The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-27
SEE GOOD TIMES
RETURNING FAST
Lumber Dealers Resume
Business and Employ
$4,000 Men.

ST. LOUIS, July 27.-Yellow pine lUm-
Der dealers report to The National Pros
perity Association that about s. per
cent Of the mills in Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi. Alabama, Arkansas. and Texas
are now IN operation, and the proba-
bility is that the percentage VIII be in
creased steadily henceforth- Coal oper-
asOrs state that 60 per cent Of the mining
forces Of Illinois, Kentucky, and TeHnes-
see are az work and that the output
will be up 10 the normal within twenty
or thirty days.
The reOpcning OF saw mills and coal
mines means the unemployment OF many
thousands Of worlmen by the lumber
and coal companies Of Illinois, Ken
lucky. Tennessee, Arkansas, louisiana,
Texas, Alabama, Mississippi. and Mis-
souri,. In these nine States armies Of
workmen nave found unemployment in
the last thirty days, and the expectation
is that practically the full complement
OF employees OF he lumber companies
win be engaged again within few
weeks.
Saw Mills Busy.
All the large saw mills in Arkansas,
Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mis-
sissippi are again operating. They were
closed down fer months. owing 20 the
decline In prices. Soon after the hnan-
cial disturbance, about 81 per cent Of
tns yellow pine output Of these States
was cut Of.
The situation is improving steadily.
and operators state they viii increase
their forces week after week. The rail-
roads, now having a heavier traffic. viii
need more coal The industrial revival
augments the requirements OF manufac-
turing concerns. Manufacturers and
merchants are confident that trade Is
rapidly attaining the 1906 level. which
was unusually high. The reports from
the lumber and coal interests as to re-
vival OF operations prove exceptionally
gratifying to business men. as they de-
note better conditions for Industrial and
transportation interests
10000 Men Re-employed-
! A conservative estimate, made by Of
hcials Of the Prosperity Association,
] places the number OF men in addition 20
those already returned 10 work since
! June / r5-empIoyment day" at be
tween 5000 and 5000. Reports from
practically every state in the Middle
West. West. and South indicate a re
sumption Of business on a general scale
and a return OF confidence TO a far
/ greater degree than was hoped for when
TIE National Prosperity Association was
! organized. about t.ree months ago
/ Especially since July / has re-empioy-
ment been pronounced By August l
/ there should be only a small percentage
| Of idle workmen. and by September
manufactures and trade should COM
mand the unemployment OF all idle
workmen, and then conditions regard
/ ing labor viii be normal IN eveES re-
/ spect All the Southern and Western
/ States. except Kansas. report the return
/ OF prosperity
! The greatest producing territories IN
/ the world are in the country contiguous
] 10 St Louis The South and the West
/ are the peerless agricultural sections
I They report the very best crop indica-
/ tons.
/ The situation Is practically normal al
| ready in Missouri, and its aspect IS the
| more favorable because Of the crafty
/ ing crop indications and prospects The
/ critical or doubtful stage has been
/ passed. especially as 20 agricultural pro-
| ductiC-. and now the farmer. as well as
/ the manufacturer and merchant, IS
] elated-