The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-07-31
STRENGTH OF Ron MARKET
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
Prices Are Increasing While res Both for Pig Iron and Fin
ished Materials Are Vey Encouraging Export Bus
mess to Warriy Europe Increasing

The strength developed during the Ft
three weeks In the iron market has gaed
steadily during the past week andat
present shows every prospect of fuaer
Improvement. The prevailing quotgon
on pig iron is now 5000 on bas of
No. foundry Birmingham and iniry
for 1916 delivery has brought for a
quotation from one maker of So so
The official information that eugh
orders were booked and in prospt to
practically guarantee full capacit OPP
erations at the Ensley mill and Beemer
mill of the Tennessee Coal, Iron anRail-
road company, among the largesta the
country. has put additional optimii into
the industrial situation. Export lsiness
Is improving very much on accent of
reductions in ship freight rates toiurope
and an increase in the number davail-
able bottoms for export serviceout of
southern ports A large tonnaged steel
hillets and steel shapes are mo- being
exported daily from this distric
The American Steel and Wire cnpany's
big mill at Fairfield is operatnsat very
near capacity with prospects Of deceased
operations in the near future. i've fur
paces are reported to have blown in in
the past 80 days and two or three moro
are contemplated within TIE next week
or two. The resumption of furnace opera
lions has brought about a Corresponding
resumption of activities at both iron ore
and coal mines and in the past two
weeks literally thousands of men have
gone to work who have been idle perhaps
for six months and more.
Furnace activity at present Is probab ly
larger than at any time in the past sew
eral years. The normal pay roll is al
ready making Itself felt in commercial
circles and within the next two pay DAYS
which will be month. general business
conditions are expected to return to nor
NAL throughout the district for the frs,
time in over a year.
BUSINESS on Morris avenue for the week
end comes up to best expectations OF
wholesalers. Retailers have been laying
In good supply of poultry. fruits and
vegetables, in anticipation of Saturdays
rush.
A large percentage OF the produce used
here naturally comes direct from truck.
ers of surrounding territory, but even a
larger quantity comes from points ir
ether parts of the state. This usually
comes through commission merchants anc
other wholesale dealers of the city
A heavy business is expected this morn.
.ng between wholesalers and retailers
but by noon practically eveyy retail mar
will have laid in sufficient supply tc
run him the rest of the day and mos
of the wholesalers will close for the day
by l o'clock.
A number of carloads of watermelons
were received yesterday and peaches
We're also received in large volume. Fou
cars were received by the Bell-Roger.
company from Alabama points. This con
Germ will also receive a car of Georgia
Albertas today.
Among receipts from Alabama yesterday
We're: Thirty-seven crates peaches. Phi
Campbell; q cases eggs, Boaz; 10 can
taloupes, Boligee; two coops chickens anS
one case eggs, Winfield; one case eggs
Sulligent; two coops chickens, Ashland
one coop chickens, GUM three crate
peaches and IA crates cantaloupes, War
rior; "a irates peaches, Hollins.
Quotations for today are as follows: