The Washington times., 1915-08-08

room. The demand for good help has
benefited the highest types Of labor very
much In Providence. The shortage Or
laces from England. Belgium and
France has given the local manufac-
tufers an opportunity they have been
seeking for years, and they are taking
full advantag OF this business opening.
The II 600 employees of the Bethlehem
found a 10 per cent increase in their pay
envelopes last night, this being voiun-
tary gift OF the company. and as the
weekly payroll Of the company Is &Sl:.50
It meant goodly rise IN the amount mo OF
last night. 1t Is expected that this
company will grant the same increase
In the near future to the men In Its
subsidiary companies-the Union Iron
orks, San Francisco: Fore River SHIP
Yards, In Quincy. Mass. and the Harlan
4 hollngsworth shipyards in Whining
ton. Del. Orders are so heavy In tho
South Bethlehem works that 1000 skilled
mechanics are needed there.
Philadelphia 4 Boom Town.
30 far as labor Is concerned. Phila-
delphia these days Is the real thing in
a boom town" About 1900 hands are
employed in its shipyards and those OF
Camden and Wilmington. The Baldwin
Locomotive Works are employing 1000
men on full time instead Of 800 on
half time. as conditions were a few
months ago. Domestic railway orders
furnish a goodly part Of this increased
demand for labor. 1t will require 10000
men to enable the new Eddystone NUM-
tions Company to carry out its orders for
shrapnel, in the profits of which the
Baldwin Locomotive Works will share.
since the shells will be turned out in
their plant. The J. G. Brill Company
has increased its operations to about
NJ m n
orders and Its regular business in rail-
road cars and trucks The machine
tool companies in Philadelphia are
working day and night on equipment
All the steel and iron industries In
Philadelphia and in the towns near are
now practically in full operation.
The Midvale Steel Company, which
abroad. Is running at full capacity with
| 1000 hands at work. The Pencoyd Iror
| Works IS working on full time makine
bridge and building steel. The Altar
blast any open-hearth furnaces wer,
out all winter. have started up with eo
hands.
The Cambria Steel Company is run
Pennsylvania Steel Company has IT.
shipyard In Sparrows Point, Md. oi
full time and Is steadily increasing oper
ations in its steel plant In Steelton: Pa
| Inc teXtlle industries III f'HllauclpHi'
have also felt the benefit Of having i'm
ports from Europe shut OFF in certai'
lines. The 500 employees of the Aut
Car Company, in Ardmore, worked thl
week under the new schedule OF !
per cent wage increase and time Gu
Of forty-fve minutes daily
Prospects In Chicago.
The Chicago Association Of Com
mcIce reports that August opens wit
the most promising prospects for tw
years" The steel mills are running
three-quarters capacity. building opera
tions arc being resumed with fereris
activity, the wholesale and retail trad
! has been improving and many indus
J trial plants are working overtime. In
city was crowded during the past Wee
with merchants and buyers from IN
; South and West. who had visited IN
: Windy City for Chicago Week.. an
practically all of them brought storie
! with orders for big stocks In prepare
t ton for a remarkable trade after tn
5 harvest. LuXuries have been In stron
demand, and the general buying ha
{ been heavier than for several yeal
past. THE South is booming, an
crops In the far Northwest are simp
9 magnificent" are the reports OF me
: chants from those sections. and stor'
I keepers from the South and west al
Q unusually optimistic as to the prospec
for fall and winter trade. -,
In the ore country around Duluth Il
e steel and iron business Is enjoying q
I same kind of prosperity which has n
n D. Mccarthy, OF the Duluth Commerci
r Club. reports that the Minnesota Ste
: Company. Of Duluth. recently took on
~ force oS Loo men, and are rushii