The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-16
PITTSBURGH.

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| Pittsburgh, Pa, May 1s-Iron
and steel furnaces are resuming
Operations despite the coal strike
!. and there are other evidences of
expansion in the leading industries
of this district. Orders to resume
Operations in many plants were
Cancelled when the strike began
because of the uncertainty of fuel
. supplies but these orders have been
, made operative again. The strike
still is a retarding factor as many
! furnaces and mills now idle would
| be working If there was assurance
of an adequate coke and coal sup
. ply.
: While production has been held
back, orders for iron and steel pro-
5 duets have been flooding in and
' this has resulted in a stiffening of
/ prices for steel products. Many
: makers are out of the market, hav-
: ing sold to capacity. Others are
D declining orders in various lines
and still others are making con-
tracts only with old customers.
, Strength in pig iron and semi-fin7
:. lished steel products is pronounced
! and higher prices are predicted.
!. A few men have returned 90
Q work in the non-union coal fields
lof Fayette county but the increase
lin production is not important.
about noon, Johnny Belz, fast Chi
lis flowing from West Virginia and
kentucky mines. While merch-
r ants find it necessary to go after
business they are getting it in sat
isfactory volume although buyers
It are not concentrating their puf'
s, chases with the free hand that was
" in evidence after the war.
n ST. PAUL.
g ST. Paul, May 1s.-Manufactur
I'd ing has taken a squirt during recon
le weeks and with agricultural pros
y poets brighter, the general business
e outlook in the northwest Is muci
- more favorable. Executives OF Tn
~ Great Northern, Northern Pacln
y: 70 and other roads in this territor'
40 who lust have made Inspection
q trims over their lines, report GRO
81 conditions are excellent with ever
n nrospect of a strengthening OF IN
-. buvilr power of the farmer. WIN
y fer grains came through in exec
o lent shane, spring wheat plantln
III has been exceptionally well don
-, and corn planting now is we'll unde
,,s wav. Careful estimates Indicate
~ normal cereal crop acreage ana IL
nd creased livestock production.
Retail trade in the tw1n-cltles
80 better than it was year ag'
nd although buying Of wearing appar'
in has been delayed by recent cold an
III gloomy weather. Wholesale trad
~ in harness, hardware and footwea
he is heavy and the dealings IN auhS
Ill mobiles and accessories are estal
"a fishing a record for all time in tn
ng section. -,
nd Shinments of coal east from d.
it, Iuth have provoked fear OF COZ
ri shortage should the coal miner
,od strike continue beyond June 10,
isl though stocks at the head OF u
lakes were heavy and there wei
2 moo 600 tons of bituminous an
anr ooO tons of anthracite on har
May 1.
"A NEW YORK.
ng, New York. May 16.-A decided
his better volume of trade is pcurh
ned out of this port from foreign ceu
er- tries. Improvement in conoiClo
'Sio on the OInST sue VI LIZ
have been reflected in marke
Eu- here and outgoing freight Is hea
ma Ter than it has been for months.
in shortage of skilled labor and m
ont terial is evident in the oullol
5 a trades. Nearly $50 100000 wor
of new building was scneouied
.oal started in April. This is an
in crease of nearly three hundred p'
ech cent over April, 1921, and the wo
Aft inaugurated since Jan. l has sne'
was a corresponding increase over IL
VIA year. sns
tar strikes at Hudson River plants
NAL the fact that the building Dol
on caught some makers unawar
,ch- prices are on the increase Tor tne
nres.lcts as well as for lumo
Tes- cement and other building ma
ne rails.
liam Retail trade has been decide'
the better during the last ten days,
tbouph the demand for light welI
clothing and straw hats mas not
n become insistent Improvement
noted in the demand for silk go'
CE with demand turning TO the CT
de chine weaves after a long
of On canton crepes Wooden go'
rest are in better demand fer fall ne
ask among clothing manufacturers
; as shoe factories are busy with ora
that well ahead.