Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-13
REVIVAL OF BUSINESS.

Sctivity Among the New England Facto-
ries-Slo-t OF them Running With Full
FOrce-Improvements,E Etc.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
There is evidence in almost every
walk of trade that the necessary demand
has caught up with production. Ev-
erybody for nearly two years past has
been economizing something, and man
ufacturing industry has been SO mar
rowed that there is little over supply.
With prospective large crops for the
current year, the point of time would
seem near at hand for favorable
change. And, indeed, signs of such
are not wanting. The Boston News
says the hard times has not seriously
effected either Manchester Or Nassau,
the two largest towns In New Hamp-
shire. In Manchester, the Amoskeag
Company are spending half million of
dollars In diverting the course of
river for building purposes, while
a new mill, erected last year, will soon
be ready for occupetion, and will
employ nearly 500 hands. The Stark
Mills are changing over their spinning
frames at considerable cost, and erect
ing buildings alongside the canal, while
The Manchester corporation is enlarging
its mills. Nashua alsoreports healthy
look financially. Famd great hopes are
entertained of fair business for the
winter. The Nashua Lock Company is
doing more business than ever before
the Indian Head Mills intend to run
right along; the Nashua Manufacturing
Company, which employs 1,10o hands,
has ample work for the winter, and no
prospect of either reducing wages or
help; the shoe factories report the same
thing, while the card and glazed paper
company, the furniture factories, soap
stone works, boiler factory, machine
shops, and foundries all tell favorable
tale. In some instances the wages have
been reduced, but not one factory or
Shop anticipates a shutdown.
The tradesmen there are hope.
full, but at the same time
careful, and invest their money slowly
and surely. The Stamford, Connect
cut, Manufacturing Company, are push
ing things, with a larger force of men
than they have ever employed at any
time. The Cove Mills fairly hum with
industrious workmen. The Bethel,
Connecticut, Comb Factory is in
creaslng its number of hands every,
day, and an addition will soon be in de-
mand. At Dover, Maine, the wooden
mills which suspended work G few
weeks ago were to start up again about
Mills run full hours, and employ all
the help that can be obtained In their
weaving rooms. More cloth would be
produced but for the lack OF help.
Hand knit goods manufacturers have
agreed to hold their goods Tor
higher prices. The manufacture OF
horn jewelrv and oembs at Leoninster,
Mass, have taken new impetus, and
several new firms have gone into the
business-All the wooden mills at Bur-
rillville, r. l., are ia operation and
some of them run extra honrs. Nearly
all of the same mills in the state are
doing well-Au these are the clippings
of single morning from one section of
the Union, and give encouraging signs
of a revival Of business SO long await
ed. The provisions and breadstufs of
the year promise unusual abundance,
the effect of which will lessen the css5
of living; this will warrant lower prices
for the product OF skilled wosk-
men, and lower prices will invite to
larger consunlation, SO that the net
profits Or the rewards of labor will not
be lessened. and May be in the aggre
gate considerably increased. Add to
all this that the great staples, cotton
coal, and steele, are in ready command
at low prices, and that the financial sit
uation was never easier, there would
seem to be little in the way of an early
revival of all industries We say there,
fore, be encouraged; the good time
coming, there is reason to believe, is
on its way and may soon be here.