Evening star., 1908-01-14
ALL EXPECTING A
PROSPEROUS YEAR
Reports From Newspaper Men
Throughout the Land.
GOOD TIMES ARE GENERAL
Conditions in Nearly Every State
GOOD TIMES ARE GENERAL
Conditions in Nearly Every State
j.. in the Country.
FALSE IMPRESSION CORRECTED
The Business Outlook Pronounced
Bright-Advertisers Confident
and Crops Excellent.

look has been collected by
Printers Ink, the conservative
weekly publication dealing with
advertisers and their interests. Re-
ports were obtained by Printer S
Ink from owners, publishers or
business managers OF represen-
tative newspaper in nearly every
state in the nation, and an ex-
animation OF these reports fails
TO disclose any valid reason why
the wear Just begun should not
witness a continuance of pros
pcrity.
Printers Ink says that its purpose in
publishing these reports is solely to cor
rect any false impression that advertisers
may have received that this year will be
lean one, and that they had better
reef sails and wait for the storm to blow
over.
The reports are given in full in Printer s
Ink. but the following digest gives the
substance of the opinions:
Money is more plentiful in Lewiston.
Me- and its neghborhood. crops are good
and con nhdence is returning, says the pub
Usher of the Journal. In Rutland. VI.
manufacturers are paying promptly IN
cash. " ages have not been cut. and four
merchants chosen at random. report Det-
te- business according TO the manager
Of the Herald.
Cotton Mills Working Full Time.
From Springfield, Mass. it is reported
by the Republican that business is coed
and the outlook favorable and that manu-
ring
dence. R. L. the cotton mills are all work
ing full time and one concern. which
shut down indefinitely. opened again after
week The slight setback is considered
TO be only temporary, says the manager
OF tn. Tribune.
AT Binghamton. n. Y. says the Republi-
IAN, seve.a al actCries are on shorter hours.
hut that is usual in the winter. put thes
Plan 10 open in the spring earlier than
tiristoma1 v Business in Binghamton
: should be fully as good as In 1907 AZ
ktica the conditions are said not to have
hsen lad II any time. every payment mas
been made in cash and all factories Kept
open except few that closed week
for inventory. Utica has learned about
the hard times only from reading. says
the publisher of the Press.
Newark reports money more plenu1ul
and nofeeling of lack of confidence. say
fffe advertising manager OF the Evening
News. Philadelphia hears OF no genera
cit in wages or of many men pene
th-owux out of employment. while adver-
Users report a satisfactory Ch:lstm's
Trade with some increases over the pre-
vf6us year according to the manager o.
tie Bulletin. =,
Pittsburg believes normal conditions will
oe restored and the editor OF the Dis
s Satch says: The entire world can with
safety Judge general conditions by TIT
Pittsburg situation. The factories nave
orderss to cary them for months: the
workn1en are well paid and Satished
shd4the stores are crowded. with adver-
.ise-s buster than ever, the editor OF the
Dispatch reports.
Baltimore reports steadily increas-
ing demand for high-ciass securities
With funds rapidly becoming more p!entl-
sul. \ large number OF men ia'd on aite
HE October crisis have been restored to
iuty and the c has been no marked re
luction in the purchasing power OF the
community. according TO fhe News
Crops Good in South.
Money is more plentiful. in Columbia.
=, and no manu- aciu!inS establishment
shortened its hours or reduced pay. and
crops are so good that the people W j
ave more money to spend than they have
Il for years says the dive tising mar
-..,r OF the State.
Clearing house certificates were I'M
Anown in jacksonville. says the nusin
manager of the Metropolis. and wag )
u -
scar is expected. Wages were not cut i
All nta and but Il f,.w wot otkmcn wer
sut OF employment. The bank statement
ire only SHADE under the .arSest evc'
published one hundred and fifty milliui
ioilt will be realized from the Georgi;
cotton crop. and the people will hav'
atore money than ever before says III
advertising man ger Of the Atlanta jour
aa
Mobiles five years Of prosperous Grow;i
were not interrupted by the crisis. ns
pn,y check being legislation against raii
why's. Planters are out OF debt and have
money to spend. but cine In lumber
prices has affected mil owners ser nus'y
resulting Ia discharge o. workmen or cuts
~ w.scs. Says the president oi the lttE
ster. Jackson. Miss. reports tina,
conditir rns ;se daily growing more cncour-
aging though many lumber m.,s have
closed. but In. farmers are holding th'!r
cotton and the general feeling is ore o.
OPTIMISM acco dinG to the Daily Ncw
hielnpEiS Tenn. says THAT retail sale
have not diminished largely. but fea
workers are idle except i'll the buildin
trydcs. No factory cut either wages "a.
Lours. says the business manager OF tht
c'ommercial-App
Holiday Business Breaks Record.
From Louisville comes the statement
that IL has not been necessary for any g.
the banks TO issue checks or certificate.
ID help employers ray their wages. an.
that the holiday business exceeded that o
the previous year. No instance of cut:
III wages is reported. but In some case:
the number OF employees has been reduced
says the president OF the Courier Joui nj
Company.
Only two plants IN joliet. H.. are shu
down. and the pay roll Of the Illinois Stee
Comrauy mas been reduced to norma by
stopping overtime work. lcssen'ng til.
tasD.,tD monthly pay ro.l about 10 pr cent
Since all pay Is high. most y. the wagc
e;rncyS have bank accounts. Advertising
patronage of the papers Is the same a
last year says the manager of the Her
aid In Peoria In the same state
conditions are reported as much improved
only one manufacturer has closed dowi
alG the corn {. op has never been better
afco. ding To the business manage: OF III
Peoria Star Bat in DesMGineS there 4
general cu-tailment in almost all business
from ack OF confidence rather than from
iircct .oss II business but since tn. furry
Dcs Moiaes his opened rev theater am
new department store. Wages have no
been cut and only superduous labor dis
pensed with. The people have money L
spend says Lafe Young, jr-, of the Capt.
tai
Bank Deposits Increase.
In Topeka. Kan, bank deposits have in
creased and never before have they bee
90 great in the state. kansas people wer
never before SO prosperous or bushes
conditions so favorable declares tn
publisher OF the Capital. From KanSa
City Mo-. comes similarly reassu-n