Evening star., 1923-03-08
AMAZING INCREASE
IN CALIFORNIA OIL
Supply Now 665, 900 Barrels
Per Day-StraW Hat
Plants Rushed.
BY J. G. RoYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, March S.-The supply
of crude oil from the California fields
has now reached the tremendous vol
ume of 665.000 barrels a day. accord
Ing to an announcement today by the
state petroleum bureau. That fact is
but one of the evidences of increased
activity of petroleum producers all
over the country. The California IN
crease has resulted from the 26s new
wells started since January 1. Twen-
ty-four new wells have been started
there this week.
The Teapot Dome and other wyo-
ming districts. the Montana areas. the
Smackover field in the southwest and
practically every oil district from
Pennsylvania west has responded 10
the demand for more oil These op-
erations have helped to emphasize the
shortage of labor in scores of indus
! trial and manufacturing lines.
Copper Miners Wages up.
Export copper has reached a new
high level as result of German buy.
ing and wage increases in the lake
copper mines. amounting to Is to 20
per cent. went into effect today, with
miners getting from S4.15 to $3.50 a
| day and laborers underground 1915
! to $3.50. The strength of the lead and
zinc markets had put a premium on
| labor in the tTistate lead and zine
| fields
! I'VE advertised for mechanics and
, received reply from one superannu-
ated man." said the manager OF Il big
Pittsburgh industrial corporation to
| day. we advertised for clerk and
had TO call the police to control th.-
applicants. There are plenty OF white
collar men. but a mighty scarcity Of
those who labor with their muscles
Recruiting From Farms.
Laborers are leaving the farms OF
the south and west to work In steel
| mills. shoe and clothing factories and
! fire clay plants. according to reports
from st. Louis. Ohio factories are
sending south for negro labor.
Reports that several thousand ne
| gro coal miners were TO be recruited
| to work the Ruhr mines at 81 a dav
| by employment agents working for
the French government were laughed
at today, as miners under the present
/ scale here would find little induce
ment in such an offer, even il 1t were
actually made.
Tobacco Sales Increase.
Business of tobacco manufacturers
distributors and retail dealers has
taken remarkable squirt since Jan
uary ]. The management Of the
SCnulte stores reported To-Day tnat
sales for February had increased -
per cent over those for the corre-
spending month of last year, jumping
from s1,615,126 in 1922 to s1.990,262.
| Hatmakers are busy. Straw hac
manufacturers are operating their
plants at capacity and heavy ship
ments are being made to every sec
tion.. the largest at present going t.
the south and southwest. Panamas.
! Bangkoks. Leghorns and other soft
straws are being sold by distributors
, in larger volume than ever before az
| this season of the year.
The return of the mode for long
hair is bringing increased production
and. added prosperity to score OF
! Industries. according to Norvin Fl.
Rieser, president Of the Venida Hair
Net Company. 1t is interesting, he
said, that such slight change in
women's fashions as that from short
to long hair should have such a de
cided economic effect upon life or
whole communities which are de-
pendent for their prosperity upon
comb, barrel. bandeau, ribbon and
hairpin industries. Elaborate decora-
tion of the hair, now that II is Ions,
will call for a new note in millinery
Larger blocks will be used than ever
before: