Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
ALL NOW OPT|M|STS
Washington Business Men
Predict Trade Prosperity.
DUE TO TAFT'S ELECTION
Uncertainty No Longer Retards Full
fillment of Contract.
BOOM ALREADY IN SIGHT
Merchants Practically Unanimous in
Expressing Belief That Best
Thing Has Happened.
BOOM ALREADY IN SIGH

ing the heat of the political battle.
Bankers railroad men. manufacturers,
wholesale and retail merchants. all pre-
dict 4 revival OF prosperity. One local
business man said yesterday it was hard
to believe such a large amount of building
had been brought TO standstill to await
the outcome of the election. He knew OF
several notable examples in this city.
Work on these buildings will now be-
gin at once he said.
In railroad circles the feeling is equally
one of confidence that the tide of depreS-
sion has turned and the pendulum has
begun TO swing surely toward prosperity.
II Will be slow. say the railroad men,
hut they declare that is the best evidence
1t is real. Big increases in passenger and
freight business are expected.
Why Business Men Rejoice.
OF local and general conditions. Thomas
l. Hume. president of the Washington
Stock Exchange. said yesterday:
Mr.. Tafts election while expected.
will put in motion the wheels OF business
in many lines of commerce and industry
which have been dormant pending the
political result. The business interests,
regardless of party, helped largely to elect
Mr.. Taft and. therefore. feel very cheer
full and satisfied with the outcome. We
always unsettles business, but since the
republican party has always been the
champion of protection We need not ex-
pect sufficient modification to upset
values materially. Mr. Taft is the choice
o. the conservative element of this coun-
try and in obeying their wishes we may
look for progressive development and re-
turning prosperity.
Charles P. Williams. president of Lewis
Johnson & Co. bankers, when asked his
opinion as TO the effect of Taft's election
on business conditions responded with
some spirit: IL can only say that as
democrat / am overjoyed that Bryan was
defeated
A Democratic View.
r N Harper said:
1T is we'll known that / am a democrat.
] have always been a supporter of Mr..
Bryan personally and politically. and l
therefore regret his defeat But now
that we are to have a republican Presi-
dent l have reason to believe that Mr..
Taft will make a good one and give a
satisfactory administration on sane and
conservative lines and methods, which
will be recognized, in my judgment, by
the business community as soon as the
heat of the campaign has passed away.
The result will be beneficial to the entire
country. believe Mr.. Taft will make as
satisfactory a President as any man the
republican party could have put up
julius Garfink.e answered the question
put him as follows: 1T is the best thing
that ever happened. 1t Is bound to bring
about settled conditions and make bust
ness good-very good.
Washington Topham of the firm OF
James S. Topham & Son said "Bukiness
is going to be better. This has already
been proved to US just since the election,
as short time as has elapsed. a change
of administration is always bad for local
business Oar trade fell off 20 per cent
after each election of Cleveland The
government employees, who are the bone
and sinew of business life in Washing
ton will now lose that feeling of uncer-
tainty which has prompted them to cur
tail expenditures Stability has been re-
stored and business will continue to i'm
prove
Best for Washington.
G Warfield Simpson said: Restored
confidence makes for better times. The
election Of Taft is certainly best for
Washington. l have no doubt that BUSH
ness Will improve from this time on"
w. c. Shaw of the firm of Shaw &
Brown Company, while reluctant to dis
cusS matters containing the element of
politics. said: 1t Is undoubt edly a good
thins for Washington that the uncertainty
following change of administration and
the politics of the President has been
averted. There will now be a feeling of
cpnfidence-a SORT of faith in the future
tfat Is bound to result in good business
conditions and local prosperity at least"
j. L. Whitmore of the firm of Berry &
Whitmore Company did not hesitate to
say: 'Tafts election is unquestionably a
good thing for business. l not only be-
leTe this myself. but l hear it from my
customers, republicans and democrats
alike. They all feel that the best thing
has happened and that business is going
- be good, and that soon, too.''
Arthur Burt, proprietor of the well
known shoe house on F street. said
Business will be better, and in the near
future. i don't look for a startling
change, for many people whose incomes
nave been badly cut down in the past
year will want to catch up what they
have lost. But / feel sure we may ex-
pect better times shortly. / have lust
returned from New York, and / get the
same expression OF opinion there
know OF an instance where yesterday
orders were placed with the representa-
tive OF big wooden mills which would not
have been placed had the result political
~ been different"
Stimulus to Business.
slnlpson-Sullivan Company said: I'VE
are much pleased with the result OF the
election. 1t is natural that we should be
III such a frame of mind, for the reason
that We believe that business will be
much stimulated and improved in conse-
qlence of the removal OF the element of
uncertainty which was recognized as
having great influence upon the amount
% business that was being done.
We have been told in the past month
ny several of our clients: Wait until
after the election Yesterday we heard
fIom several of them that they were
ready for business
The firm of Terrell e. Little has for
some time had three important buildine
deals pending awaiting the result of the
election, feeling that il would be unsafe
10 take any risk in this line of work II
MT Bryan should be elected owing mar
tscalarly to mis- well known views on the
civil service. and feeling sure that a
Gredt majority OF government employees
whose patronage Is the principal feature
81 support for the real estate E.n:ness
would be unwilling to attempt tA pur.
chase OF homes. or invest money in real
estate, should Mr.. Bryan be elected The
hrm has recently leased the handsome
front office rooms on the first floor of 141s
III street northwest. and expects to occupy
them about the middle of this month.
This firm is also interested in the con.
struction OF railroad extending from tn.
end OF the 18th street line east on Ken.
nedy street. and north on Sd street to the
District line. This road goes through q
very valuable part of the unimproved
section OF the District In their endeayor.
TO finance this deal the members of the
firm have found investors unwilling to pu
money in a proposition of this kind unit
the stability OF the business conditions OF
the District was more definitely settled
They now feel that within a few week.
they will be able 10 interest enough CAPT
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