The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-10
IURERS And BANKERS
SEE NQeLoon i'm OUTLOOK On
REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD DAY

tri-cities. and this. believe, VIII
mnluaIly ahiAst itbeif until bre-
var conditions are arrived ct in-sa-
dusttial actfvitiee."
In lire with Deere 1 Co.'S policy
10 maintain uniform operations
Throughout ~ III plans in this
yfcinity. and to furnish employ
Insnt q steadily q Business and
trade conditions permit, the com
uany h14 recently been compelled
thfoakh the rapid decline n tAe
price Of farm pSpducts To make
some siight reductions In it, force,
According 10 H. H. Railtback, di-
rector Of publicity for the COM
pany.
The drop Ia the price Of wheat.
coan, 0ats and other products has
seriously impaired the purchasing
power OF the farmer and brought
about . condition where We are now
faced with q shortage Of orders and
. decreasing demand for our
goods" said Mr.. Railsback.
This fact makes It necessary
at this time to reduce operations in
Dur plants. This will be done care
fully ard so as to serve the be6t
interests Of all concerned"
Use various Expedlents.
According to. Mr.. Railsback there
have been certain reductions In
operations in the respective factor
les IL accordance with existing con-
ditions In the market for the par
ticular goods of various plants Of
the company. No general rule has
been followed in reducing the force,
but each situation has been handled
on its merits. In some cases there
has been q reduction in the number
Of hours Of, employment weekly
from so to IS or 40. In other cases
q reduction OF force o: small amount
has. resulted.
III making any reductions In
force special care has been taken
to continue all old and regular en-
ployes, married men and men own
ing homes in the community, ac-
cording to MI. -Railsback.
r / v. Make Big Change.
During the war the Root & Van
dervoort Engineering company OF
East Moline has engaged almost ex-
clusively in the manufacture of war
materials and this has necessitated
an entire change In the mechanical
departments which is now in pro-
/ gress, according to company ofdc-
/ ials.
That the refiet Of the present
grain market temporarily affected
the business OF the Rock Island
Stove company was stated by l.. "
Mitchell Of the company today. The
company normally employs $50
men. who have been idle during the
past four weeks.
THE farmers Just now have nc
surplus cash with which to buy
Stoves" said Mr.. Mitchell, land We
will have to wait until such times
as they can market their grain be-
fore we can expect to fill many
orders. l have no doubt things will
clear up in this respect within the
next few weeks said Mr.. Mitchell
! Ottleek Not Gloomy.
I'VE do not see anything gloomy il
the outlook for the future" said A
B. Duvon, general manager of thu
Rock Island Lumber company. 1--WE
see much building ahead and w
have not laid OF any OF our mel
thus far and hope we will not fint
1t necessary to do so. II the cos
Of labor and materials, PARTICULAR,
those Of plumbing and painting
were reduced as the price Of oul
commodity has been lessened, fee
sure we could start right now at ,
rate that would astonish the com
munity. Lumber has dropped NOR,
than 40 per cent during the pas
!. two months. and that Is what Il,
expect to see in the cost Of plumb
ing materials before We can expec
operations to resume to any appre
ciable extent"
: Building will be resumed withou
question as soon as the banker
here can realize their money o.
wheat and those of the south Of
their cotton. declared an Official O
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