Evening star., 1921-08-04

is brisk and at higher prices, the
| principal sales OF old stock continue
to run more than double the quantity
OF last year. The greater part Of this
| buying is for export
Rubber.
CHICAGO. August 4-The mechani-
cal rubber goods industry is running
attained in the first half year Of 1920
and at about SO per cent OF the rate
for the four years previous. Makers
of rubber footwear have curtailed
production because Of large stocks in
the hands Of jobbers. Prices are re-
garded as stabilized for the remainder
Of the year.
Cottons.
NEW YORK, August At is not
expected that there will be any ma
| terial revision in prices In standard
bleached cottons for some time to
come, now that one OF the best
known brands has been priced for
August and September. Production
Of other manufacturers is we'll under
order.
TROY. N Y, August 4.-Retailers
today assert that the reduction of
collar manufacturers from $210 TO
$3.50 a dozen is not sufficient to allow
of a fair profit If retail prices are cut
another cents each
Shirts.
NEW. YORK. August 4.-Demand for
Silk shirts is only about one-dfth
what 1T was in the summer of 1919
and dealers report little call for these
garments anywhere except in the
larger cities Manufacturers in many
cases will not exhibit their spring
aine OF shirts until after September i.
Automobiles.
NEWARK, N. J., August 4.-Jitneys
| carried 24.343.4e3 passengers here in
| to figures for the tax due the city Oh
these vehicles.
Mechanical Equipment.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. August T.
The Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing
Company, makers Of gasoline pumps
and tanks have announced that wages
down. but the amount OF tho cut has
not been specified.
Steel
SHARON, Pa, August 4-The Pc
troleum Iron. Works. the Standard
Tank Car Company and the Sharon
Pressed Steel Company have increased
DULUTH, Minn.. August 4.-The
subsidiary of the United States Steel
Corporation. has cut the number of.
working days to four a week.
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, August -
The open-hearth steel production here
has now reached so per cent of capa-
city. This is the largest production
reached by local plants for many
weeks.
Bicycles.
ATLANTIC CITY. August 4.-Dele-
gates to the convention OF the Cycle
Trades Of America declared today
that 100000 bicycles had been pro-
that the business was slowly recover
ing from depression.
BUSINESS NOTES.
CHICAGO. August I.-Manufac-
turers had 100000 automobile tires
in stock at the end of the half year.
according to estimates Of one manu-
facturer here. Sales to dealers for the
first half year, he claimed, were about
125 tires per car in use. Better tires. IL
Is said. have cut down the old average
OF four tires per car per year to three or
less. Care by users has further reduced
this average. and for the remainder of
=
use about 100000 tires.
PITTSBURGH. August 4-opera-
tors Of unionized bituminous mines
are unanimous in declaring that they
must have a reduced wage scale. They
say the non-unioniZed Somerset coun-
ty field is able to underbid them 60
cents a ton, because of the difference
in wages paid. They declare they
favor keeping their mines closed until
a wage reduction is agreed to. The
present wage scale extends to April
1. 1922, and miners have expressed
their determination to insist on the
present scale until that time.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-. August A.
Road building programs undertaken
by the states of Missouri and Kansas
will afford relief to any unemploy-
ment problem this fall. The Missouri
legislature has just appropriated
$60. 100000 for road construction and
an equal amount will be provided
from the federal treasury. Kansas is
ready to let contracts for 500 miles of
hard surfaced roads and has 200 miles
now under course of construction.
Three months use in a motion pic
ture theater is sufficient to render
the average piano valueless-
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