Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1909 — WIRE PRODUCTS TO GO UP [ARTICLE]

WIRE PRODUCTS TO GO UP

Advance of $2 a Ton Will Soon Take JEffect. New York, July 27.—Notice of an advance of $2 a ton in wire products to

take effect Aug. 1, was given,*'by the American Steel and. Wire confpany, a subsidiary concern of the United States Steel corporation. Several weeks ago this advance was announced to take effect the first of next year and contracts for delivery after Jan. 1 were made on that basis. The date <sf the effectiveness of the advance is now set forward by five months.