). @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

Published: July 11, 2020, 3:22 a.m.

ImagePossibilities of the motor truck: Remarkable strength and excellent speed characterize motor trucks like that in the above illustration (Duplex, Lansing, Michigan). The wooden wheels are feats of engineering, no less than the powerful motor and rigid frame. The maximum load that may be carried is measured by bulk rather than by pounds. Title: American forestry Identifier: americanforestry251919amer (find matches (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Famericanforestry251919amer%2F) ) Year: 1910-1923 (https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookyear1910-1923) (1910s (https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookdecade1910) ) Authors: American Forestry Association (https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookauthorAmerican_Forestry_Association) Subjects: Forests and forestry (https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=booksubjectForests_and_forestry) Publisher: Washington, D. C. : American Forestry Association (https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookpublisherWashington_D_C_American_Forestry_Association) Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden (https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=bookcontributorThe_LuEsther_T_Mertz_Library_the_New_York_Botanical_Garden) Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden (https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=booksponsorThe_LuEsther_T_Mertz_Library_the_New_York_Botanical_Garden) Text Appearing Before Image: 850 AMERICAN FORESTRY of the country is a conspicuous one. A special make of wagon has been provided for the baker, butcher, grocer, huckster, ice cream vender, fishmonger, flower seller, and a list of others almost interminable. Most of these are specialized in bodies rather than in gear. Each has its boxes, shelving, and compartments built to meet the user's peculiar needs. Much pine, fir, cedar, spruce, hemlock, cypress, and redwood are worked into such tops and bodies. Accompanying these softwoods, and used in the same way, are cottonwood, basswood, gum, poplar, elm, sycamore, hackberry, beech, buckeye, and other hardwoods. Much ash and some hickory are em- now as they supplied it before railroads captured the long-distance travel. No one man invented the vehicle, but many a man has made improvements on models already existing. Patents by thousands have been placed on record, nearly three thousand patents for springs alone. There are patents on hubs, axles, tops, and on nearly every other piece and parcel of a vehicle. These indicate growth and develop- ment, though the first vehicle made by man was so long ago that no record of it exists. Some of the ancients used sleds when they could not make wheels strong enough to carry the loads, and it was dry sledding in the deserts of Text Appearing After Image:  #SmallBusinessAmerica: How to watch for signs of the recovery; and don't overlook S B A 7(a). @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer Economic downturn? Not if you're smart https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/economic-downturn-not-if-youre-a-smart-financial-advisor How will we know the US economy is recovering? Here's what I'm watching https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/10/us-economy-recovery-small-business-gene-marks Reports: Minority small business owners struggle in 2020 https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/breaking_news/reports-minority-small-business-owners-struggle-in-2020/article_212d2022-bbb8-11ea-8b8f-474d5a280dd6.html If small businesses are suffering so much, why is $130 billion in Paycheck Protection money still available? https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/506533-if-small-businesses-are-suffering-so-much-why-is-130-billion-in-paycheck Kanye West? Tim McGraw? Khloe Kardashian? All got PPP loans https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/07/08/kanye-west-tim-mcgraw-khloe-kardashian-all-got-ppp-loans/