The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
BUSINESS GOOD
IN ALL PARTS
Of j. 6.
Delegates to Manufacturers
Conference in New York
Optimistic As to Future.
Nv CosmOpolitaD News Service,


corning the business outlook in
their respective sections. John
Trix, president of the American
Injector Company, Detroit, said:
Business is good--very good. We
are going at breakneck speed. We've
got to stop or something is going
to happen. In Detroit we are short
of labor. The automobile manu-
facturers have orders enough to
keep them busy for several
months"
Clarence H. Wilson, Of Boston,
manager of the Employers Asso.
citation of Eastern Massachusetts,
said:
1--WE suffer a great deal from the
pirating of labor by Western cities.
The laborers in and around Bos-
ton are attracted there by promises
of higher wages, overtime pay,
steady work, etc. The truth of the
matter is they are employed sor
a short time during the automobile
rush season, and then they are out
of work. We have a shortage OF
both skilled and unskilled labor be-
cause of this. The retail trade in
Massachusetts is not up to stand
ard. have heard a number Ct
complaints of this. Otherwise bust
ness is good
No Fear If Initiation.
Augustine Davis, president Of the
Davis Automatic Equipment corp
grafton, New York, and vice presi-
dent of the Manufacturers Associa-
Business is very good. / do not
fear initiation or anything other
unfavorable result of the business
boom"
Milton Tibbetts Of the Packard
Motor Company, Detroit, said: Bust
ness in all lines is booming in DE.
troit. In fact we have more work
and more business than we can
take care of. and all of the in
dustrial plants are now handicapped
with insufficient labor. We see no
indication of any immediate decline
in the automobile industry. We
are glad to have a breathing spell
in the booking of new orders so
that we may catch up on deliveries.
May and June deliveries of all the
Detroit automobile manufacturers
will be as large as in any previous
month this year. The stove industry
10 also working at capacity in order
to meet the heavy demands created
by the extensive home building
throughout the country"
Constant Meese, president OF
Meese and Gottfried Company, San
Francisco and Los Angeles, said:
an the industrial line the Pacific
50
our country the era of prosperity
brought about by natural economic
conditions. The future looks bright
TO U.S."
Harold c. Smith, president Illi-
nois Tool Works, Chicago, and
chairman industrial training COM
mittee, National Metal Trades AS
ISOLATION, said:
Business is in a very healthy
condition in Chicago. The falling
off that seems to be taking place
in the rest of the country is not
so evident in Chicago at this time.
On the other hand, thoughtful bust
ness people are watching the situa-
ton very closely. The tendency is
TO manufacture only what can be
tory is necessary, a close watch is
the peak, although a good many
projects have been postponed for
the present. There are three big
things to watch: the foreign situa-
ton, the labor question and the
question of crops and prices the
farmers obtain"
Normal in Milwaukee.
A. J. Lindemann, president Of
A. J. Lindemann & Hoverson Co,
Milwaukee, Wis, said:
Business in Wisconsin and par
ticularly Milwaukee is very close
to normal. Supply and demand are
much better balanced than we
thought they would be a month
or two ago. Tt seems rnanufactu-
rers and business men have esti-
mated requirements in a wise man.
ner and thus business is we'll in
hand. ] have every reason to think
the business year will terminate in
a satisfactory manner"
Francis H. McChesney, president
Hall & McChesney, Inc, Syracuse.
n. Y, said:
Business in Syracuse and the
surrounding territory is excellent.
Having just returned from trip
over the country, am in a posi-
tlOII W tOIIlbdIe IOCdI lnlHBS Win
those which observed elsewhere:
and ] have yet to see any section
that surpasses Syracuse In general
progress and prosperity"
Robert Dollar. president Dollar
Steamship Line. San Francisco,
said:
THE national demand for the
products of Western soil and forests
has been reflected in booming bust
ness conditions in California. We
have solved most of our labor trou-
bles and our workmen are busily
and happily employed in our shops
and factories, on the farms and in
the lumber woods. The opening up
of the Panama canal has worked a
marvellous transformation in Cali
fornia's lumber business. We are
now supplying Eastern sections
which heretofore received their
lumber from the South. and the ma
tOnwide building boom has created
an enormous demand for our lun-
Der. The crops have benefited by
the copious late rains, and the agri-
cultural prospect was never better
We face the future with conf
dence."
TERMINAL NNMDAMV ACKC