Evening journal., 1909-10-04
Monday. October A. 1909
RETURN OF PROSPERITY.
F RON everywhere comes news OF ret

n RON everywhere comes news of returning
- prosperity. The reports of the commercial
agencies, which are generally conservative the
statements of the railroad companies, interviews
with leaders of industry and business, all tell of
IT, And the government reports some time ago
predicted the return of good times. Only the
other day the New York Central Railroad Com
pany reported the greatest September business
IN its history The number of idle freight cars
has steadily diminished, and doubtless soon the
railroad companies will be taxed TO their utmost
TO handle their business. Passenger traffic, too
has increased. Not SO many months ago some
OF the railroad trains, which in good times are
well filled, carried comparatively speaking few
passengers. But this is changed. We may not
so with the rush that was evident few years
ago, and if we do not, it will be WELL The period
OF prosperity will be likely to last longer.
Wilmington is feeling the effects of the re-
viving trade. Our merchants are becoming bus
lcr and our industries are giving more and more
employment % iabof During the period of pros
perty this city should advance as it never has
advanced before 1t will be our own fault If
Wilmington does not go ahead. We have live
Board of Trade and we ought to be well equipped
to more than hold our own We cannot afford
to lag behind. Most other cities of our size have
Boards of Trade with active and energetic men
at their head who are pushing forward at a rapid
pace. Chester. it seems, is TO get silk fac-
tory which Wimingtonians regret is not to be
located here But we cannot grab everything
that may come in this direction.
With the awakening of business there is re-
vival of the building industry. Suburban land
is being developed and the city is extending in
every possible direction. We are growing and
NC should grow more rapidly than ever during
the next few years.
We should also endcavor to extend our trade.
Wilmington ought to command a larger trade
than it does from the peninsula Baltimore is con-
stantly seeking for this trade, and even that
CITY has under contemplation the building of a
trolley line along the Eastern Shore bv which
it is hoped to divert trade from Delaware to the
Maryland city. Mention of this trolley company
brings up the thought that with the renewal OF
business activity some means should be found
10 build the proposed trolley line from this city
10 West Chester. Such line would bring
large and rich region of country into close com
muncation with Wilmington. OF course the line
will be built some day, but the important thing
is that the sooner it is constructed the better.
Let us put forward every kind of effort for the
upbuilding of Wilmington during the next few
wears. 1t seems TO be natural order of affairs
that good times arc followed by depression The
Socialists have an argument that depression fol
lows prosperity in cycles. They predicted the
recent depression as sure to come when most
other prophets were reveling in bountifu pros
perity that they seemed TO think was to go on
permanently. If depression follows prosperity,
the best thing to be done is to get as much out
OF the prosperity possible so that the business
depression when it comes does not pinch so hard.
As indicating the revival of business prosper
ty the Bureau of Statistics today announced that
lake commerce during August broke all pre-
vous records. The shipments for the month OF
all kinds of merchandise from ports on the great
lakes aggregated I2,543.o57 net tons, as COM
pared with ro.oo5,44o during August, 1908. and
12,I25,459 during August, 1900, the latter figure
being the largest monthly total heretofore re-
corded by the bureau. 1t is stated that the un.
usually large shipments of iron are mainly re
sponsble for this record-breaking achievement
the total being nearly seven million tons. an in
crease OF As per cent over August Of last year
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