The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-30

London-British textile unions re-
jected a 10 per cent wage advance
offered and demand 40 per cent. A
strike seems inevitable.
New considerations Carpen-
ters Union has started a general
strike of $500 carpenters in New
York for $40 day and 40 hours a
week.
New YorkAThe New York State
Sheep Growers Association will pool
the 1920 wool clip and hold 1t for
more favorable market. Clip will
amount to 11,250,000 pounds.
New York-The Canadian North
ern and Grand Trunk railways are
said to be willing to sell lines in the
United States, and the Pennsylvania
railroad is mentioned as a possible
buyer.
London-British master cotton
spinners have voted against curtail-
ed production in belief that depres-
sion in goods trade will be sort-lived.
Reduced prices have resulted in little
additional buying.
Washington-The United States
government has no intention of per-
hitting the shipment into soviet Rus
STA of any material that can be i'm
mediately utilized in the war against
Poland.
New York-Johu D. Rockefeller
celebrated his 81st birthday at his
Lakewood estate with his usual
round of golf, playing nine holes on
a 2 IL mile course. He returned a
winner.
Paris-Swiss newspapers assert
the German government has placed
2G0,00G,G00 Swiss francs in Zurich
banks and it is reported the same has
been done elsewhere, with the object
of evading treaty financial clauses.
shington-Railroads of United
States are unable to trace 100000
tons of coal used by them during the
strike of last fall. The operators
who shipped the coal are supposed to
be the losers. Much of it was seized
while in the possession of roads as
carriers.
Boston-Four mills of the Ameri-
cap Wooden Co. at Lawrence, employ
ing about 1880, we're closed on
Thursday night for an indefinite pc
Rod because of lack of orders. Sus-
pension will probably last a month
Dor day.
Berne-The Swiss government has
succeeded in raising loan of 1907
100000 francs in the United States,
causing much relief in the confedera-
ton. By end of the year the gov
eminent will need altogether 408,-I
100000 francs, of which fully 1901
100000 will be for the state rail-
ways.
Washington-It is estimated byI
George Blardone, Tampico oil statis-
tician, that exports of oil from Mexi-
co for 1920 will total between 1901
100000 and 1875, 100000 barrels, or
more than the exports of the rest of
the world, including the United I
States.
Chicago the charge that
the railroads have broken down
since return to private management,
Samuel M. FELTON,, president Chicagol
Great Western, lays dissatisfaction to
the government policy of operation
which many believed would render
return to private ownership impos-
sible.
New York-Ryan-Duke -Whelan to-
bacco syndicate negotiations to buy ]
control of the French tobacco mono
poly is understood to have been in
progress for more than a year. Ne
gotiations were interrupted by pro-
tests of the French people and high
price asked by the French govern
ment for a perpetual concession.
The original price fixed by France I
was 0,000,000,000 francs, equiva- L
lent at the present rate of exchange |.
to about $4,000, 100000. A limited {
franchise has been offered to syndi-
cate for $400,000,000. II