The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-03

land steel plants are chiefly en-
gagged on orders for automobile
parts.
st. Louis, Mo-, April STEADY
Improvement is being maintained
in the steel industry here. Orders
for railroad equipment and sup
plies have been heavy and the in
creased demand for structural steel
is beginning to be felt
New Castle, April 3.-The local
plant of the Zieberiing Rubber
company has increased operations
and will soon employ 1000 men.
Nearly 200 men have been given
employment in the last two weeks.
J. S. Zieberling declares business is
fine.
Cement City,. Mo-, April 3.-The
Kansas City Cement company, in
anticipation of increased demand,
has reemployed $50 men laid of a
short time ago.
MEMS CLOTHING.
New Orleans, La, April g.
Ready-to-wear goods are picking up
on account of the milder weather
and the Easter season. Boys cloth
ing is moving faster than other
lines.
GLASS.
Morgantown, W. Va, April g.
The local plant of the Mississippi
Glass company has been closed for
repairs.
AUTOMOBILES.
Seattle, April 3.-The automobile
trade is much improved. A larger
number of cash transactions are
feature of the local trade. Dealers
in this territory.
enbacker automobile plant is pro-
ducing 20 cars day. Orders from
all over the country indicate that
this will have to be increased
shortly.
POULTRY.
Chicago, April 3-Live poultry is
weak in this market, selling in the
neighborhood of rs cents a pound.
Butter is firm at SO eents and eggs
steady around % cents dozen
ONIONS.
Pittsburgh, Pa, April 3.-Onions
are soaring in this market with the
Massachusetts product quoted at
S11 to s12, California at SO and
Minnesota at $3.50. Prices have
jumped more than so per cent in
two weeks, owing to small supplies.
PAPER
Escanaba, Mich, April 3.-Paper
mills here after an idleness of sew
eral months, have resumed work in
both the pulp and paper divisions.
fected and a critical unemployment
situation has been partially solved.
GROCERIES.
Seattle, Wash, April 3.-Trade in
groceries with Siberia is rapidly
developing. Several companies here
are now operating in that field TAX
ing furs in exchange for their
goods.
st. Paul, April 3.-Twin-city
dealers report a better demand for
drugs and chemicals than at any
time in the last six months.
ICE.
Pittsburgh, Pa, April 3.-All
dealers and manufacturers in this
district have announced a cut of 10
per cent in the price of ice.
RICE.
New Orleans, April 3-Export
demand is making sharp inroads on
local rice stocks and the market is
responding with frequent advances.
Further increases in prices are be-
lieved to be inevitable.
BRASS.
Pittsburgh, Pa, April 3.-The
McKenna Brass Manufacturing
company is operating it's plant
overtime in an effort to keep up
with the volume of new bus
mess. Important orders from
South America have been received.
LAWN MOWERS.
Battle Creek, Mich, April 3. -
Rich Steel Products company will
spend 100000 in the near future
for the erection of three new build
ings and machinery to manufacture
a new aluminium lawn mower. The
mower will have six blades in
stead of the customary four and
will weigh half as much as the av-
erage lawn mower.
OIL.
San Francisco, April 3-The
largest shipment of lubricating oil
to leave the Pacific coast this year
is now enroute to London. The
Standard Oil of California tanker
K. r. Kingsbury is carrying 1OO,-I
900 barrels to Great Britain and
another tanker will sail shortly
with similar cargo for Atlantic
ports.