West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-07-30
GOOD TIMES AHEAD
Busy Shops In West Herald Pros
perity- Bumper Wheat and Corn
Crops Start the Wheels OF Indus
try-Thouserds Returning TO Work

(Chicago Dispatch to New York Herald. }
Prosperity, brought about mainly by
the great wheat crop and the promise OF
an immense corn crop, Is being passed
around in the Middle West. Bull Moose,
near-Progressivc and independent organs
acknowledged the fact today. Demo-
cratic organs enthusc over il.
Concrete evidences of expanding in-
dustry come from many sources. Factory
centres, steel plants and railroad shops
especially are enlarging their activities.
There is distinctly better feeling IN
financial circles. Labor's normal content
is returning because an increasing per.
centage of labor is finding employment.
In the Chicago manufacturing district,
which includes the great industrial centres
OF South Chicago aud Gary, Ind, thou.
sands of men are going back to work. in
some factories in squads of score OF
more and in others in groups of between
200 and 800
The Rock Island car repair shops. at
Burr Oak, that employed 500 men the
last month, are now running with 700
men. More help is being taken ON as
fast as obtainablo. The Island Steel
Foundry, at Indian Harbor, il running
close TO capacity. Ii employed 300 men
last month.
The American steel foundries, mt Indian
Harbor, hired 100 men last month. The
The Interstate Steel Company, at East
Chicago, is running with full force Of
700 men. IL recently increased its op-
Grating time 10 per cent. Tho Indiana
Steel Company, at Gary, has been hiring
from to 10 men every day for the last
month.
The Standard Steel Company, mt Ham
mond, hired 800 men last week and il
negotiating for additional help. Its work
ing force is now 200. The Pullman
Company is employing men 10y the hun
dreds. The working force ia now 10000
and 1000 more men are wanted. The
Western Steel Car Foundry, ut Ilegewisch,
rc-employed ! 800 men IN the last two
weeks.
Thousands OF railroad cars iill the sid,
iDgs in and about Chicago awaiting their
turn at the repair shops.
The traffic department of the Santa Fe
issued report today showing that I00,
OH freight cars have been loaded on the
Santa Fee system and received from other
lines during the last month. In the same
month last year l02, 100 were loaded, an
increase of 3.92 per cent. Burlington
officials reported that general merchandise
and miscellaneous freight business shows
an increase of from 4 to per cent over
last year.
In explaining its reasons for putting
300 men back at work i'm the freight car
department the Standard Steel Car Com.
pany at Hammond announced that the
New York Central bought more than
1900 freight cars in June; that the I'LL
nois Central has ordered 5000 all steel
box cars and that during the month oil
June orders for l6,O55 new freight cars
were received, as against 8, l5i for May.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
road announced that il increased the
working time OF 1000 men in It's Milwau-
kce shopa this week from eight TO eight
and half hours. The Mobile and Ohio,
according to President X. V. Taylor will
spend 81 ,l22, 900 Tor new equipment. be.
sides spending $500, 900 for new bridge
across the Ohio river at Cairo, III.
The Rock Island, Illinois Central and
Chicago and Northwestern have begun
rebuilding with steel underirames about
20, 900 cars.