The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-01-23
IRON REVIEW

The Iron Age. in It's weekly summary
OF the iron and St"c! trade. tomorrow
Will say:
car shortage, which has for weeks
been ! checking factor in the movement
OF fuel /" iron and Steel plants; has
now temporarily ut least displaced low
unit labor output as the chief obstacle
In acLr!rra;Ing production. Siw head
way is being madc in shipping iron
from stuckyard piles and finished pro-
ducts are beginning to clog up rolling
mills.
Again tho weight Of the Steel Corpo-
ration's policy of holding 10 the level
reached last March. ,herT is the view
that the fiXyd prices obtaining in the
war pcrid. sll aud Sl2 per ton higher.
then REGARDED a. reasonable, are surely
justified now IN the light OF generally
higher manufacturing costs: Some OF
the mills have gone b"yOnd these itG-
urcs IN tn" face If buying pressure, but
the total lOnnag" IS AFTER al relatively
small.
Activity in the pas, week has been In
pix IRON rather than N steel IL inc
CLEVELAND district. l"u.0OU tons were
sold 10 i"undrI"s connected WIN auto
mobile companies. \ feature ~ also
was a SHln Of 500 tons Of haSi" az Sip.
Valley. but SAILS al lower prices are
s,ill reported. Mall"abl" iron has sold
IN thousand ton lots for lh' lat H+!i al
Stl.26. Larp, basic inquiries hay" an
p"arcd for thc last haE and i"hndry-
men ar. showing some concern over Sc
curing iron III The second half
Tn, huuIHmry Of r.g IRON prtr,S shows
no sIgn~ A. vt that the steel makers
viii b. sellers on amy Large scale. b.
cauSr lh"jr rolling mil operations cam
not absorb Tho pIg iron capacity.
Signs ar, that railroad demands VIII
havr To taxi their rla"" al"nESid" ne
ALREADY placed by the corporal" rail
roads. bat tn"$" -; t. b" o"uGAt vi!
H.. Delivered at mills Cuuv"ni@l.'. IN
apror,Ionmrnt Of steel Tor ~ Various
81 ir''Nh"d product wfFh" pTac-
ticCd, no given type OF mill TO be oper-
al .. =. ;a,. "Np"nS' Of another.
Tnr first definite l"c"m"uN" nndiir'"S
for The year include 100 inr 'I' h'"ii
rn"iil'. 10 for the Great Northern ANA
80 for tn. Missouri I>Aun.ts and Texas.
The fabricated steel 'rLdr - very
promising with projects or 1t prodigi"us
total awaiting d"cisims /" til" FAC" or
high Labor and material costs. god"
account MAS given III 1919, book lnES
amounting {" no less man lou" iCuS
III prrnmbcr ana coming for iN" Twelve
months t. wiih.u LhoU: SOU" tons III
thu. tcta! for 1913
Nnrour tn Spectacular purchases Of
m, week was IN" placing by tH' Ford
Motor 80. Il S7."60,uQO nuts among Il
number nf manufacturers. Bolt and nut
makers are among those VIII" are facing
a shutdown through inability 10 get
supplies. wh'rh w"r" steadily obtained
from stocks in the strik" N"ri"d.
some attention is hc;ng given 10 thu
nnsyiblliy that tn" makers "f major
steel products have no; expanded fdcili-
ties anywhere near in iIr rat" iHHi Sec
nnd line manufacturers have. Those. IN
,.NgdrrG rrOrEan!,"d ma DUtArturlnE
plants Of war products. ar" pr''vlnf 1"
raw, an un,xprrt-d absorbing CAPACITY;
Expansion in sheet making alone %'H3Id
ont. which = not surprising in tho laht
If the long sustained demand.
RuyinG IN account or export has drop
nd somewhat sharply. Tough inquiries
Tor mi-finish.d steel and FIR PIX lrn'
are conspicuous. Italy ana England ar"
sounding tho market, while scarcity and
hish prices here ar" bringing na'uTnl
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