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Show H MEANS RESTORED PROSPERITY. H There were three very important news items in Tuesday's H Standard. Each item was a message of good cheer for Ogden. One M was tho decision of the executive committee of the Harriman lines H to double track tho Union Pacific from Omaha to Ogden and the H Southern Pacific from Ogden to San Francisco; the second was the H victory of San Francisco over Now Orleans; and the third was the H declaration of the Steel Trust that aU reports of general managers H of sales indicated a revival in business. H The double tracking of tho Union Pacific and Southern Pacific H means the distribution of great sums of money in the territory of H which Ogden is a commercial center; it stands for an unexpected H boost to our prosperity. l The recognizing of San Francisco as the placo for tho world s H fair in 1915 is an assurance of the success of that groat undertaking H by the people of the Pacific coast, and from now on Ogden may H expect to benefit by the increased traffic to and from San Fran- Hj cisco as preparations for the fair progress and as peoplo begin to H be attracted to the center of animation. During the fair period, the H travel through Ogden will be unprecedented. H We must confess that for some time we have seen business con- H ditions in the East darkly as through colored glasses, but the action Hl of the Harriman people reinforced by the favorable report of the H United States Steel corporation, has changed the aspect of things H and there is now reason to hope for the dispersing of the financial fl clouds which have cast deep shadows for months past. The iron and H steel trade is a barometer of business conditions, so that when Judge H Gary, as chairman of the board in control of the -Steel trust, sees M fit to make the following statement, we have cause for congratula- j "The reports of general managers of sales, which we get H weekly, are all favorable more so than at any time in the last six j months. Our last daily reports of booking was January 27th and H including that day, the bookings per day for the month of January M were 30,000 tons, not including any of the large orders for rails j which we have received in the last two days and which are not re- H ported yet. This compares with 22,000 tons a day in Decomber and H similar amounts in November. H """ "Tin plate business and the wire business are practically act H ive, also the export business, but in all linos there is marked im- H provement, and we have witnessed an increase in operations. The H percentage of operation has considerably increased." H Note what Judge Gary says as to "large orders for rails received H in the last two days." When, the railroads can forget their troubles H to the extent of ordering new rails no doubt for new work, as H in the case of the Harriman roads then there is no excuse left for H the other big interests fail to oast off their sulks and proceed 'to H restore the country to a condition of prosperity. |