The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-21
BOSTON.

Boston, Aug. z1.-NeW England
manufacturing interests have
drawn q deep breath Of relief over
the improvement in the national
fuel situation and It is now be-
lieved here that with careful ra-
tioning Of coal, the various indus
tries will have sufficient fuel to
carry them through the winter.
This has produced = feeling Of wide
spread optimism throughout this
region.
The railroad strike is not re-
garded as much OF q problem in
dustrially in this territory. With
the great number of foundries and
machine shops in New England the
railroads have not had any great
difficulty in hiring shopmen. Last
week the Boston and Maine road
had about 400 shop employees at
work compared with $500 before
the strike was inaugurated. Rail-
road officials state that efficiency in
the shops has increased very mate
rally and that the road never
again will employ as many workers
as it did before July /.
Building operations are going on
at a tremendous rate. Contractors
are loaded with work and it is diff
ficult to secure enough skilled
workmen to meet the demands of
the building trades. Never in the
| history of Boston has there been so
much building in progress as there
is today.
FIT. WORTH.
Fl. Worth, Texas. Aug. 21.-Trade
| between Texas. and Mexico is on
the increase. Mexican buyers who
became numerous in these markets
Immediately after the war are
back in the market again are plac-
ing sizeable orders. Dallas, SAL
Antonio and Ell Paso as well as Fit
Worth report steady influx OF
foreign merchants and the south.
west is looking forward to the best
year since the boom days, provided
the strike situation clears w
shortly. That is the only CLOUD
which is dimming the outlook fol
Texas merchants at present, as re
cent rains have improved the Texa:
agricultural prospects in man!
districts.
The rains, however, were scat
tered and more moisture is needed
in both the agricultural and stool
raising districts in the next tw;
weeks. The cattle herds are hold
ing their condition we'll and will g
into next winter in better shap
than usual although the dry weatn
er has cut down the amount o
grass available to such an exten
, that cattle men will be forced t,
, buy more than an ordinary amour
, of feed when cold weather comes
Cotton growers had good week
although leaf worms appeared il
the east Texas fields after the re
.. cent rains. Many oil drilling opera
tons in wildcat territory and som
producing wells in proven terri
, tory have been shut down becaus
, of the continued reduction in crud
oil prices.
SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco, Aug. 21.-The Re
, moval of the embargo on perishabl
. freight has started eastward liter
| ally miles of fruit cars from thi
l section and has halted what prom
3 Used to be a depression in man
sections of California. Some {
r the farmers who have suffered Sci
: iously because of the suspensio
). of fruit shipments at the height {
the season. Fruit prices hay
|. dropped and there is little indics
S ton of recovery.
Operations in real estate whic
4; were checked largely as
}, psychological result of the halt |
: rail shipments have rallied. II
4 quiry for both home and bushes
/: locations is good and building
q proceeding on a large scale. tt
: banks in this section report heay
), clearings although collections
y some districts have slowed down {
). result of the troubles Of IL
/, farmers.
: Raisin prices have been c,
somewhat by Independents. Blu,
ing did not increase materially
response to this move but it
early in the season yet the futu!
buyers are not in the market. r
Z tail merchants report the city bu
ing active although the demand
the country districts is somewh
weaker. The outlook for fall, no,
= ovar 10 satisfactory