Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-10
Large Lumber Mills Running
Double Time-PhiIadeIphia
Freight Movement In
CreaSeS
BY G. G. MARSHALL T.
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
copyright, 1929

CHICAGO, June S.-Thousands OF
merchants from the middle west
have descended on Chicago in the
last three days seeking textile goods
among the big jobbing houses. Clear
ance sales have been advertised fol-
this week and even the radio has
been used to spread the news far and
wide, but jobbers were hardly prepar
ed for the magnitude Of the re
Spouse.
Similar sales had been held earlier
in the spring, and while they pro
duced considerable business, 1t was
as nothing compared with the buy
ing of the last two days. The most
encouraging feature Of this business
has been that the out-of-town mer'
chants seem to have abandoned their
former hand-to-mouth policy and
have begun to place orders right
and left to fill up their empty
shelves.
Conservative jobbers declare these
are the, most successful sales of the
kind they have ever seen. There
has been little shopping around and
no quibbling about prices. Mer
chants have come into the market
knowing what they wanted and the
price they we're willing to pay and
have bought promptly where the
price was right. The biggest move
ment has been in domestics and
piece goods, but garment houses
have sold large quantities Of goods
particularly wash dresses.
Department stores and retailers
have been almost as active as the
jobbing houses. Warm weather may
have influenced this, but prosperity
is surely in the air In the middle
west and general optimism is grow.
ing, encouraged by favorable crop
reports, lessening Of unemployment
and Improvement in industry.
PHILADELPHIA FREIGHT N
MOVEMENT INCREASES
BY Frank ID. McClain
Neased Wire Service to The Journal)
Copyright, 1921
PHILADELPHIA, June 8.-The
movement of miscellaneous freight
over the Pennsylvania and Reading
systems for the first week Of June
has been far heavier than for the
corresponding period Of 1921, but the
total car loadings show a decrease.
This is due to the falling off in an
thracite coal shipments because OF
the prolonged strike. No inconven.
fence from lack of fuel in this sec.
ton has been reported, but the fact
that 100000 men in the anthracite
fields have been out Of work now
for ten weeks is seriously affecting
business in eastern Pennsylvania, as
it influences the buying of goods to
meet the necessities of over one mil
lion persons.
The continuation Of building op'
erations throughout this district is
undated, Rows of dwellings are
going UP all over this city and two
new Office buildings to cost $4,000,
900 will soon be under way. The
construction of frame dwellings In
the south Jersey resorts. along the
coast is being rushed at top speed
to catch up with the demand for
cottages. This is particularly true
Of Ocean City. Members of the
building trades are well employed
and there is an extensive demand
for building materials. $500
Many Of the smaller business
places and neighborhood shops, clos
ed since the beginning Of the year
when depression caused failures, are
being re-opened in many cases with
foreigners replacing the original oc
cupants.
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