The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-09
STERILIZATION IN INDUSTRY IS
REPORTEDBY DEPT. Of COMMERCE

|. Ut CU|VIV|ERGE.
Warrington. H. g. Jan. B--IIonerai
,luwius down OF lnddstry "fipr mo
squirt Ia DuluboJ wan tho OUTSTANDING
or Tho November nHur"s
- shown IN tho moithly 'hurVsy 81
current nuslnaan' just published ny 'h"
department Ot t"nmoTta ihia In par
Iiuiiy ACCOUNTED Tor. according " 'n'
'Ii,uvaY.' by HnaH"hal foa'al""
Nortpln lluon sICh IN tNEtIaS ana a"p'
and- In other nneH. snoh an
real md iranHportati0b, by tho over"
of October business In tn"
raro or tho thToats nad railroad strike
Tho HcnnruI result OF hoVsmbar DON
hiiions appeared 10 ho Htahihsauon'
Thin tandnnay wan falt ohpenally IN
lnEiIIos. metals. building CONSTRUCTION
and H.. rolah Cd industrious. and retail
uaIor u wnn also unauthorized In prloe
ompi0 yynoIit condition" ana
la railroad irnnBp0r In ton.
Production
TiHursg on NOysmbur pT0dnoL'"n IN
diunins incTonnnd activity over D"tob"r
in metals Gl0thlnH paper ana HiaA"'
on Lha other hnfn. prodnot0n Tor
nlnGLonod among the io"d-
atunB iDba 0OO. ann fuels, WINE q"
Irregular condition ssiidod In the con
BiTuuiion ibduhlTias
All GummndiaioA IN The bhilhina ma
toriai. clothing, lnbauoo anh ro"da'hH
ai0upn wofn being prhhn"eh !" a'"a'a'
yuIumo than tho Ibia average, oH"np'
l.l. go
DON'T holnw rho me,aln ware oil "Jn
baluv tho pro war basis In
emilia or mood lnufhnH ns during flDVeW'
bar, rliiS tho fuels wsra divided, WIN
po,roieum snh by-pronu", ooha Tar
phnvr tho pro average. the ""ss
ailvhiIv boIow and benlhva rOhs below
Conner ana bnehIvo ooko were pr"huc"d
nd less than 40 per cent ~ thsir pre-war
rats
Etocks or commodities Mt tho snh or
wore. In general anRhuy
larger than In 1919. Tho largest rela-
tive stocks wore thoTs of corn and, coal.
both moro than nvs tlmes M hrg".
duo partlx to seasonal variation. IN
creases from 30 to 100 per cent oc-
CURED IN whsat and cottonseed oil. b0th
lnrRsIv seasonal increases. and In zinc,
cement, face brick and petroleum. Out
side OF the seasonal decrease in meats,
all tho declines from 1919 were very
Umall.
Pr4ees gtablA
The general level OF prices IN Novem-
Der showed llttlo change. but sngn'
declining tendency was manifest. Ihis
waA especially true or tho prioos OF
farm products. which In most instances
~ alr al HU ahnnrmAllX
low lavel Wholesale food and clothing
prices ana retail food also tended to-
wards a lower iovel. The most imp0r-
Iant advances were In silk ana petrol
cum Iron, steai and GOai remained
unchanged. While 0ihar met
ais, saGspt lead, advanced,
Aa~saIs
Tha production ~ piH icon enh "I
IaaI insnis continued I" sdVsn"s h"T-
ins H"v.mhnr. ihb"sh ~ sa'"'"'""sn
ratio t,nnIIad "da's "f Vi" Vh''~"
-, oIas n,aai "'P"ia'l'r' .nei" ds"'+s"~'
niIettIr Imp.ris and ssp"s,s "f Iron
.nd r,.ai showed lhils "hs"s-, SNIP
,nouIs ~ har Iron lnWesasd somewhat
In Nnvombsr snh "sl"s "f sNu"'u'"'
r,oeI w.r. rilHh,ly batter ihsn IN O"o'
bnr ana twics a. 1stu" 80 yesr as",
nsnIn making a record for the past "
months
Inte report. r.csiy,d by IN" Depart
mont or Commerce Indicate q "llEh
slowing down In iron and stool prod"n-
ton In Decomber. with steel products
ut about lB por cont or capacity ana
blast furnace operations On tho PiHS-
burEh district at about 30 per cent,
U"slncss has been active in rails. pipe.
tin plato and fabricated stool, with wiro
In, IA
at about 90 per cent OF capacity. Iron
and steel pricoa arc holding stoany
except for reduction in steel pipe.
YuSl
Declines occurred IN the production
or both bitnminous and anthracite coal
In Novomhnr largely n reaction from
tho October threat or q railroad ue-up.
small inCrea non occurred In tho pr0duc'
ton OF coke In November. but this ~
duhtry eth operated an Ia greatly re
duCod suulo. Exports ar anthracite ana
uoi,o IncIca sed rliEhiiy. bat hltumin"uh
asp0rts declined Ia lhns Than lhFh
Of tho pTsVi0uh kOVoinbeTs ports
cTuda adIuiouni production inni had
nearly o per cont "taT p"t"b"', ION
puInpii"n inGI ash par "o". ~h'is
sIu"hs Insa p.' "a"i. "ahihu new
hiuh ,aon,d The H"vsInba' Tlo" ~
nr,do nsiT"loup, ~ss nDIs Iha" h"nhls
tbs napIsmhar piles,
p"Iiai"s sna Oos ~t'"ttaD"
Iuhs. Numbers of hniialnE """s
rhnS.h ll,,ie rhanEa ~ HDVsmhsf snh
pro ,dlll nysr 70 p"r o"ui u'"etsr fhsp
Tho trn- war lnvnl Total yolutne of
building contracts awarded IN f"vsm'
b.r daolined about 7 psr "snI due large
~ to tn. daoiipe In business buildings.
ii D..
tracts continued TO incrsaHs. hut III"
groups of building and S.Hi public
buildings. except educational. continual
tho marked decline noted In October.
Compared with November. 1870. tho
total building contracts wnrn twios a.
largo. with incrsansn In evsry group
oIoept Industrial buildings whio In III"
residential and educational groups. the
contracts ware moro than thros umoH
M large Thu November incroas"
brought tho cumulative total for III
month"; to within per cont OF tho 1870
total.
Lumber production varied consider
ably during November. southern pine,
California redwood md oak flooring
nhowod increased production. whilo for
Douglns mr. and western pine declines
wero noted. Exports or lumber in
November wore slightly loHn than In
October, whilo pricoH woro about 10 per
cont higher.
Production OF fre-clay brick showed
n slight Improvement but silica and
rnoo brick production rscodod during
November. Cement production and ship
ments camo down from tho high Ooto-
Dor records, in n seasonal movomant
whIlo stocks Increased and priocs re-
,ooipAA 80