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Show NOW FOR THE BOOM. The federal reserve board is confident that tho country will go through the period of readjustment without serious difficulty, the placing of surplus labor being the chief drawback observable. While it will be necessary to raiso some billions of dollars by the sale of Liberty Lib-erty bonds and taxation, the finances of the country are in excellent shape, and business will not Buffer on account of the lack of money. Restrictions upon loans have already been relaxed, and we have a right to expect that early in the spring the work of development will begin all over the country, especially espe-cially in tho intermountain region, whero tho prospects for returns upon investments aro eo alluring. Public works of all kinds were suspended during dur-ing the war, and "non-essential" buildings build-ings were placed under the ban. It is now possible to go ahead with such enterprises en-terprises without Interference, and the rosult should bo a tremendous boom all ulong the line. The war did not last long enough to do us any great amount of harm financially, even though it will cost us in the neighborhood of fifty billion dollars. There is more money in the vaults than ever before, and more real wealth in the hands of the people. We believe the confidence expressed by the federal reserve board has a very substantial foundation. |