Show iran NEW sept 10 from every one of the twenty two establishment in the united states manufacturing fac turing wrought iron pipe and boiler tubes are in secret session here today under tha presidency of C P harron of city for the of diseasing the ament low prices which are dna to the deplorable condition of the trade and consider the necessity of a general shutdown shut down some of those present favor a scheme for leasing bome of aba smaller concerina con cerna and paying them abanna out of the profits of tho more extensive works alib meeting will take definite action on or other of these propositions is in trade owing to the great falling off in the demand for pipe in the natural gaa and oil regions the business haa aleo been effected by the depression in not simply through the usual channels but by the greater in building portions in many of the larger towns and cities iron is now cheaper than at any previous time and people who merely have tube mills and purchase iron ara in a position to do belter than the lare works which maie the iron fajin ahe ore it ia possible that the manufacturers may decide to ret aloag under the prent conditions a while longer in the hope that the approaching improvement in bu sices will materially hcan the trade ahe planta represented by the twenty two firms nad nut many years ago a total output aggregating m value nearly fifty millions a year this year it will not be more than half of that fi gur |