The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

Dermingham. April 1i.--(Speciai)-- \ better feslins prevails in the Ala benna and Southern pig iron market 6s sa1es ef the product are made and tAn auotAtions begin to show signs of tmprovemsnt
 Tho manufacturers are rather hops- ful this week and the aggregate busi- nese recently booked will care for con- adorable shipping through the third quarter of the present year. The quo tAtions arc firm around the tll.6o per ton rate. No. . foundry, while 3il has been the price that has been In mind mostly of late. If there is any iron being sold now under the s1I.50 per ton rate very httle is being said about ik One of the larger companies is al- ready boasking that during the month of April the sales already aggregate more than the Eve furnaces belonging to the concern can produce in the month. Other companfss are claiming fhat ths sales are beginning to pick un and that there ts treat encourage neut in the present conditions as well = in the prospects.
 As hos been statsd before every prep oea&lon has bssn made for a larger pro- ductfon of iron if the demand should warrant it. The ssles agents through out the country are reporting some 1uQuiry for the product while the gen. srai ofices in this city and in the oouth are receiving several eommunf- cations from large consumers which would indicate that they are thinking Of getting into the market
 Shipments of pig iron are quite healthy again. The stocks of iron on the furnace yards are growing a lit- tie but when the new orders are talk on up this condition will not long ex- int Az far as can be learned there as tc hs 10 curtaiiment of productions. nave perhaps at furnaces of the Ten- nessea Coal. Iron and Railroad Com pAny which are now making basic Iron. Rnmora prevail that the big steel plant will be shut down in the next few tAyA If this happens then some of the hlast iron furnacea manufacturing basic iron may have to close down. However. there is . hope expressed that it will not be necessary to close down the steel plant orders to come In that may obvfate this necessity. The prospects. according to statements from officials of the company would indicate that the shutting down of the plant ia about inevitable. There has been steady operation of the steel plant at Enslex. considering. and consider able steel jrail has been moved out recently on what is termed the scrap py orders. The plant is still giving employment to quite a number of hands As explained by one of the ofi1ciAls there Is regret that 1t is neces- &ary to close down the big plant for when once 1t is down it ts not an easy matter to start up again. Much of the labor seatters and then the rnen who have been accustomed to the steady york lose some of this hahit and mus get back into harness as it were whei the resumption is on. There is a strong hope throughout the entire dia- trict that it may not be absolutely necessary to close down the big plant. The return of r. A.. Burr, who is in charge of the geenral sales department of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail- road Company from fPttsburg, where he went to confer with higher of- acfalH of the hig corporation, may threw some additional light on the Intentions as to the steel plant
 The entire district is Interested in the sale of the properties of the South