New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
Cleveland Plants,
AT Top Speed, Far
Behind ON Orders
Many Factories, Working at
Capacity, Have Enough
Business Booked to Keep
Going for Some Months
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence
CLEVELAND, Nov. l5.-Prosperity Is
expressing itself in Cleveland in the
operation of its widely diversified fac
tories up to capacity. And, although
some of the mills are running on
twenty-four hour basis, they are all
on the average running from one to
three months behind in their orders.
One concern, the White Motor Com
pany, is two years behind in the man.
ufacture- of motor trucks and has
temporarily discontinued making pleas
ure cars to permit it to catch up.
The outstanding exceptions are the
steel mills, which until recently were
limping along on short shifts Of work
ers- The Ohio plants were much hard
to Chamber of Commerce officials, than
the Pennsylvania factories, but men
are steadily returning to work it is
reported, and production is being
speeded up. No authoritative esti-
mate of the average state of activity
Is obtainable, because conditions vary
tremendously from mill to mill and
are fast improving.
Auto Companies Expanding
OF all the industries here the twelve
automobile companies are the most ac-
tive in the point of expansion. All
of them are adding new units to their
plants. and in 1920 expect to turn
out 100000 relatively high priced cars
to relieve the great shortage caused
by the cessation of production of auto
mobiles for ordinary uses during the
war.
Cleveland Is now in the midst Of
q period Of unusual building activity
Fifty millions dollars worth of fac
tories, homes and apartments are un-
der construction, and at least s25 ,oO0,-
900 more is said to be in immediate
prospect Enterprises here late in the
spring decided to 60 ahead in spite of
hiP' nriccs, ard ever sirce tie rye of
building has been going upward.
Some twenty new industries have
been brought to the city thus far this
year.
Cleveland too. is taking leading part
tn the printing of NATIONAL magazines
which had temporarily to suspend be-
cause of tfe collective vacation Of the
periodical printers in New York. Ten
magazines including "Vanity Fair"
"Vogue." Good Housekec ping" "House
and Garden" "The Electrical Age" and
Hardware Age" are now being printed
here. and extraordinary efforts are be-
ing made to induce the publishers to re-
main here permanently because of the
city's central location and favorable
position under the postal zone system.
Big Export Trade Expected
Cleveland expects to do an annual
export trade Of at least Sl50OOO 900,
and its business men are developing
plans for handling this volume directly
through the lake port here. 1t Is
purposed to develop regular steamship
routes directly to Europe as soon as
the Canadian government completes
the widening of the Welland Canal,
which viii give Cleveland an outlet to
the Atlantic Ocean. through the Great
Lakes and the st. Lawrence River. In
antici ipation of this Improvement plans
are being considered here for the
building OF new piers adequate for
ocean tonnage. Cleveland is particu-
larly active in the movement now
developing in the central West TO de-
velop new water routes to foreign
ports. 1t is realized that the water
route will automatically limit the size
of the ships that can be used to about
10000 tons.
Members Of the inter-Ailied CONNER
cial missions from Belgium. France,
Great Britain and Italy conferred with
business leaders here and visited in
dustrial plants.