Evening star., 1922-06-30
HELP WANTED SIGNS INDICATE
NO LET-UP IN AUTO INDUSTRY
Steel Mills Reported Getting Farther Be-
hind on Deliveries to Motor Factories.
Business Brig ghtens.
carloads are being erected. on a tract
purchased by the company.

carloads are being erected. on a tract
purchased by the company.
Tobacco. a..
PHILADELPHIA. June 80 Especially.
Cigar factories throughout this
section are many of them working
county alone are putting out 64.000.-
600 cigars per year. valued at $3.600.-
600. Local manufacturers are making,
with strong demand for the better
grade from the mountain and sea-
shore resorts. which are stocking up
for the season. 49,.
ST. PAUL. June 80 Especially .--Fuf
manufacturers in the northwest fore
cast sitter prices this season. Re-
tailers are buying more rapidly to
take advantage of the present mar
ket. The raw fur supply is short on
account of poor catches in the north
NEW ORLEANS, June 80 tSpe-
ciaD D.-Trunk and bag manufacturers
and dealers report an enormous sale
In those articles throughout this sec
tion. Factories are being crowded
to meet deliveries.
Steel. ...
CLEVELAND. June 80 (SpeciaD.-
Steel Products reports that it has
Increased Its working forces from
225 to 500 in the last three months
and Is working day and night shifts.
This is the result of increased de-
mand in the automobile. truck and
tractor business, according to Presi-
dent Thompson.
Iron ore is reaching here over the
P. B. and L. E. at the rate of about
900 cars daily. OF Is per cent of nor
NAL. but coal shipments to the lakes
are only 80 per cent of normal, being
about 300 cars daily.
KANSAS CITY. June 80 (SpeciaD. -
Prest-O-Lite has organized the Linde
Air Products Company here to act
as a sales organization for Prest-O-
Lite products in Missouri. Kansas.
Oklahoma. Nebraska and Colorado.
UNIONTOWN. Pa. June 80 (Spe.
ciaD.-Last weeks coke production
in this district was about $1,000 tons,
point since the mines strike began,
on April l.
BROWNSVILLE. Pa, June 30 (Spe-
cial).-Coal production in this dis
trfct is about 80 per cent of normal,
with the section under protection of
deputy sheriffs and state police.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, June 80 (Spe-
ciaD.-F'ort Wayne Engineerink and
Manufacturing has decided to open
branch in Kansas City A survey
Of the Kansas City territory deter
mined the local company to take this
step in order to compete for bust
ness in this section.
KANSAS CITY. June 80 (Speciai).-
new lease of life has been granted
to the Kansas City. Mexico and Orient
road by an allotment Of $4,000 for
losses sustained while the road was
operated by the government. 1t had
been planned to shut down the road
July l, but this move is now held int
allowance. However, unless additional
relief is afforded within two months
the vast territory in Kansas. Okla
homa and Texas served by the road
may be left without rail transporta-
tion. The road has been in the hands
of a receiver for six years. and has
run from Wichita, Kan. to Alpine,
Tex. distance OF 900 miles. Ii the
road discontinues operations the
region through which it passes will
transportation such ass were used in
the early sixties.
ST. PAUL, June 80 (speciaD.-The
money market in the northwest is
easing perceptibly. Commercial pager
is bringing 51s to 61 per cent inter-
est. Farm mortgages are scarce.
Ninth district federal reserve bank Is
said to be planning to cut the redis-
count rates to Az per cent, and mem
ber banks are expected to follow with
cuts of from S to 5h per cent, al
though bankers complain that rates
are already too low and the volume
of loans too small to produce fair re-
turns.
PHILADELPHIA. June 80 (SpeciaD.
-Empl ployment agencies here are
being flooded with demands for work
ers to take temporary summer hotel
and boarding house jobs. A consider
able number Of high school boys and
girls have been placed in these sum-
rner resort positions.
PITTSBURGH. June 80 Especially
Municipal improveme are giving
work to many men in this section
Clarion has just announced a 5000
900 street-improvement program.