The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-08
Our Prices are Right

]. G. Wilkinson
City Druggist.
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Our banking and currency and credit
systems are iucouceivably beyond those
Of the early days lean sic in this Office
and transaet'in day as much business
ia volume as all Pittsburg did il day
when ! was a young man
"Tbe iucteuse in individual producing
and consuming eapaeity Is due ~ "a
variety Of causes which represent the in-
rplsing compleAty 81 Hia ID this
country Ary important iaetor init
nilhas been th periecung Of the means
90 transportation emust not forget
taat tic railroads have made largo
contribution q the present conditions.
I'ol example, costs Ne more to send a
1artlofaout from st Paul 20 Liver
nooi today than once cost e. send it
from Washington county, Pa. ~ Pitts
burg
erhe genera diffusion 81 intelligence
today -trikipg feature our iudu
trfaI development The average degree
otslsiaintheh bof 81 today is much
above tae Neci % the last generation
Never before have waee-eumcrs been
tenders as lhoy nr t3dny ! auuot
but contrast tne intelligent hca- 81 tle
men ia our works t0day With GLE inert
conutenauces 81 So large IA proportion 81
the workers 81 the earlier years. rha
worliugmeu Of today aw reading and i
thinking
Asked 20 speab concerning the future
81 industry il the United state par
teulary 81 TIE iron industry Mi
Jonos Said
q look toward tie iotac with great
hopes tits the habit 81 older men %
iwelIon the past but End pleasure in
contemplating THE great future of the
ron trade Great as our progress has
been we are 70 make new records 10 Clio
tears before us / do not look with
alarm, a. some people do, upon the for
milton Of trusts seltinterest viii dis.
ate policy Of conservatism They
must not put prices up Tor that win 10.
vitably eut otl consumption They
should guarantee steadiuess in prices
which ail give Tie iron trade more
ycu pace md save q from The yarg
,ida fluctuations that have marted ~
or many years
o'Wlint psto tha future 81 our export
ude "a steele
Whilo just now there qnietnes4 in h
hs export trade, II viii continue 70 he
g important factor, as it bad begun a.
y Tie question Of transportation
il important one n this connection.
believe II the ship subsidy AZ a means
'irapdly building up our own ocean
nrrying TRADE. ] look at it just IN the
light in which I Wow protection. II
iriugs results speedily that otherwise il
attained at al, would only come after
ong time Protection has built up our
population, so that today we have
10000 600 Of people whereas without
Z we should probably have bad by this
lime 10, Is ov 20 millions We want to
levelop an occau.oarryiug industry rap
dly, 50 as to hold and increase our
oroigu trade in iron and steel"
what Of the course OF the iron
market IN the immediate iuturc2'
"The Indications for this year are ex-
client. The mills are foil Of business.
irop reports ARE favorable Prices are
rot high and prospects arc good for con-
Linued large consumption"
Does il seem likely that the new ca
oacity for iron and steel production
now being built and the further exten.
'ions for which plans have been made
will soon bring us 10 the point OF over.
production ?"