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Falsehoods Are No Longer Necessary and Special Interests Forced to Admit That Prosperity Car. Not Be Held Back
(From press dispatches)
GREAT LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN
CREASES FORCE OP MEN
Philadelphia, Nov. 7 Another ray
brightened tho outlook for improving
business, when Alba B. Johnson,
president of tho Baldwin locomotive
works, announced the big plant at
Eddystone, Pa., until further orders,
would increase tho working time to
a five-day shift a week.
, Tho new order goes into effect at
once, and applies to 1,239 men,, or
239 more than wore on the pay rolls
thteo weoks ago. At that time the
force numbered 950, tho smallost of
this year.
f i Tho plant has boon working- only.
two or throe days each week for seV
oral months. A year ago, according
to Mr. Johnson, times wero brisk,
and when the whistle blew to "(Turn
to" each morning and six mornings a
week there were G,585 men at work..
Tho lowost ebb was reached in the
week ondod October 10, and now the
tide sooms to be turning.
STEEL MILLS TO HUM
Pittsburgh, Nov. 7. Steel
blast furaoes ! and.
mills,
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plants in thid district employing 20,
000 men are preparing to resume
either -full or part operations within
,tho next ten days ,
In several instances employes of
these concerns were notified today
that they would soon bo needed ii
their old places, or that they wouid
go ou full time next week.
From tho big new Kensington
plant of tho Aluminum Company of
America came word today that the
company expected to resume full op
erations In a few days.
WON'T MIX
Hurt Food mill Good Health Won't Mix
The Jones & Laughlin company,
tho largest independent steel concern
in the country, is preparing to in
crease its working force at tho Soho,
South Side, and Aliquippa works,
while several mills in the Allegheny
valley will start next week.
Tho Pressed Steel Car company's
McKees Rocks and Woods Run plants
will increase operations beginning
next Monday. Spang & Chalfont, in
Milvale, will fire several mills on
Monday, and at least four furnaces
in tho Monongahela valley will bo
blown in.
Tho McClintic-Marshall company
and the American Bridge company
expect-to. increase operations in their
Woods Run plants this week.' The
extensive works of the latter company
at Ambridge will also go on better
time.
Tho human stomach stands much
abuBj but it won't return good health
if you give it ba.d food.
' If you feed right you should feel
right, for proper food and a good
mind is the sure road to health.
"A yeaiago I became much alarm
ed about my health for I began to
suffer after each meal no matter how
little I ate," says a Denver woman.
"I lost my appetite and thevery
thought of food grew distasteful,
with tho result that I was not nour
ished and got weak and thin.
"My homo cares were very heavy,
for beside a large family of my own
I have also to look out for an aged
mother. There was no ono to shoulder
my household burdens, and come
what might I must boar them, and
this thought nearly drove me frantic
when I realized that my health was
breaking do n.
"I read an article in the paper
about some one with trouble like
mine being helped by Grape-Nuts
food and c- on this suggestion I
REVIVAL IN METAL TRACES
SHOWN BY PIG IRON BUYING
Philadelphia, Nov. 8. Buying of
pig iron to cover the first quarter of
the new year is accepted among local
furnace interests as an indication
that a better feeling is developing in
tho metal trades.
Consumers o- pig iron are increas
ing in number, showing that, one by
ono, mills are rosuming work. While
purchasing for immediate require
ments shows but slight improvement,
furnace men agree that the outlook
is better than for some months.
Although export trade has not ma
terially affected general lines of man
ufactures, it is known that in metal
lines there have been negotiated a
number of fair-sized contracts for
transatlantic shipment. A machine"
manufacturer near Philadelphia re
cently booked contracts for both for
eign and domestic mills.
Asked whether he regarded it as
likely that the United States Steel
corporation would reduce wages Jan
uary 1, a local furnace executive said
he believed that if business continued
to improve, wae;es schedules would
not be disturbed. "Coal, ore and
coke," he continued, "are on an un
profitable basis. Everything but la
bor has come down, and necessarily
that must follow, unless prices ad
vance. Liooiung ior a Digger volume
of business and a sound demand for
steel, I would say that prices would
move up to a basis of present wage
scales."
gave Grape-rNu. a' trial. Tho first
dish of this delicious food proved
tha,t I had struck the right thing.
"My uncomfortable feelings in stom
ach disappeared as if by magic and
in an incredibly short space of time
I was again myself. Since then I
hove gained 12 pounds in weight
through a summer of hard work and
realize I am a very different woman,
all duo to tho splendid food, Grape
Nuts." Nam given by Postum Co.,
Battlo Creek. Mich.
Read the famous little book, "Tho
Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's
a Reason,"
Ever read the nbovo letter? A now
ono nppoars from timo to time. They
arc genuine, true, and full of hunimi
interest.
DEMAND FOR COTCE GROWS; IDLE
OVENS TO BE FIRED
Connellsvllle, Pa., Nov. 8. Con
tinued improvement in the demand
for furnace and foundry coke, and a
steady advance in the price over that
of two weeks ago, is beginning to
have its effect on the coke business
throughout that region. Announce
ment was made here today that the
H. C. Frlck coal and coke company,
and the W. J. Rainey company, tho
two largest coking concerns in this
region, within the next two weeks
will fire in more than 21,000 ovens.
Something like 30,000 ovens are
now idle in tho district. Of these.
the Rainey and Frlck concerns own
about 25,000. Tho others are con
trolled by Independent Interests, who
are expected to follow the lead of the
Frlck and Rainey Interests, and place
fireR under thoir idle ovens.
Coke men are now asking higher
prices for delivery after January 1,
and as far anead as July. 1915. Th's
week tho spot price stiffened to 10
cents a ton, and contracts made on a
flat rate basis for delivery after Jan
CONTINUANCE OF DEMOCRATIC
CONTROL CAUSES TRADE RE
VIVAL IN PENNSYLVANIA
(From tho Philadelphia Public
Ledger)
Reports from all parts of Pennsyl
vania since the election show im
proved sentiment for business. Man
ufacturers and bankers are more
hopeful and the feeling is that good
times are near at hand. Dispatches
received by the Public Ledger from
its correspondents in trade and in
dustrial centres in the state are a3
follows:
Allontown Much Encouraged
'Allentown, Pa., Nov! 7.-TBankers
and tjredit men say" there lias'been'
a revival of, confidence In Allentown
and the Lehigh Valley since the elec
tion." In fact, many of them assert
that conditions already have Im
proved. Statements of national blanks
and trust companies, issued Wednes
day and Thursday, indicate that nev
er was there so much money on de
posit, the 'total for Lehigh 'county be
ing $18,000,000.
York Manufacturers Optimistic -
York, Pa., Nov. 7. Ther.e is a gen
eral revival of confidence in business
circles in this city , as a result, of
the election, and the outlook is more
encduraging- than at any time since
the enactment of tariff legislation.
While some manufacturers are of the
opinion that there is. not likely to be,
any immediate improvement-in trade,
all are optimistic and think condi
tions will gradually become normal.
Chester Steel Mills Resume
Chester, Pa'., Nov. 7. Industrial
conditions in this city already have
begun to improve.
The Americai. Steel Castings com
pany's plant will resume operations
on full time next Monday, after hav
ing been idle for several weeks.
About 1,200 men are employed.
The Federal Steel company's plant,
has been running on slack time for
six months, started full time today.
It is said that the company has re
ceived several large orders which will
keep Its plant busy for at least four
months. About 500 men are em
ployed. Carl H. Ernst, general manner nf
the American Viscose company, silk
manufacturers, says: "The result of'
the election gives us confidence. It
is going tQ De some time before we
get over the bad condition of affairs,
but the change will have a beneficial
effect on business."
William T. Gayley, Jr., head of the
Aberfoyle Manufacturing company,
textile manufacturers, says: "We be
gin to see the turning point, and
irom now on there will be improve-
The silk trade shows signs of pick
ing up.
Improvement at Coatcsvillo
Coatesville, Pa., Nov. 7. Some
slight renewal of activity is being ob
served since the election among local
manufacturers. Worth Brothers' tube
mill, which has been idle for some
time, will resume operations on Mon
day. Three furnaces out of six will
be fired tomorrow. A member of tho
Worth firm is quoted as saying "that
the mills will continue in operation
the remainder of the year."
The Lukens Iron and Steel com
pany, which, lias been running at 50
per cent of capacity, continues to
furnish employmentv.to many men.
"We have seen no change since elec
tion," asserts W. Hamilton, the su
perintendent. The Coatesville Boiler works ap
pear to have' taken on a boom since
election; Men are working overtime,
and it is said orders are beginning to
come in faster. 'The Craig Ridgway
& Sons company also is. working full
time. Last year .the iron and steel
mills here had the largest output in
their history.
The-tuber mills-at Parkesburg are
virtuallyidle, although It is said that
prospects are good.
Conditions Good at Scranton
Scranton",, Pa., Nov. 7. The fact
that coal mining, the basic industry
here has not been affected either by
war or politics, has stiffened business
conditions generally, so that, accord
ing to Mark K: Edgar, secretary of
the board of trade, the city has fared
better than others. The summer coal
trade was the best ever known, and
all colleries are working full time,
with unlimited orders filed.
Orders from war countries have
kept some .of the principal mills go
ing, notably the Scranton Textile
company and th Lackawanna mills.
ment.
Local bankers also report that
there is a tendency toward improve
ment already.
Bethlehem Begins to Boom
Bethlehem, Pa., Nov." 7, Recent
l serument orders given to the
Bethlehem Steol enmnnnv i.i
with large orders from the English
and French governments, for various
various munitions of war, have served
to make the outlook for winter en
couraging to several hundred work
men Who linvn 1.aAn ii- . ."
Wii. i, , lul lor weeks.
r,with a mild winter' carpenters
Plasterers and other skilled mechan-
is a "taiSin? f rrk' for te?e
SL H?ildlns boom Bethlehem
Then the new fuse plant which th
Bethlehem Steel company te ewottaS
f, i8,QVeral Snared men S
uary 1, are on a minimum of $1.75 TrnM hriZ V, r tne nGW Minsi
The Coatesville silk mill expects to I skihed ironworkers busy SCr f
STEEL MEN SAY BUSINESS DE
PRESSION IS OVER
A United States Press dispatch
from Gary, Ind., November 16, says:
Six thousand men went back to work
at the Gary steel mills today after
an enforced idleness of several
weeks. A general improvement of
business in the steel industry, offi
cials of the company said, was re
sponsible for the resumption.
"Bottom has dropped out of the
business depression of the United
States," said an official of the steel
company. "From now on wo expect
an upward trend in the business
thermometer all over the nation."
The men who went back to work
today were set at work in the steel
mills, the tin plate mills and tho
plant of the American Bridge com
pany, indicating general improve
ment. Small steel products for ag
ricultural implement factories, steel
and iron plates for ore steamers and
many small jobs from the Pittsburgh
mills nro Rxnnntnrl tr come her
while the eastern mills are turning
out atmor plate for the allies. Parts
for automobiles also will be turned
out at the plants, which are now
running at from sixty to seventy P1"
cent of the normal capacity.
"The railroads have not yet begun
placing orders because of their finan
cial difficulties, btft they must soon
begin buying rails" said the steel
company official. "Buying will be in
large quantities because many of the
roads have neglected to purchase at
all during the period of depression.
When the railroad orders begin to
come in, prosperity can be said to
have returned to the steel business,.
"Iter
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