The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-01-26
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR 1905
Messrs. j. M. Davis & Sons, of Oak
land. Review the Past and Take a
Rosy View of the Future.

OOf'Sg
land, Review the Past and Take
Rosy View of the Future.
Another year has come and gone
with all its trials. disappointment
and pleasures. Business men and
are through their with invoices.
balances are struck, and 1904 goes
down in history as a success or fail
ure.
Ia this, our home town and county,
we feel sure all have reasons to be
thankful Throughout the whole
year we were blessed with everything
that goes to make home happy and
life worth living. Never in the his
tory of our county were there such
large crops raised by the farmer, and
sold at better prices than during the
past year, and improvements of all
kinds were never more extensively
made. One could not help but be i'm
pressed in PASSING through the town
and county at the number of new
houses, barns and general improve
ments.
Speaking in a general way we are
IN a prosperous condition and 1904
has shown up balance on the right
side. So with faith in our town,
county and people, we have every
reason to look upon the year 1905 with
great favor, believing if we push
ahead as in the past, we can all at
tain to greater success.
We haye just return from our an
nual business trip from visiting the
leading factories and large jobbing
houses along the line of goods that
are sold by us, placing larger orders
and making more extensive contracts
than ever before. In some cases the
| goods are manufactured for our spec
ial trade under our own name.
One is impressed with the mum Der
of improvements manufacturers are
constantly making. Never before in
the history of our country do the peo-
pie enjoy more of the conveniences
than at the present time, With the
improved machinery goods are manu-
featured on such Il large scale that
the work of one man is equal to ten
of few years ago, thus making the
goods better and cheaper, placing
many o: the leading goods and con-
yeniences in the reach of all classes of
people.
This is clearly demonstrated bv the
manufacturers of the Electric Wei
ded Field Fencing \ few years ago
a good substantial fencing for farm
| use was unknown, but modern inn
provements brought forward all kinds
and styles, the latest of which is the
Electric Welded as made by the Pitts
| burg Steel Co. So far as we have
been able to judge this fence is the
strongest and most durable fence
made.
They have just finished one of the
largest and most complete factories
ever built and the only one to manu-
facture a fence by welding the wires
together Their success has been
so great that today they are making
a fence at one-half the price of few
years ago, and much better, thus
helping the farmer and consumer.
At no time has the factory been able
to supply the demand, although they
have a capacity of fifty thousand rods
daily, shipping out thousands of cars
throughout the whole country, clear
through to California.
other lines. While on our trip we
had the pleasure of visiting number
of china factories, one especially
that covers 40 acres of floor space
Here you will find buyers from all
parts of the country, placing orders
for car after car to be shipped through
out all our Western country. You
would naturally think that the mar
ket would be over-stocked, but this
is not the case. Nearly all the lead
ing factories are behind in filling
orders and are looking for this year to
be one of the most prosperous in the
history of our country, SO we feel with
the present outlook we are warranted
in placing our orders and contracts
for the year in excess of the past, be-
lieving that in our town, county and
State, we have as many advantages,
pleasures and prospects to be thank
full for as are found in our larger
towns and cities.
J. NJ. DAVIS & Sons.
S. L. Townshend & Son.