Evening star., 1922-09-21


mate consumer are Inevitable. Wheth-
er the public will pay those prices,
they say, remains to be seen.
Lettuce and celery shipments to the
east are in full swing. .
Reports on Commodities
From Business Centers
PITTSBURGH, September 81 (Spe.
cial).-With production costs mount
ing, especially since the recent wage
advance. higher prices for glass prod
ucts are predicted here today. This
applies to plate and window glass
and glassware.
PHILADELPHIA, September 21
Especially. - Woolen factories are
operating at about 80 per cent ca
pacity in this section today.
Live Stock.
FORT WORTH. September 81 {Spe-
ciaD.-Appeals have been made by
the west Texas cattle men to the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
to the railroads for lower rates on
cattle feed. to be shipped to this
district. Stock. in west Texas Is in
n critical condition today. as water
for stock is being exhausted and the
grass is dried up.
Lumber.
EAUCLARE.. Wis. September. 81
(Specia) ).-Resumption OF operation
of the new Dells Lumber Company
mills on October !, will relieve the
local employment situation. 1t was
mills would run 10000, 900 feet in the
next twelve mOnthS.
ST. PAUL, September q Especially.
Railroads throughout the northwest
motives are being reduced in num-
ber, and growing shop forces assure
steadily increasing ability to handle
the traffic The tonnage of live
stock. coal and farm products in
creases. however. and a car shortage
weeks.
ATLANTA, September 81 (SpeciaD.
Buyers for local department stores
are now on their second trip to
northern and eastern markets and
are buying more heavily than on
their first trip, having felt out their
trade through early purchases.
Fruit.
SAN FRANCISCO. September 81
SpeciaD.-Prune association leaders
asserted today that the position OF
the growers in California Is secure. as
there Is barely enough OF. the crop
still unsoid to meet the ordinary de-
mand during the winter and spring.
Leather.
BOSTON, September 81 Especially.
The improvement which came in
the leather market two months ago
still continues today. Prices are Arm,
the demand for sole leather is bet
ter in the heavy grades. Uppers.
patent feathers and women'S special
ties still are the most active prod
uctS.
GARDEN CITY. Kansas. September
Growers and Producers Association.
operated on the cooperative plan. has
mark eted most of the produce grown
in this vicinity. Tho, melon and
vegetable crop has been handled by
the orsani1ssiGn: "a which tsi is p,sspsarinE
onions and 100 cars OF sweet pota-
toes.
FORT WORTH. September 21 lSpe-
operators. who. have been
depressed for over 9 month because
Of the decline in the prices for crude.
today predicted an advance. This will
mean a renewal Of wildcatting. which
has been suspended since August ],
and also will mean the resumption
of production on full time by the in
dependents.
ATLANTA. September 81 Especially.
Millinery wholesalers ere moro op-
timistic than they have been At any
time since the war. One large mil
linery house reported today that its
greater than for the same month in
1921.
PITTSBURGH September 81 (Spe-
ciaD.-Sales of about ten thousand
tons of sheet bars are reported at
$40. This is IS above the price ap-
plying to third quarter deliveries to
regular customers. The steel market
is extremely strong today: The
are expected to be the minimum rate
In the near future. Iron and steel
scrap is advancing. Heavy melting
steel scrap is quoted at $50. Cast
scrap for cupola use brings $22.
DOVER. Ohio, September 81 (spe-
Hanna Company resumed today. The
stack has been cold since August s
on account Of the fuel shortage.
DULUTH, September 81 (Special).-'
Indications today are that the un-
derground iron ore properties will be
worked throughout the entire winter
many years on the Mesaba iron range.
Retail business is thriving as a re-
suit Of the Is per cent wage increase
announced by the independent mines.
Coal.
BOSTON, September 81 Especially
Shipments of coal by the New Eng
land railroads are showing a heavy
increase over the tonnage carried late
this month are actually above those
for the corresponding period Of 1921.
PITTSBURGH, September q (Spe-
ciaD.-Coal prices today are about
as follows. Youghiogheny gas, run Of
mine. $3.50; slack. $5.25; panhandle
steam, lump and slack, $3.50; run Of
mines. IS. Bessemer. lump and slack.
S.; run of mine, $3.50: Monongahela
run Of mine, $4.75.
Business Topics.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 21l
age Of skilled labor in the building
small interior city could use 100
plasterers at once.
ST. PAUL, September 21 Especially.
Freight shipments through the st.
Paul terminal in the first eight
months OF this year showed a gain OF
50 per cent over the tonnage handled
in the corresponding period Of 1921.
BOSTON. September 81 (Special).-l
The Boston and Maine and the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
roads claimed today that they have
shop forces sufficiently large for their
needs and will not take any steps