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Show RAILROAD PRESIDENT TAKES OPTIMISTIC VIEW By Leased Wire to The Trlbuno NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Like President Presi-dent Brown of the xsTew York Central and .7. .7. Hill and other railroad magnates, mag-nates, President Truosdale of the Delaware, Dela-ware, Lackawanna & Wostern, has no hesitancy in declaring that tho outlook for business gonorally this fall and winter is exceptionally bright. "We are at a stage when wo must forge ahead," Mr. Trucsdalo said. "There is no stopping or retrogrcssin" 111 this country. Thoro is too much at stake to allow a backward stop now. Croakers have boon predicting all kinds of dire things, some going so far as to prohpesy a reaction in Wall street that will even eclipse Black Friday That is all rot. Tho affairs of tins country that is, its financial, industrial indus-trial and farming in this day aro on too solid a foundation to permit of any such stampede. Tho outlook, in mv opinion, is exceptionally good, and reports re-ports from all parts-of the country boar me out in this statement." |