The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
ACT NOW.
Get Ready for Gssa Times.

Get Ready for Geod Times.
 In considering ths generai Industrial situation, with special reference to Iron and steel and cement and other building u1aterials. 1t is we'll to bear in mind that the present small con- sumption must be made up In the not distant future by consumption very much greater than the high point reached last year. There is no let-up in the increase in population. There is no material decline In the rate of destruction which is going on of raii- road rolling stock and roadbed. There Is no decrease In the wear and tear on wooden trestfes. and only . temporary haitipg in the requirements of the country which make for the largest use of iron and steel and cement and lumber. With an increase iu popula- tion of 100000 a year. with an enor- nous increase in consumptive reQuife- ments by virtue of improved labor -sav- ing machinery and modern methods. the activity of ie0B-1soe and the early part of 1907, great as 1t seemed at the time. will soon be but normal condition. Our regular volume of business, consid- ering the growth of the country. must in the very near future fully equal that of the period mentioned, while the ab- normal or special periods of activity will run as far ahead of that aa that was ahead of eight or ten years ago, Railroads must be reconstructed and new lines built at cost of many thou-. sands of millions of dollars. Economic conditions will forca this even if d great deal of the money could only be had through receivership certificates. No road can stop Improvements for any great length of time without being bankrupt physically, and this would soon mean financially. If money can- not be had through the usual channels, 1t will of necessity have to be found through the work Of receivers, for construction and development must go on. As disastrous as such a condition would be to owners of securities who could not hold on until the inevitable reaction would come, the railroads must expand and practically double in mile- age and In equipment within the next ten or twelve years: in fact. very large amount of it must be done within the next i've or six years. City growth has only fairly begun. The great cit- les cf the country, with one or two ex- captions are not much more than over grown villages. Municipal improve mentB on Erale never seen in our country must so forward. Good roads must ba built at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, and every other line of work needed by 6 virile, vigorous population Of sS.000,o00 people at pres ent. to be 1oS.oo.oeo people ten years hence and lsO.O00.0e0 twenty years hence. backed by resources unequaied elsewhere on the face of the earth. must go forward upon such a scale commensurate with our natural advan. tages and the worlds wonderful mate rial progress. It behooves the vide awake, far-seeing business man to rec ognixe these conditions and to prepare for this coming activity.
 Now, when labor is cheap and abun- dant. when building material is lower than it has been for some years, when iron is down in price. when machine shops can accept and fill orders within Q reasonable time. is pro-eEninent1y the opportunity for the far-seeing man to prepare for the future and for the hus- ting man or concern to secure busi- ness. In this time of dullnese and low prices. when the timid folks are uns willing tp spend Q dollar for fear pros- perity will never return. the man of strength and force and business. abil- fly should be putting his factory into shape. Re-eQuipping it with the best machinery enlarging his plant, in or- der to enable him to produce to the best advantage and at the lowest cost. This Is Q great time, e time of oppor- tunity for the business man who wants
 
 prosperity with the next swing of the pendulum from present depression to the high water mark of the future. Nobody need imagine for one moment that this country will not soon right itself. Nobody need imagine that pub lie opinion will not be on the side of property rights and the upbuilding forces of the country, compelling leg isiators to join in constructive rather than Aa0fEtsAfaxgA arlr n lhas NFn facturers' Record of January 2 Mir. Charles A. Moore. President of Man hing, Maxwell & Moore, the great mas chinery builders and handlers, discuss- ing the outlook for the future, said: q have never found 1t profitable to sell the United States short" This same sentiment was expressed several years ago to a correspondent of The ManuG facturers' Record by Mir. Henry M. Flagler, who, being asked his views of the future, suggested that every man of ability who would Keep his head above the financial waters and bet on the growth of the country would Inev- itabiy succeed" And it has been said that the father of Mir. J P. Morgan once said to the latter: The pessim- ists may win for 6 time, but in the long run the growth of the country will always beat them" The men who recognize~these facts and who seize an opportunity such as this are the ones who make the fortunes of the world.
 This is the time for men who can command capital and for municipal and county authorities to carry forward their projected Improvements. Hun dreds of thousands of laborers are out of employment. wages are low and ma terials can be had at a much lower cost than last year. Under such cir cumstances men who expect to build to go ahead at once, while States, cit les, towns and counties which have planned for public improvements should act immediatelyI They would thus SC. cure the lower cost of construction work and help to create prosperity.
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