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Show I BRISK BUSINESS AND GOOD TIMES. Local business men are of one opinion opin-ion as to the future. They all arc possessed of confidence. In this great land of ours, with its hillions of dollars of new money brought here during the war period, and Avith its limitless resources in machinery and raw material, and with its endless consuming and absorbing power, there is nothing to deny us prosperity except lack of confidence in ourselves. Possessing unbounded faith, we, as a nation, can perform miracles. ; An employer of men, 'when asked the question, how can the country restore re-store the soldier boys to useful em -employment, which Is one of the big problems connected with prosperity, he answered. k "For four years we have received Almost none of the -1,000,0.00 immigrants immi-grants who would have poured into our ports,.had there-been no war. We were absorbing foreigners at that rate before 1914. Furthermore 1,000,000 foreigners left our shores to fight for tiie fatherland. Then there will be 1,250,000 Americans in Europe for a year. The question Is not how shall we make room for the returning soldiers, sol-diers, but how are we to get along without more man power? For Instance, In-stance, our company has been employing employ-ing In Logan, Ogden and Salt Lake, boys and old men as laborers. I was forced to provide an automatic lift because be-cause the workers were not strong enough to wheel a barrow or sand. Our drivers arc inexperienced boys who have spoiled many good teams. The horses recognize a poor driver the: moment the reins are seized and tho animals soon lose confidence and arc incapable of pulling average loads. Our company today is in need of 300 men. And, if you were to extend your investigation inves-tigation you would find nearly all other oth-er large concerns similarly handicapped." handi-capped." With a broad demand for workers and a spirit of expansion everywhere asserting itself, America Is to continue to enjoy prosperity and now is the time to begin to prepare for that prosperity. pros-perity. The community ' that hesitates, because be-cause of consuming doubt, will be lost. |