Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1929, Page 23

~ SHORTAGE N CARS EXPECTED IN FALL 1929 Crops Will Put Big De- mand on Rolling Stock, Is View. Bnecial Dispatch ‘e The Star. NEW YORK, July 13.—There exists ® strong possibility of a car shortage when the peak freight movement ap- pears thia Fall, in the dpinion of Wil- liam H. Woodin, president of American Car & Foundry Co. and president and chairman of the American Locomotive | Cn. Woodin, who over a period of| many years has proved an authority on| the outlook for the equipment industry, holds the opinion that a car shortage will only be avotded by a crop failure. Executives of the Western ecarriers serving the great agricultural district are perturbed over the fact that there was a large carry-over of grain of last zeason's crop and that the railroads are now preparing to face the oredicted heaviest. movement. of grain in the his- tory of the United States. Tnerease Is Noted. Woodin calls attention to the fact that the shippers’ regional advisory boarda’ estimate that the carload lhlp-" ments of 20 principal commodities in the third quarter of this year will be approximately 9.816,948 cars, an in- crease of 632,287 cars over the loadings tor the same period of 1928, an increase of 6.0 per cent. The large comparative increase in c requirements over last vear in the Alle- gheny. Ohlo Valley and Midwest re- gions Is due to a number of factors.| It is due in the Allegheny region to the anticipated heavier movement of enal and coke, gravel, sand, stone, iron and steel. In the Ohio Valley it is due in part to the expected increased movement of automobiles, trucks and parts, iron and steel and road building materials. In the Midwest the com- modities particularly affecting the in- crease are grain, iron and steel, coal and coke. Woodin stressed the fact that many of the largest railroad systems. such as the Erie. have entered upon extensive programs of rehabilitation, particularly involving the scrapping of obsolete equipment. » Decision Reacts Favorably. At the annual meeting of stockhold- #rs of American Car & Foundry Co. Iast Thursday, Woodin stated that it would seem that the recent decision of | the Supreme Court of the United States in the O'Fallon valuation case should have a favorable effect upon the gen- eral railroad situation. He holds that | as a result of the O'Fallon ruling the fear of heavy recapture of earnings was relieved And that the roads with | high earning power, which in past years have accumulated large surplus ac- counts, can now feel free to proceed | farther in the purchases of new and | needed equipment. | Tt was pointed out by Woodin that June orders for domestic freight ears. although not equal to the 8.364 ears ordered in the previous month, were | more than double the number ordered in June, 1928, Last month 5.869 cars were ordered. as against 2,263 in the same month of last vear. During last month 181 locomotives were placed on order, which was the largest: number placed in any single month since May, 1927, when 184 en- zines were purchased. As a further evidence of a distinct revival of the railway equipment market, which has | been stagnant for years, the carriers bought in the first half of this year 521 locomotives, being the largest number placed with the engine makers in any similar perfod since 1936. Only 138 locomotives were ordered in the first half of last vear, and only 603 were bought in the entire year 1928. | Demand Brings Delay. The purchase of railroad rolling stock, long delayed by the carriers, now re- celving new impetus, will mean a longer delay in the date of delivery. At the present time there are inquiries in the market for about 200 passenger train cars. Tt is indicated by the trend of all equipment buying that the current car will be & favorable one for the equip- ment makers. In this fleld, American Car & Foundry Co. and American Loco- motive Co. receive the lion's share of the business. The American Car & Foundry Co. according to Mr. Woodin, is fully pre- pared to meet any increased de- mand upon its productive facilities that may be caused by & resumption by the railroads of buying aetivity upon an extensive scale. Woodin admitted that Car & Foun- dry's engineers have made extensive research into the possibilities of avia- tion. He intimated that when the time was considered opportune this eoncern will assume a decided role in the new industry. KENTUCKY PUBLISHER DISPOSES OF HOLDINGS Edwin J. Paxton Sells Interest in Paducah Sun and Demoerat to Towa Man. By the Associated Press. PADUCAH, Ky, July 13.—Edwin J. Paxton, president of Paducah News- papers, Inc. publishing the Evening Sun and News Democrat, today an- nounced sale of his holdings to Fred W. Woodward of Dubuque, Iowa. Transfer of other stock in the Paducah papers to Elliott C. Mitchell and W. F. Bradshaw of Paducah and M. R. Kane of Dubuque, also was announced. ‘The Paducah properties sre now headed by Mr., Woodward as president, and are under the general management of Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Woodward is president and gen- eral manager of the Telegraph Herald and Times Journal at Dubuque., Mr. Mitchell has been editor of the Evening Sun for many years. COPPER MINE REVIVED AFTER 25 YEARS IDLE Men and Machinery Moved to Old Operations in North Carolina for Reopening. SYLVA, N. O. (#.—Dormant for more than 25 years the Cullowhee cop- per mine near here is about to become active again. Men' and machinery already have moved to the mine to resume operation. Negotiations for resumption of work have been in for weeks. It is expected that for the present, at least, ore will be shipped to the Tennes- Copper Co.’s smelter at Ducktown, ‘Tenn. The North Carolina Flux Co. will operate the mine, which yields not only copper and iron, but at many ints produces enough gold and silver g pay for the mining operation. TEXAS IS CONSIDERING HIGHER GOVERNOR’S PAY AUSTIN, Tex. (#).—Texans, tradi- tionally adverse to amending their State constitution, soon will have two chances to make changes. U. Little Known to BY HAROLD E. SCARBOROUGH. By Radio to The 8t LONDON, July 13.—More than 30 years have passed since Rudyard Kip- ling, making a trip around the world, voiced in print his enthusiasm for the ideal of a self-contained empire to be cemented by a complete interimperial free trade, but guarded by rigorous tariffs against “lesser breeds without the law,” if one may here ply the phrase used by Kipling in another con- ction. And it has been more ti 20 years since Joseph Chamberliain's “rag- ing. tearing campaign” for tarift re- form collapse in the debacle of the 1908 election. Even so recently as 1923 the Conservative government, under Stan- ley Baldwin's leadership found defeat ain dn the el lon fought on igh-tariff issue. British politice continues to be that of r It Sun Parlor It is adaptable for use in It consists of the three seats on the chairs. ls to increase the governor's salary from $4,000 to $10,000 annually and to increase the Supreme Court's to nine will ul t y 186. : portions of the constitution have been unaltered since the docu- ment, was first penned. Diversion of Business. Simmons Bed Out mons post walaut finish bed. spring and com- fortable mattress. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 'C, JULY 14, 1929—PART 1. S. TARIFF FIGHT STIRS BRITISH 1 INTERIMPERIAL TRADE ISSUE Conditions to Be Imposed by New Rates Those Suggesting tion to say that this question would have come to the forefront no matter |who won the last election, for it has whether it will s to action that heter- ogeneous community of nations that makes up the empire. The movement | for a closer imperial economic union | would, at first glance, seem to have re- ceived a cold douche this week at the | hands of Philip Snowden, Labor’s chan- | cellor of the exchequer, who virtually | informed the House of Commons that | he intended to repeal the McKenna dutles (principally on motor cars) in | his next budget, and Hinted strongly that he might also rep ‘the safe- guarding” duties on lace, embroidery, gloves, cutlery, gas mantles, paper pot- tery, buttons and enamelware. Yet on the day following Snowden’s s) h the London Times admitted editorially “there is no evidence that industrial and wage-earning communities are | | been almost entirely stimulated by the | tariff bill now under consideration in | Washington. Very few of those who | suggest, sct, that the empire | | should divert to its component parts much of the trade these parts now | carry on with the United States, have | such concrete idea of what increases | the new tariff provides and upon what | | commodities they will be imposed. Ex- | | planaiion must be sought more in the | | psychological realm. - Wealth of Ameriea. Since the war the British people have been assiduously informed that the United States is the richest and most ent spectacle—as it appears to them— | trade on a one- xasperation. Tt basis simply causes Temains to be seen | AR, B S EDRIN \ \J X -\ = \ \ QU QWY SOV willing to consider the taxation of food, which would have to be an integral part | of any empire customs-union scheme. | But_ while Snowden declares a hatred | of imperial preference, he displayed real enthusiasm for the suggestion of an em- | pire economic conference, which, as the | London Times remarks, might do much “in the immense fleld of consultation | and collaboration in finance, publicity, research, marketing, migration.” Campaign by Newspapers. Dovetatling into the controversy be. tween the proteetionists and free traders | comes the campaign vigorously being | pursued by Lord Beaverbrook's widely | e | prosperous nation on earth. The pres- | eirculated newspapers—which differs | hardly in any detail from the Kipling Yot today one of the livest issues in | of that nation seeking to put its world | policy mentioned above. 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