The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
REMARKABLE SPREAD OF The GIVE US A REST
And "IET us ALONE MOVEMENT
Slogan Proposed by Railroad Man Catches Like Wildre
and Promoters Are Delighted-A Campaign of Cheerful
ness For "Fair Deal, Sunshine and a Square Meal"

received from the Business Mems AS
ISOLATION, Danbury, Conn; the Com
mercial Club, Cape Girardeau, Mo. /;
the Board of Trade, Little Rock,
Ark; the Business Mems League, st,
Joseph, Mo-. the Commercial Club,
Brookfield, Mo-; the st. Louis Credit
Mems Association; the Business Men S
League, Little Rock, Ark; the Bust
ness Mems League, Helena, Ark; the
Business Mems Association, Sedalia,
Mo-; the Retail Merchants Associa-
ton, East st. Louis, ILL.,; the Bust
ness Mems Club, Memphis, Tenn,
and the Commercial Club, East St.
Louis, Ill.
Thousands of letters came from
corporations in different cities of the
East, North, South and West.
The Business Mems Association OF
Danbury, Conn, was the first organi-
cation of any of the smaller cities in
the East to officially express its ap-
prevail of the movement.
| That general business conditions
are improving all along the line was
also the unanimous opinion of these
men, who are in close touch with all
sections.
| "The growing wealth of the coun-
| try will not permit business to re.
main stagnant for any length of
time" they said. IF the crops are
good, and at present there is every
indication they will be, there is likely
to be business revival that will sur
pass anything of the kind the country
has ever experienced.
THAT the people have more money
| than they ever had before is demon
strated by the fact that there is about
! $160, 100000 more gold in the coun-
| try at this date than there was six
months ago.
Last fall more than 100000, 600
| of gold was imported from Europe
Since then only about $6,000,000 has
been exported. In the meantime the
| mines in this country have been pro-
ducing more than S10,000,000 a
month.
Statistics also show that as far
| back as last January there was in cir
culation in this country $191, 100000
more actual money than there was on
the corresponding date in 1907 and
| SAB, 100000 more than on the CORE
| spending date in 1906.
Bankers also pointed, out that proof
! of the general Improvement in the
| situation was contained in the re-
ports of commercial houses regarding
collections and in the resumption OF
| buying by merchants in the interior
! Under such conditions, they declared
there must be a gradual resumption
of mills all through the country.
But the "let us alone" theory will
work more harm than good, accord
ing to some of the statements, if q
proper check is not kept on the specu-
lator. He is the man, it is explained
who has worked much of the harm
and will work more if he is not taken
in hand.
Many of the responses are coming
in by mail, owing to the necessity oil
formal action by the various business
organizations, but the mass of tele-
grams and letters from all over the
country received daily indicate be-
yond any doubt that the National
Prosperity Association is producing
substantial benefits, and that the
fair deal, sunshine and square
meal" platform has touched sympa-
! thetic chord