Evening star., 1922-12-14
SHORTAGE IN LABOR
IS MORE MENAC|NG
S. O. S. Calls Fail to BRING
Enough Workers to Many
Industrial Plants.
BY J. C. ROYLE,
Special Dispatch to The Star

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 1.-THE
great Industrial plants OF the country
are still sending out S. o. S. calls for
labor. skilled and unskilled. and this
demand for workers will be intensi-
fed after January I. The migratory
workers released from the farms and
from outdoor pursuits have been
pretty we'll rounded up, but efforts
still are being made to entice an
skilled hands from the south and west
to the mills and factories
These efforts are being vigorously
combatted by these localities. which
agricultural programs, and with con-
siderable success. Reports of a gen-
erai exodus of negro labor from ths
south to the steel mills have been
greatly exaggerated. Several thou
sand negroes have moved north at tho
instance of labor recruiting agents.
attracted by high wages. bVt these,
according to southern state authori-
ties today, have come from isolated
sections of the cotton belt. whicl,
have been devastated by the boil
weevu.
The workers taken. according to
dispatches received from Atlanta and
other southern points today, are UNI
suitable for other than farm labor
in the south and no southern indus-
trial enterprises have been ham
pered by their departure. Planters
asserted that the movement was ar
annual happening and that to
negroes in most cases return to tbs
cotton fields in the spring and SUM-
mer.
Will Push Fight on Pests.
Strong efforts to increase tho sup-
ply of white arsenic will be mLda
| as q result of the meeting held ~
! this city between government Officials,
producers of arsenic and mal.u-
factprers Of insecticides. whi's
arsenic is the base from which cal
cium arsenate is made, large guam
nSat ,es of ,st Shch w be Of Feqqred bs bo
| weevil in the southern states. \.
present the amount of arsenic avail
able is sufficient TO allow for t'~
spraying of only a small percentsge
planted to cotton in 1929. Arsenio
is on the free list, but the amoui..
recently imported mas been small.
Railroad equipment corporations no,
freight engines and other equlpm.'.t
for The Union Pacific railroad, which
will involve expenditure Of nearly ST.
600 600, and about fifty engines for tie
Chicago and Northwestern. A milliol-
dollar order for cast-iron pipe for ship
ment to Porto Rico has been awarded
to Birmingham makers and other big
steel and iron orders are known to be
pending. The New York Central is fig
uring on new equipment for 1928. which
is expected to include $4,000 freight
cars.
Reports from Gamers throughout the
country indicate that the demand fcf
cans for food products the coming sea-
son will be well in excess of the pres
ent year.
Tobacco Sales Heavy.
Heavy sales OF cigars. cigarettes
and tobacco continue in nearly every
section, and leaf tobacco now being
sold by growers is bringing excellent
prices. The demand for jewelry b?
holiday buyers is growing steadily,
Sales Of furs and winter clothing
have taken a decided jump in Il sco.9
of cities this week. Radio sets and
equipment are moving brislily in tho
south and west, but the demand in
the eastern states is not SO heavy as
| il was early in the autumn.
Possible changes in American for.
eign relations which would tend "a
open foreign markets more freely IL
American products will be apprecia.
lively received by farmers. accordina
to Gov. Henry ]. Allen of Kansas
who is here today. Reports concerns
ing more active participation ID
European affairs already have had q
stimulating effect on the attitude u
grain and live stock growers, as well
as the cotton planters.