San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-24
nerican Wooden Company
Sets Lead for Industry
With Announcement.
STABILIZE COSTS
her Lines All Have Prom
Use Of Bigger Business
! in Immediate Future.
BY j. c. ROYLE.


fright, 1898, by The San Antonio Light.
lew York, Jan. 23.-The opening of
heavyweight lines of wooden fab
for the fall of 1923 by the Ameri-
Wooden Company today was the
for which wool growers, dealers,
Ele manufacturers, garment makers
k-tsailers have been waiting. The
.res in price, ranging about 20 per
|nTgher were not unexpected and to
~ extent have been discounted by
bus lines, but the formal announce
u of the leading interest will enable
|ufacturers and merchants to de-
ine more firmly their plans for the
|re.
Kithin a few days the response to the
tings made today will indicate to
extent merchants believe ultimate
burners can be persuaded to accept
bases in the prices of finished ar
{s. The price lists of the other
len cloth manufacturers are expect
10 follow closely the trend shown
Die American Wooden Company and
makers who have not yet provid-
Ibr their raw wool requirements will
E,y to market.
is estimated that enough raw wool
1.-TWO months requirements is now
able in this country. No other do
ic woods will come on the market
the end of February at least, when
bna clips will be marketed if
her permits early shearing. Foreign
3 will, therefore, be more and more
,ctor until summer and the foreign
Sets are universally strong today.
Going After Volume.
ports received by wire today from
Kew England centers and from lead
Merchants, wholesalers and garment
lIfacturers throughout the country
sorted indications that the whole
of trade in woolens would be TO-
stabilized prices at slightly higher
!, toward narrow margins or prof
Jose cutting of overhead and extern
advertising campaigns with depend
placed on volume rather than price
bet returns.
e decreased production of the Mex
oil fields is being reflected in the
Ind for the lighter crude oils of
ornia on the Atlantic seaboard,
nents by way of the Panama canal
aggregate about 10000 barrels OF
ornia crude a day and are in
ing rapidly. Equally notable is
ss$sase in the demand for Cali
Il crude from the Orient, Japan
the principal buyer. principally
ie imperial navy and the merchant
he.
ndition of railroad equipment is
bving rapidly. The number of bad
freight cars is less today than
Iy time since early in 1921 and
bad car loadingS are at present rec
olume for this season of the year.
dition the improvement gives every
nce of being permanent for ear
have not ceased or slackened their
5 for new equipment and supplies.
is and programs announced and
hist make it probable that at least
100000 will be spent by the rail-
of the country this year.
Heavy Business on Lakes.
nbers of the Lake Carriers ASSO-
also are preparing for record
ing season. The copper and iron
of the North are working under
sed pressure and SO far as can
lged by acreage figures the volume
leat tonnage gives no indication
ninishing as compared with 1922
Dali, lib bushels were moved
lakes.
bresentatives of the canning indus
.sembled today at Atlantic City in
convention forecast an exceed
prosperous year in general and
attitude is supported by the in
already passed on to manufac-
of food containers.
nber production is gaining steadily
lite of the fact that this season
year usually marks slump in
orders and production. The Cali
red wood manufacturers have
rgest orders on their books Of any
in five years.
ance orders for spring delivery of
are coming in rapidly to eastern
ills.