Arizona republican., 1920-10-19
BIB GBOOM SHOWN
 BY ELECTRICAL
 WORLD $ RECORD


 The continued activity and prosper ity of the electrical industry is evil denced by the volume of business re- ported by the Western Electric com pany, whose sales are running at a higher rate than at any other period in the companys history. For eight months of the current year it's domestic billings showed a total volume of $1ls,- 500 900 indicating domestic sales for the year of approximately s190,000.000. This does not include its export busi- ness from America nor sales of its for eign affiliated companies. The export and foreign business will probably reach a volume of S3s.000,0o bringing the total business up to more than Ss25. .000. 900 for the year.
 The domestic sales will exceed the 1919 business by over e0,000,00 and are greatly in excess of the company's s largest previous year, 1917, when do- mestic billings amounted to Sl42.- 0O0. 900.
 This Is especially worthy of note when it is considered that in 1917 the sales were materially affected by the heavy buying of the United States government, while in the present year | the business is in all lines of the com pany's activities and in all sections of the country. This is true not only with respect to telephone apparatus but is especially marked in such labor saving devices as washing machines. sewing machines, vacuum cleaners and also in farm power and light plantsl
 That the enlarging demand is not of a temporary character is indicated by the recent increase of thrilled orders on the company's books from SAT, ,400.- . i n t21 000 00( on September i, deliveries in many instances being schedpled for 1921 and 1922.
 The company's officials state that the sales would have been much larger had it not been for difficulties ex- perienced in the supply of raw mate l riaIs, delays in transportation and
 shortage of labor. The effect of thi:
 on the company's business. can be more
 readily appreciated when it is consid-
 cred that it's purchases of metals and
 other raw products for manufacturint
 purposes call for the use of 100.000,00l
 pounds of lead a year; 1S,000.00'
 pounds of steel; 75,oo0.000 pounds O
 copper 100O0000 pounds of brass 1 100000 pounds of tin and large quan titles of many other materials. The company's manufacturing plan at Hawthorne (near Chicago) has beei greatly enlarged and further addition are now being made to it. The numbe of employees on August 31 was 33.231 the greatest in the history of the com pany.
 The export and foreign business also expanding steadily. The Ney York office has recently announced tn organization of a new company in tn ..rgentine to take care of the telephon requirements of the countries in tn southern part of South America. Tn Canadian branches have substantial increased the volume of their bushes over previous years. The company factories in Antwerp and London ar both running to full capacity, the Lon don factory turning out larger vol E ume of material than in the pre-ws \ days. The Antwerp factory, which wa in control of the Germans during tn | war and has since had to be completel X rehabilitated is now gaining rapidl and should reach the pre-war rate production by the end of the year. The Italian business has lately sui fered, in common with other Italian ir dustries. by reason of the labor trot blcs. but these seem to be in proce. of satisfactory adjustment. A sep;
 rate company has recently been organ
 ized in Norway to care for the increa
 ing Scandinavian business. TT
 branches in Australia. Japan ar \ China, are all running at a satisfacto
 rate.
 E While the company's business in th k country and in it's many foreii \ branches throughout the world has e E banded considerably in 1920. the pre- K ent indications are for still furth I fra