| Show OWlS BUSINESS me me e Folks Howl Say Howl Say the Wolf Is at the theDoor Door Door But But the Country Hasn't Gone to the Dogs BUSINESS IS GOOD i iBy I By T. T DeWITT FOSTER I long Along about this time every year the already tired business Ian an number in recent times have become legion what what- ver that may nay be is made much more tired and weary we Right Eight say by answering that same old stock question I 1 Well how is business And its it's a hundred to one shot that the man who asks this this' estion has no more interest in how is business than I 1 h have ve velI lI 1 the e date when hen the the int interest rest is paid on government bonds For ForSse Fori i ipse se who might misconstrue this tIus last part let it be known here pow now that my lack of concern as to when interest is paid on bonds Is not noC because I av so many of at them that the inon- inon mon mon- is of ot no conc con con- c qu nce but only for the r reason ason that have none at all an Neither have I bonds of ot any well wen known corporation or gas company rany any one of the many other ons which issue these Implements f money making There are no en en- muscles on my my from the scissors clipping cUpping cou- cou ons nut But to continue on the line Une of con- con which this little piece for he Paper originally was Intended to toe e about Business it was and in making this piece item story or it may be termed I am amt i tempting t to relieve the aforesaid red business man who hereinafter referred to only as the Che he T T. B B. B of ot further necessity of answering times a a. day that old stock How is business Another Stock Phrase gain Again we say that the question as E become merely a stock phrase uch as others of ot well known varty varl- varl ty always pop up about this ime me time of at the year wit to the Yuletide stuff and the Sappy and so on and so firth irth Fyi business is good Now that little word in this sentence is from the language of ot the I islanders or any other of ot the sea natives but it is just a which saves space on the le message to telegraph edi- edi rs sJ Fyi Jolted me hard when first struck me and for many minutes pondered and wondered and th then than n back that It could not be found Atha book But its it's very very sim- sim simle le kI te See Fyi means for tor your mUon atlon so 0 if it I had said that in the r place the sentence would havi hav t tH H For your Information business algood Even the men who are standing round with tears In their eyes and amI and bemoaning the loss of ot tariff and with what they are a nice clear vision of future vents can see the country going to Ilia Uta whooping and whooping had hard hose bose who feel that Old Man Calami- Calami Jand Hard Times already have cached their destination and unpack their trunks trunks' and stay the e little old United States a White while idl that business is good and will as much excepting in political Only the other day I ran across one tIthe men who put up the usual cry of ot calamity and unset unset- ed state of ot affairs And then for m unknown reason he ended his interview with me by saying Although Al our business is 20 per ahead of last year and that was wasi i elbest 1 ups t year we ever had l What V at say ay brother I cried some some- a Unless my line of ot and hearing is running way schedule and so far no one h has s threatened to cause a sanity board lilt on my case methinks you Just folded to me a a. long wall wail and cry o out t the nation being headed to warm and well filled end ld tSp So Us so Us came the tho reply Buis Bub I was speaking of the other not me not me tWell Well this must be looked into ort of t an nn investigation and I if lings are that bad something should eldone tIdone done to lay in the supply of the Ids goods in preparation for the ming of ot t the e proverbial wolf whom icy say hangs on like a bad debt he arrives ma Old Chestnut fertile the Investigation proceeded to butcher the baker the electric electrio lit maker and all other of ot the T. T ilM r. M. who are wont to have a hand handI I lithe the operation of ot the worlds world's com- com It was the same old chest- chest aree tin every place where the stand- stand rot of investigation was planted Well I Understand that things are pretty bad shape However com com- Jour business is far in excess of t year Do you peddle any munitions of rj r sech things as are used by fighting men across the seas No IiNo my business has not been aff af- af f ted d by y the war war that condl- condl Didn't you Just say ns s were something awful an and re re your our piece about I 1 remember k In 93 03 or 70 Tes es s. s yes of course but I was only essing my sorrow for the other ow w w. li hr I get you now now was as love Of t fellow man which Kight about this hue and cry of and for that very same reason y to help out poor old T. T B. B M. M 1 IP put t a stop to these human jok- jok ILand who Iwho all the time are asking how b business and at the same time Ume lw wanting to know or already have Information on tho the subject that dont don't have to read the weekly rIB its on business conditions ings ing's l g Are Ara Greater just j st to show you how Is busl- busl we find after atter a little search the tho suffering public in Salt Lake g his has been able ablo this year to inase Ine In In- I ase se e its savings only little more moret t 1 and that deposits deposit in commercial accounts which mark trend of ot trade have shown such increase that some of ot bankers lankers are wondering what they to do if it tho the Increase conis const con- con st is does not apply to the far tar wild woolly West alone but also back scorn belt Recently a banker that that section let me in on a little of his woe He lie had so much y In his bank barile that there WIlSer was WIlS er of ot breaking the vault by not lend a little 1 end nd to who The poor down downen I iJen en farmer who was so poor this that he was only able to take I 25 per cent of ot the total auto- auto pr production of ot the nation is In 11 game ame fix The farmers not only i own the banks but have more money than the bank banle They must be content content content con con- tent with clipping coupons coupon from government and Es Is I tell you jou ou things are tough And there is another thing which cannot be explained and which the howlers howers of woe and misery I dont don't even tr try The last two years have brought forth abundant and bountiful crops and so far tar as can be seen the ov over r production point of ot which so much has b been en said has not been reached although the harvests harvests harvests har har- vests of grain have been the largest in In the tho history of ot the nation And corn con 1 has n not t been selling at four cents cenis a bushel Dushel and so far we have not heard of at anyone sticking it in the thi stove in lieu bf of other fuel tuel To date it has been possible to sell the corn buy coal and then have a few pennies pen pen- nies left with which to take up part of the automobile crop Times are sure bad v r From li HT UI l' l old New York which up to the last few tew years rears has held tightly tightly tight tight- ly onto the purse string of ot the nation comes the report that the other Jay the Hie second instalment of ot the Anglo Anglo- French l loan n amounting Daunting to more th than n was paid But it never turned a a. hair and the low rate of ot Interest at which money could be bem had did not even let out one feeble m little quiver but remained firm and strong at 3 per cent And the taking away of ot this little hunk of the worlds world's wealth which wealth which I would say was quite some hunk hunk did did not even make a It little lit little lit lit- tle dent on the available supply of ready money Again we say things is sure tough I Even en the steamship companies are having hard luck and one company reports that it will be able to pay pa but 17 11 per cent dividends this year on its stock Another who fears tears the th coming of peace threatens to i spend a da day on telegrams to all parts of the nation urging measures measures meas- meas ures to bring about the thc settlement of ot the European war Still there are some who Insist that the apparent prosperity has come only because of ot the war And this in face of ot a day to stop the slaughter All AH Are Employed Business again we say Is good and I apparently the world is getting gooder gooder good 01 er all around American publishers I report an increase se f Tri lit the Bible bus e.-bus business busl- busl ness of ot ov over r 50 60 p per r cent above the best previous year And And notwithstanding notwithstanding standing the peace argosy on which Henry Ford and his corps took passa passage passage pas pas- sa sage e several days ago after paying for tor the loan of ot a a. steamship on which to make malte the trip there Is no noticeable chan change e for the worse in business and industrial plants of ot the nation are worried and sore because the machines wont won't run any faster Aint it tough From old New England comes the message to the nation at large that unemployment has forever been banished from that section and arid I that there are about more I workmen employed than there ever i was before We Wo will wUl admit here however however how how- ever that war orders have bave had something something something some some- thing to do with the remarkable state of ot affairs In New England Stocks on the tho several stock exchanges exchanges exchanges ex changes In the nation are arc up but the financial and stock exchange editors editors editors edi edi- tors have written there Is no speculative speculative speculative features so often otten of ot late that it has become a stock phrase Clever Just to show yon 06 how really bad conditions are and how quick th the people are to take hold and to have havet t Of f every little piece t Ot of f money within reach the majority of ot the shareholders holders hold hold- ers of ot the Guggenheim Exploration company are electing to accept Ken Ken- enn en- en n ott Copper shares rath rather r than cash for tor their Interest in the company's holdings of ot Utah Copper Even the express companies who let out a long loud wail wall when the parcel post went into business and let it be known the they sure were going bust are looking 1 up right pert One concern which was among among- those present in the Ule Weering weep weeping Weer- Weer eef I ing and wailing recently declared ll a i dividend of ot 1 50 a share Along this same line nine of ot the leading express companies reported P earnings I for one month this this' I year against less than for the tt-e t e samp same month of 1914 Pittsburg Is Suffering Pittsburg has come In for tOl a little of ot the tou tough h luck and the steel mills are now being forced to dispose if 11 f their product at only 11 aton a a. a ton in in advance over the low mark maik m k of of last December r. r Railroads are crying and nd are are sad sail I and sore There is ar congestion a-congestion of ot business so great a congestion in I fact tact that one road was forced to put an embargo on freight ht while an another another an- an other line recently s sent nt In an order I an-I to toa toa toa a car builder for tor new box cars carsto carsto carsto to care for the traffic A Again aln much muth hard sledding sledding- which might but it I doesn't indicate that old friend Wolf was at the post and just lust a rearing 1 to go Boston sent out a report that there is dancer daner of ot a coal coat shortage in the industrial districts of the state stat About tons of of bituminous s coal oal is III consumed pe per annum annum In th the New England industrial centers and this self s lf same authority for the re report report retort re- re port tort of ot the coal shortage says There is at present a great gret demand for tor bituminous bituminous bituminous bitu bitu- minous coal and I dont don't think even after atter the war Is over we are to see any material recession Industry Industry In- In will o o right ht ahead with the expansion of business I Capper Copper sales have surpassed all records and again admission Is marl mad that the war is although not I wholly responsible and producers I have sold five the and In porno Fomo cases days davs ahead Busi Business esl failures fail tall i urea ures have even shown a a. falliner ot Indeed One On packing company shows an increase o of more mOTe than ot fi of business for this year vear over last year Nice There has haR b been en launched a new enterprise In the Industrial worl i known as aR lh th th American International corporation that has surpassed any n thin on record 1 for tOl big big- financing financing- It will h have he e for Its Us u purpose mose the enlargement enlarge enlarge- ment of ot foreign trade Now therefore Mr T T. B B. M M. tb the theold I old stock stork sUon has about been I j answered Of ot course It would be possible possible pos pos- i sible to continue this enumeration of Industrials and commercials for tor another column But why II Business is good and I got other things A to do |
