Evening star., 1922-05-27
BY j. c. BOYLE.
aRAeial Dispatch to The Star.

GPAcIal Dispatch TO Inc star.
NEW YORK, May 27.-The best
Aocsters OF business in the world are
book on the job. The products of the
as,,A OF the United States have begun
- Dcur their millions into the hopper
- business to be distributed through
Every channel of commercial lie
Prom the greatest corporation to the
neighborhood candy store. Harvest
ing of grain will begin next week.
From then on the whir and click OF
the reapers and binders will continue
to sound through the country untii
checked by the frosts OF another WIN
ter Every click means the aooilioh
of wealth-reai weaith-to ousit,ess e.
life, increased buying power ana pet
ter business.
Other products of the land are lend
ing their aid. The woods are yielolne
their full quota. The band saws are
shrieking through the logs at speed
approached only under the urge OF
war time necessity. The mines are
back in production after long luie-
ness. Fourteen-cent copper mas sea
ed the drills to pounding anu she
smeltsr stacks to beichins srnohe 10y y
and night. Steel mills are clamorins
for iron ore and getting 1t. Lead anu
zinc are in demand at advancing
prices. Sheep are turning shorn oachs
to the wind. but the wool WhFehouSo
are filing and so are the pockets oi
the growers.
Distributors of Wealth.
These and other products of the
land are not only wealth in the truest
sense of the word, but they are the
greatest distributors of wealth. LOT
they represent the necessities OF eS-
tstence-food. clothing and sheiter- =.
on which all business primarily Is
based. Their production Will care Ior
the itinerant workers of the country
for months to come ana the money
received for them, flowing back I'M
mediately into the stream or com,
merce in exchange for manufactured "a
products, will stimulate all industry:
The production and distributor OF
raw materials and of the hnlshe9
products into which they enter VIII VIII
he Stimulated and aided materially
July 1. when the reduced freight
rates go into effect. Already the or
der of the Interstate Commerce Soin
mission has had benehclal erect
for buyers are contracting ilio. ora 81
ly for future deliveries in score OF
lines
Harvest Wealth Needed.
The money which the haryeSts bring
into commerce and trade, is, of course,
n seasonal influence to be counted on
in some measure each year, out IT'S
effect this summer will be greater
than at any time since the recent de-
preston made its appearance, 1or tne
farmers in most cases have cieareG
themselves of old debts. have fnlshed
paying the piper and are ready Ior
another tune. In anticipation of the
increase in buying power which me
harvests provide. merchants are buy
ing more freely. carrying larger
stocks and contracting for their needs
we'll in advance with consequent bene-
fit to the wholesaler and manutac-
turer.
Labor not only is employed: there
is a scarcity of workers. Papers OF
industrial centers are full OF heIp
wanted" ads This applies not only
to skilled and semi-skilled men, but
to farm workers. Already IN the
south and west wages have been IN :
crea sed to induce workers 10 accept
employment in the fields and ORCH
ards. This is reflected in the demand
for work clothes Overall and work
shirt factories in some sections are
working overtime.
Demand Leads Output.
Steel production is increasing, but
demand is growing faster than out
put Makers are loath to promise
definite deliveries. Prices have not
only held their own, but give pros.
pects of advancing. The bugaboo OF
fuel shortage has ceased to check
expansion in many centers EVidence
that the coal strike may have more
than temporary effect on thc So1i IN
dustry is found in the number OF
plants I'm New England and the mid
west which are equippfng power
plants with oil burners. not only for
any immediate contingency. but 1or
permanent use.
Leather markets are showing i'm
movement and shoe factories. al
though hampered by labor troubles
in some sections. are well supplied
with orders. Cotton not only has ad-
L, oty,t q H.
vance, and the same is true of cot
ton goods. The only limit which re.
cent sales Indicate in the advance of
raw wool prices is the point at which
tariff regulations will make IT ad.
yantageous for manufacturers OF
Mnnlens TO import foreign WOODS.