San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-09
RRMERS HAVE
MORE MONEY!;
| TRADE BOONS
hnts, Closed Down for
Months, Now Running
to Capacity.
HEIGHT is TIED UP
'EIGHT IS TIED UP
Dngestion on Railroads
becomes More Serious;
/ Affects Production.
Rv J. G. ROYLE.

Il BY j. c. R0NLE.
bright. by The San Antonio Light.
Eew York, March 9.-The better
Bit position and higher PURCHASING;
Yer of the farmers of the United
les is making itself more evident
IN day in the volume of farm I'M
ment and equipment buying.
ztocks of dealers in the South, the
I-West, the Northwest and the Ia,
4, states are rapidly being cleaned
and the volume of fertilizers be-
1 purchased is very heavy. Manu-
Eurers who for months had their
3ehouses and storage yards filled
HI equipment they could not dis-
y of again are running their plants
\ good production schedules ana
h become one of three dominating
Tors in the steel markets.
Distributors in other lines have not
slow to take advantage OF the
hllent selling conditions reflected
4 b these facts. An army of sales
! has already spread throughout
country and the national coun-.
q of salesnen's association gathered
N today to oppose any curtallment
1.-THE recent mileage book legisla-
which merchants claim will prove
benefit TO travelling
y especially in covering the rural
ricts.
Railroad Congestion Growing.
Freight embargoes. of temporary
Lation again are making their APP
rance in various sections of the
'ntry. This is especially noticeable
ahe automobile centers. Within the
u three weeks as the roads dry,
\. strings of shiny new automobiles
cover the highways as dealers
manufacturers are preparing to
brit to the driveway method of
Inning deliveries to avoid delays
IN freight congestion.
The delay in the arrival Of parts
materials at the automobile fac
| les. however. has reduced opera
ks to half time in some instances.
|lroads are beginning to take steps
keep in closer touch with their
Irons and TO let the latter know
|ditions which affect them. The
lat Northern railway has just Gre
II public relations department for
It purpose.
n Business Factor.
chipping interests of the Southwest
!! uniting to oppose any proposed
of the carriers in that
|'itory, such as have been under
|ussion. They are marshaling their
les for appearance before the In
Estate Commerce Commission hear
at Kansas City April &c, when
h will present data opposing such
ms. They assert that merging Of
/ Of their twelve trunk line roads
hid, be detrimental to competitor
development of navigation on the
ssouri river is being urged TO hold
es in check il the consultations
affected.
The trend toward merging of In
lists for the cutting of overhead
IS is growing. however, three big
solicitations now being under ne
iation. Ono OF these involve a
nberF of independent competitors
the Diamond Match Company in
Middle-West Another includes
lerwear manufacturers in New
*, New England and the South.
lie a third concerns a chain of
Gerry jobbers in the South.
Paper Production Increasing.
operations at the paper mills so
this year indicate that all news
Mt production records will be brok-
and that more than two and a
{ million tons will be consumed,
ess there is decided drop in the
ume of advertising which seems en-
'ly unlikely Estimates by reliable
horities place the total which will
expended for advertising in 1923
over S1.000,000 of which over so
cent will be for newspaper adver-
ng. Prices for book wrapping pa
and paperboard already have in
ased and further advances for all
YER products is forecast as many
&c agreements sin the mills expire
y I. and higher wage levels will be