Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-03
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS
IN WILMINGTON HAVE
ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK
Continued from page /.


For the fan and winter the corpora
tion has slight hope.
In the manufacture of hosiery the
sutro a Son Company employs a
fuii force on full time. The company
viii be busy until December at least.
The Mccullough Iron Company be-
lieN~s Industrial conditions will inn
prove after the railroads reduce
freight rates. Its force of employees
has dwindled from zoo TO 10. II has
not rolled any metal since March or
galvanized any since June.
Hope for industrial Improvement is
expressed at the jackson & Sharpe
plant OF the American Car and
Foundry Company. which is employ
ING 80 per cent of its normal force
ON fun time.
Cntil winter. which is its dull sea
son. the Wilmington Bedding Com
pany viii employ a fun force.
The Pusey & Jones Company win
operate so per cent of normal until
January | and believes business will
improve thereafter.
fHV Per cent of normal force
IA employed by the Youngco Leather
1nnnEfIl1f
prospects are Frightening.
because of dullness in some branch
- ot the leather industry the A. c.
laSman Machine Company. which
usually manufactures leather working
machinery. has devoted this year 70
general Jobbing business and repair
work Its employees. 25 per cent OF
the normal force. are split in two
shifts, on a day and on a day. Dur
iug the first six months of the wear
is business was at the rate of as
Per cent of it's best record. and il IN
likely Co continue at this rate until
December 81. With more demand for
irather the company hopes to increase
its business next spring.
The Bond Manufacturing Corpora
alton. which makes battle caps. col
lapsible tubes and composition cork.
now employs 65 per cent of a normal
torce. OF which 40 per cent is work
ms on full time. In the winter when
There Is less demand for the COM
ranys product. the force will be re-
dnced To 20 per cent. The company
now ~ manufacturing more collapse
hle tubes and composition cork than
bottle caps.
For the first time in 80 years A.
l. Henderer's Sons. who manufacture
small tools. are operating on short
shifts. Their force Of employees is so
per cent Of normal, and they are
straining point to keep the men.
The q. W. Baker Machine Com
pany, manufacturer of leather work
ing machinery. employs 40 per cent OF
a normal force.
Since March the Atlantic Msnufac-
turine Company, which makes leather
and rubber betting, has employed 10
Per cent 81 it's normal force on full
time.
Tho Delaware Bronze Company.
Incorporated, manufacturer of alumni
mum. brass and copper alloys and
castings. win double its force Of en-
ployes. II now employs seven r.,en
and after next Tuesday will provide
employment for Il.
To Increase Force.
In the manufacture of high pres
sure piping material the BENJAMIN
u shaw Company employs 80 per
cent ~ normal force. and it will
shortly Increase the number of work
men. The company says ii has a fair
amount u business and will get more
- plant operates Eve days each week
Tho William Beadenkopf Cornpany
Z, ports a steady increase in the vol
Time of thv glazed kid business. but
no change IN prices. Its plant is
running az two thirds capacity Soak"
y delayed hy slow shipment OF skins.
John Hand & sons. Incorporated.
expect to be busy throughout the fal
'nnd winter manufacturing dress goods
and ribbon. There. is great demand
fnr the former. The firm now en-
ployE i3S persons. four-fifth of the
usual number.
The Ricard- Brewster Oil Company.
which Is preparing 10 manufacture
press and neatsfoot oils at Fifteenth
aud Walnut streets for the tanning
Industry, win produce 500 barrels per
month heginning octooer /.
An increasing demand for leather
T. reported by the Standard Kid Manu-
facturinE Company. For the purpose
~ rcplcnishing its stock ii now en-
ploys 5b per cent of a normal force.
md o. will soon hire additional work
teen.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
many il not ready TO tell its Industrial
Prospects.
During the oyster season, just be
ginning. there will be greater demand
,or crackers. which the w. & ]. Lang
Company bakes. The Company en-
rioys ftll force.
The =. r. Slocomb Company, Incor-
pcfatcd, which manufactures tanners
t.achinery, Is employing ~ Der cent
OF It's regular force three days each
week, Its plant shut down completely
htst Janlary. for the first time in a
business history OF % years. Mr..
Slocomb says the company's business
row is on the up grade. the worst has
been passed. and any further change
Niil be for the better, but ne does not
anticipate the business will reach any
thibe like normal proportions for at
least ~ months. The company
could obtain "a large number of orders
abroad II exchange conditions inn
sruNed Foreign business has de-
ercascd 80 per cent partly on account
OF general depression abroad and
rarity because OF adverse exchange
rates, which have made the purchase
OF American machinery in many
foreign countries almost prohibitive.
No time has been fixed for the re-
upeninr of the plant of the Liberty
leather Company. which closed six
months ago.
Industrial Prospects Brighter.
The Charles Seadenkopf Company