Evening star., 1922-06-24
aY }. c. BOYLE.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, Juno s4.-on sea-
going vessels 1t 10 sometimes Gus
tomary for the lookout to report each
half hour in the following phrase:
six bells and alrs WELL" Tho officer
to whom he reports then replies.
Make It So" The business lookouts
are reporting regularly that "alrs
we'll" It is up to the individual
business man and worker to make
1t so."
Harvest fields are singing to the
click of the reapera. Fruit. vege-
tables, berries and farm products
generally are pouring into market
and, in return, floods Of actual money
are pouring into the farmers bank
accounts.
Tremendous quantities Of raw ma
terials are rolling into industrial
plants and factories ana are rolling
out again promptly In finished prod
ucts. 1t is necessary to keep them
doing all that II prosperity ana
normal business improvement rs TO
be maintained. Business must make
it so."
SHIFT In Labor sftuatien.
A little less than q year ago the
entire country was @ wrouEhns hn iu1ons up Go
Of men who wanted to work and
couldn't find jobs. Now the most Inn
minent danger to business Is from
men who can work II they want 70
do SO, but who are yoluntar,iiy SInaaaiy. 100 an
Farm products cannot be sent to
market without workers. Building
construction, which is booming. can.
not continue without laborers anu
| artisans and. more than al, iac.oSs t.Ss
and railroads cannot run ions "i'"
sporadic outbursts Of violence
! a,thar around the coal mines or tho
textile mills or the building jobs are
| Of no general danger But JUST iI1 oTs
week week =. ifH fsood % Of orders from ali over
the country In practically every line
| Of business.
Rail Prospects Bright.
The railroads will be overloaded.
for those orders will come as re-
suit Of tho reduction of 10 per cent
| in freight rates which becomes eI-
fective on that day. Every business
| man and manufacturer is countins
on that rush Of business Bankers
are prepared to finance it. Factories
are ready to turn out tho goods But
they cannot turn out the goods, the
railroads cannot transport tnem nor
| the merchants sell them II the snort
| is tie-up Of the transportatioh
In the meantime, business dis
! patches received within tho last
! twenty-four hours indicate that the
cry Of "alls we'll" is founded on ade-
auate facts.
Staples show Improvement.
The technical position Of sugar.
rioe, grain and cotton have SHOWN
improvemens asa sugar .nd Tearers are s.,ind nps
on orders. So are the lumbermen.
! Nearly all mills are working at cap
acity. are sold from ono to Two
months ahead. and are falling steadily
| behind in their deliveries. Prices nave
| Hats. shirts, shoes and wearing ap-
parel Of various sorts are selling 80
fast that In some lines a shortage is
predicted by fall. The wool market
has slowed up SO far as sales are
concerned. but this is due in part to
clips have been disposed of. Manu-
facturers are in 4 between-seasons
period and have fallen out Of the
market, but this has not tended to
lower prices to any appreciable ex-
tent.
| Many farmers Of the south are
holding on to old cotton in the firm
belief that prices will touch the rs
| cents-a-pound level
| BEHIND In Deliveries
Steel mills are falling behind in
! their deliveries. Demands have been
| extraordinary because OF the impetus
| of the building construction move
ment and the activity Of the auto
mobile manufacturers. The lack OF
| coal has had its most immediate ef-
! feet on the steel trade.
| Railroads are adding and repair
! ing equipment in preparation FOR
rusb Of business. The iron mines are
back nearly to IS per cent Of pro-
duction. and leather IL in Q better
position than for many months.
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