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Show H 11 PROSPERITY AND H V THE NEW YEAR H j Tho National Uloak, Suit and Skirt H Manufacturers Association has col' H ( looted tho following data on tho pros- H purity ot tho Now Year and In a but- H if letln lias mailed It to every member Hi the association: H I , Tho following facts, based upon In- 1 , formation obtained from the highest rj nuthorltles and deullngs with factors flf '( f fundamental to tho condition o gen- M ' ' erali business, indicate that the com- K lng year -will bo one of unusunl pros- LHHHIVt 7 jierltj': M j 1. At tho present time tho amount Hj ot monoy tn circulation nearly four flr billion dollars Is tho greatest our ! ' J country lias ever known. In fact, money Is icntlful In every section. "Banking resources continue to In- crensu ait an unusually rapid rato. fli' 'Tho total resources ot the TG12 Na- V J tlonal banks Is estlmatod at thirteen ' H' bllllcn dollars. Those facts Indicate L'V"'1 h that tho average consumer has am-' Kf j, -pie money and that retail sales Hf j should bo heavy. I H ,' '2. Tho lialanco ot trade for the HsT present yenr far eclipses all previous feJ records. For ten months In 1015 It fltf "'ins been $1,410,199,339, as compared , M ' -with TH3.9G0.7CS for 1914. Only the H I 'tact that vessels aro not available H prevents this remarkable showing H, from 'being oven more favorable, fl 3. The "business activity otthecoun H try oxecods all former records, csti- H ' mates being made that 9S per cent VI ot tho businesses aro operating on a B ftv profit paying basis, I B R. 4. llulldlng oporatlons continue to flfftri tnrrense. I HF M 5. Tiio railroads are experiencing Ht ' -n great Increase In tralTIc and in earn Bi'l lngs and are spending vast sums In Vjjj 1 expanding tholr capacities. Mfk. 0. Tho porcentago ot employed la- H bor Is larger than over before, with fl wages at their highest record. HBB ' 7. Tho crops aro tho largest In HBM our blHtory the valuo of the yield Is HBB; tho highest yet known, being placed HBJ i' bv federal authorities at approxtm- BBS ' iitcly ten bll'Iou dollars. HBJ y S. Tho amazing progress ot Iron HBEt. j and steel Industry one of the most HBV reliable business barnmetcrs, haB led HBJ j tho National City Dank of New HBV f Yrrlc to state, "Heforo tho war Is HBJI i over, our capacity for tho production HHj of steel and Iron will probably bo HHI i greater than that of all tho rest ot HBI tho world." HBj. ) Tho foregoing facts clearly prove J thnt 1910 will bo tho Notion's jubl'ee HBJ . year ot prosperity. In fact, Dabson's HBJ Statistical Bureau states that In tho HBj comparison of fundamental subjects HBj even greater Increases will ho mndo HH ' In 1910 than In 1915. |
