Evening star., 1921-11-14

the near future. Deliveries of nails
in the last few weeks has been fairly
heavy.
SHARON, Pa. November IA (Spe-
eiaD.-Many idle workers have been
given temporary employment scrap
ping the steel works at the Carnegie
Steel company's plant here; The
open hearth stock will be moved to
Farrell.
IRON MOUNTAIN. Mich. November
~ (SpeciaD.-The West Chaplin Mines
Company has started construction
here on new charcoal iron furnace
which will employ several hundred
men. The mines In this section ship
son. compared with 100000 tons last
year.
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, November u
(SpeciaD.--The number Of sheet mills
In the Mahoning valley has been in
creased from 103 to 1l3. due to the
completion Of new units at the Niles
plant Of the Republic Iron and Steel
Company. Operators announce that
additional mills are likely to be rum
ming soon, probably some time this
week.
Poultry.
ST. LOUIS, November II Especially.
from the rural districts Of the south
west to distributing centers has be-
gun. The supply is large and prices
in the country are lower than usual.
Present prices here are "a cents a.
pound for old turkeys and 20 cents
for Gull turkeys.
Woolens.
NEW YORK, November IA Especially.
Sales Of wool hose for men and
women have increased both in num-
Der and size this week. Many of the
orders received by manufacturers
have been in 500 and 1000 dozen lots,
Wool.
FORT WORTH. November II (Spe-
ciaD.-Prlces for the fall clip of Texas
woods have strengthened in the last
few days with good demand. especial
ly for the better grades.
Cotton.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass, November
IA Especially D.-Large sales have been
recorded here of two-piy yarn for use
In narrow fabrics for the collar trade.
Several mills are experimenting with
cloth for collars to compete with the
Van Heusen collar.
ton mills producing goods which go d.
rect to retail counters for distribution to
consumers are running at top speed.
with orders averaging from $50 to 200
per cent above production. Mills max
ing goods which 60 to the garment
ming nearly 50 per cent under produc-
tion.
Rubber.
AKRON, November IA Especially
Reduced prices on the tires produced
~ no nd
Tire and Rubber Company will go into
effect tomorrow. These cuts. which
follow the reductions first made by
the Firestone and United States COM
panies. range from 10 to 30 per cent
on different grades and sizes.
Wheat.
GALVESTON. November IA tSpe-
ciaD OF wheat through
this port from July 1 to November
totaled 34,444,91s bushels, an increase
Of s,7as.4o0 bushels over the corre-
spending period Of 1920.
Jewelry.
ST. LOUIS, November II (SpeciaD.-
The movement Of jewelry here in gen.
eral Is very dull. but this dullness is
relieved by occasional spurts of ac-
Flour.
LANSING. Mich. November IA (spe-
ciaD.-Prospects Of a better market
for Michigan spring wheat are indi-
Gated by experiments made by the
Michigan Millers' Association. Their
experiments showed that 431 pounds
Of bread could be made from one and
a half barrels of Michigan wheat -four
at a cost of $10.44. compared with 4l4
pounds of bread at a cost of 1880
made from Kansas spring wheat.
Oil.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. November IA (Spe-
CiaD.-The advance in the price of
crude oil has been followed in this
section by increase in the price for
gasoline to 1871 cents a gallon at
tions. Kerosene has gone up half a
cent q gallon to 1114 cents.
Notes.
SAN ANTONIO, November IA (Spe-
cial) l)-Breeders of Texas live stock
broader market With that object in
vi3. the breeders are preparing to
send a train carrying thoroughbred
milk and range stock through the
southern republic. The expedition
will start Wednesday. Considerable
business already has been built up
scott, chairman Of the Texas live
stock sanitary commission. and will
carry types Of all breeds successfully
raised in Texas.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. November IA
(SpeCiaD D.-Union printers on the
Binghamton Sun. who have been on
strike for nearly eight months, re-
turned to worl. today on the same
scale they received prior to the strike.
The printers here struck March 8 for
an increase Of IS and 81 a week and
q ty-four-hour week. The Sun and
several other publica tions refused the
demand and established open shops
The remaining employers still declare
they will maintain the open shop.
NEW YORK, November Il Especially.
The strike Of garment workers
against the introduction of the piece ?
work system and a forty nine hour
week began today with both employ
ers and employees declaring they ex-
pected q protracted struggle. About
1900 shops will be affected here and
the controversy may spread to other
garment manufacturing centers where
employers also haye announced inten-
tion of abolishing the weeks work
system in favor Of piecework. The
twelve local garment makers unions
contain about $4,000 members.
sHORT-TERM SECURITIES,
(Reported by Redmond Co.,