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_T' ’ ~ $T*7 ” " T » '? THE COUNTRY’S BUSINESS AT FLOOD TICE KEEP THE WH.STLE BLOWING From Every Section of the Nation Comes tho Good News of a People’s Prosperity. BIG CHOPS, PLENTY^ OF WORK, GOOD WAGES r iuliue Kruttechnltt and M e Free ident of the Penneylvaali KahnTell ef Inoreased Buel* Sete Recerd Geed Ttmoa neee Everywhere. ■■ Ahead. j ? OTHMS Ig Æ IIVVVW V I H E country is at the flood tide *f pro« parity. The 1st« f*wr years m 4 w Re^sutfkMi l a « « mmi R e publican policies mark a trium phant climax ia th« uatien’s histery. rom the day that William McKinley, in the name of the "l / Pf — Republican psrty, assumed control of the government, down to the ptesent time, when William Howard Taft is proving the worthy and patriotic successor of the martyred president, there has been uninterrupted progress, unexampled prosperity, mar velous growth Business everywhere is booming. Labor is in great de* mand, and wages were never Setter. Hanks* deposits are in HAPPY FARMERS creasing. Railroads are carrying enormous quantities of They Have Every CaiAe for Joy on freight. Shipbuilding has taken on a new lease of life. Farm the Next Thanksgiving Day. ers are making money and miners and all other classes of workers are busy. Never was such universal activity known From the Detroit Free Tress, 8ept. 12, before. 1912: A marvelously fortunate year Is this The details presented in these columns tell their own con of 1912 for thla land of ours. The vincing story. They are gathered from all sections of the government crop report yesterday re country— a broadside of interesting, instructvie facts that dem- 5 news once more the proof that all onstrate the widespread blessing of prosperity all over the « things are uniting for the welfare of Americans. It le an amazing show land. * ing, 200,000,000 bushel* of sprtng ! BUSINESS IS BRISK * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * 4 * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * a wheat being reported as In sight, where last year the yield waa only Local Mereba ts In th* Tawns Fled 190,000.000 bushels, and the year be fore 200,000,000. Added to the winter Receipts Increasing Each ■radstrsat’s Report Says That Trad« , wheat, which In spite of the soft wheat Manth. Continual Ita Onward leases In our own section of the coun Vnder the beading. “ Rualneaa Is try. will still pass the 1911 mark, the March. Rrtak this Fall,” the Freeport. H I, total yield of this grain will run well Journal aaya that local merchants are Bradatreet’a Report, a reeovrnlied optimistic and that “ autumn displays above 700.000,000 bushels, and If pri authority on bualneaa condition*, In local wtndowa Include great variety vate advices are reliable, even above auma up th« present proaperity tn th« of high class goods that will Ball ; 200,000,000 bushels. We have had but two years in the following word*: well.” The Journal then aaya: paat when the 700,000.000 mark was Every prospect pleases and *rad« "Recent report* from shippers In continue* Ita onward march. Cumula 1 almost every aectlon of the country passed. 1906 and 1901, and the outlook Is that the return per bushel for the tive strength appears to he the order ' give one the that the or.l 7 fam of the day. The quickening Impulses ine we will have Is one of freight cars harvest now available will exceed that ; of either of these. ef better things are extending to aee- rather than of produce. The condi Nor Is wheat the only crop that la tlona that heretofore have been rela tions tn the harvest fields of our great tively backward, and what la moat alg grain section* thla year have demand practically assured of reaching record Corn, potatoes, barley, rye nlflcant. garnered crop* contribute ed more labor than they could get. figures. even higher yield* than were antici and that condition has not existed for and some other* are already in the class of bumper yields. The Indica pated a fortnight ago, with thoae yet aeveral seesona. Wage* are at the to be gathered -corn and cotton— giv top notch and there Is plenty of work. tions amount to assurance that they ing evidence of astontahtng good Factories are working full force and will all exceed any previous aggre gate. prograaa. The crop situation la aueb many of them overtime. And the While the American fields are teem aa to generate optlmlam, the Influ faimer still buys automobiles. ing with their produce across the ences of which on trade are clearly “ Among local merchants business ocean I* heard the cry of distress. apparent all over the west. haa been good this summer and each “ Steel bualneaa was never better. month haa shown an Improvement Cold weather and prolonged rainfall •pecldratlonr In August were of rec- over the corresponding month one have played havoc there. The land la sodden and unfrlutful. Wbat crops rord proportions, pig Iron la active at year ago." '• have grown are drowning In flood. sn unprecedented rste of production, The American farmer, with hla barns and higher prices have been named bulging with the yield of Is acres on a number of finished lines. Job will get big prices for Is big stock bers of dry goods have enjoyed a Politic* Unfortunately, Will Hava an of food supplies. good house trade despite the holidays, Influence Upon Continued A bountiful harvest and a strong visiting buyers still being In evidence, Proaperity. < demand should make the farmer of and road sales are larger, while bust- 1 this country a happy man on Thanks- sees for spring Is epantag U * gwod In an Interview published In New ! giving day. way with first hands.” York, Mr. Jamee 9 Alexander, presi dent of the National Bank of Com- BRIGHTENING WEEKS. | meree, said: From the New York Commercial, Sept. Chairman Lovett Reports Crop and “ Merchant* have been Increasing 11, 1912: •ualnasa Prospects their etocke. Labor la well employed "Each week la more auspicious than Tremendous crop» are assured. The Qood. Its predecessor ifi the auspicious prom- outlook la exceedingly good." This Rut Mr. Alexander added that poll- | Ise of a great business year. From the New York Tribune: Implies according to the laws of trade Ex Judge R. 9. Lovett, chairman eff i tic*, unfortunately, were a factor In chances several to-succeed It With the executive committee of the com the situation and that tf present eon- Immense uniform crops ss a founds- panies embraced In the Harrtman sys ! dltlons were changed by the election. i tlon, accompanied by conditions In the tem. who reached this city at the I the business world would naturally ; Old World much less favorable. It ; aulfer. close of last week from a five weeks’ gives this country a place of vantage trip In the west, said yesterday aa the i which It has rarely If ever experi Business Continue* Good, result of his observation that the crop enced. so concurrently do the general and business outlook could not be From the Jackson, Mich., Patriot, facts at home and abroad run In our Bept. 11. 1912: more encouraging. A* to the crop*, favor. Aa to the general business of the he said he did not see how they could A significant fact la that New York be better, and bualneaa was for that country, although within lea* than for the last week haa been put to Its reason unusually good. I.abor, how eight weeks of election, with condi trumps to accomodate adequately ever. waa very scarce, and as a result tions growing fevorlsh among candi the Immense throngs of business vls- a good deal of the construction work dates. there can be no two opinion«. ! Itora. No city la better supplied with of the syatcm’a roads waa being de It la large and tends to become larger. In some cases showing a volume nev such resources of hospitality, but they layed. j have been strained to the uttermost er before recorded. 1 since the middle of August. There Is Thla la especially the cage with A Great Butineas Revival. nothing In the capacity of our trnns- From the Independence, Kan., Dally those Industries which Imply a large portatlon lines which does not fully volume of bualneaa In other line* and Reporter: eonioln with the sanguine outlook that Pronounced revival of bualneaa directions, such, for example, aa the prevadea the whole country. prosperity has set In, according to the Industrial demand for fuel and the While all the activities of trade are growing belief of bualneaa and finan Merest output ever known In manufac notable now they will he vastly more cial men from all over the country. tured steel. so In a few weeks. At no time In the history of thla A decided awakening from the period of excessive dullness and limited busi country ha* the production of «teel Should Not Imperil Proaperity. ness operations that haa continued In been so rreat, and It* relation to oth From the Buffalo, N. Y.. News: tho country since 1907 Is widely pre er Industrie« la shown In the large or The current number of Dun's Re dicted by men In touch with business ders received from the railroad equip view remarki upon the steady advance ment companies. conditions. In trade activity, according to reports from various business centers In all Bright Business Signs. From the Chicago Record-Herald, parts of the country. The advance. It From the Reading. Pa., Tim e«: 8ept. 17, 1912. It gratifies the Time* to b* able to says. Is both In actual volume of busl- bring to the attention of Its readers neas and In that confidence which Is the many evidence* of bualneaa Im the basis of health tn business. It Is well to remember these things provement appearing In all sections of the country. These come from the when one Is considering the outlook. west as well aa from the east, and The situation together with the mag afTert the agriculturist aa well at the nificent crop* of the year explain why Industries and financial and commer business men are less and less Inclined to Imperial prosperity by overturning cial houses. the government. “EVERY PROSPECT PLEASES” WILLOEPENDUPON ELECTION PROSPERITY IN THE WEST i AMPLE GASH IN BANKS FOR BUSINESS NEEDS Enough for Crop Moving and Legitimate Enterprises, but None for Speculation. GOLO COMING FROM EUROPE Engagement of $750,000 First of So* rio»—New York Exchange E Pr»mltnn, Let Well Enough Alon*. From the Quincy. 111., Whig: It strikes us that we should be sat isfied with our present prosperity un dcr President Taft and not be misled by thoae who are trying to create a spirit of unrest throughout the coun try. FORESEE UK Eût PROSPERITY HERE 0 E J 0 SPEBIÏÏ SAÏSJIIL m ECHO SENTIMBftT PROMISE'S iMrtduM « the Only EismeM ef Uncertainty. This It tho Chorus That Comes from Every State, and It le a Song (hat Must Gladden the Heart of Every American Who Loves His Follow Men and Wishes Them to Proeper. T ' ' Era of Greatest Prosperity. From the New York Telegraph: It Is pleasant to note that the opinions of leading business men and watchers of the country’s financial pulae are that an era of the greatest prosperity la on Ita way. BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOD Dun’s Trade Report Gives Engourage- ment for All Linea of Buainata. From the Freeport, 111., Standard, Sept 11, 1912: Dun’s trade rtport for the past week gives encouragement for all lines of business, crops and manufac turing enterprises. In part the re port says: Continuous advance in trade activ ities Is the tenor of the reports from the principal manufacturing and dis tributing centers last week. The ad vance la both In actual volume of transactions and In that confidence which Is the basts of healthy business. The big August bank tearing« are a development of present activity and buoyancy. Clearings In August gain ed 4.6 per cent over last year, while during this week they Increased 10.5 per cent over 1911 and 17.6 per cent over 1910. The evidence of these clearings is confirmed by the current railroad gross earnings, which show a gain of 6.8 per cent over 1911. Rates of money are hardening In all parts of the world, a plain response to the greater movements of trade and commerce and the bigger de mands of new enterprises. The In creased confidence in the financial markets is Illustrated by the fact that the August output of new se curities and shorter term notes In this country was $92,000.000 greater than a year ago. The remarkable consump tion of Iron and copper products con tinues to the point of actual capacity, and all the principal Industries show satisfactory activity. PROSPERITY LESSENS CRIME Secret Service Chief Saye That with Good Times There Is Lees Law-Breaking. From the Buffalo, N. Y., Inquirer: The department of agriculture in Ita latest announcement reports bum per crop* of corn, whit* potaoes spring wheat, oats, rye and buck^ wheat. Business agencies report booming Iron and steel trade, strong demand for cash and decrease In the number of commercial failures. The moat novel algn of prosperity, however. Is recorded by Chief John E. Wilkie of the United States secret service. “ Whenever work Is plentiful, and employment easily obtainable," says Chief Wilkie, "crime Is less and this rule, which has been demon strated by years of experience, ap plies as much to counterfeiting m to other offenses against the law.” Aa a general proposition easy times are the times freeat of crime. Indicat ing that distress Is the cause of much law breaking. BANKS SHOW PROSPERITY. From the Belott, Wls., Free Press, 8ep. tember 11, 1912: Bank deposits are a sure Indicator of prosperity tn a city, and on this point Beloit banks show a steady in crease and this city on this score compares most favorably wjth the outside world. Total deposits In the four banks according to the current statements aggregate $4,348.478 46, of which $2.569,371.14 represents the sav ings of the people. Rockford, with three times the population, has little more than double the amount of money on deposit In her seven banks. Figur ing Beloit’s population at 118,000, which la probably conservative, the per capi ta deposits In the banks amount to $2.41 Vh. which Is a pretty good showing. Can Be Affected by Politics. Henry Clews, the New York finan cial expert, says In his weekly letter that business conditions are good, especially In the west, but he point* th*t they may become unsettled by po litical developments. There were good time* before the last Democratic administration, but they soon became bad times. Tbs country does not want history to r»- peM itself From th# New York I 11. fill: Prosperity for the United lu t e s and 1U Insular possessions was predicted by many returning passengers on th* Kronprlns Wilhelm of the North Ger man Lloyd line. Among the most op timistic ^ss Julius Kruttaekaltt, vice- president of the Harrlasan railroad lines. Mr. C M schnltt bases hla roseate predlcM a» on the reports he received through the newspapers and from the official* of the Harrtman system. Ha thinks that tbs prosperity wsve will extend throughout the country. Among these who are confidently looking for good times la Otto Kahn of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb A Co., who sailed for Europe on the Mauretaala this morning. In dlacuaalnc business conditions throughout the country Mr. Kahn declared the big crops of this year indicated a revival of prosperity and Increased business. But Mr. Kahn was careful to point out that there waa danger to business from politics and unsettling legisla tion. He said in part: “When any one tells yon, aa many are saying, that the business revival la going on regardless of politics, you can laugh at him." he - id . “ It will not. It 1. true that the country I. all ready for th. great proaperity. The crop, are wonderful the greatest w . have seen. Business |. running amooth- ly. Factories are operating at full capacity, labor, la well employed. Tbs outlook la good. But business will not cut loose into any great boom. “ Politics la one big factor. Wilson la an uncertainty. He has been giv ing ua a great deal of loose talk late ly on one thing, concerning the Inabil ity of American business men and bankers to handle their business. Pres idents cannot afford to Indulge in loose talk." IN MINES AND QUARRIES Industries Which Have Greatly Pros pered Under President Taft. From the Quincy, 111., Whig: The mining and quarrying Industry la'one of the greatest industries In the United States. During th# ad ministration of President Taft the miners have prospered, there have been fewer strikes than ever, and why should the miners vote for a change? The beat la none too good for the working people of this country, and they have been getting the best dur ing the psst four years. Can they expect anything better under the administration of a Democratic presi dent, when history teaches ns that this would be an utter imposlblllty ? Illinois has 86,389 persons engaged In the Industry, a larger number than any other state'In the east nerth cen tral group, which consists of the states of Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Mich igan and Wisconsin. Do the Totere of this gre^t state want to continue to prosper, or do they prefer to go back to the old days when they worked for starvation wages? This la something for the thinking men of this country to ponder over. You cannot get away from the cold facts. Prosperity Wave Increasing. “ The prosperity wave la Increasing dally." said President Benjamin F. Bush, of the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain system. “ I wish." be adds, "that the railroads were going to ahare equally In the profit* with oth er lines of business, but the prevailing rates sre low and operating expenses are great.” Mr. Bush’s Interview shows that the Interstate Commerce commission, un der President Taft, ia protecting the Interests of the people and that wages were never higher than they are at present. ENOUGH Declare* He Will Prevlfle Plenty a# Chao see U Mov* Preduet». From the Chicago Tribune, Mgt. 14, 1912: PltUburgh, Pa . 8apt. 16.— (Special) —Prosperity that will acUpae anything the nation haa ever aa Joyed 1» what Jamee MeOrca. president ef the I M a - sylvaala railroad, seee hi the future. MoCree came to Pittsburgh last night Asked What he thought of th» b«g|* nees situation, ho said: “ Proaperity—why It la karat Deary body ran see that. The pulse of the whole country la beating to tho rhythm of happier times. And wa nr* Just entering th* new era of proe- perity.- ALL SIGNS POINT TOWARD PROSPERITY Tremendous Business In Bight Which Should Not Be Checked. From Che Gary, Ind., Tribune, Sept. 11. 1912: Orders on the books o f the United States Steel corporation as of August 21 cal'ed for 6.163,275 tons of material. This figure represents an Increase of 206.296 tons over the amount booked a month earlier. It la also the largest an,OUBt ° f b“ ,ine8' *bown th* ^rP ora ion began isauing monthly r * * " * ■ * “ ■ 0Tder* ’ 8nd 1h M ” ,<rt t ,lnce ^ m b e r 30. 1907. T h . largest amount of business the corporation ever reported was 8.480,719 tons on December 31, 1906. Since th* begin ning of thla year the business os th » order books has Increased froaa 5.084.- 761 ton* and daring a large part e f the period the mills have been running close to their productive capacity. This means everything to Gary for the next year. If the steel companies cannot keep pace with their orders, with all the pleats running at prac tically full capacity, the time is at hand when extensions will be In or der. and Gary la going to get Ita share of the extensions. Elsewhere In thia Issue, the T ri1” : i prints a remarkably ’’boomish’’ series i of Interviews with New York banker * They are worth reading. It all goes to show that general hns- Iness is going to be tremendous for at least a year to come, and Garv is in position to get Ua full share of the good things bounteous times are to give out. . I OLA IRON WORKS RUSHED HOPE TO INCREASE FORCE FROM 100 TO 400 MEN. Treasurer Horr.eby Say* the Resump tion of Business Cam* Within Three Month*. From the Iola, Kan., Register, Sept. 13. 1912: “ Business at all our plants la rush lng and in a short time we hope to be operating at full capacity at our Iola mill, which will call for some 140 men." was the interesting statement made to a Register reporter by Mr. F. A. Hornsby of Springfield, Mo., treas urer of the United Iron Work* com pany. Mr. Hornsby waa on a visit to the Iola plant of the company and stated that he was adding to the force here as rapidly as possible, having now 100 men on the pay roll. NO TALK OF HARD TIMES Philadelphia Banker* Say That Busi ness la Good Everywhere. Philadelphia. Sept. 11.— Bankers here today expressed themselves ae much encouraged by the prospects of almost a tidal wave of business and a trade prosperity that will endure owing to the prospects of bumper crops as forecast In the gavernment crop report Issued yesterday. 1 HE loregoing extracts from the news and editorial col umns of the newspapers have been selected almost al random and numerous as they are they represent but a fragment of the innumerable stories with which the papers of this happy country are filled day by day. Aren’t they splendid stories? Can any American read them without a thrill of pride and satisfaction? And when we stop to think of it, men and brethren, must we not realize that the concrete facts they present are of im- measurably more value and importance than all the theories, all the fine spun fads and fancies, that were ever invented. How trivial, how like sounding brass and tinkling cymbal, seems all the talk about ’’ bosses” and "initiatives” and "referendums,” about this or that petty "issue,” in the presence of the splendid F A C T that there is peace and plenty in all the land, that men are busy and women are happy and little children are fed and clothed! All these things have come to us under the law we now have, through the sanity and sense and wisdom of the great party that is now in power. Why jeopardize it all in a rash experiment? W h y change for the mere sake of a change? Why take a chance when we already enjoy a certainty? W hy vote for A N Y B O D Y hut Taft and Sherman and the Republican Party? •«? * * * * < \ .* J -: * x x « * *