Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26
BIC HOLIDAY RUSH
SEENBY RAILROADS
Retail Sales Spurred by Ad-
vent of F0urth-HarveSt
in Southwest Begun.

Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 26.-The rail-
roads today are preparing for the big
gest rush Of holiday traffic next week
end that they have ever been called
upon to handle. The gasoline dis
trihutorS expect a terrific demand for
motor fuel. and congestion of roads
seems likely TO he great Holiday buy
ing has already begun to have it's Of
feet on retail sales throughout the
country. which are exceedingly heavy
now and promise to increase up to
next Friday.
These sales. which. after all, are the
real indicators OF the business trend
of the country. are being Spurred on
by extensive advertising. Newspaper
advertising in the principal merchan-
tisng centers of the country is run
ming BET Ween and per cent higher
than at this time last year, ana
throughout the next week will prob
ably be almost as heavy as during the
Christmas holiday season.
Harvesting Is Begun.
The harvest In the Southwestern
and Western grain States is now in
full swing. The purchases earlier this
year OF harvesting equipment are now
bringing in returns in the shape OF
|
threshers have been more heavily
sold than in any previous year.
Wholesale and retail distributors IN
some of the grain Centers are as
Amounted that demand for textiles
and clothing has not broadened 10 Il
greater extent In view of the
brighter agricultural SITUATION, pu'
they say buying Is proceeding at
good. moderate pace.
The sag which normally makes us
appearance in the producing hnes at
this time OF year is less marked tnan
usual The steel mills are splendldly
engaged and have ceased to worry
over the fact that orders are being
pla ced for quick delivery rather than
for large amounts Anthracite pro
duction is being speeded up to make
up for the lay-off incident to lnde-
pendenCe day. BituminouS producers
however. cannot benefit in this way,
since production already is excessive.
Auto Sales Squirt.
A spurt in automobile sales has fol-
lowed reduction of prices in some
lines. This is due both to the price
cuts and to the extra efforts made by
connections to COunterbalanCe them.
Building is being rushed and the pay
roll volume of the building trades sell
dom has been at so high point TINS
has helped building materials. but
lumber production is still leading new
business by slight margin. the vol
ume of highway work. now in full
swing. is keeping the cement plants
shipping at high rate.
Nearly all the textile trades are vel
coming the holiday, since curtallment
is still the order OF the day. Wool is
4Ity nd 10 ,sSpnT
quantities on the ranges, but prices
have not moved upward in equal ratio.
Silk and cotton takings by mills have
been small.
The stability of the nonferrous
metal prices has operated in favor
IF producers. This is specially
noticeable in copper Mining COM
panieS have put into operation many
cost-reducinS methods in the last SIN
months and now are reaping AIDE
quate profits in many cases.
Biggest Ship Launched.
The largest steamship ever
launched in an American ward slid
down the ways today when the
Malolo of the Matson line took the
water in the Delaware River. The
launching of this ship not only
marked a distinct advance in Amer
lean ship construction, but also a
departure in plans of operation, since
Gibbs Brothers, Inc, her designers,
will operate her on the San Fran
cisco Honolulu run.
The drop in radio sales expected
in the Summer months has been
only a dip and the expansion pro-
grams of the public utilities COM
panies and the call for household
equipment have kept the electrical
manufacturers working at top speed.