The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
IN THE WORLD OF
 INDUSTRY

Half the people in the United States ride in Philadelphia made street cars.
 There is only one leather factory in Madras.
 The United States produces 75 per cent of the total worlds production of glazed kid.
 In the interests of better service for the public, employees of the Dead- ing railway have been instructed to adopt a. smile at all times.
 The S16 minimum wage bill for women has been passed by the Ari- zona legislature and signed by Gov ernor Hunt.
 Finland produces about 30o,0eo tons of paper each year, this being the capacity of their mills.
 The locomotive and car building shops in Germany now employ about 1000 men.
 In manufacturing from raw ma terials direct, Philadelphia stands first of all the manufacturing cities in the country.
 January production of motor cars in the United States established a new record for the industry, a total of 243.o0o being produced.
 About a million men are employed each year in the coal mines of Great Britain.
 Fatal accidents in the British coal mines vary from HOO to 1,2oo year.
 The worlds largest anchor has just been completed by the American weighs S3,30o pounds and will be carried by the giant ocean liner Leviathan.
 A bill has been introduced in the South Carolina legislature extending the child labor law in it's application to all industries and places of busi- ness.
 The industry of the nation is now operating at from 75 to 100 per cent of capacity.
 During 1922 workers in Pennsyl- vania lost s20s,201.s92 in wages due to strikes.
 Employes of the Alleghany Plate Glass company, recently purchased by
  increased 80 per cent.
 It is estimated consumption of lead In the United States is 75,0oo to 100000 tons per annum ahead Of production.
 A cloth is being made in Italy from spun glass for insulation in storage batteries.
 TTolI rnr sand to transmit the loads, have been invented by a Belgian engineer to serve as mine timbers.
 A tunnel proposed to be driven Tn the Rocky mountains, 50 miles west of Denver, will shorten the distance by rail between Atlantic and Pacific coast cities by 100 miles.
 It is estimated that unemployment of workers in the metal, textile and chemical industries (the three chief industries in Italy) is limited to less than per cent.
 Officials of the striking Interna. tional Ladies' Garment Workers union in New York planned to es- tablish a drug store, owned and con ducted by the union, to help their sick.
 The shopmens strike last summer cost the Missouri Pacific railroad s2,o00.000 indirect expenses and ne- cessitated the purchase of 15 new locomotives costing s3,000, 900.
 A rich quicksilver vein, said to extend for over seven miles on the surface and to vary in width from 2 to feet, has been discovered near the village of Kita Uonome.
 Employes of the General Electrical company will share in the manage Electric Employees Securities corpo- ration. The corporation will issue 6 per cent bonds to employees, on the installment plan, paying an addition al ? per cent on them as long as the holder remains in the employ of the company.
 Tests are to be conducted by the bureau of mines at the River Rouge plant of the Ford Motor company on the largest boilers so far construct ed. These tests will supplement the knowledge gained in previous tests on differently designed boilers when heated by powdered coal.
 Arbitration has failed in the strike of Swedish pulp workers, according to recent cable advices from Assis- tant Trade Commissioner Sorensen, Copenhagen. Of the 17,000 workers engaged in the industry, 11,000 are out on strike. Not only is there a refusal on the part of the employers to grant the increase demanded, but they, in turn, are even insisting upon a decrease in wages. It seems possi- ble that the discussion will spread to other industries and that lock- out may be declared in the iron. pulp. lumber and building material industries.