Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-03

force OF employees now ID so per cent
of normal and on September will be
Increased to rs per cent.
In the manufacture OF glazed kid the
Delmnrvia Leather Company em-
ploys SO per cent OF a normal force.
The Golding 4 Sons Company. which
prepares materials for pottery. haS
been idle for two months. II receives
orders chiefly from potters in Tren-
ton. n. j.. and East Liverpool. o.. and
It's prospects for the fall and winter
VIII depend on the condition OF the
pottery business there In the middle
of September,
Building Sugar Refinery.
The erection OF Adolph Segal'a
Sugar Refinery In South Wilmington
Is progressing slowly.
Some departments OF the Lobdeli
Car Wheel Company are operating on
full time, and other departments
operate irregularly, some iive days
each week, some four and some three.
The number OF employees has been
reduced 10 per cent.
The Pyrites Company. Limited. re-
three months ago. 1t is employing a
full force in stocking up" and ship
ping on a few small orders.
Twenty-Five per cent OF a normal
force Is employed by the Coke & Lloyd
Leather Company. manufactures. of
glazed kid. The company believes busi-
ness will improve in the fall and win
ter.
The Augustine and Delaware mills
of the Jessup & Moore Paper Company
have been closed since August 2a, and
the main office. which Is in philadcl-
phia. has not announced when the
plants will resume operations.
Business OF the Chic Mint Gum
Company is improving, and for the
purpose of filling orders delayed for
two or three weeks the force of en-
ployes has been increased 20 per cent.
Statesmen of the c. & w. Pyle Com
pany. manufacturers OF fancy leather
and book binders supplies report
increasing business in the West. The
company employs a fun force.
In the manufacture OF fertilizer mill
machinery Walker \ Elliott. Incorpor-
ated, employ 80 per cent of a normal
force. Work hours have been reduced
from 40 TO "a per week. The company
is receiving many inquiries regarding
machinery.
The Farmers Products Company
employs SO per cent OF normal force
on full time.
Federal Reserve Bank Reports I'm.
prpvement.
Improvement in general business
conditions is reported by the Federal
Reserve Bank Of this district, located
in Philadelphia. Production is increas-
ing and unemployment decreasing in
that city and It's vicinity, the bank
reports according TO the Philadelphia
North American, which continues:
A fact of general interest is a retar-
cation in coal production because the
public does not seem to be laying in it's
winter reserves with the readiness
that was expected. Coal dealers are
oyenstocked.
The greatest Improvement is report
ed in textile markets. where fair-sized
orders for future delivery have been
placed for the first time in many
months. Cotton made the best showing
last month and is the. most active.
talAE NtAt b8'sA HShkhA Abts nut
were scarce, throwing interest to per
Gales and other print cloth. where
prices advanced slightly. Fabrics used
for shoe lining shared in increased
business.
Operations in wooden cloth mills in
creased during August. Orders placed
for next spring were particularly graf
flying
F'air-sized orders were placed for
heavyweight underwear. Mills which
used strenuous sales methods reported
considerable business even in light
weight underwear.
Owing 70 the continuation of the
strike in Philadelphia mills, manufac-
turerrs We're unable to meet the de-
mand for full-fashiou hosiery, which
was very active du sng the month.
Improvement in the leather trades
also is reported. especially in orders
for fall Shoes and for children's foot
wear.
Paper-box manufacturers report
better business. and their deu1a nds
have stimulated the paper industry.
improvements are noted in the to-
bacco industry. with particular de-
-
Steel Industry Brighter.
''Of greater significance, perhaps.
than the better conditions in textiles
leather and shoes and other lines"
reports the bank, ARE recent develop
ments in the iron and steel industry
For months there was an almost total
of demand for those products,
and operati0us WERE at the lowest
point, as compared with capacity, in
history. August. however, witnessed
the placing of orders for sheet steel
and pig iron, the increase Of produc-
ton schedules in plants that had con-
tinued TO operate in face of the lack
of new orders and the reopening of
81 me of the plants which had closed
down. Especially encouraging is the
fact that railroads have begun TO buy
iron and steel for repair purposes
Stove coal is in good demand, ac-
cording TO the survey. but sales Of
other domestic sizes and of steam
sizas of anthracite are very small. :.
and probably less than in July. De-
mand for bituminous is poor. but
prices hold firm.
. a result of the better demand
for most products, operations in near
ly all industries have been increased
and Unemployment is diminished. The
Pennsylvania State Department of La
Dor estimated the number of unem-
ployed in the cities of Altoona, Harris
burg, @ohnstown, Phila delphia, Scran-
ton and Willi-msport August Is as
2l6,905. decrease of 1.6 per cent from