Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-08
SOUTH PREPARES
FORPROSPER|TY
HIGH TIDE
Business Men and Industrial
Plants Flooded With Orders
Despite Election Year.

This is the story of the story the
reporter didn't get.
He was sent out for interviews with
business men on what they think about
the Democratic victory. He didn't get
them.
Sorry. but haven't time now" said
the first merchant he saw. I'm just
rushing a bunch of buyers to the New
York market for the biggest lot of or
ders my house has ever placed. Then
I've got to hurry down to the bank and
arrange for a big loan for enough to
discount my bills. and then I've a Gus
toner to see about a large-sized prop
osition. l really haven't had time to
bother about politics"
That's the way it went all up and
down the street. Everybody was glad
Wilson had won, but gladder still that
the election was over and everybody
was back at business. If any of them
Anticipated the country was bound for
the bow vows, they didn't show it.
Election Had No Effect.
THE best forecast of big business
and general prosperity | have seen is
the scarcity Of political talk for the past
three months" said Forrest Adair.
NO: it wasn't apathy. The big vote
proves that 1t was just that the peo-
pie have outgrown the idea that
presidential year means general tear
ing I'D of business. Why, the fact that
this was election year didn't cause any
trouble at all. The people thought
things over, made up their minds and
voted when the time came, but they
didn't let 1t interfere with business"
One of the leading cotton mill owners
was asked for his opinion Of the eff
feet of Wilson's election
The output of our mill for 1918 is
almost completely sold in advance" he
replied. at was sold before anybody
knew who would be elected and the
buyers figured that prices were going
up no matter who won out. You can
ask all the other mill men and they'll
tell you the same thing. We shall hard
ly be in position to I'LL any new orders
for many, many months. 1t looks like
big year all round"
Bradstreet's Sees Great Year.
Money won't be extra plentiful
among Georgia planters" said cotton
buyer. Cotton has reached SIS a bale
more than last year at this time, and
that's good for those who have it, but
there was hardly more than half crop.
OF course, that's one reason the price
is good. But still I look for a good
year all over the state"
j. Z. c. Pedder, division superin-
tendent of the Bradstreet company.
keeps in touch with business condi-
tons all over the South. In sizing up
the general situation. he said:
we find our manufacturers loaded
down with orders and some. notably
in iron and cotton lines, have enough
business sold ahead to keep them going
for months to come. In wholesale and
jobbing lines we find practically the
same condition-liberal orders and more
Of them than for the same season for
wears past
For the past three years there has
been very unsettled feeling Orders
were scaled down to the minimum, the
retail trade simply living from hand to
mouth, being willing apparently to
send filling in orders when actually
needing necessities instead Of carrying
their usual stocks. The natural result
OF this repression is that now that the
demand has arrived, they are making
such liberal orders that manufacturers,
wholesalers and jobbers are being
taxed to their utmost to keep up with
them.
Auto Trade Never Better.
The South today. as a whole, ] con-
slider is in the best possible shape to
take advantage of the prosperity that
IS already upon us. She is improving
all along the line-every hamlet. viii
Iage, town and city is building up rap
IDLY and forging ahead, and her prog
ress 10 the envy and marvel of the CIV
ilized world"
me Atlanta Steel Company. it is re-
ported, has sold its output far ahead.
ana this Indicates great deal of con-
S.ruction work for the future, as one
VI the company's principal outputs is
steel nails and railroad material.
Automobile dealers say their busi-
ness never was better. and that the
,olHlhs automobile show will bring a
'arHest Of orders for 1919 models.
lheN say that the craze for auto-
"loolles mas ruined the iewelry trade. "
'einalNed one jeweler. We'll our bust
ness in diamonds and exnen eive s,1,,o-