Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-01
Wilmington TRADE
OUTLOOK GOOD
Merchants and Manufacturers
Mike Decidedly Encour-
aging Reports.

ms hu1neSs rntiooF VI WI
minetcu for the New Year
1929. IL encouraging according |
10 information obtained from various
industries;
In the nianufncture " steel t,paches
for railroads, the Harlan plant 81 the |
Bethlehem Shipbuildlng Corporation
has enough orders ahead now 10 knep
this department running at fun time
for the next seven or eight nviithe.
with about elk mont,ha' work ahead
both IN the boatyard and paper -mak
ing machinery departments. the Pusey
a Jones Company enters one OF the
meet prosperous years In Sta history.
Nr oven IN war times has business
been ANY better than now at the plam
~ Ipeet,h bancroft a Some Company.
Officafe az the American Car and
Foundry Company look for n much
better year beginning today than the
local plant has experienced I'm the past
twelve months.
At she plant Of =. Lorlllard e Com
pany. 2OG West Second street, manu-
factureip OF certain brand ~ ma
tlonaily popular cigar. things are much
brighter than they were a year ego.
-. ~. Garratsuri PRECEDENT ~ urp
| Manufacturers Association az THE city.
believes that the year 1929 WIN In the
best IN manufacturing sense Of any
| twelve months since the war.
A. the plant ~ the Elecric Hose end
| Rubber Company thinra are hurnrning
twenty-fUir hours a day with the ex-
Ceptiun Of Sunday.
Architects have story 20 sell that
corfolurates the optimistic repOr,s
| from various industries and cCsnoerns.
| According So these men who draw
lslans and arrange fur BUILDINGS che
number Of inquiries shade Within the
past few v-elss "a Indicative 80 them
~ much building IN the spring.
Retail merchants agree that lae'
year wps good and that tho outlook for
this year II most encouraging.
Contractors and lunil,ar supplv men
say that rhey hook towards 1923 with
considerable optimism According 90
benjamin X. Smedley ~ nrDsius 4
Smedley. there IN an undercurrent
rointlng toward better tlrpes. with
more building IN prospect than waa the
case year aFo
| business has been riui.'h better IN
the past slN rnorrha than 70 wac the
earlier part of the year according 20
figures complied ay the banks of this
city.
Trade 10 ifnepruving steadily, accord
ing tr officials IT tho National Vulcan
lied r1iue Company which to-day as
sunea charge Of the intarer,e Of the
American Fibre Company. The Ma.
tlunai F1ira and Insulation Cnmpa ny
and the keyss"ne Fibre Company. The
latter In a sales company.
Tho new Marine Terminal has haf
a stimulating effect on tho industries
and with spring. promises Co becoms
a material help to them.
According To- government figures. IN
tho a. industries In Wilmington there
are 1856 people who are IN stead
errployment-not including several In
dus,rles which are not represented n
the government figures. hut claim e
loo employing as many persons. In pro
! portion TO those represented I'm th'
official report. According 20 the lattel
. there has been an increase Of 7S5 per
sons who have found employment Fl
, the past month. OF the ~ In this city
and five In tho state. outside the city
&c are operating on fun time and i
on part time.
An unofficial estimate places the
postal receipts for this city. durinf
tho year 1922. at 10 per cent In eKces
OF the business of the previous year
when the local postofllce made n rec
. ord FOR cities OF this size and exceede
[ the business done in many larger com
munities. The recent Christmas busi
] ness contributed TO an extent, TO TIL
result. being about 20 per cent create
than last year.