Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-05 | Page 8 | Optimsm Grows, Bennett Finds

f Till GROWS, BENNETT FINDS: Eastern Business Men Look for Rapid Improvement in Business Factories in tho eastern states are operating at 90 per cent capacity, ac-cordlng ac-cordlng to George D, Bennett, superintendent super-intendent of the- Dfiden branch of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company who has just returned from the annual Metropolitan convention, which is held yearly at New York City. I Cotton mills in the southern states I and automobile factories In various parts of the east will operate at full capacity during the latter part of April i Mr. Bennett states 'Eaati rn business men term the period pe-riod at this time as the hesitation period pe-riod and In all parts of the east the merchants in all Unas of business are Optimistic over the outlook for 1921." i said Mr. Bennett, "While in the east, I conferred with many business men, I including bankers and found that tho I majority of them aro preparing for a In', al; In t'li' :u :. :. din Int: the lalt- r part j of April "Optimism ;ind confidence are needed. need-ed. I was Informed by eastern merch-: merch-: ants. The banks were never more full of money than they are at the present pres-ent time, according to eastern bank-I bank-I ers, and with the tide cha'hKlni?. they up' preparing for brisk business i p-timlsm p-timlsm la guining in ull sections of the ; east and It is surelv aiding business of I all kinds." i Mr. Bennett visited New York Chl-; Chl-; cagO Philadelphia and Washington during his easterh trip. The convention conven-tion at New York City was attended by 1000 Insurance men, he staled oo