The Washington times., 1915-08-08
BOOM N BUSINESS
BRINGS PROSPERITY
Wage.Earners Are Profiting as
Result Of Great Number OF
Contracts Being Filled.
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ders from Southern end Western rail-
roads.
In Cleveland every industry Is show
ing a gain over this time last year.
In Buffalo new industries nave
started which do not depend for their
future on orders for munitions OF war.
From Providence come reports OF o.
per cent increase In the number OF
men at work. Special lines OF textiles
arc responding to the results OF EURO
pean supply being cut on fttsDursn Ha
from Spain. France. Italy. Argentina.
Turkey, Greece, Japan. and Honduras
for lines outside Of war supplies.
Unlike some past good times" .sod boomds.
tion whose solidity cannot be shaken.
Wages Are Better.
Tho one class which profits most oy
this rising wave Of prosperity IN the
United States 10 the workingman. In
and around New York city alone there
are fully 10000 mechanics and workers
whose pay envelopes were 10 per cent
better yesterday afternoon than they
The New York public employment bu-
reau reports conditions encouraging.
especially In the large number OF Or
ders for skilled help"
bile body builders. and radiator repair
ers from employers within 160 miles
of this city is above normal for this time
Of the year.
other workers in manufacturing shops
who have profited by this wage increase
In Greater New York within the last
week. the longshorenen are now get
In the cloak and suit trade. numbering
fully 90 900, are in line for a substantial
increase within a week or two: Wall
Street clerks are SO much in demand
thing at ali about the Street" can get
job there these days.
In Yonkers the Alexander Smith &
sons Carpet Company has given volun-
crease. And in Bayonne, Elizabeth. and
Harrison, n: j., the 5000 employees Of
and the Crucible Steel. all have gained
increases In wages amounting to a sub
stantial weekly sum.
Other Increases In Pay.
In Plainfield the Pond Machine Tool
Company has granted the eight-hour
day and an increase Of 10 per cent in
| wages to its 600 employees. The Ran
some Concrete Machinery Company. of
the same town, Is about to establish
the eight-hour day and the Sauer shops
Of the International Motor Company
started work the first Of August on an
eisht-ho day. 10 per cent increase
This order affects about 1900 men.
| This wage increase may be followed
along the shore line OF the New Haven
p1ad rnS m from ns to Nc
chine Company. of Bridgeport. has
Joined the upward wage movement by
day. the 1000 employees Of the Win:
New Haven. have had a seven.houl
cut made in their weeks work. with q
30 per cent bonus for overtime. begin,
ming August lt. and the Colt patent
l2lt per cent bonus to It's employe.
on the war order" profits for the last
Rhode Island manufacturers maintai.
. policy of silence about war orders.
but the representative plants In tn,
metal trades In Providence are beinl
driven to their capacity, some Of then
working two and even three shifts ,
Brown sharp Manufacturing Com
lpany has +.GO0 men at work. an increas
OF about one-third since January I.
The Du Pont Powder Company. in It
works around Philadelphia and vii
which probably affect moro men thai
employed by any one concern In tn
United States. Between 1900 and 30, %
employees are In the new and old pow
! and they are now all working on !
} per cent increase and a bonus Of 20 pc
cent after two weeks employment.
Big Boost In Pittsburgh.
Out In Pittsburgh the payrolls Of tn
|
to $sOO. 900 a day since the frs tot tn
year. Throughout that general distric
the steel mill output shows a net gai
OF 10 per cent from the quantity pro
duced at the beginning OF 1915. and
domestic orders were as strong as ex
port demand the mills would be unabl
to take care OF the orders. AS 1t /.
: 4 there Is already q scarcity OF labo
especially among the mechanics. man
Of the mills being limited as to thel
. output by the number of Workmen ths
can be secured.
I Pittsburgh mills have an aggregate {
I 500, 600. 900 In orders on their books fe
export, not all of which are for war ms
D terial. The larger plants. which starte
per cent capacity, are now working
s to IS per cent. with tin plate mills. will
. mills. and those making steel bars turf
ing away orders. Thirty-seven tin pla
! |
cannot be put In working order until II
end Of the year.
Before the close Of the summer evel
blast furnace in the country that CO
0 be got ready will be producing iron. II
present output Is at the rate Of 100000
II tons year, and will reach the ra
e Of 5000, 900 tons annually with the
!. ginning of fall.
. Buffalo Conditions Better.
Buffalo reports such lively times
its old and new industries that u
It employment has ceased to exist In tn
r Aty and its environs. New industrt
~ have been growing rapidly in Bufra
In recent years. and in the foundry. m
e chine shop. steel. manufacture OF nous
n hold wares and automobiles busine
conditions have improved matertal
II Though they are not all working
,e fun capacity, conditions are such as
Indicate a tremendous industrial reviV
q Howard A. Meldrum, president OF t
,s Buffalo Chamber OF Commerce. sen
word to The Press that our loo
I'd plants are enlarging and putting on
II ditional workers"
80 Munson Hayens, secretary or I
lie Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. te
graphs figures showing the value
building permits In Cleveland for
a. last month 10 be 80 per cent greal