Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-03
TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Upon the suggestion of the grand
jury at Orange, N. j., a secret ballot
was taken by the striking hatters to
determine whether the rank and file
were willing to accept the terms of the
manufacturers and go back to work
without the union label. The result
was an overwhelming majority for
continuing the strike, the vote being
1,407 to 8.
The tenth annual report of the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany shows net earnings of s7,711,979.
against s11,509,669 in 1907. The divi-
dends amounted to $5,500,000, leaving
a surplus of s1,S43.000. Along with this
report was issued for the first time the
report of the American Shelters Sc
curities Company. it's subsidiary, show
ing net earnings of s3,626,426.
The first of the crushed granite
which the State of Minnesota is grind
to be furnished free to counties that
want to use it on the roads is about
ready for shipment and from now on
about eight or ten cars week will go
out from the crushing plant. The
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
who offered to haul the rock free, will
begin carrying the stuff in TIE pear
future.
The reports of crops throughout the
Northwest are good. Grain is doing
well, and the farmers are well along
with their haying. The grass is heavy
and fine except where meadows are on
toes are fine, with little complaint of
bugs. Apples will be a heavy crop
and small fruit will be quite abund-
ant. Garden vegetables are better than
usual. owing no doubt. to the bounti-
full rains and warm weather.
Prof n. o. Leighton, of the geo.
logical survey. will soon begin extern
sive investigations in the Hawaiian
islands looking towards the conserva-
ton of the water resources of the ISL
ands into available water power
A number of South Dakota cities are
putting in electric lighting systems
this season. Gas engines are used for
generating and the electric fluid is to
be utilized for commercial purposes
also. Herried. Harold and Messing
ton are among the cities installing
these plants. The cost varies from ST.
500 to $4,000.
Work has been started on $4,000
Office and warehouse building for the
Charies E. Wilhelm Company of Min
neapolis. oil refiners. who are moving
their headquarters to St. Paul
Anthony Meyer, of Brooklyn. has
struck a gushing oil well on his Ohio
farm. He has recently been reunited
with a long-lost brother, who is now a
millionaire. The two men will form a
partnership.
The public affairs committee of the
Duluth Commercial Club is consider
ing the question of inducing manufac-
turing plants TO locate at the head of
the lakes.
The wheat fields of Kansas are in
need Of 5000 men for the harvest
fields this season. All told the harvest
fields of this State will furnish employ
ment for $4,000 men, The State free
employment bareau is doing swift
work to meet the demand for help TO
save the wheat crop.
The glass bottle blowers of the Uni
ted States and Canada have been held
ing convention at Milwaukee Plans
and methods were discussed for ena-
bling the organization TO check the
prohibition wave which is held respon-
sible for the unemployment during
the past year of more than 5000 mem
bers of the association