The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-30

Reports that efforts will be made to
resume work at union mines in
about two weeks, lack Official con-
I firmation.
AUTOMOBILES.
/ Detroit, May 30.-Foretgn trade
nj automobiles is improving. The
Ford South American branch re-
ports that April sales were the
/ largest of any month since that
branch was established Hupp
] sales for export also are increasing
rapidly.
San Francisco, May 30.--Apricof
I growers are refusing 500 ton
from packers for their product and
are holding out for SIPS. Peach
growers are demanding about SAC
a ton for clings. This compares
with a price of s32 last year.
LUMBER
! Chicago, May 30.-The lumber
market has gained decidedly in
! strength in the last-week This is
particularly true of yellow pine and
5 the soft woods generally. Douglas
/ fr also is moving very briskly.
Boston, May 30.-Lumber, dealers
/ report that business has been bet
ter than at any time for year.
I Yellow pine prices were advanced
as Of June l.
WOOL.
! San Angelo, Texas, May 3d.
Wool growers report that one effect
of the spring rains was TO wash the
| sheep cleaner than they ever had
been before. As the result the
wool clips are expected to shrinK
/ less in weight under securing. This
is being reflected in the high prices
: paid.
SHOES.
Lynn, Mass, May 3O.-As a re-
suit of the acceptance by the shoe
workers union of a Is percent
wage cut some seventy shoe fac
tories will be working today. This
city ordinarily employs 18,100 shoe
workers and turns out $4,000, 00G
pairs of yomen's shoes a year. Be
cause of the labor differences
$4,000 workers have been jobiess
since last winter
LIVESTOCK.
Fl. Worth, Texas, May 30-Sales
of steers in west Texas have been
heavy in the last few weeks and
prices are advancing.
RICE.
Sacramento, Calf, May 30.-The
rice crop of California this year
promises to be large. The rice as
sociation is in full control of mar
keting the crop.
GLASS.
Pittsburgh, May 30.-ForeigI
competition is felt in certain lines
of the glass industry but practical-
Iy all branches are active. Glass
entering into construction work
including automobiles, has a spe-
cial call.
OIL.
Shreveport, La, May 30.-The
construction of additional pipe
lines in this field by the STANDARD
I Oil company is giving work to hun
dreds who we're made homeless by
the recent floods. The new lines
will cost S7,0O0,O00 and will include
$50 miles of I2-inch pipe line anc
200 miles of 10 inch.
PAPER
j Kalamazoo, Mich, May 30.-Con.
ditions in the paper making indus
try are improving and plants in this
section are increasing their pro
iduction schedules although recov-
lery in this line has not been 81
rapid as in other lines of manufac
ture.
! STEEL.
+, Madison, H., May 30.-The work
ing of the American Car and Foun
!. dry company will be increased
July l from 1900 to 1900 men
This plant has orders to make
4,436 freight cars which will keeI
the plant at work for eight months
Pittsburgh, Pa, May S0.-Stee
plant operations in this distric'
from about so percent for the Pitts
burgh Steel to 90 for the Carnegie
; American Sheet and Tin Plate anc
American Steel and Wire, will
. Jones and Laughlin on an So per
, cent basis. 1t is not thought like
lily that the fuel situation will re
; duce the rate. of operations.
Gary, Ind, May 30-Produciior
at the rail mills here has been in
creased from 5000 tons a week Il
!
expected.
MACHINERY.
; Laconia, n. H, May 30.-The La
lconia Car company has $1,500.000 il
untitled orders on hand, sufficient
10 insure capacity operation of the
company until next fall. The
plant is turning out so cars a week
HARDWARE.
Pittsburgh, May 30-Dealers re
port an expansion in the demand
for builders hardware Buying is
on liberal scale in all lines o.
heavy ware.
COTTON.
| San Antonio, Tex, May 30.-Cot.
ton is progressing nicely in south
Texas, but some weevil reports are
commencing to come in from north
Texas due to the excessive rains
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