The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-23
Business Topics.

| Youngstown, Ohio, jan 23--Al-
though the number of men employ
ed in the Mahoning Valley district
continues to be about so per cent
of normal, over $50, 00O,0 900 in wages
was distributed by Youngstown
banks to steel workers IN 1871. we
are getting business every day and
/ it is coming from all over the coun-
try" declared President James A
Campbell of the Youngstown Sheet
and Tube company today. This
will expand as inventories are COM
pleted and, arrangements for re-
quirements are made.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. %. = There
are numerous departures from the
ltime-honored Pittsburgh base quo
tation In the steel industry. At
present, Chicago is making its own
prices on bars, shapes and plates.
| The Ironton district plants are
making prices of their own in their
immediate territory and Alabama
mills are doing about the same
thing, while they are also offering
special quotations on the Pacific
coast. There are various other de-
| Elections from the Pittsburgh base
GLASS.
Pittsburgh, Jan. 23.-The Amerf-
can window Glass company has cut
the price of common window glass
rs per cent and now is operating its
plants at 60 per cent of capacity.
SHOES.
Seattle, Wash, Jan. 23.-The de-
mand for shoes here is quiet and
dealers complain that the so-called
BUYERS strike is more strongly in
effect than ever. The repair shops
are thriving. Retailers expect large
price concessions at the March OPP
enings.
New York, N. Y, Jan. 23.-Cali-
fornia lemons which arrived here
from the Pacific coast on the steam
err Iiberator are brining rs to so
cents a box more than those arriv-
ing by rail. The shipment was one
of the finest ever received here and
brought $3.15 to $50 a box.
1 MILK.
| Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 2S.-The
tprice of pasteruized milk in this
I city has been reduced from Ia to
10 cents quart.
DRYGOODS.
St. Louis, Mo-, JAN 23.-Whole-
salers, jobbers and retailers are in
: the most vigorous competition to
push sales and business is good in
lines which have undergone drastic
price cutting.
STEEL.
Warren, Ohio, Jan. 23.-The
TrumbuII Cliffs Iron company has
lighted it's new 600 ton furnace
! here and the Cleveland Cuffs Iron
company will resume operations at
North Marquette, Mich, Feb. IS.
Gary. Ind, Jan. 23.-The National
Tube company, subsidiary OF the
United States Steel Corporation,
has completed arrangements for the
erection here of the largest tube
plant in the country.
New York, Jan. 23.-Foundries
are anticipating an increased de-
mand for cast iron pipe to fill re-
quirements of cities in this section
for water and soil pipe. Fifty miles
OF water mains are known to be
under consideration.
COAL.
st. Louis, Mo, Jan. 23.-The de-
mand for coal and coke has i'm
proved trif1e in this district.
COTTON.
Boston, Jan. 23.-Massachusetts
cotton manufacturers are watching
closely the spread of wage cutting
on the cotton textile mills in Con-
necticut and Rhode Island as many
OF them expect the movement to
spread to Massachusetts.
| FLOUR.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. ga cut
of so cents in -four prices has not
stimulated demand. Prices are
about $3.50 a barrel less than a year
ago.
HEMP.
New York, N. Y, Jan 23.-Re-
moval of the production tax OF "a
cents on Mexican SisaI has stimu-
lated European buying and exports
to Europe now aggregate 5000
bales month. Prices here range
from 6 cents at Gulf ports to 61s
| cents New York
! COFFEE.
Seattle, Wash, Jan. 23.-T11e COT
fee market here is quiet and with
i prices declining. Receipts by
| wholesalers are being limited TO
| immediate demand. Much of the
coffee for this section is being
brought direct from Brazil, Costa
Rica, Columbia and Guatemala via
the Panama Canal in United States
Shipping Board vessels.
CANDY.
st. Louis, Mo. Jan. 23.@Slightly
larger sales are reported in candy
throughout this section coincident
with the reduction in candy prices.
DYFSTUFF,
= New York, Jan. 23.-Dealers re-
port a better call for fur dyes but
the demand for color dyes in this
market is very moderate In the
crude group most of the items are
strong with benzol leading.
Kansas City. Mo, Jan. 23.-The
Loose Wiles Cracker plant here re-
ports that their working force is as
large as at any time in the history
Of the plant and that there is n
steady demand for their products in
both candy and biscuit departments.
The National Biscuit company plant
reports similar conditions.
FURS.
st. Louis, Jan. 23.-SubstantiaI |
progress has been made in reorgan-
I'D n.