San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-09
DELAYS CAUSE
CAR SHORTAGE,
OFFICIALS SAY
Failure Of Shipments to
Move on Time Is
Blamed.
ROLLING STOCK READY
Textile Men Consolidate
Plants to Get
Relief.
By j. c. ROYIE.


New York, Oct 9.-Delayed ship
ments of grain and some other com
modities, rather than EXCEPTIONAL!
heavy shipments, are causing slight
shortage OF. railroad cars in somt
sections of the country.
The soaring prices of grain last
week seem to have checked rather
than increased the movement of wheat
and corn to market.
q. Grain receipts at primary markets
IRE almost one-third less than last
year at this time and nearly 20 per
cent below the five-year average.
With Eugene Meyer Jr., and Frank
W. Mondell, representing President
Coolidge in active conference on the
grain situation in Chicago, the feet
ing that aid to the farmer, in some
form, is imminent grew stronger and
was intensified by the growing belief
that adequate funds would be forth
coming at least to the cooperative
association for orderly marketing Of
the 1923 crops.
These factors have played a part
in the evident intention of some grain
growers TO hold for higher prices.
But the carriers know that sooner
or later the great bulk of the wheat
and corn crops must be moved and
they are holding almost as many' cars
in readiness for this contingency as
if the shipments were fully up TO the
fiye-year average.
Corn Cutting Starts.
Corn cutting is under way over a
large part of the belt with rices at
the highest point since October, 1920.
Timely and advantageous market
ing of the three billion bushel crop,
it is felt will 60 far toward count
teracting any curtailment of buying
power among the agriculturists of the
country as whole.
As result cf the car shortage,
however, fruit packing houses in many
sections of the San joaquin and Sac
ramento valleys in California are
working only part time.
In some localities the shortage i,
so acute that fruit is spelling.
! In other sections warning was giveT
Z by the railroads and fruit was allow
ed TO remain unpicked until cars wer,
available.
Southern Pacific and Santa Fee rail
road officials say they cannot tel
how long the shortage would continue
but that all possible efforts are being
made to secure return of cars to east.
ern points TO California.
Dealers in furniture here are de-
Ginning to promise immediate deliver
les to customers.
This tendency extends even TO de-
partnent stores with furniture depart
ments.
Furniture men in Grand Rapids and
other manufacturing centers say that
! if there are delays in deliveries to
!. eastern points they are caused by
embargoes established on some roads
TO give right of way 10 farm products
and fruit.
The urgent call for furniture in the
larger cities is attributed to the Octo-
Der l moving day.
Housewives moving into new quar-
ters. dealers declare, become dissat-
isfied with the way their old furni-
ture fits into new surroundings.
They are reported to be buying
freely.
This trend does not extend to DUR
chasers Of washing machines and
similar household goods with copner
parts. according to the copner mills.
There has been n slackening of de-
i nnand FOR such goods in the last month
3 and copper fabricators attribute it to
4 the fact that the heuseholders are con-
serving their money for furniture and
: winter fuel purchases.
4 y Textile Men Seek Way Out.
] No matter what policy as TO pro-
Z duction as a result of the conference
1 TODAY of cotton textile manufacturers
at Fall River. consultations of a
number of mills engaged in making
similar lines 70 goods are anticipated.
(. Plans for cutting down overhead
expenses and advantageous purchasing
\ OF raw materials have been discussed
since the interests involved in the
American Wooden .companv took over
operation and management of num-
Der OF cotton cloth plants and it is
expected that the present acute situa-
tion will bring some of these tentative
arrangements to a head.
cit Is rumored that the Amoskeag
company. which closed down its cot
ton plants Saturday. plans TO change
f oyer its plants to other lines Of pro-
duction. perhans adapting them TO the
manufacture of silk. but these reports
have not been confirmed.
ain order TO be prepared TO comply
with all demands upon it to handle
either raw or finished Materials Ais
Winter. the New York. New Haven
and Hartford road will put in onera-
tfon 90 new steam and electric loco.
motives before snow flies.