Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-12
BUSINESS REVIVAL.
PROSPERITY KNOCKING AT OUR
DOORS AGAIN.
he Good Tidings OF "a Revival of Trade
ana Manufacturing Coming From all
Parts of the Country Bringing Good
Cheer 10 Every Glass of People.

! Dispatches have been received from
early every section of the eastern,
,uthern and Mississippi valley states
rowing that the country's business,
hich have been at standstill for
ANY months and especially pending
ne presidential election, is opening
pom period of general prosperity.
From Chicago it is announced that
'aveling men from the commercial
ouses are starting out by the hun
reds, and the railroads of that city
.al baggage the week following the
lection than in any week in 1896.
he industries about Hammond, Ind,
| ill resume operations with at least
500 worhmen. The United States
solling Stock Co. S plant has advertised
or 700 men at Hegewisch, near Chi
ago. At West Hammond the West
I'm Starch association announces an
lcrease of 10 per cent in wages and
ill increase the force with 200 more
employees.
At Cleveland, o., the Britton Rolling
ill Co., manufacturers of tin plate,
whose plant has been idle for some
tine, will resume shortly with $50
rem. The Lake Shore Foundry Co.
hive received orders from a number of
tieir customers to begin shipping on
ontracts. The big Vandorn Iron
works have started up on nine hour
tine instead of five hours. The Cleve-
Ind Rolling Mill Co. are now running
fall time. The Muhlhauser wooden
mills have received large orders and
about $50 hands will be added to the
help 1T once A number of other man
uiacturers in various lines report hav-
ing received numerous inquiries which
Indicate a revival of business. At Col
umbus, the King, Gilbert q Warner
steel plant has partly resumed, having
stopped July 1. The A. X. Rarrig
machine works had orders contingent
on election and is again running. At
Dayton, a number of the manu- acto-
ries have already resumed work with a
full force of workmen. All will be
filing conditional orders. The Barney
& Smith car works will begin opera
tions at once with force of 1000 men.
In Toledo the Smell bicycle works have
added 400 men and are now running
full time. The Lozier bicycle works,
which opened up with partial force
some time ago, have doubled their
hands. The Milburn wagon works
have largely increased their force of
employees.
Many evidences of improvement in
business have been announced through
Sut Connecticut, notably at New Haven,
Meriden, Bridgeport and New Britain.
Several Massachusetts cities report
hundreds more of men going to work,
particularly at Ipswich, Springfield
and Worcester.
President-elect Mckinley touched an
electric button at Canton which lighted
a fire in the furnace at the Tonawanda
IN. " iron and steel works. This
means work for $50 men.
A Chicago firm which makes spec
ialty of recording car construction esti-
mates that orders for from 100000 to
10000 freight cars will be placed
within the next 60 days.
The Big Four, the Chesapeake &
Ohio, and the Baltimore & Ohio rail
roads have ordered all of their shops
in Ohio opened with full forces. The
Ensign car works at Huntington, w.
Va, have resumed. The car works at
Mt Vernon, Ill, got an order for 800
cars from the Louisville & Nashville
road and resumed work. The Niles
tool works and other shops at Hamil-
ton, O., announce increased forces.
Furnaces at Ironton. Ashland and other
Ohio river towns will go into blast
The Griffith wood works and the Pow
ell brass works at Cincinnati have re-
sumed and several others will increase
their forces.
In Peoria, ILL.,, the Peoria cordage
works put on night force; the Cutter
& Proctor stove works will resume OPP
erations the Peoria Rubber & Manu-
featuring Co., will resume opera
tions on the 18th with 400 men; Selby,
Starr e. Co., manufacturers of agricul-
tural implements, have resumed; Rouse,
Hazard & Co., manufacturers of bicy-
cles, will have force of 400 men by
Dec 1; the Peoria Grape Sugar Co. will
resume by Nov. Is with several hun
dred men; the Avery Planter works
and other manufacturing concerns an
nounce increased forces.
Syracuse, n. Y. has several large
manufacturers who will place 1900
more men at work by Nov. IS. Several
Buffalo firms will help prosperity along
in the same way. Over 1000 men are
returning to work in factories resum-
ing at indianapolis. Hundreds of De-
troit and Michigan worlxingmen are
rejoicing in returning prosperity.
These reports are duplicated in dis
patches from many other cities snd
states.