Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
AIR FULL OF
 OPTIMISM.
Hard Times Past, Says Drummers' Meeting.
SMILES IN THEIR MOTTO

Everybody Advised to Look Cheerful
 and Believe In Prosperity's Near Ap-
 proaeh-Speakers Tell of Revival In
 Trade In All Sections of the coun-
 try-Anarchist and Leader of Unem-
 ployed Barred From Session of the
 Congress.
 New York, Aug. 15-There is op- timism in the air at the meetings of the 1000 commercial travellers now in the city for the international prosperi- I ty congress, and it was with enthu- siasm that resolutions were passed ex- pressing confidence that hard times are past and that the country is e., tering upon period of tremendous ! business activity. The first speaker, Henry Clews, was cheered when he in formed the business men that he should get into debt" as in the bank . CTS opinion money will be cheap and plentiful for a long time in the fu- ture.
 The ''drummers." gathered from all parts of the Union, were insistent that prosperity was at hand, and the spirit ! of the delegates was shown in the cards worn by all, reading:
 Smile. Darn yOu-smile."
 Speakers Tell of Trade Gains. Speakers from north, south, east and west told of a great revival in trade, and it was averred that those business men who were not branching out he's itated only because of belated timidi- ty. Many of the speakers told of the , wonderful success of the farmers, and i Mir. Clews asserted there could not be hard times when the farmers are harvesting an Ss,O0O,000.000 crop. Mir. Clews was stopped in his speech for a minute by cheering when he said that and that down in the street we have l all waked up within the last few weeks. and the troubles of last year are now only nightmare" The bank CT also said. "The last gap in the sad season which began last fall was clos ed this week when the last of the 1 thirteen banks and trust companies that closed in the panic resumed busi' ness" He said it was splendid achievement that all these institutions had been reopened and that every de 1 positor would be paid in full.
 No Place For Anarchist. | A. Berkman, an anarchist, who at tempted the life Of Henry C. Prick and Dr. Benjamin l.. Reitman. who or ganized a meeting of unemployed were barred when they tried to lead a delegation of malcontents into the preliminary session of the prosperity congress of optimists, held at 6t Lafayette street. After the men who were giving a reception to the dele gates representing the 4s,000 member: of the United Commercial Traveller. of America and the 3s,0o0 members ol the Travellers Protective association all optimists who have gathered t' discuss ways and means of spreading and continuing prosperity had re pulsed the forces of discontent thei action was applauded by Comptrolle Herman A. Metz, who on arriving t make a speech. said:
 No place for them here. We ar here for prosperity, not to entertain delegation from the hoboes' union, tn
 Amalgamated Tramps of America O any allied organization of similar con stitution. They won't gain anythin
 by coming here. When prosperit comes they will share in it. The
 will be the gathers with us all."
 The malcontents had drawn up formal list of grievances. which ir
 cludes complaints about hard time l opd fha Sca roffy of yVnrL