The Washington herald., 1921-01-26
INDUSTRIES BOOM
In MIDWEST CITY;
BUYERS INCREASE
IOol, Leather, Harness
and Soap Concerns Feel
Better Business Wave.
FEW CUTS IN WAGES
Agricultural Trouble in South
Alone Keeps Back Wave
Of Prosperity.

VI ELOSpSEllys
CINCINNATI. Jan. 25.-SOme Gin
Clnnau industries are running al
most as busily as ever and will be
S0le to operate without interruption
j general buying continues to in
crease as JObbers and manufaC-
1urers believe 1t is doing. Among
pIants in full blast here are several
IN the important local lines of ma
chine tools. leather and harness,
soap and food cans. However, some
concerns in the same lines are slack.
Cinclnnatfs manufacturing is to a
large extent in necessities. The
city Is situated sixty miles from the
new center Of population, a theo-
retical point, and believes herself
on the way to becoming the physical
center Of manufacturing. especially
In heavy products. In a few lines
only the doubtful finanGial and ag-
rlcultural condition of the South is
damming up a full rush of orders.
Being the gateway to the South.
this city feels the restlessness in
cotton and tobacco more closely
perhaps than any other Northern
center.
Bonuses Removed.
cincinnati has some unemploy-
ment. Plants have preferred as far
as possible to operate part time
rather than lay off part 'of their
forces. Wage reductions have been
few outside OF removal Of bonuses.
The clothing trade, both mems
and wOmen's shares the qUietness Of
other sections in these lines. Sew
eral plants are running part time,
and in one the employees are on
strike. Because OF unemployment
elsewhere the overall business has
slowed up.
Officials OF three Of the largest
machine tool companies here, the
American Milling Machine Co.. the
Lodge & ShipIPy Machine Tool Co.
and the Cincinnati Milling Machine
Co.. say they look for orders to be
coming in by March or April at a
rate sufficient to keep them running
a. normal. The Lodge & Shipley
plant is still operating with a full
force on accumulated orders
To Beneht Industry.
one large tool concern believes
that payment Of the Federal guar
antee Of earnings will Immediately
react to the benefit Of the industry.
With this railway business out Of
the reckoning. the rext best pros
peCtive buyers are the automobile
plants. which are expected to be il
the market by spring. Another com
pany. with an export business
TO nearly One-half its output. has
experienced heavy cancellations and
r"uuests to delay delivery until ex-
change improves. Many Of the can
cellstiOns came from automobile
companies in the United States
There is the significant fact that
until this year the automobile in
dustry was an expanding One-buv-
ing new machinery. an dthe proba-
bility is that future orders are likely
to be mostly for replacement. Ma
Chinery companies here are seeking
to develop business in new fields
Machine tool companies report-in,
ouiries at an accelerated rate. Prac.
tiCalIy none Of the many concerns
has reduced prices and several have
large stocks OF high priced steeIs
Belief that lower prices are coming
has stopped foreign buying. These
buyers also VT liberal credit.
makers OF woodworking machinery
has orders for many months ahead
and Is running full time. The Lun,
'kpnheimer Company. brass goods. +,
running full time on engineerins
speCialties.
The heads OF two Of the largest
soap factories are very optimistic
.One has not reduced forces and doe.
not expect to have to. The other
whose $500 employees have beer
working four days a week. expect.
soon to restore a six-day schedule
Retailers stocks are regarded a.
we'll liquidated and orders are com.
ing in. This may be due in part ia
extensive advertising. it was stated
Smaller soap companies ars running
part time or are shut down.
\ can company with a national
business is running with a full force
fun time and expects to keep on
Indefinitely. This is due to the
refusal of its officers after October
/ to accept orders subject to can
collation..
The printing trade Of the country
IS reported slack by officials OF
the AuIt & WibOrg Co.. ink manu-
ed soon.
The Perkins Campbell Co. sad
dIpry and harness. are receiving a
number Of reinstatements of orders
previously cancelled Reinstate-
nents started coming in as soon
as the company notified those who
had cancelled orders. as we'll as
those whose orders were still on
the books. that prices had been
reduced on many OF the articles
manufactured.
stimulates Buying.
This stimulated buying almost
cvervwhere except in the South,
this house reports. The BUSINESS in
leather belts is above normal and
getting larger each day.
Cincinnati has eight large con-
Germs in harness. leather and tan
ming, all of which report trading
IS quiet but apparently on the up
turn.
Almost the entire shoe manufac-
turing industry, with it's twenty
factories are running slack and
ing women's shoes only. These
factories are summing slack and
soune small ones are shut down.
ON. Of the largest concerns reports
buyinE for spring about so per cent
normal Since retailers recent Ra-
,,onaI convention good orders which
dssIers had evidently delayed plac-
jnp until they talked with others
have come in
The foreign trade department of
.he chamber of Commerce finds
tbst many inquiries are coming
from Mexico. principally for ma
lbinary and shoes This city
~ eating a largo slice