Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-08-05
OPTIMISTIC VIEWS ON THE AID
VENT OF GENERAL PROS
PERITi.

Our esteemed New York contrm-
pprarirs, the World and the Amrri-
can, published in their news columns
Yesterday optimistic statements touch.
ing the advent of prosperity. An
Irresisiihl" Wave of Ero~p rity is Now
Rolling Steadily Over the Country,
d rlaryS the Wn"ld in bold, black
h adlinrs. Prosperity Here in All
Lines AYERS the American with
gr at Typographical flourish. Pros
ritN, asserts Hon. James Wilson,
;, lelary Of Agriculture, is not 60
Ing to wait on the tariff or anything
el :" while the Hon. Serene +.
p ynr, who has played a star part in
IT, making of the new tariff, avowS
prosp rouS times are coming to US
al how. " Secretary Wilson peaks
fr, N the stand point Of an rYp"lt Whu
is assumed to know NOR" apuut the
agricultural production of the nation
til n any other man III this country.
"l'ner" will b" Il ,uprriluity Of work
hc ay-, for rvrrybJdy on the farm.
-.lorr wol k than the farmers can
find hands to do. -
Il app ars from til" statements of
our New York contemporaries that
tho industrial revival has set in with
gr" lying rapldity. The mills
everywhere, states tn" World, are
rcsuming full time to fill current or
drrs, or preparing for an earl y op IL
ing The American quotes stock
market authorities aS confident that
'briorc the year is out new securities
will bc placed on sale that will bring
the total for the ~ months up to the
enormous sum of ) 900, 900, 900, and
probably 81 go, 200, OOO-thuS vcri-
flying James j. Hills prophecy that
in good times this country needs Il
billion dollars year frcsh capita for
new construction and Improvements,
There are railroad plans in sight, it
is reported, for the raising of $40,
900, 900, most of which is to he cX-
pended ON Improvements and new
construction. The steel companies
are contracting for the expenditure
of almost 500, ,OOO, ,OOD ON new plants.
There are untitled orders on the books
Of the leading companies in the prln-
cipal industries amounting to more
than S4OD. D.0OO,OuO. I'm the light OF
these figures, which it arrays as rvi-
dencr of general prosperity, one of
our New Gork contemporaries an
nounccs that "thc outlay of cash in
this country in the next II months
is expected by trade experts to be the
largest ever known in our domestic
trade.
The World cites the unprrcyd ntrd
orders received by the manufacturers
of domestic wool"nS and wurStrdS and
the enormous output Of the Shoe fact
orcs as proof that prosperity Is at
hand. Another evidence which 1t
presents is the incrcaS, in building
operations. In 81 principal cities of
the United States the building opera
tons for the first six months of thi-
wear were 66 pr cent. above the sam,
period last year, and II pr cent
greater than in the wonderfully
prospcrous first half OF 1901. y
From the West comes the an
nounccmcnt that $4,000 able-bodicd
men are needed in the grain fields %
that section and that good wages will
be- paid. All the signs of the time,
point to the restoration at an early
day of normal trade and mdustria
conditions in the United States. Oul
New York contemporaries may be &
little premature, but the best author
tiles agree that the outlook is not only
encouraging but justitirs the most
optimistic xp,ctations Of industrla
and trade activity. .-Snn.