Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-27
CHRISTMAS TRADE SHOWS PROSPERITY
 Is HERE ONCE MORE
Merchants Tell of Increased Demand for Gifts As
 They Saw lt
GROWTH $ UNIVERSAL

No barometer can be found to bet fer reflect the business conditions of a community. its prosperity or lacl, Of prosperity than the holiday trade. The first economics that are insti- tuted by the man who has felt the pressure of hard times are In luXur- les The last economies 70 be abau- doned are iu iuxuries Necessities, comforts for his family and himself he will hang 10 so long as if is pOssi- hle, but with luXuries lt is different and holiday presents to a large ey- tent must be ranked as luXuries Some gifts win be bought in any event but the quantity and the qual- lty Of those gifts will depend on the state Of finances of the giver 1T then, Bisbee h3s enjoyed a good hol- iday' trade it is safe to put Bisbee down as enjoying a return of pros porous conditions and such proves tu have been the case.
 The Review has not heard of a mer- chant in this city who does not say that his holiday trade WIS better than last year and in many cases they 20 even further Not ali of the me-- chants have been seen but those who did express themselves all told of bet ter times.
 Tell of Coed Business.
 At the Fair store the holiday busi- ness was the best that they have known since the panic. was even bet ter than in 1907 when the full effects of that panic had not yet been felt. Ever since ihe advent of fall this store has enjoyed a steadily increas- ' ing business and this culm:-ated in the splendid holiday trade which they report
 '. L. Gilman declared to The Re view that this year he did more bus mess in a single store than he did in two stores a year ago, had conse- ] guentIy less expense and says the holiday trade was far better than he had anticipated. He is another wno insists that prosperity has returned and is again making her home in Bisbee
 c. M Henkel reports a splendid holiday business. He excelled this year the business Of past years dat- ing back to the panic. And here in the jeWelry business it may be said that the purchase Of .lixuries and the consequent indication of prosperity aTe~ clearly indeXed
 Fifteen Per Cent Increase.
 M J. Brophy. assistant general man. ager of the Copper Queen store, was ;n an optimistic mood when seen by a Review representative yesterday morning. With Christmas in arrears, ! SO to speak, the store was crowded yesterday and the holiday appearance there had not I ereertibly diminished
 AIr. Brophy stated that the increase ! of business in December. 1911 over the same month Of the previous year was 15 per cent approximately And fifteen per cent is a conservative fig urc.' he added
 Not only does the increase apply 10 Christmas but all of the fai months. beginning IS far back as September. In that month the bust ness Of that store showed a consid- erable increase ever the same month of 1910 and it has been on a steady constant increase ever since. This is not only gratifying but it is signif- cant as showing that better bust ness" as indicated by the opinions Of Bisbee merchants presented this morning, has not come in a spurt bur it's growth has been gradual and is therefore permanent and is likely 10 show even better increases for the spring and summer months.
 MT Brophy has a common sense ! reason for the increase. While the increase apparently had it's incipien- cy in the increase of the price of cop per. the real reason. as he views it. is that the mines have been gradual ly increasing their forces. With the price Of copper on a steady increase ! the average man argues that his chance of employUen increases with ! the price of copper. On inc other hand, in stringent times. when the I price of the metal drops, he argues l that his chance Of employment de- l creases and he lays up his money | against the day of idleness. Conf ! denoe is the reason of the better l ment Of business, in a single word. 1 We are over the hill now and I be- Heye on the road to still larger i'm provenient in business circles. |
 Best They Ever Had.
 Wally Schwartz, of Schwartz Bros. Co, says that his firm has paFtici- pated in full measure in the increase ! Of business in the district. Flush times" in Bisbee usualiy antedate the year 1906. but Mfr Schwartz says that his firm has done more business this December than in that good year of 1906. Our business on Saturday before this Christmas day vas the best in the history of our store with the exception of ore day, the Satur- day before Christmas 1906. Not only has our holiday business been good but the increase has besl con tant for months back and what IS more encouraging to us. the indica tiOns for a fine business year in 1912 are also good" said Mir. Schwartz.
 The increase in all lines. acc0rding