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SCHOOL GARDENS IN TEXAS.
Branch Of the Training Of San An
tonic Children.
From the Kansas City Star.

from the Kansas City star.
The school garden system of San An
tonic, Tex. is on an established practical
basis. 1t is said that this city has more
gardens attached to its schools than any
place Of its size In the world. There are
$40 of these cultivated plots attached to
the twenty-nne public schools. The
gardens are in charge of school superin-
tendents, but the work of planting, culti-
waiting and harvesting the products OF
each is carried on by the pupils Of the
school to which the garden belongs The
gardens vary from one-tenth to one
quarter of an acre. 1t is estimated that
the total acreage is more than lOo. or
equal to that of a good sized farm.
The boys of the schools take great
pride in their gardens. The teachers
established the boys are much more in
dustrious in their studies. that they
learn more readily and that they all
show evidence Of material improvement
In their health and physical condition.
The climate Of San Antonio is pecu-
liarly adapted to the operation of the
school garden system. The work can
be carried on during practically the
whole school term. Certain vegetables
can be grown successfully during the
planted early In February and the
products are matured and harvested by
the time the school term ends in June
An enormous quantity Of vegetables IS
grown. The boys take such a keen in
terest in the work that they give little
time to playing the games that usually
consume good part Of the time Of young
students. There Is much rivalry among
the different schools over the gardens
Text books on agriculture now are used
in the public schools of San Antonio.
The youths are given basic training in
farming and gardening and are enabled
to put their knowledge to practical use
in the gardens that are provided for
them. Energetic boys who become in
terested in the work do not confine their
labors to the school garden. but many of
them have converted unsightly back
yards and vacant lots at their homes
into cultivated plots
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.
THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO. May 22.-Tradng in wheat
was light at the opening of today's
market. but prices were steady chiefly be-
and Bulgaria, where rain is said to be
badly needed. July opened y to u lower
at 90as to 9Oia and sold at 9Oss after touch
ing 901. 9Oas
Trade in May corn was light. The
market opened u higher at TIA but
speedily dropped to 76a.. July corn open
ed isaA to Ian higher at 66l4 to 66ss. and
sold at 65z.
July oats opened unchanged at 467s and
sold at 46s4.
July provisions opened weak: pork I'M
changed at Is 721e: lard, 21a lower at
$50. and ribs ~ lower at 7.40.
A slight wheat rally took place about
the middle of the day on covering by
shorts. July advancing to 91h. Later
prices declined somewhat on realizing
sales. The close was weak. with July off
IL at 9O,s.
The corn market became weaker as
trading advanced. and May dropped to
10 and July to 6o14. The close was weak.
with May "a lower, at 75la. and July off
%a24. at 65ss.
Close: Wheat-May. 1O2h: July, 9Ols:
September. S6s.: December, Sta.
Corn-May. 751a: July, 6oas; September.
63a.: December. 5o7s
Oats-May. old. 54a4: May. 54A July.
Pork-May. 13.471.: July. 1892: Sep
tember. 13.S7laa13.9O: December. 1915.
Lard, May. $40; July. s.471s; September
Ribs-May. 725: July. 7sSa7.s7ls; Sep
TENDER. 1874.
Rye-Cash 81
Barley-Cash 64a69
A
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Currency Movements.
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, May 22.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at an advance Of 5aS
points in response to higher cables and
bullish spot reports. July sold at 9.91 and
October at $751; or 81 to 45 points above
the low level Of yesterday. There was
heavy realizing. however. and with the
weather may showing generally favorable
conditions in the south. the market eased
of and during the middle of the morning
ruled nervous at q net decline OF about
1a4 points. Wall street bulls seemed to
be buying moderately through certain
brokers and selling through others.
Futures opened steady. May. 9.S5 bid:
July. 9.91; August, 9.65: October, 9.37:
December. s.23; January. 9.15a9.17;
March, els.
The market was steadier late in the
forenoon and at midday prices were about
to 10 points net higher on moderate bull
support, which found less cotton for sale
following the early liquidation.
Spot quiet; middling uplands, HOO; mid
ding gulf 11.25.
Estimated receipts at the ports today.
5000 bales against 7.765 last week and
1927 last year. For the week. $4,000
bales. against JO9O6 last week and 80, 4sJ
leans. 1.31s bales. against 2.O02 last year.
and at Houston. 1S5 bales. against 947
last year.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIVERPOOL, May 22.-Cotton: Spot.
good business done: prices q to 25 POINTS
higher: American middling fair. 80; good
middling. 6.63; middling 6.33: low mid
ding. 5.97; good ordinary. $50: ordinary,
499. The sales of the day were 10000
bales, of which 600 were for speculation
and export, and included $500 American
Receipts 1000 bales. including 800 Amer
lean. Futures opened firm and closed
$751;: May-June. 5.73: June-July. 56s:
July-August. 5.64E: August-September,
5.42: SeptemberOctober. 5.24k: October
November, SIP: Observation-Disclosures 5O7
OVERWHELMINGLY, SOB: January-Febru-
airy, s.OO1a: February March, 5.OO1s:
March-April, 5oO12.
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THE LONDON MARKET.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON. May 22.-The stock markets
showed a disposition to pause at the Of
fetal close. American railway shares.
during the regular course. were irregular
on American advances, but the market
afterward declined one-quarter to one
half Of l per cent under the closing Of
fetal prices. When the curb operations
began it became stronger and broadened
out. Grand Trunk was strong and Hudson
Bay was up per cent. Canadian Pacific
finished under best prices.
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Government Securities.
Perils Of Smoking.
rom the London Globe

From the London Globe.
1t is a wonder that anybody dares to
smoke nowadays. A great cloud Of med
ical men encompasses us, all shouting
warnings against cigars. pipes and Gig
arettes on the ground that they give us
smokers heart and tobacco amblyopia
and other painful things. The other day
which had somehow managed to become
embedded in his cigar.
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Problem Novel.

From the Lady's Pictorial.
The problem play is said to have be-
come unpopular. but for the problem novel
there is still great demand. and the
woman writer who can contrive the
working out of her sex entanglements
without unpleasant details deserves COM
mendation.
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Wasted Waterways.

From Country LIE.
The Germans are aware of the fact
which for some time has been suspected
In Overwhelmingly. that when railways
were introduced the country was too hasty
in arriving at the conclusion that they
would altogether supplant the waterways.
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Fish as Food.
From the London Globe.

There is not the smallest reason to sup
pose that intoxicating nation would be
superior either In intellect or physique
TO fish-eating one. We AS race were
never stronger than when we fed on fish
TO such an extent that the careful guard
Ian OF the newly entered apprentice COM
monty inserted clause i'm his indentures
stipuiating that he was not to be required
week
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SAV5AA8 0UOId IlO0S.
At the close of the stock exchange the
following stocks had changed in price
since above quotations. there being no
change in balance of the closing prices:
Amalgamated Copper, CAS-.
Am. Car and Foundry. 37S4
Am. Cotton Oil Co., 3O1a.
Am. Ice Securities. 27n
American Locomotive, 49A
American Locomotive pfd, lO:,
American Smelling, 723s.
American Smelling. pfd., 31:s.
American Sugar. 129H
Anaconda, 41ss.
Atchison Top & 8. Fe. Sla4.
Baltimore and Ohio. pfd.. Ss7s
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. 30
Canadian Pacific. $50
Central Leather. 25ls.
Chesapeake Ohio As
Chicago, Mil. e. ST. Paul 1866
Chicago g. n. w. l13
Colorado Fuel & Iron. 29h
Colorado Southern, BIS
Col & Hooking Coal and Iron 22n
Consolidated Gas, 1861.
Corn Products, 1914.
Delaware e. Hudson, 163
Denver & Rio Grande, %
Distillers' Securities, 35as
Erie. CON-. 22k.
Erie LIST pfd., 41A.
General Electric, 1879
Great Northern, pfd. 13O4.
Illinois Central. 14OA
Interboro Metro, 1i@s.
InterbOrO Metro. pfd., 3lL
Kansas City Southern, 81.
Mexican Central. 1864.
Mo-. Kan. & Tex. com. 29I4
NJ. S. p. and S. s. NJ, H.
NJ. s. P. and S. S. NJ. pfd., 1854.
Missouri Pacific. 61l2.
National Lead. 64n
New York Central lO5.
N. Y. Ontario and West. 4Oas.
Northern Pacific, 1914
Pacific Mail Steamship, 27A
Pennsylvania Railroad, 1o1
Peoples Gas Of Chicago, 81
Railway Steel Spring Co.. 81.
Reading 1141s
Republic Iron & Steel. It's.
Rock Island, COM. 1872.
Rock Islano. pfd.. IS.
st. Louis & San Francisco, I'd pfd, 3OA.
Southern Pacific. S6A.
Southern Pacific, pfd.. 119a.
Southern Railway, 1873
Southern Railway, pfd., 49,
Tennessee Copper. BIN.
Toledo. ST. l.. and West. pfd., 45h.
Union Pacific, 14SA.
Union Pacific. pfd., S4A.
L. s. Rubber. pfd.. 92is.
L. S. Steel :,SH
L. S. Steel. pfd. 1O2as
Utah Consolidated. 3lI.
Va. Car. Chem. Com, p.
Wabash. preferred. 27E.
Westinghouse Elect. Man, -.
BONDS.
Amin lob. As. TIA.
ANN Tob. 6s. 1852.
B. r. T. As 73a4
United States Steel rs. 96ls.
Union Conver. As. 91ss.
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Today's Dealings on an Ex-
ceedingIy Large Scale.
ITS ERRATlC FLUCTUATIONS
Sharp Break Follows Early Advance
in Pacific Mail.
RAILWAYS MARKET LEADERS
Union Pacific and Reading Features.
Americans Exceptionally Strong
in London.
ITS ERRATIC FLUCTUATIONS
RAILWAYS MARKET LEADERS
Sncrial Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NEW YORK. MAY ON its general
anpearance and characteristics, TO-DAY
stock market varied scarcely at all from
its predecessors of the week. The oeal-
inss were again conducted upon an eA-
ceedingly large scale and produced the
same violent and erratic fluctuations that
have been previously observed In very
few cases was there anything DEFINITE ana
interesting to be deduced from the trans
actions in any particular stock Paclfc
Mail advanced sharply in the early deal
ings on this mornings indications favor
ing the passage of the subsidy bill, Out
toward midday the intelligence OF the
defeat of the latter was received and the
stock broke with even greater rapidlty
than it had advanced previously
AS has been the case indefinitely, Union
Pacific and Reading were the Ieadlns
shares In respect of activity and these
stocks showed a singular correspondence
In their market course. Fluctuations In
the railway list of from one to two points
were however. fairly common.
Transactions in the industrial and mis-
ceIaneous shares followed the same gen
eral lines as those noted in the railway
list.
Steel Not Affected.
The United States Steel shares did not
appear to be specifically affected by the
conclusion reached at yesterdays gather
ing OF the manufacturers, and the Re
public Iron and Steel stocks were again
heavy because of the uncertainty with
regard to the action to be taken upon the
dividend on the preferred. Consolidated
Gas f1uctuated widely in common with
the general market. The Allis-Chalmers
issues were exceptionally firm. The
local traction stocks showed rather more
animation than for some days.
American stocks were exceptionally
strong in the London market. which was
otherwise steady, but the operations here
for foreign account played small part In
shaping the movements in the local
market.
Currency Movements.
The preliminary est mates Of the prin-
cipal movements in currency during the
week pointed to a loss by the banks in
cash of about s., 100000.
They lost to the subtreasury on their
direct transactions with that institution
more than $1,000 900. hence it is shown
that the general interior movement in
currency is still in favor of this city.
Money market conditions showed no
material alteration, while those in the
foreign exchange market suggested that
exports Of gold would be continued during
the coming week.
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Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL, May 22.-Closing: Wheat
Spot steady: No. 2 red western winter
Is SID: No. 1 California. Is 71kd on quays
and IS SID in store. Futures barely
steady: July. Is sTsd: September. Is pad !:
December. Is Dad. Corn-Spot, new
American kiln dried. firm. 5s 1Od: old
American mixed, steady, Us lO1sd. Futures
quiet; May. IS l9lad.
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THE FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS. May 22-Closing: Three per cent
rentes SO francs IS centres for the ac-
count.
times for checks.
BERLIN, May E2.-Exchange on Lon
don, 20 marks 41hpfennigs for checks.
Discount rates: Short bills. By per cent
three-month bills, 3% per cent.
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Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.. bank
ers and brokers. Hibbs building. members
New York Stock Exchange. Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board OF
Trade.
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.
District Of Columbia. City OF Washington. s..
l. H. Fl. MCKEE, cashier Of the ahove-named
hank. do solemnly swear that the above state,
ment 10 true to the best of my knowlcdEe ana
belief Fl. II. MCKEE,. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this 21st
day Of May. 1908. HENRY K. SlMPSON,
Notary Public, d. G.
Correct-Attest:
JOHN f. HERRELL,
W. n. MARROW.
THOS W. SMITH,
s. Fl. WALKER,
T. C. YOST.
LEWIS FI.EMER.
r. B. EARSSHAW.
s. G. EBERLY.
Directors.
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CURB QUOTATIONS.

Quotations furnished by f. r. Hutton & Co..
members New York Stock Exchange: G. Bowie
Chapman. manager. 1901 st. NV.
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FINANCIAL.

RErORr OF THE CONDITION
OF the
National Savings and Trust Co,
At Washington. in the District Of Columbia. at
the close Of business May IA, lros.
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REPORT OF THE. CONDITION
OF the
Union Trust Company of the

Union Trust Company OF the
District of Columbia,
AT Washington, in the District Of Columbia, at
the close Of business May IA, 1908.
: RESOURCES
Loans and discounts. FL ,404 S72 65
Overdrafts secured and unsecured. 307 ~
Bonds, securities. etc. ~ 1O677SS ~
't tures no''.. ZOOS. o.,9 %
Due from national banks. .......... 1911 OF
Due from trust companies snd hank
Checks and other cash items. IL ,4O2 10
Fractional paper currency. nicEels
Lawful iI money reserve in bank. w:
LegaI-tender notes.. 1850 90
------ I 1924 3s
Total. 4.o4s. 1874 Is
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in 81 OO0. GOO 90
Surplus fund ...................: 100000 10
Undivided PROFITS. less expenses and
Due usA to national n.tiS banss. $4,000 90
Due to trust companies
and savings hanks '5,3fi %
Dividends unpaid. eoo w
Individual deposits sub
jeet 70 check l''g..soU :
Trust deposits. '4.1V' oo
Time certificates OF de- c.-o oo
cs ps,. ; check. ..:: ' 7ss 81
Reserved for taxes and interest. 1881 Is
Total Observation-Disclosures. 81 .O46. ::.:34 81
District Of Columbia county of Washington
/ EDSON r. OIDS. treasurer Of the above
named cnmpany do solennly swear that the
above sta frfnent Is true the best nf my knnwl-
edge and belief EDISON B. OI4DS. Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this 2lst
day Of May. zoos.
ALBERT W. SlOCSSA. Notary Public.
GEO. y. MclAANAHAN,
u. J.. KAUFMAN.
EDWARD j. STEILWAGES,
GEO. GIRSON.
d. c. PHILLIPS.
]. Fl. SMALL Jr..
NM. p. LFSCOMB,
Directors.
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FINANCIAL.
REPORT OF THE

REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
Second National Bank,
At Washington. In the District Of Columbia, ut
the close OF business May II. 1905.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
Home Savings Bank of Washing
ton, d. c.,
At Washington in the district of Columbia. at
The close OF business Thursday. May IA, 1905
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l. J. Gales Moore cashier of the above
named hank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best Of my knowledge
and belief j. GALES, MOORE. Cashier.
subscribed and sworn to before me this I'D
day OF May. 1903.
ALFRED r. BRIGGS, Notary Public.
correct-Attest: F. SOITHARD PARKER,
F.. FRANCIS RIGGS,
.. H. p. JOHNSON.
JOHN r. LARSER,
JOHN H. MOORE.
Directors.
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The World Of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

ox1A i
| NEW YORK STO(
Furnished by w. B. II
| ers and brokers, Hibbs
| New York Stock Exch,
Stock Exchange and {
| Trade.
Ope,
Anal. Copper. :. q.
Am. Beet Sugar Co. -.
| Am. Can Co. -.
| Am. Can Co.. pfd.. -.
Am. Car & Fdry... B.
Am. C. & F.. pfd. :. =.
Am. Cotton Oil Co.. 81
Am. Cot. Oil Co. pf. =.
Am. Ice Securities. 81
Am. Locomotive. -. Il
Am. Loco, pfd. ;. :.
Am. Sr citing. :. a
Am. Smelling. pfd.. "a
Am. Sugar. 1%
Am. Sugar. pfd. -. =.
Am. lob. pfd. $50. 81
Anaconda .......... !.
At. Top. & s. Fee. 5.
A.. T. & s. F.. .pfd. =.
At. Coast Line. ~
b. e. o. ~
3. e. o.. pfd. ....... -
Brook. Rapid Tran. .
Canadian Pacific. 1H
c.. c.. c. & st. L.. .
Central Leather. -. y
Cen. Leather. pfd.. =.
Chesa. e. Ohio. $3.50. A
Chi. Great Western
Chi. Mil. & st. p. 1a
c., Nj. & st. P. pfd. Ii
Chicago & NV. 10
Col. Fuel & Iron... y
Col. Southern...... .
C.. / II. C. and L.. !.
Consolidated Gas. IL
Corn Products. 49,. II
Corn Products, pfd. ;.
Della. & Hudson. -. 16
Del. Lac. & West. :.
Den. e. Rio Grande. >
Distillers' Securities )
Erie, common. $50. =
Erie. 1st pfd. ...... !!
Erie. I'd pfd. 80
General Electric. -. 1"s
Great Nor. Ore. 49,. 81
Great Nor. pfd. 80. III
Hooking Valley..... -.
Hooking ' alley. pfd. -.
Illinois Central. 80. Id
Interboro Met. $500. i.
Interboro Met. pfd. =
International Paper. II
X. {. Southern. -. :.
X. C. Southern. pfd. q
Louisville & Nash. III
Mackay Co.'s....... q.
Mackay Co.'S. pfd.. -.
Mexican Central. =. II
NJ, X. & T.. com. a
NJ, X. & T. pfd. :. 6!
NJ, S. P. & s. S. NJ. IL
NJ. 8. Pc s S.M. .pfd :,
Missouri Pacific. g.
National Biscuit Co. =.
Nat. Biscuit Co.. pfd =.
National Lead. 49,. s.
n. Y. Air Brake. 8!
". Y. Central. $500. lO'
". Y, Chi. & st. L. -
". Y, c. & S. L.. I'd >.
n. Y. Ont. & W.. Al
Norfolk & Western q
Northern Pacific. -. IN
Pac. Mail Steam. -. n
Pennsylvania R.R.. II:
Peoples Gas of Chi. q:
Pressed Steel Car. .
Ry Steel Spring Co. ),
Ry. S. S. Co., pfd.. -.
Reading ........... IL
Rep. Iron & Steel. Is
Rep. I. & s.. pfd.. 81
Rock Island. com. Is
Rock Island. pfd. :. IS
Sloss-Shefheld Steel. &c
8. L. & S. F.. I'd pfd 81
st. Louis S.W.. pfd. &C
Southern Pacific. -. 81
So. Pacific. pfd. 80. IL
Southern Ry. :. Is
Southern Ry., pfd.. Al
Tennessee Copper. 81
Toll. st. L. g. W.. ]!
T.. s. L. & W., pfd. -,
Union Pacific. ...... 10
Union Pacific. pfd.. -.
U. 8. Rubber. ...... 2
U. 9. Rubber. pfd.. 9:
u. 8. Steel. ........ IS
U. 8. Steel. pfd. 49,. 1Os
Utah Copper. ....... 81
Va. Car. Chem. Co. "a
Va. L.. C. & c. Co.. 80.
Wabash ........... IA
Wabash. pfd. ....... Is
Western Union. -.
West. Elect. Man.. 80
Wisconsin Central. IL
Wisconsin Gen.. pfd. -.
Wooden Goods. $500. p
Wooden Goods. pfd. -.
BONDS
Am. lob. 4s. q
Am. Tob. IS. 1O
B. r. I. As. =.
Inter. Met. AVS. 80. 81
Rock Island IS. -.
U. S. Steel 5s. .... ST
Union Conver. As. 81
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF
The National CITY Bank,

l liz ~ dllOIldl Wy ADolNs
A, Washington. In the District OF Columbia.
ut the close OF business. May lAth, 1908.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Citizens Savings Bank,
At Washington. D. c.. at the close Of business
May IA, 1908.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
Columbia National Bank of
w aShlngtOl

Washington,
At Washington, 10 the District Of Columbia, at
| the close Of business May IA, 1905.
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Closing Quotations.

Closing Quotations.
At the close of the stock exchange the
following stocks had changed in price
since above quotations. there being no
change in balance Of the closing prices:
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Open. High. Low. 2:45.
t64 667s 81 Ga
The daily tribune., 1908-01-06
office

Notice is hereby given to the aged
gentleman residing on West Main
street that unless he returns the $50
lost in bills In front of the Hillix
cigar store by Saturday night Jan. H.,
personal letter will be sent to him
requesting its return and II request
is not complied with action will be
brought compelling him to divulge
the money. There were one $50 and
four $40 bills and he and = young
ranchman were each seen to try to
get the money. but the old man SO.
cured it. The name Of the gentleman
is known. You will kindly leave
the money at The Tribune Office and
you will be receipted for same.
T.. LEBOEUF.
The daily tribune., 1908-01-06
MANY IDLE
PLANTS ARE
TO RESUME

Pittsburg, Jan. 6-The new year
has opened with conditions in the
iron and steel trade considerably i'm
proved and with prospects much
brighter than was expected few
weeks ago A good run Of small or
ders in different finished lines booked
the last few days warrants the start.
ing of number of idle plants
Among the most important sched-
uled to resume are the Bessemer steel
plants. the Valley and the Brown
Bonnell works of the Republic Iron
and Steel company, the steel plant and
nearly all the finishing departments
of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
company in the Youngstown district,
and fully SO mills of the American
Sheet and Tinplnte company.
After an idleness of four weeks, the
Singer Nimick plant of the Orucible
Steel company of America. Pittsburg,
resumed Dec. 80. The big plant Of
the Jones and Laughlin Steel com.
pany, which lad been operating less
than half time, went on in full last
week. The great Homestead works
of the Carnegie Steel company closed
only for Christmas day
Careful investigation of conditions
shows there is business on the books
of the large interests and in sight
that will warrant the operation of
the mills to about 60 per cent of capa-
city during January and February.
From present Indications nearly all
of the tinplate mills in the country
will be in operation before the end
of the month.