The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-10
MARKET IS BETTER
IRON /, AND STEEL MEN BECOME
GANGuINE.


| r. EXPRESSED for better condition al
| around In the near future and the frn
stand taken as to the quotations fol
the product; t1ss5osper ton. No. 2 foun.
| dry There has been, no oxtraordin-
| airy buying lately the consumers hold.
| ing out for some reasons and buying
| Just as actual needs come. This means
| that the buying is In lots of from one
hundred to six hundred tons. Manu-
facturers are willing to admit that the
cause OF slow buying ~ that the Pres
identiaI year sbeing on brings about
dull conditions. naturally.
The mako In this district has not
been improved lately and as long as
the present outputswill meet. or nearly
meet, the demand; the furnace compa-
MES do mot show any inclination to in
crease the output Every preparation
has been made, as stated before. for an
instant Improvement in the make when
the demand warrants It. Only in GER
tain quarters Is there, noticed any ac-
cumuiations Of iron. the shipments boz
ing equal to the make practically.
Alabama Is given credit for little
over ninety-five thousands tons of iron
during the month of January. this
year, against more than 10000 tons
for every month last year, save three.
There has been some delay In starting
up furnaces again In this State, the in
month being TO have two more fur
naces in blast by the end of the first
fortnight IN the second month Of the
year A president OF one of the lar
ger Companies, talking over the situa-
ton, said that while conditions Were
not altogether bad, there was room Tor
decided Improvement and that It would
be foolish 70 start up. furnaces until
the demand had improved so that there
would be NO risk Of an accumulation
at all.
ace coal. IRON and Railroad Company.
wifi require considerable steel and
some iron and WIN give employment 20
several hundred men almost all OF the
old employees responding 70 the cen Ior
a resumption OF work. !. IL is announce
I'D that white the big steel rail mill at
Ensley. belonging. to the Tennessee
Counueny nlso sss being Improved IN the
,,enr future none OF sthe labor Will be
ailovved 10 lose any time whatever.
Two furnaces are ready with fuel
about TO he charged for instant opera
ton, the application OF the loren % %
fofiowed. within 3 twenty hours
union labor In the. metal lines In tnis
district has entered q protest to the
readiustrfent of wages which mas oeen
~, In this district now for some time
and found necessary to- meet conoislonH
and continue the operations. meet
ing is TO he held, in Birmingha TO-
morrow, 81 (which internatonal ONE go
ro.chiniets wig be, here to advise IN
refereYce TO the cut In wages wnlch
aov,e ~ the manufacturers ana pro-
-rfafora az this districtphad to put ~.
a ali shops OF the railroads In tnas
district a number of skilled mecn@ sass
had 10 be let out. the same as WAS 1on~
in other secttonaso OF the count ~ lat.
s,,ss toworrow will result in any rasn
stsna being taken and that the propc-
.sts.r. ~ 4 establishment OF wages "a
ssar stan n cornplete shut down OF the
wTcrlxs will be Viewed correctiy. .
while 1t q Is admitted that tne. .s
rlanty of room for improvement 49, 49,.
appears to be considerapie 49, a,,S
o,,,,sisr rsnsfifuticns IN the Hrmin8-
nan, sistrfct and quite little army oA
v,,s,, a. feing given employment
nisn = u,~rs R,iture DeveloPmene.
Many rumors prevail In the
inRharn' District in regard 70 sIants.
development and extenslons o. ~ mat
T-ha Following are but few OF the n.A
ta,.s TnSs, discussion in this section'
with nothing definite nor aushotts
tive To be learned whatever: 90
s.TTnited states Steel Corporation ~
.vsct an Immense structural. iton
,,cvIxa At ,Isessemer, together WIN
big steel plant for the manuIaSsu.e
structural steel at the same psai:oa
Turehasa of the tubo plant AZ leiona,
Ata fiftaen or twenty miles soutp o.
Tsirminkham on the Louisville anu
Naalfviile Railroad by the Natlonsi
rr,,ha Germany. a subsidiary instltu-
flor II the big steel corporatiohs ing
Helena plant mas, ben out OF "pe'"-
ton for several years. -
Enlargement OF the steer pSs ~,
Il ns.tv In addition to that work alreaay
cn.trscted for and on which httie
army OF men is now employed tne IN,
stitytion 10 be now more than doubled
in capacity. h,a.t
iror furnaces at Ensley by the unlteu
states Steel Corporation. IL
= The erection OF another oiast noS
tnrnace nv the Birmingham Iron ana
1.nsI Company, i'm addition to the one
that a. now nearing completion AZ
Va nSerbilt, q short distance north at
rhs lection Of large machin sry
MISUNDERSTANDING plant in the immediate
Birmingham district
Not a bit of alarm was expressed
,te naat week By the departure OF
,,,o,, than one hurdred foreigners from
thls district, returning to their native
ia;,ds- IT, was announced by the
tha anoISesman for the party that the
voen would return to the Birmingham
Sistrfct when conditions had fuliy re-
covered and there were indications OF
steady employment here once more.
r. is hsIIeyed that as soon as there
A. need for labor that all that can
he used will flock to the, district IN
ag,dftion 10 that which Will return from
the foreign country.
There ara indications that the coal
ana coke market will begin to improve
right away. H. L. Badham. OF tne
Ressemer Coal, Iron and Land Com
pany. which concern has several coal
mines in Bibb County. is authority
for, the statement that as soon as the
railroads begin operating all their
trains again there VIII De better
demand for coal INQUIRIES among thS
railroads elicits the Information that
there are reasons for the re-estapllsn-
ment of freight train service and that
more trains will, have 70 ne put on
right away. The Louisville ana Nash-
Vile Railroad on its mineral branches
is beginning to put back trains tna'
were taken off few weeks ago.
There has been STEADY demand TOT
coal outside of the district. The CLOS
ing down OF furnaces, mills and other
plants in the district caused the home
consumption to fall off considerably
There was a great falling off In the
production during the month OF Janu-
airy this year as compared to the same