Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-20 | Page 3 | Country of Verge of Prosperous Era

COUNTRY ON VERGE j OF PROSPEROUS ERA ; Oscar Groshell Declares Business Conditions Condi-tions of the Nation Are Rapidly Improving. "I am conwnced that this country is ! on the verge of the greatest era of i prosperity in its history," said Oscar I (iroshell," local sales assent for the National Na-tional Cash Register company, on his return to Salt Lake from Dayton, O., where he has been attending a three-dav three-dav convention of the company's SOO salesmen in the United States and Canada. Can-ada. 'While in Davton I made it a special spe-cial point to talk to men from every section of North America," saul Mr. Oroshell. "Without a single exception evcrvone expressed himselt as convinced con-vinced that business conditions are rapidly rap-idly improving. 'John H. Patterson, the president of the company, who met with ua in convention con-vention dailv, told us that a wave of unprecedented prosperity is moving across the country. It has not struck all lines vet, but the basic industries have felt 'it. The steel industry is an illustration of this point. In the steel districts I was told that the mills are flooded with orders which they cannot accept. "Our salesmen regularly visit every retail merchant in the country. Prom interviews with these thousands of merchants, mer-chants, our men concluded that today the country is 100 per cent better off than it was a year ago." Mr. Groshell said that tho convention was one of the most unusual gatherings of commercial men ever held in this country. Daily sessions were held in the bic X. CV R. "Schoolhouse," a monumental building, which seats 1200. The last night of the convention the salesmen were escorted to their trains by 5000 Davton employees of the cash register company. Red torches and banners, announcing that "Business Is Booming," were carried by the marchers.