The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-13
Industrial Conditions Here Show
ing Great Improvement Dur
ing Past Few Weeks
10 HOUR DAY AT BRASS WORKS
Reports from Many of the Factories of
the City Indicate Large Increase
in Business and There
Are Few Idle Men

The general improvement in indus
trial conditions in Kenosha which has
been apparent in Kenosha for the past
two months shows no let up and it now
looks as if within few weeks all the
big plants in the city would be run
ming to their full capacity again. The
reports from the different factories are
decidedly encouraging and it is certain
that the idle men will be a forgotten
feature of Kenosha within a compare
lively short time and that the good
times Of the early part Of 1907 will
soon be in evidence.
AT the big plant of the Chicago
Brass Works this morning notices were
posted that for the present at least a
ten hour shift would be the rule and
the men went to work on the new ten
hour plan this morning. Business is
picking up wonderfully in the brass
trade. The company had been work
ing eight hours up to few weeks ago
when the demand for the product Of the
plant began to pick up to such an ex-
il operation, but this failed to take
care of the business and another hour
was put OIL and today the ten hour
schedule is in working order Treasur-
er Shearer said in regard to the change,
The business is picking up nicely
and we find it necessary to work the
plant fos longer period daily"
The conditions at the Brass Works
are similar to those in the other big
plants in the city. At tn "immons
factory the plant is being operated to
full time and General Sales Agent
Brown declared on Saturday that the
business was decidedly good. This is
the dull time Of the year for the Chi
cago-Kenosha Hosiery Works, but there
has been no let up in the number of
people employed, notwithstanding the
fact that the travelling statesmen of the
company are not on the road at the
present time and one Of the officials Of
the company stated this morning that
the company had a better business last
month that it had during the same
month Of year ago. At the Badger
Brass, The Kenosha Crib Company and
the Windsor Spring Company, business
is said to be starting out in way
that indicates a good fall business.
The Balm wagon company officials state
that business is getting better, but
that there has not been as great an adj
vance in the wagon business as there
has been in the general trade.
One of the leading manufacturers in
speaking of conditions this morning
said: 81 believe that Kenosha is go
ing to have decidedly prosperous fall
and winter. The industrial plants are
all taking on men and the outlook for
an increased output is exceedingly
bright. Many Of the manufacturers
are taking some things on faith and
while some Of us have not the great
lot of orders on hand we can see them
coming and are anticipating the rush
[ do not believe that the campaign is
going to greatly interfere with the
business of the Kenosha plants this
year. Many of them have been run
hAhS 'O4OOC LII GuO udGG0I OIL
finished products and with the reopen
ing of trade there will be great rush.
1t will be necessary to fill up the ware
houses to meet this rush.
At the various employment bureaus
it is stated that many men are being
given positions daily and that the long
list of idle men is being so reduced
that it is getting to be a difficult mat
ter to find men for some of the places.
The picking up in business seems to
be general throughout the country and
there is an increasing demand for men,
The Allen tannery and the big Ram
bier automobile plant were not hard
hit by the so-called panic of a year
ago and both plants have been kept in
operation with normal number of men
through the year.