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Show TIPSON BUSINESS - The coal strike has cut bituminous bitumin-ous production from 11,600. 000 tons a week down to 3. BOO, 000 tons. Mine operators claim that the open-shop open-shop output can be increased as soon as a market develops. The strike has almost completely paralyzed mining in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois West Virginia mines are at 65 per cent normal production. The strategy of the strikers thr Uteris, Ut-eris, to hit the steel Industry a hard blow by shutting off the supply of Connellavillfl coke. Some of the independent in-dependent steel companies already have "gone out of the market." With coke supply shut off, the steel Industry Indus-try would quickly return to stagnation. stagna-tion. big sn :el oi m i The steel industry In the last six weeks has been producing at an annual an-nual rate bigger than any pre-war year. March Ingot output was 11.70.751 tons, against 803.370 tons last July and 1.7-12 34f tons in February, I'J'ZZ. IFTER BUSINESS Sales of postage stamps In 50 leading lead-ing poatoffloefl COntlnUa climbing, reflecting re-flecting the expansion of the "go-getter" campaign for more business. Stamp sales in March were the largest on record iur that month and nearly twice as big ns In March. H I TOS M i l iv. Auto industry keeps on climbing H More cars were manufactured In J March than in anv month since Aug- H ust, 1920. Shipments from factories H gained ii per cent over February. H and 15 per cent over March. 1921. Part H of this revival is eaeonal regular H spring business. H PROPERTIES Home-, up for sale, are moving H slowly. This Is the situation In nearly H every large city. Few buyers, but J plenty of lookers, indicating a heavy J demand Is being dammed up to break H throught later In a big turn-over of H property. H i ' 1 .ill M) i MENT I April la del sloping as a dull month H for coal sales. This Is'cuttlng sharp- H ly into volume of freight traffic. Near- H ly every other class of freight, except H farm products, continues gaining H ght movement now is less than ftH in the corresponding period of 1920, H but about a fourth bigger than a year H |