New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1921, Page 11

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT IS NOTED IN SOME BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY Wool, Steel, Clothing, Coal, Silk, Wheat, Etc., Are Re- ported From Different Centers. Boston, Sept. 20.—New England woolen industry is operating at 97 per cent of capacity, after months of depression Massachusotts, which makes four- tenths of American woolen goods, is employing 105 workers to every 100 a vea 0. Wool consumption by New Eng land mills is nearly as big as during the boom in the latter part of 1919, and the Industry is closo to capacity, says Federal Reserve bank of Bos- ton. Spring outlook excellent. Extent of the textile boom 4s shown by the fact that the Industry was only 41 per cent normal last January, against 97 now. Clothing. 20.—Boom in New ) is reflected by return of men's clothing manufac- turing to the normal operation of 40 woeks a year Retall stocks of men’'s garments a roported low all over country. Ro- chester clothing factories making best record, Chicago secohd, New York, third, Prices becoming stabilized Women, however, have started a mild buyers' strike, and condition of women’ wear Iindustry is very bituminous output is 16 tons of soft coal bel minced now for every 176 in same period 1914. pre-war years, not discouraging. About Freight. Washington, Sept. Amount of freight handled by rallroads is stead- ily Increasing. Eight cars of freight are being hauled for every nine cars moved during corresponding period of 1919, Biggest gans in car loadings lately have been in merchandise, coal and miscellaneous freight. Railroads are getting out of the hole. Class One roads are showing net profits of ncarly five per cent a year. 1dle cars totaled 467,815 September 1, but are decreasing about 23,000 a week. Hard Coal Reading, Pa., Sept. 20.—No dan- ger of a hard coal shortage this win- ter. Pri are apt to decline fur- ther in next 45 days Total production of anthracite coal by all American mines was 1,790,000 tons in week ended September 3. was 676,000 tons more th. week a year s when a strike many collieries had suspended opera- tions. But anthracite output Is gain- ing steadlly. Septemter output will total a fourth bigger than August. Silk. New York, Sept. 20.—Silk indus- try, which was first to have hard times, Is on road to complete recov- cry. Manufacturers say this season will equal any pre-war year. William Joseph & emperor of the organization. amons, head of the Ku Klux Klan, in civilian clothes and in his regalia as 50 autos produced in the country, still 988,000 bushels in 1913 at rate which, if sustained for a WOMEN MAKE BEST MEMBERS IN UNION 600,000 Represented by National Women’s Trade Union League ‘Washington making better So says Mis: tional Women's Trade Union league. Miss Smith's brranization represents 600,000 working women banded to- gether in unions affilicted with the American Federation of ILabor. And m women are joining every da “The best ordered trade union I've ever seen in operation is one compos- ed entirely of women,” Miss Smith says. ‘‘That’s a union of men em- ployes of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving here. ““It has 4,000 members. Their work is anything from helping pressmen to perforating and counting stamps. “‘If you don’t believe women have a head for organization, you ought to go to a meeting of this union. *‘1 wish Congress could see this union in session. Our legislaters able to learn a lesson or two. League’s Principles, The National Women's Trade Union league stands for collective bargaining, an eight-hour day and 44-hour week, a Just wage based on occupation and not on sex, and full citizenship for women. Its legislative department here in- itiates and promotes labor legislation, especially measures relating to women. Its educational department maintains a training school for women organizers arch division at IASHLEY'S N {Wednesday Specials | $2.00 CAPS $1.00 35¢-50¢ SOFT COLLARS 25c¢c $5.00 FLANNEL SHIRTS $3.45 $2.00 about 60 per cent cap Short |y in most demand. Orders for coats and | kirts boomed stocking end of silk [ sults small industry Raw silk that sold for $18 a pound In war time now Is $7. - -— Des Moine: Exports, corn this year will be 173,000 uncmployed mers probably will average 25 |Year. would take every bushel of the!at Chicago and a r Senis albiatel 15r [Thait cocn | total crop! New York which gathers information ExGorts Hige! Sept. 1, wheat exports passed .16,- |concerning women wage earners 000,000 bushels a week. Govern-|of the legislative committee of the Na- ment’s Septomber forecast is for & |throughout the world crop of 754,000,000 bushels of spring UMBRELLAS $1.00 — = to crop. Corn. xror Sept. 20.—Low price of tly counter- Tamber, St. Paul, Minn, Sept. 20.—Follow- ing a slack summer, sales of north- west and Pacific coast lumber in this district are gradually improv- ing. No boom has started in lumber, but mills report steady though slow pro- gross toward normal. This is reflected by recent stiffening of wholesale lum- ber prices, which now average 35 per cent. below war peaks. Export outlook bad ropean mar- kets glutted with American lumber. Shoes. Roston, Sept. 20, — New England boot and shoe factorfes are running 60 per cent. capacity, with women's dress whoes at 80 per cent. Orders are small, for merchants are buying close to the market. General situation unchanged since March Despite lower production, employ- ment in shoe Industry is 85 per t normal. Individuals on short time, to pass the work around Makers will attempt to stimulate men’s buying by new styles. Fertilizer. Columbus, O., Sept. 20. — Sales of commercial fertilizer are 50 per cent. normal. Farmers are not buying fer- tilizer this fall. Falling off in orders in greatest in south. Fertilizer Industry expects 1922 to. show a distinct pick-up, says Marshal A. Smith, president, Smith Agricultural Chemical company. Cash Registers. Dayton, O., Sept. 20.—General busi- ness has been wobbling, but is surely improving. That's a composite of opinfon of heads of National Cash Registor company, which makes nine- tenths of the world’s cash registers. This company expects to keep its huge factory going full-blast this win- tet. Cheaper Ments. Chicago, Sept. 20.—Chicago pack- ers’ wholesale prices on meats and hides in many lines are lower than b fore the war. Beef is 47 per cent. low- er than a year ago. Retafl butchers report public de- mand throughout country is for cheap- er cuts. Receipts of hogs at Chicago during August were 17 per cent. larg- er thon August, 1920 Hides moving slowly. Lard export business plcks up. Meat and lard ex- ports to England falling off but orders from continental Europe show sub- stantia; gain. Steel. Pittaburgh, Sept. 20.-In last two woeks, 000 steel workers in this district have returned to steady em- ployment. At Homest #nd Brad- dock, the U. 8. Steel Corporation Is working 75 per cent of its norma forco four # n week and expects to resume on full-time October 1 Heavy rallroad orders for steel and fron are '\ the books, awalting stralghtening out of rallroad finances, Tinplate and wire mills working full | time, with months of orders ahead. In finished products, sheets are very ac- tive rices at present trend upward Soft Coal Failr, Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 20, duetion by bituminous coal mines has fallen off womewhat in last fortnight Total outpift of all American mines so | tons | far this yea ut 90,000,000 behind same periad of 1920 Trade in steam coal Is gaining steadily, as factories reopen. Buying by consumers lags. Compared with FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS GEE-TM HOME ALL ALONE T'DAY BATU AN' SURPRISE MOM. Washington, Sept. . — Exports from America $55.000,000 greater in August than in July. Imports de- clined. Greatest shrinkage in forelgn trade lately has been in fron and stecl. Grain exports tremendous, especially corn ana wheat. Tonnage of exports is gaining stead- fira Southern Crops. Memphls, Tenn., Sept. 20.—Higher cotton prices are sweeping business depression aside, all through the south. Many southern bankers and cotton interests predict a cotton famine next spring. That's improbable, due to big carry-over from the last crop. But it's possible, provided planters hold their new crop for high prices. Crops of feed and food are so big this year in the south that the aver- age southern farmer can get by for months without marketing his cotton. Furniture Gains. Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 20.— Furniture factories here are running 5 to 80 per t capacity. Orders from road men indicate this produc- tion rate will hold up until January, when new furniturc season opens. Furniture manufacturers more op- timistic than for many months. They say steady gain in building construc- tion will make big market for furni- ture. Furniture factory wages down 15 per cent from war peak. Auto Output Upward. Detroit, Sept. 20.—Ford auto fac- torfes continue running at capacity Other makers are from 50 to 60 per cent normal. Recent price reductions, precipi- tated by Ford cut, have stimulated orders. Detroit, now making 38 out of every HEAD OF LEAGUE Pro- | H. A. Van Karnebeek, of Ho elected president of the Second sembly of the League of Nations at Geneva balanced by estimated Just fiz‘s the hand’ v An old friend in a new size — and you can get onefi*ee : Thursday’s paper will tell |- 3 Chicago, Sept. 20.—Wheat is now at 3,100,000,000 bushels, against |being exported from the United States and winter wheat, lowest since 1917, but about the same as in 1913, Something > ‘everybody | needs Honolulu has eleven separate na- tional languages. & D& A /‘ & VAN 5 DN A@v{; ) <7 N 2 OREPETRIBL S HELLO! SAY! WHATSA MATTER WITH \You 2 CANTCHA SEE TM TAKIN' A BATH ? $1.50-$1.75 BAL. UNION SUITS 79c $250 SOFT CUFF SHIRTS $1.00 $3.00 SOFT CUFF SHIRTS $1.50 $3.50 SOFT CUFF SHIRTS $1.75 $4.00 and $4.50 SOF'I: CUFF SHIRTS $2.25 SOFT HATS | $3, $4, $4.50 $1.50 SILK HOSE $1.00 $1.00 SILK HOSE 75c 65¢-75¢ SILK HOSE 59c 35¢—40c LISLE HOSE K 4 Pairs for $1.00 i IASHLEY | | BABCOCK Co.|