Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
HARVEST SEASON
IS IN FULL SWING
Steel Mills Active-Auto
Trade Good-Lab0r Is
Well Employed.
BY j. G.. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 1S.-The harvest
season is in full swing. From now
until September and later hundreds
of thousands of workers will be en-
gagged on the farms piling up wages
in a volume which is calculated to
sustain the Nations buying power un-
diminished. The employment of these
men, the vanguard of whom has al
ready moved North from the Rio
Grande, will compensate for any sea-
sonal lull in the manufacturing lines.
The army of harvesters is being
handled better than ever before and
steps are being taken to have the man
power ready so that no section shall
suffer from harvesting delay. The
usual seasonal dip is expected in steel.
although the mills are working at
high rate now. The curtailment. ac-
cording to the steel districts, will not
amount to more than the usual nor
NAL, healthy lull. The automobile in.
dustry has cut off a few workers while
prearation Is being made for turning
out new models. which will come on
the market earlier than usual.
Motor Industry Good.
The healthy condition of the motor
car industry Is shown by the fact
that one Of the principal max
ers Of alloy steel. whose products are
largely used by automobile manufac-
turers. has just completed a month
in which the earnings were IL per
cent over the best month the company
ever had. More steel sheets are being
ordered from Mahoning Valley mills;
Labor in the building trades Is well
EMPLOYED, but there is a slight surplus
of skilled men in some of the cities
where housing shortages have been
made up. The building material con-
Germs are curtailing in many instances,
but this Is not the case in cement, IN
which the trend at this time of year
nearly always is upward owing 10
road construction. The lumber mills
are due to cut production from now
until July 4.
In spite of it's generally spotty char
acter. employment in the textile plants
has been good. Demand for goods has
been spurred by upward jumps in raw
cotton. Operations at the andre
scoggin mills at Lewiston, Me-, nave
been raised from 76 to 80 per cent OF
capacity. On the other hand. tne
ManviHe, r. l., mill of the ManVllle
Jenckes Corporation has dropped 10
four days a week. -
Road construction is proceeding at
a rate never before equaled. Inere Is
snecial activity in the flood districts
where water has receded. 1t is now
certain that the lands in Louisiana,
where the new varieties of sugar cane
were being produced for seed pur-
noses. have not been badly dam
aged and the new insect-res1stins
varieties will be available for farm
ers in the Sugar Bowl district.
Oil Output Still High.
President Machado of Cuba has
fixed January 1 as the first GATE 1or
harvesting of the next Cuban crop,
whether or not the crop Is restricted
by the Government as was done IN
the present year. The sale OF turpen
tine cups in the South indicates a
heavy production from the pine Tor
ests and this Is likely to affect prices
somewhat. Extreme quiet has pre-
vailed in most of the non-ferrous
metals.
The outlook for silver Is far from
bright owing to heavy production II
conjunction with other metals. Zint
and copper have been dull and leat
has shown no stroner price trend.
Petroleum output is still so higf
that no strengthening in the position
Of the commodity is yet in sight. bu
sentiment in the industry undoubtedly
has improved. Movement of freight
is progressing steadily and no car
shortage promises to become acute for
the time being. Even the fruit crops
seem likely to come on the markets
from different sections a little at a
time rather than all at once.