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Show DECLARES OPTIMISM RULES IN THE WEST Optimism rules throughout the west. This optimism is. lo my mind. Just. Judging from the recent action of the security markets. optimism 1 strong also In the east The railway strike has caused some dislocations and more harm in the Important Im-portant fruit-growing sections of thi 1 far west. Yet the underlying confidence confi-dence In the- future of the west la SO deep that apparent1;.- nothing could shake it. Reasons aplenty are pointed out forj the current cheerfulness The wheat and torn raising states are garner-lng garner-lng abundant hareits The year Is' proving an excellent one for the fruit crops which yield BO much wealth along the Pacific coajrt Lumber demand de-mand 'ind prices ;'re unusually satisfactory sat-isfactory The building boom Is. If anything more pronounced In the far west than elsewhere nnd the n w permits continue lo be taken out In record-breaking numbers. All manufacturers manu-facturers und merchants and tradesmen trades-men catering in any way to build-lug build-lug and home furnishing are doing on extraordinarily brisk business, manj concerns eclipsing ail previous turnovers. B C Forbes, in Forbes Magazine ( X Y |