The Washington times., 1915-08-08
to make steel by Noven-

construction to make steel by Novem-
Der l.
The Universal Portland Cement Com
pany IS to start its new plant at the
same time. and there are large in
creases, he states, In the working forces
In the iron mines. and consequent IN
creases In lake shipments of Iron ore.
The Wolverine and Mohawk Copper
mining companies OF Calumet. Mich.
gave their 1909 employees 5 per cent
bonus Of their total wages for June
on last Saturday, owing to the high
price they were getting for copper.
and 1t is likely that they will keep
this up. with other companies follow
ing their example. as long as the
metal remains at 20 cents a pound or
better.
st. Louis Business Better,
The Business Mems League Of st.
Louis says that there is general
in all lines of business
In that city. Increases in payrolls are
marked in the steel and iron Industries
owing to the large number OF men being
set to work. Firms furnishing supplies
| to the railroads are doing an increased
! business and firms having army
orders" have their full force working
! day and night.
for the immediate future at an enorm-
| Gus rate of expenditure according TO
plans announced within the last week.
! The Submarine Boat COMPANY, with a
| Albany on Wednesday for the purpose
| of building war and pleasure craft and
| war munitions. The American and Brit
! ish Manufacturing Company OF Bridge
port. Conn. on the same day also COM
pleted the purchase OF twenty-six acres
| Of land In Hackensack, n. j.. on which
| it intends to built huge war plant
costing 100000.
At this new Hackensack plant the
company purposes to manufacture mu-
nitions for European belligerents only
In Johnstown. Pa. the Cambria Stee
Company has begun to market aniline
dyes at the rate Of 1000 pounds daily
this being a new venture tor this con
down OF the normal supply from Ger
many. Otter plants are being built tt
get some OF this trade.
:. Shipping Activity.
! In view of the fact that the expor
business of the United States for Jun'
figures up to &2SS. .6ol .5es. a total neve
before exceeded in any corresponding
month. while there Is great shortag
of available foreign shipping. 1t va
only natural that our shipping industr,
. should assume u new activity. In tn
way of construction there were NOR
| new steel vessels being built or wer
. under contract on July / than at an
, , other time since 1901. and there was
!. greater tonnage of wooden vessel
: building than since 1907. OF the l.
: ships building on July l. the steel ship
numbered siNty-five and the w6ode
ones sixty. their respective tonnage be
ing s,436 and 2SS. 10l.
In the year ended July 81 there wer
465 more ships arriving in New Yor
! harbor than in the preceding year. a.
D though the total tonnage was material
t lly decreased by the withdrawal Of Ger
: man ships from the seas and of s
, many of the big English and Frenc
- liners.
OF course. the war abroad has muc
: 10 do with this general betterment c
e industrial conditions. and a few figure
< showing how our trade In munitions {
e war has increased since last Septen
g Der will be particularly Illuminating 9
a to the growth Of business prosperit
8 here and throughout the country.
p aeroplanes. for example. We shippe
: aboard last September a total of sl.7s
e which was an increase over the precet
g ing month. In April last the aeroplar
8 exports had run up to $34I 432, the Grea
8 est amount of these war goods v
d have sent abroad in any one month I
to the present
= Barbed wire exports increased fro
> N34.0e7 in September last to E42.s96
e May. Automobile trucks increased
Is the same period from $208 234 to S. 45G IS
and horses from s747.722 to $7,soS.s76.
Ie OF horseshoes for army horses abros
,e our exports ran up from slH Rl
,e year The American workingman the
al days Ia Illustrating the old adage tn
ell peace has its victories no less renown,
a than war. and doesn't have to fight
y win them. ---------.----