The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-07
FACTORIES TO
RESUME WITH
LARGE FORCES
Election of William Howard
Taft Responsible for New
Business Received by Rich
mond Concerns.
BUYERS ARE RUSHING
IN THEIR ORDERS.
Beginning Next Week Hours
Of Labor Will Be Increased
In Hoosier Seeding Ma
chine Factory.

Tafts election means improved
business conditions to local manufac-
turers.
Taft's election means the employ
ment of all idle shop men and the re-
establishment of standard wages.
Taft's election means the return of
the old time confidence among Rich
mond business men and general pros
perity.
These opinions were expressed to-
day by local manufacturers who were
asked to express their opinions on
what effect Taft's election would have
on their respective concerns and on
| the men employed by them.
Judging from the enthusiastic state
ments given, the financial stringency
which has existed since last fall burst
like a soap bubble rs soon as it was
definitely known that there would be
continuation of republican admins
tration the ensuing four years.
Orders are already beginning to
pour into the local manufacturing
concerns and it is expected that to fill
these orders it will be necessary with
| in the next month to increase the
number of men now employed by the
Richmond manufacturing concerns at
| least one-third.
| Among the statements made today
| by representative local manufacturers
are the following:
| Employees 60 to Work.
| Fred ]. Carr, Hoosier Drill branch,
American Seeding Machine company
| Many of our buyers have been hold
| ing UP their orders but as soon as
/ Taft's election was assured they be-
| gan firing them in. AT the present
time We have sixty-two moulders at
work Eventually the entire working
staff of the plant will be materially
| increased. For some time our shop
men have been working nine hours
per day. -!ext week they will begin
| to work ten hours per day
William R. Dill, J. NJ. Hutton &
Company-"Taft's election will in,
crease our business Notwithstanding
the fact that it generally remains
about the same"
w. P. Robinson. Robinson & Com.
pany-"Very favorable results are ex
pected as result of Taft's election
In our business much depends upon
next years wheat crop. Should this
crop be good our business would be
large under either a republican or
democratic administration, but | be
| lieve it would be much larger under
Mr. Taft's administration. owing tC
the general confidence business men
have in the republican party
| George E. Seidel. Seidel Buggy
Company-"A number of our dealers
have been waiting to place orders un
til assured of Taft's election. Now
these orders are coming in. The con
tinuation of republican administra
ton will benefit local manufacturing
interests, conseoue ntly 1t will benefit
shop employees. More men will now
be employed and wages will revert
1 back to the normal prosperity
scale
c. A. Mcclure, Ollie & MCGUIRE
Company-"Our best dealers the pas1
nine or ten months have been very
careful in buying. but orders are now
coming in rapidly owing 10 the fact
that confidence has been restored by
the election of Mr.. Taft. Within the
next ten days we expect to add be
tween fifty and sixty men to our work
ing staff
s. S. Strattan. Jr, Gaar, Scott &
| Company-This is not our sale season
The drought has seriously affe ecteC
next springs wheat crop. but if its
condition improves We will do a heavy
| business owing TO the fact that Taft's
election has settled business condf
| tions and has restored confidence
The affects of the recent financial de
preston will rapidly wear off.