The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-12
PROSPERITY NOW RETURNED
From All Parts of the Country
Come Assurances.
A RESTORATION OF CONFIDENCE
Railroad Construction Will Begin
Where 1t Left OFF and Man
facturers Are Already
Very Busy.

New York.-The Times says: The
tide of prosperity is already setting
in all over the country. From every
section and nearly every trade
comes TIE report of confidence res
tored and an eager looking forward
to the good times that are sure to
come with the resumption of BUSH
ness after the summer. Even now
when the vacation season is still on,
the commercial activity of the coun-
try is greater than usual, and the
wholesalers find a much larger num-
Der of buyers visiting the important
centers and a remarkable willing
ness among them to place orders.
Reports from New England show
that the settlement of the tariff has
assured a period of development for
the manufacturers. In particular
the admission of hides free has en-
couraged the shoe men and the
heavy duties on woolens and the cot
tons will help the textile manufac-
turers.
The South rejoices that, just as 1t
began to take on a new industrial
life, it has shown that it can wealth
er a financial storm. 1t has passed
through the panic period successfulr
" and it looks forward to time of
expansion such as it has never yet
known.
The West thinks of its crops.
Sboxy RI
the eight billion dollar mark and
to be worth nearly $325,000,O00
more than last year. With prices
and stocks what they are, the farm
ers see nothing but prosperity before
them, and the millers think that
they have now an opportunity for re-
Stunning their export trade.
Other industries are in equally
healthful condition. The miners in
general are active and feel that the
Stringency of the last year or two
has shaken out most of the wild
cat schemes which injured the gen.
eral reputation of their business.
The coal owners expect that gen.
eral increase of industrial activity
will cause a revival in the demand
for bituminous coal. The iron works
find that orders are coming in more
freely, and that the railroads es-
pecially are placing more orders and
Inquiries for structural materials
show that building is looking up.
Lumbermen also watch the resump-
ton of large schemes. with hope,
and foresee in the taking up again
of public improvements a generous
demand for their commodity
Railroad construction will, it is ex-
pected, be carried on in the near fu-
ture at almost the same rate as be-
fore the panic Moreover, very
healthy feature is the steady i'm
provement of railroad terminals
and the equipment Of the roads with
proper signalling systems. The un-
dertaking of such work, on which
there is no immediate return, shows
that the companies feel that their re
turns are satisfactory enough to
permit them to lay aside large
amounts of capital for the perman-
ent improvement of their tracks.
The retailers have lived from
hand to mouth and have taken from
the factories only what was absolu-
tely necessary for current trade Con-
sequently their stock have been low
and the last few months have been
almost depleted. But now that the
public has more money to spend, the
buyers are adopting a more liberal
policy. They are in the market to
buy for the fall trade, and all along
the line it is declared that they are1
spending much more freely than a
year ago.