The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-15
CLEVELAND.

Cleveland, Ohio, June BIB. c.
Seiple Of the State and City en-
ployn1ent bureau attempted today
TO secure 40 men for steady work
at 40 cents an hour. II could not
get even a sign Of interest in these
jobs from 200. job seekers" Mr.
seipIe SAID in Telling of the offer.
business has recovered to such
an extent in Cleveland that the I'M
employment from which the city
suffered during the, readjustment
period, has passed into history.
Cleveland has an ample supply Of
common labor bnt there is dis
tinct shortage of unskilled hands
and better wages are being de-
manded, the superintendent Of the
labor bureau reports.
Vessel men on Lake Ontario ex-
pect to book considerably larger
iron oFe~tonnage the latter half of
June as result of the reduction in
all freight rates of 10 cents ton
from the docks to the furnaces and
from the mines to the upper lake
ports. As il takes about two tons
Of ore to make a ton Of pig iron,
this reduction means very appre-
cfable saving on pig.
Coal shipments on the lakes con-
tinue to average far less than those
of last year. AS result at least
one-third of the fleet will have to
travel light up the lakes until the
coalf strike is settled The North
ern Ohio Traction company reports
that freight service, started one
month ago, has reached % cars
daily and is steadily increasing.
The company covers much Of the
northern Ohio territory.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Mo, June liking
wheat has the center of the stage
in the southwest this week. A
great battle is going on between a
big army of men and burning,
blistering sun that is ripening the
wheat crop too fast. Estimates
made today of the damage to the
wheat as a result of a week of I'M
precedented hot weather run as
high as 25 per cent.
However, even if the loss reaches
the maximum estimate, golden
stream of wheat money soon will
be pouring in.
This will go a long way toward
the readjustment which remains TO
be made in this great agricultural
district.
The surplus supply of coal in
Missouri and adjacent states is
higher than the average for the
country, according to members of
the southwest coal operators asso-
cation now meeting here. The
convention is devoting its whole
time TO the transportation question.
SEATTLE.
Seattle, June 15.-Wages have
been raised in the lumber mills Of
the northwest because of the ex-
cepuonal activities of the various
plants. This fact has attracted
from the cities many thousands of
workers whose earnings will nat
urally flow into merchandising
channels this fall. Increased pro-
duction in the basic Industries such
as coal, lumber, logging and fish
ing has cleaned the market of m
employed There is no sign of an
industrial boom in this section. but
employers in the larger industries
seem quite well satisfied with the
situation.
Coal production in the open shop
mines of western Washington is
on the upgrade, reaching a high
record in the past week of 21,569
tons. Domestic coal producers
rapidly built up production in Nav
and June output is expected to
show an even greater increase.
The restaurants and bakeries re-
port a falling off in custom which
is attributed TO some extent to the
advent of the vacation season. and
the departure from the cities of
migratory workers. Retail trade is
fairly active, although demand in
the market seems for the lower
priced goods