Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
Good Times.

For weeks the phrase "Wait till after
election has sounded throughout the
country. Merchants have postponed buy
ing their stocks of goods. Contractors
have hesitated about proceeding with new
building work Railroads have checked
extension enterprises. All classes of peo-
pie have shown a distinctly conservative
spirit toward the future. Whether 1t was
true or not that business would have been
bad in the event of Bryan's election, new
ertheess the feeling unmistakably pre-
vailed that it was safer to move cautiously
until the votes should be cast and counted
and the future policies Of the government
indicated.
The election has passed, and it is as
sured that Judge Taft will occupy the
White House for four years from next
March. Within twenty-four hours from
the time the polls closed announcements
were made in all quarters Of extending
activities in the business world. Orders
for goods were increased and building
plans were pushed. Since Tuesday night
the country has experienced genuine
business boom, and there is every present
indication that 1t will continue until all
signs Of the destructive effect of the re-
cent panic nave DeeH swept away.
In the news columns of The Star are
printed items from all parts Of the coun-
try bearing testimony to this awakened
spirit of enterprise and confidence. The
Star will publish next Sunday a special
edition devoted to this subject. presenting
further proof of the restoration Of faith
in business stability. This edition will
without doubt afford assurances that
Washington, which has felt the influence
of prediction doubt in common with
other communities. will share In the gen.
eral prosperity.
The election of Judge Taft, with re-
publican Congress, unquestionably means
that there will be no disturbance Of WASH
ingtohs population. The departmental
forces will remain practically unchanged.
The new President will be as firm friend
of the merit system In the civil service
as any man who has ever occupied the
White House. and his years of expert
ence in washington serve as a guarantee
of his keen interest In the welfare of the
capital. There Is every reason to look
for a period of unusual prosperity for the
District during his administration, and
the business men of Washington must in
evitably profit in consequence.
When the news columns of the papers
contain such items as the resumption OF
full time in thread mills in New Jersey;
70 per cent wage increases in Pittsburg
factories: railroad corporations ordering
full forces to work In repair shops in or
der to put the rolling stock in condition
to handle an increased volume of freight:
preparations in the rolling mills to take
care of heavy new orders for steel rails
for railroad extensions-when these and
numerous other signs of a boom are in
evidence from day to day, there can be
no doubt that the business community,
which has been holding back SO cautiously
for a month, Is ready once more to move
briskly out for trade. The Star will con-
tinue to present these tokens of better
times as they develop. and in its special
edition of Sunday 1t will undoubtedly offer
convincing proofs of restored public con-
f1dence.