The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
GADSDEN BOOSTERS AS ALL HER PLANTS
 RUN AT CAPACITY
Over 5000 Workmen En- ployed in City's Industries. Lumber Mills, Foundries
 and Cotton Mills Busy
GADsDEN BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD
Gadsdcn, Ala, No,

Gadsdcn, Ala, Nov. fb
 Industrial conditions in Gadsden. and the Gadsden district have im- proved to such an extent within the last few weeks that practically al, plants in the city are running full time in an effort to keep up with the large orders for finished material that have been constantly streaming in for some time.
 Locally the building trade has shown marked improvement over the summer months. The manufac- turers of building material in the city are pushed to capacity to keep up with the orders on hand and others are coming in daily. One numbering concern, the Warfield Lumber cGm- , pany, in the city that has catered to local trade largely, has over 20 local contracts on hand now and are book ing more daily. Another lumber | concern. the Southern Mauufaettr- ing company. which dces large amount of mill work for the whole l sale trade, is running overtime in an effort to keep up with orders al ready booked.
 The recent strengthening of the l iron and steel markets has been the means of influencing local iron and steel mills to exert themselves to- 1 ward maximum output. The three | pipe shops In the city are running l full time with a heavy pay roll, and have within the last six months made two increases of 10 per cent each In wages.
 i orders for the finished products of | the Gulf States Steel company have been coming in steadily for the past several mo nths and several car loads are being shipped daily from their Gadsden plant
 Cotton Mills Active
 l. Local foundries and machine shops which depend on the local trade are doing thriving business. The big Dwight Cotton mills at Alabama City are. running full time and are turning out cloth at full capacity. This place employs about 1,20o tc l.t00 men and women.
 The recent settlement of the strike at the Gadsden Car works has been a relief to the city in general and 1t Is now running full capacity with payroll of approximately s75,00C per month. This shop employs owe. 1 eoO men and has been one of the few l Industries in north Alabama that was in operation practically the entire time during tho recent depression All told there are over 5000 work ] men employed in the different indus tries in the city itself. in addition to the number employed at the different l plants In Attalla and Alabama City
 A large force of men are at work on the stack of the Alabama com pany in North Gadsden and expect to have 1t ready for operation within a few weeks. This will mean addi- uonal employment of labor In the city and the indications now are for q banner industrial year for Gads- den during the coming 12 months.
 Raising Food Stuff
 Cotton production in this section has been considerably curtailed by the ravages of the boil weevil and the csrmers are turning their atten- ton more to raising food products With which to feed the large numb CT | of Industrial workers in the three l cities.
 ] Dairyng is also coming into it's own in Etowah county and in sew | erai communities over the county tho farmers are organizing clubs for the ] purpose of improving their dairy herds Most of the cream produced is being sold at the local creamery. which is turning out good grade of butter.
 Gadsden is not boom town and has never been, but has shown a l steady growth which panics and business depressions have failed to stop. The demand for houses is keeping pace with the building oper. ations and a tour of the city will 1 discover probably less than alf s l dozen vacant houses.
 MAKE EIGHT-HOUR RULE l The car works here, which em- | ploys over 600 men and which has I been working nine hours a day since starting up, after the calling of the strike, has returned to the eight | n Au Af A