Show 1 PROSPERITY TALK L L NOW UNIVERSAL i 1 1 i H Healthy and Normal Conditions Returning Throughout I the Country ki k FORWARD STRIDE RESUMED i t. t Telegraphic Reports s From In Industrial Industrial In- In il- il Centers Show Optimistic Op Op- O r Hm Tendencies es 1 h New lew York Jan 20 A A telegraphed 4 f request c t. t to towns tons In various ulous parts of or i J- J the cou country for Information on Int In Industrial In- In t l L'- L' conditions brought generally c favorable fa Prosperity anti and responses healthy normal Industrial and commercial com corn 3 mercial conditions condition are aro returning v throughout ho lie country I The Tho railroads Iron froh anti and steel mills r anti and coal mines which are Americas America's barometer of or r trade and antI Industry ref re report report re- re f port a ll general resumption In nil all parts of or the thc c country Banks flanks have havo plenty plent of or mono money to lend and are fostering tho ho increasing InC In Indus industries rles Payrolls are aro C mills and factories and business houses ar are taking back beck men who were SUB Bus l p lIend d. d Pro Prospects are arc declared brighter bright bright- ht- ht er or than at nt nn any time the financial flurry nurry In New York drove rove money mone Into hiding This money is again in fn lation Truth Trude Center Che 1 T Tn Von New York Vork St St. LouIR D Denver er Omaha ha Kansas CitY Knox Knox- J yule ville Birmingham Cleveland Indian Indian- l i lis the thc Industrial IndustrIa apol s and Cincinnati i f centers of the country countr this statement is made I 1 Resumption has bc begun un conditions I are arc Jr approaching normal and the outlook out- out look Jook Is IR bright ht i BrleJ Briefly the tho flurry flurry is over and tho the industries arc are resuming their forward stride While were many when tho the fin financial flurry first appeared who O were r ready aa to cry panic and rushed frantically ran 11 J to the savings banks to withdraw row Ulf their lr money they Uley have ha now become reassured d. d Tho steadying Influences Influences In Influences In- In of or great grea combinations of ot cap- cap Itoh did much to restore confidence Tho The press throughout tho the country did everything possible to convince con tho people that the they had more to fear from their lr own own nervousness than from froma a slump in Industries and this was no small l factor In relieving tho the strain Money Io lo to Hank flanks WithIn the tho last two weeks a steady str stream m of ot gold sold hon been touring pouring into the Ne New York savings savIng banks banIs It was cas the withdrawal of ot this ibis mone money that threatened for Cor a a. time to spread pread panic throughout the tho count country In one Ofle week more more- than went into the banks In Sew New York City The Tho effect of this was wis y s Immediately felt for tor money became easier easler and a number of oC factories factories fac fac- ac- ac torl tories s. s which had suspended or were running reduced time Uma because of the scarcity of oC m money ne started In full tull The great Northwest cst which was practically pra unshaken ken by the flurry in fn inthe the East acted a. a tu a governor of ot the situation The farmers enjoyed greater I prosperity H than ever er before beCore In the history of the country and with prosperity prosperity pros pros- so general c Jn In in one s section it was 1 not nol possible that thee should be actual I disaster r in another It seemed strangely Incomprehensible I ble to many mony that there could be Onan- Onan I rr CB itt itt- itta a time when products I I j i t m j nr ip qu ILl t. t t. t jb brn n R Ck t 01 S ih wt their tb d- d wealth wb i T n when Yh wheels h l yi of O sl Industry a s ip a up were ere humming in every c part of or the country America richest country In resources upon un the globe was t. t kited by seeing specie payments and r cash payments at banks abandoned but such conditions it was obvious could not last an any great s-reat length th of ot time Tho The people were too busy bisy and too prost pros pros- t to for panicky conditions ns From all nn parts of the thc country come coine reports of the resumption of those industries which were temporarily af at- d by the flurry In Wall street Men leu are Jre returning to the mills the mines and arid tile tho factories Railroad II road work is pro proceeding healthily and con con- str work is being projected I ember December na Record willi t the o completion of or the record for Decembers December's rB exports of steel It became became be be- came known that all nil previous records I were ivere shattered Close on to tons I of or steel tc l rails ralls billets beams blooms bars wire nails pi pipe pc and other pro pro- ducts were shipped through h New York and other Eastern seaports to practical practical- l ly every country In the civilized world Last Latt months month's increase over November No was 15 j ter er cent but bt tho total tonna tonnage e rep represented gen cd a gain gahi of almost per cent when campa compared rod with the average e monthly shipments during last year ear In foreign shipments last month Now New York handled bandIed more moro than seven times as much n as s went out via Baltimore and Philadelphia combined This is 18 the tho largest proportion ever handled through city in the tho history of the tho trade Grocery Trade TracIe improves There has been a general Improvement Improve Improve- ment In the grocery trade trado nil all tho the week From Prom the tho sudden manner In which the tho trade trado sprung up after the broken New Now Year week it would appear as ns though It was a matter of calendar control l' l rather than of a commercial necessity Ironworker Not The Tho National Erectors Erectors' a association consisting of ot firms engaged In structural structural tural Iron work worle throughout Canada nn and I the tho the United 11 States has announced that there will be le no cut Jn in the wages of ot its Ironworkers at present are earning per day and a about out men are tc kept bus busy by the differ ent firms of ot the association All the local clothiers are bus busy on spring orders and antI the outlook is goodNew good j New York Jan 20 20 0 Business s will c certainly be c moro more honestly P and fairly conducted hereafter this will prove r rOve ve one good result of the tho relaxation last hut raiL falL This statement nt was made b by trudge Etbert Elbert II Clo Gary y chairman of tho the United I Sta States tes Steel corporation Judge Gary Car regards the tho c fu future ure with th optimism held l Up Ull Scale certainly should be no Samuel tion In wages wn-es In this country salt said S Gompers Compers president of or the tho Amer Amer- lean ican l federation of L Labor bor A A re uc- uc tion to relieve a a. situation like Uko thi this B would mean jhean noan that tho the situation would Woul ci ciS S become becom worse When hen you reduce wages wage S you ou reduce tho the consuming power of or th the p people 0 Nothing could bo ho worse at nt thi this S time fault The uThe of financial flurry was as not th the tho 0 tho the working people and the thc they I Iare are not to be tho the sufferers a no 0 matter bero the fault lies I cannot se see tho the reason for Imposing g L any hardship on labor Jabor Tho The soil Roll of or Ut the e country Is lJ capable of or producing a as ns 5 much as ns It ever efer did Business men Inen ar are aro 0 just as keen and nl men are arc as J s as ns over This Is tho the boat beet argument the that Lt i 1 there should be no wage reduction J I 1 tho the conditions will win conr con con- L r r- r to Improve I 1 certainly hope po 10 i i c and It appears as If It tho the near future will JU Justify these hopes Gr Great rent nt lle lorer Tho The recuperative o power of or business which was evidenced 4 1 after attar tho financial t depression of or recent months is the tho greatest the tho countr country has lias ever expo expo- Business Is on tho the mend InI In In- In conditions are bettering and will continue continue- to do so The prosperous conditions enjoyed b before ore money be became became be- be I came scarce axe are at at band band again ana arid where temporary stringency r was In evi 1 f dence the most enthusiastic optimism optimum prevails In there words Ralph M. M r. r Easly r. r chairman of or the executive council of or I the National Civic Federation described 1 t p e e general sound conditions condItion of ot bus bus busi- r r Iha ness ne ss throughout the countr Easly Easl Easi ha has s exceptional opportunities to feel Ceel th the e pulse puls of ot tho the country receiving as ns aslie lie he does doos reports of oC all an meetings of or bu businessmen siness mon and labor leaders leader John T J. Lentz former congressman from fr om m the Columbus Ohio district says says' Th This II panic is 18 due duo to stock gambling an and d not to the tho fact that tho the products of ot th the tho the minos In iT x t r l nR o W I it rys r all Nation nl h w which will will prevent prevent banks J g for f or gambling purposes W will prevent ent th tho e plague of or such fUch a panic as we wo have c I 1 believe sonic some action will soon Mon re restore ro- ro store tore s confidence and business activity o 2 n Cause for John Y Bassell secretary of ot the b board oard of trade Columbus says sa-s In Jn Iny m my y ju judgment there ne has existed b broadly throughout tho country business busi busl- fl ness noss OSS conditions that justified an abandonment abandonment aban aban- d of or confidence The Tho main foundation foundation foun bun d dation atlon stones upon which the tho superstructure super super- st structure of prosperity is js supposed to re rest agriculture st commerce and Industry Indus indus- tr try ale tr are y-are ale shown to bo in an unusually h healthy condition There never ne has been a ahl anything radical radically wrong and all the tile hl ills l to which wo we have havo fallen heir hell arc are m more ore of the Imagination than of or facts Loo Looking forward to resumption of or co confidence we would woul say that it Is IR but n necessary that the people forget foret the p past ast and anti address themselves cs to tho the th things ings of or tho future I venture the p prediction that within twelve months' months ti time me money will be plentiful to the point p of or plethora and antI that the country countr will w ill havo have resumed a n prosperous condition condi condi- ti tion on on such a 3 basis of ot magnitude as asas h has as possibly never nevel been known Imo before beCore Syracuse N. N Y Jar Jan 20 While O. While several several sev soy o eral ral plants suspended operations at t th this his Is place when the tile financial depression depression depres depres- s sion ion was first felt the they havo have resumed resume w work norl Contracts Contract arc are being renewed bo- bo t tween the building tr trades des people and andem em employers c loers and arid there Is J plenty lent of ot d demand de do m mand and for men melt Tho branch of or the tho National Na Na- t ional Tubo Tube works which suspended s some ome time a ago o. o is 18 again operating In f full ull Three hundred men are arc at nt work T The he samo same spirit of or Indu Industry tr prevails in a all aU ll the plants about Syracuse Geneva N N. Y Jan 20 Geneva Gene Geneva was b bt mt ut little affected h by the tho financial dis dis- dis t and those institutions is H which f felt elt lt somo temporary embar embarrassment and were wele compelled to run on time timo have havo now row resumed for Cor the tho most part parton on old schedules Nothing but optimistic tic talk Is heard heart here Fa Pa Jan IS State Senator Sen Son ator Jhn John W W. Crawford president of 01 tho the stock e exchange chan e. e said today tolay to to- to- to day lay General conditions In financial i and ana Industrial circles In Pittsburg aro arc I much bett better r than they bavo havo been tot for months hs Every day Is snowing more i Improvement Currency Is la much easier casler On the tho whole I see no reason cason w wiy y con con- shou should not pot continue to Improve e lle H Johnstown Pa Jan 20 Tho Tho Dessemer Desse- Desse mer steel plant which ha has practically t been Leen Idle for fOl the weeks re to resume re- re sume operations this week weak Four Fou r thousand nd workmen who had been suspended sus sus- welcomed welcom d the news s Condi lions lion In itt this re region lon aro no becoming better bet bet- ter every day The mines are worl working and the steel atel business is prospering Johnstown Is la somewhat of or ft n. naiona national I barometer because ot of the tho industries S located here Tho The steel mills the pian V mines the lumber Industry and ana others S are no of or such proportions that the prosperous pros pros- porous con conditions of or the country at are aro a quickly reflected Tho The Cambria mills are arc among Ut tho 0 biggest of or their kind lu ii the countr country nh employ thousands of or men With Wit Ii those these mills running the general genera condi I- I tion Hon of oC prosperity U Is good V- V GIn Gln Works S Seek I. I lI Help lp N. N J J. Jan 20 W. want want- ed Id signs s. hanging In front of the of oC- oC fice of or the bl big glass daHs worl works s at thi this S place tells more eloquently than words word S o of f the splendid prosperous condition C Che of oC if t the he community community- When the financial scare fir first t hi hit Lt N New ew York and ana was re reflected throughout through o out ut the country there was a feeling o of oC f uneasiness at this place As a n mater matter matter mat mat- t ter er o of tact fact several plants suspended a amon among mong them tho the glass works These Thes I 7 i lanta lants have nit nil resumed and in Thesa Ut the a glass Klass works alone alona no less than Uto o woi fUll U tithe to e neY u 1 In Ia v England Boston Jan 20 New O.- O. New c England Ii In- In I- I conditions have assumed en er encouraging en- en I- I activity since the first C orthe of or r the year according to reports trot from n various trade centers In m manufacturing i ing ng centers there is a n note of Improvement Improvement Im ml I- I provement that is reassuring to bot both Ih h manufacturers find and nd to operatives The local trade situation is looking g especially in retail lines up Buyer S who have been severely restricted re d to giving orders for the past two tw 0 months are now rec receiving more mol mollee leea leeway lee lee- twi i- i a way from the corporations The discouraging dis Iway I- I c succession of oC reports about abot it e being laid off ocr of oC overproduction overproduction on alread already crowded markets market 5 and a nd of or general stricture In market matters mat t Ors tel's has baa lessened and an upward tur turnIE turn a as i IK IE s noticeable The latest of oC this nature from n the New v England section Is from trot Itt Bridgeport Conn where all tho the hi big g p plants lants and most of oC the accessory ones one S a are re running on full time or 01 nearl nearly N full ull time Ten thousand skilled operatives oper oper- es are Jre at work worl now no where 0 were employed only a few weeks ag ago ao II Another sample of ot rising trade an and d e asler casler mone money which encourages capItal cap cap- i ital tal to branch out is found in Ut tho 0 financing of the proposed Windsor yule and East Hartford Street Railway Rail Rai 1 way company compan a 3 project which ha has 5 been dela delayed ed a bit on account of or Ut the IC financial stringency It Is proposed I to 0 capitalize this line at Subscriptions Sub Sut I aro are already being tak taken n u up p along the of development In Lawrence Lowell and Fall IaU River five r. r where operatives are employed t In tho the m manufacture o of cottons an ann an and where suspensions |