Evening star., 1922-09-22
EFFECTS OF NEW TARIFF RATES
HAD BEEN PARTLY DISCOUNTED
Extreme Price Changes Negligible--Radi-
cal Increases in Major Industries Not
Expected--Conditions Reviewed.
result of the arrival of 10000 out-of-
town college students.
Reports, on Commodities
From Business Centers

Reports, on Commodities
From Business Centers
.- Textiles.
PHILADELPHIA. September %
Especially The textile industry gen.
orally in this section is operating to-
day on a narrow margin of profit. De-
mand Is turning largely to moderate
priced merchandise. With New Eng
land mills again in operation, the
total output will be greatly increased.
This is expected to affect prices In
this section.
Lumber.
SAN FRANCISCO, September %
Especially Lumber mills reported to-
day that demand is exceeding supply
and that mills are falling behind the
volume Of new orders which are pour
ing in upon them.
Dry Goods
MINNEAPOLIS. September 90 tSpe-
ciaD w holesale dry goods merchants
estimated today shipments for for
ward delivery have increased IS per
cent this fall. Hetail stocks through
out the northwest generally are low
and cancellation and returns have
| been very infreQuent.
Hardware.
PITTSBURGH, September 90 (Spe-
ciaD.-Building operations are under
full swing here today. keeping the
buying of hardware and other sup
plies and materials up to record
figure. There is special demand for
mine supplies.
! Butter.
! CHICAGO. September 90 Especially.
kissing butter prices in the butter
1 n n rhaarfnt
ance on that trade today. Jobbers
continue to buy cautiously for i'm
mediate needs. A price trend upward.
! rather than downward. is expected
! in the near future.
/ shirts.
| PHILADELPHIA. September %
| (SleciaD Sales Of collars and shirts
than double those of a like period of
/ 1921. Soft collars are maintaining
their popularity and sales Of these
goods figure largely in advance or
ders for next year. The demand for
shirts with collars attached also is
/ strong.
NEW YORK, September % (Spe
ciaD--Print' paper for spot delivery
ton today. One of the leading inter.
ests is quoting s77.59 for it's fourth
quarter delivery
Canned Goods.
CHICAGO. September % tSpeciaD.
Canned goods are enjoying excel
lent demand in this market. The
movement to retail stores is brisk
and prices are holding firm. Dealers
said today that an active fall was
+, just beginning.
! Cement.
| Especially The Reading railroad has
jus. obtained control of a second
, feeder line into the Allentown sec
tion to handle the increased output
of cement from the Allentown plant
! Live. stock.
! FORT WORTH. September % (Spe
! ciaD Prices for sheep and lambs in
! this section show little change. The
larger portion of the receipts today
were, running to feeders.
CHICAGO. September 22 (Specfan.
The principal item of concern in
the leather market today is the in
ability of tanners to get their prices
up to at least a replacement value in
! comparison with those of raw ma
! teriel. Side feathers are held at 2sc
| 6. foot for top selections. These
| prices are hard to obtain. and even
n
| profit for the tanner.
, Coal.
! DULUTH. September 22 (SpeciaD.-
! Twenty-fiv -cargoes of soft coal are
! en- route from Lake Erie ports to
i this harbor Arrival of this 100000
, TONS. the largest shipment OF the
| season. is expected to relieve the
! serious fuel shortage in the north
| west.
| UN1oNTowN. September 29 (spe-
| ciaD.-Steam coal has sold here at
1915 fob. mine. Lower prices anti
! cinated today with a probable surplus
, of by-product coal by December. Car
; shortage is threatening production.
: The Pennsylvania supply Of empties
/ cial efforts to meet the demand and
on the Monongahela the shortage is
! in evidence.
CAPE MAY, September % Especially.
i-Dredees are at work here today
| deepening the harbor SO as to per-
NIT the loading of ibarges with coal
to be towed to New England when
loading in that river. The coal will
be hauled to Cape May by the Read
ing railroad for shipment by water.
Steel.
PITTSBURGH, September 20 (Spe-
, ciaD.-The Jones and Laughlin Com
pany's Woodlawn plant today is on
100 per cent basis. The company is
using it's Pittsburgh beehive. coke
ovens for the first time in two years
to provide an adequate supply of
coke,
WHEELING, September % (Spe
! ciaI).-The Aetna standard plant of
| the American Sheet and Tin Plate
| Company has resumed. 1t is operat-
| ing today on a 100 per cent basis.
! Business Topics.
BOSTON, September % Especially -
| Although textile manufacturers have
restored the former wage scales which
! were in effect before the reductions
, of last spring, some manufacturers
| still are insisting on a fffty-four-hour
| week, and operatives in certain mills
are firmly refusing to work more than
| forty eight hours.
! PHILADELPHIA, September %
| cial).-Construction work by the
| Pennsylvania. Delaware and New Jer-
sey in the next few months calls for
, the expenditure of $10,000,000. Build
| ing permits issued in this city have
taken new splurge with the majority
! Of the new plans involving the build
ing Of homes. There is some evidence
| today, however, of increases in the
erection Of Industrial plants.
/ ST. PAUL, September % Especially
shopmens strike and the coal short
age, retail trade in the northwest has
jumped above normal volume and the
financial returns are improving
greatly. Bank clearings are almost
! equal to those Of last year, postal
receipts are larger. building opera
tions are going forward at a rapid
1 90 Nd oh