Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-08
S0UTH PREPARES
FDRPR0SPER|TY
HIGH TIDE
Business Men and Industrial
Plants Flooded With Orders
Despite Election Year.

rhs il the story of the story the
,snorter didn't get.
N 10 was sent out for interviews WITH
,,an on what they think about
4 ,be Democratic victory. He didn't get
+ them.
sorry. but haven't time now said
.,s arst merchant he saw I'm just
m,sbirg bunch Of buyers to the New
n r'-,. r,orket for the biggest lot Of or
r,,, house has ever placed. Then
Il ~, ant to hurry down to the bank and
u,roe for a big loan for enough to
n ,,-.,,,rt NV bills, and then I've Gus
4 - +o see about a large sized prop
'oi :.,ar really haven't had time to
Iotber about politics"
that's the way 1t went all up and
,n.n the street. Everybody was glad
wilson had won. but gladder still that
-,a election was over and everybody
n ., nac,, at business. If any of them
a..,cinated the country was bound fol
.bo bov-wows. they didn't show 1t.
Election Had No Effect.
.r,, hest forecast of big business
ard general prosperity l have seen is
t5s scarcity Of political talk for the past
\ ,brsa months" said Forrest Adair.
@vo. II wasn't apathy. The big vote
n ,.ro,as that. II was just that the peo-
n ME have outgrown the idea that a
,,ra.idertial year means a general tear
mo ND Of business. Why, the fact that
MI. was election year didn't cause any
trouble at all. The people thought
u things over. made up their minds and
voted when the time came, but they
1 don't let it interfere with business"
one Of the leading cotton mill owners
4 was asked for his opinion Of the eff
g feet Of Wilson'S election.
The output Of our mill for 1918 is
4 almost completely sold in advance he
replied. 1T was sold before anybody
knew who would be elected. and the
A buyers figured that prices were going
4 IN no matter who won out. You can
ask all the other mill men and they'll
4 tel you the same thing. We shall hard
" be in position to fill any new orders
4 for many, many months. 1t looks like
\ big year all round"
5radstreet's Sees Great Year.
Money won't be extra plentiful
among Georgia planters" said a cotton
buyer Cotton has reached SIS q bale
more than last year at this time, and
that's good FOR those who have it, but
there was hardly more than half a crop.
Of course, that's one reason the price
IS good But still l look for a good
year all over the state"
J, e. c, PeGder division supeIin-
tendent Of the Bradstreet company,
keeps in touch with business condi-
tons a. over the South. In sizing up
the general situation, he said:
we find our manufacturers loaded
down with orders and some notably
IN iron ana cotton lines, have enough
business sold ahead to keep them going
,oE months 10 COME. In wholesale and
o0oing ines we find practically the
same conGition-liberal orders and more
q Of then than for the same season for
Il Years Lost
II .N bs'SN III &C cal - there HIS
\ been 4 very unsettled feeling. Orders
were scaled down to the minimum, the
retail trade simply living from hand to
""lll' being willing apparently to
SEND uLlng in orders when actually
"reuIh8 necessities instead Of carving
MeH usual stocks. The natural result
9i this repression is that now that the
AtlQaQU has arrival
Such liberal orders that manufacturers.
""oIeSalers and jobbers are being
."Aeo TO their utmost to keep UP with
them.
Auto Trade Never Better.
l"e South today, as a whole, con-
a'ue' ~ IN the best possible shape to
""e advantage Of the prosperity that
already upon us. She is imnrovine
"'ohs the line-every hamlet, viii
15e' 'o"n and city Is building up rap
'' ana forging ahead, and her prog
~, ~ the envy and marvel of the civ
'.s A''@nta Steel Company, ii is re-
su' mas sold its output far ahead
-'-S indicates great deal OF con-
1suoA work for the future as one
q.,,- toWpany's principal outputs is
N7ls and railroad material.
'''Nopile dealers say their bust
~..r. never vas better. and that the
.,..a automobile show will bring a
.r '' orders for 1919 models.
.,ot... say that the craze for auto
.sa.,. ''s ruined the iewelry trade"
,ss. 17l one jeweler. We'll. our bust
n, ,,. ~ diamonds and expensive silver
lao, " ..l' per cent ahead of this time