Evening star., 1921-08-08
HIGHER PRICES FOR BASIC -
COMMODITIES UP IN BOSTON
Department Stores Declared Buying Goods
Rather More Freel lySituation =
Elsewhere.
require four times as long for fitting
operations as a plain shoe.

require four times as long for fitting
operations as a plain shoe.
Fruit.
NEW YORK, August s.-Heavy
sales of California prunes have been
reported in the last few days by
the Brooklyn warehouse Of the Cali
fornia Prune and Apricot Growers.
Inc. 1t ia said the Brooklyn packing
plant has been entirely sold out Of
september shipment prunes and to
be Offering for October at increased
prices
TAMPA. Fla. August s.-The citrus
fruit of the Standard Growers Ex-
change Of Orlando will hereafter be
change of this city. Last season the
Standard handled approximately one
million boxes of oranges and grape
fruit.
BOSTON, August 8.-New England
mills which sell unfinished goods are
refusing orders at current open mar
ket quotations. The firmness in gray
goods is especially marked and brown
sheetings also are active.
NEW YORK, August S.-The low
price of denims has not been CAUSED
by oVerproduction and not in lowering
OF production costs. according to
manufacturers, but by efforts of some
holders of stocks to work off accumu-
iatlons at any price in order to re-
alize quickly.
Textiles.
WILMINGTON. Del. August S-The
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co., textile
manufacturers. has resumed operations
with loo men at work, the number
employed before the war. They also
have a plant at Reading. Pa.
NEW YORK. August S.-The Durham
HoSiery/ Mills have announced prices on
stockings and half hose. both cotton and
SILK and wool, to extend up to December
81. showing little change from present
quotations: No reductions were made
and advances were confined to three
numbers. Seven styles are completely
sold up through November.
NEW YORK. August Sit is reported
that buyers indirectly connected with
German firms have been recent pur-
chasers Of 10000 dry hides in this mar
ket.
Live Stock.
ST. PAUL. August S.-Live stock
showed decided downward tendency in
this market in the last week, Prices
were weak and inclined to be lower.
Business Notes.
SAN ANTONIO, August S.-Rail-
road traffic in the southwest has in
creased tremendously within the last
two weeks. One system, operating
through north and west Texas re-
ports volume of freight as large as
at any time in it's history. few
weeks ago this road had eighty idle
locomotives. Today all are in opera
ton Another road operating in the
same territory reports all rolling
stock back in service.
. NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. August s.
The metal trades throughout New
England. which have been in a period
of stagnation for months. are show
ing indications of coming revival Iu
this industry now are running at ap-
proximately 33 1-3 per cent of ca
pacity- A leading hardware manu-
facturer in this state today increased
the working hours of his plants from
thirty-three to forty week. The
American Brass Company is employ
ing as many men now as in 1913 and
1914.
NEW YORK. August s.-Twenty-
five hundred employees of the New
York Railways Company went to
work this morning at wages aver
aging a reduction of 10 per cent be-
low those obtaining last week. This
cut is similar to the reduction ac-
cepted by the employees of two other
New York traction systems.
PHILADELPHIA. August S.-As a
result of compromise agreement
between the weavers and loom fixers
and the wilton and brussels carpet
manufacturers at least three carpet
mills. in various sections of the coun-
try resumed operations today and
twelve others are expected to reopen
this week. The weavers have been
on strike since last January.
NEW YORK, August S.-The sub
stitution of vocal soloists and
choruses for instrumental musicians
who are out at the local moving pic
ture houses continued today with ap-
parent satisfaction to the public, ac-
cording to theater managers. The
musicians failed to report because
they have been notified they must ac-
cept 20 per cent reduction in wages
The choruses are led and accom-
panied by organs or pianos with
which the theaters are equipped.