The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
Brokers Express Opinions in Answer to Questions by
 The Age-Herald
HEAVY BUSINESS FOR
 THANKSGIVING WEEK
Stocking Heavily in Anticipation of Big Demand-Swift & Co. Ex- poets Trade to Measure Up
 to Last Year

m answer to questions propounded by The Age-Herald wholesale merchants of Morris avenue yesterday gave their opin- ions of business and the prospects for trade during Thanksgiving week. The ma jority of them were optimistic.
 Practically all of the brokers comment ed on the steady improvement in busi- ness and made a cheerful forecast for the week. In only one or two cases were pessmistic sentiments expressed and those who complained of business as 1t Is. ad- mitted that 1t was growing steadily bet ter
 Morris avenue yesterday was very busy place. Merchants were all stocking heavily in anticipation of the Thanks giving demand. Chickens and turkeys were in abundance, while pumpkins were snapped up as soon as offered
 Representative expressions from Nor ris avenue dealers are as follows:
 W. B. Douglass of Douglass Bros i: Business for the past few days has shown signs of improvement It has been somewhat quiet but now see quite an improvement. The week commencing Monday we expect to be good. We can not tell how good business will be, how ever. Turkeys are being bought in large numbers from Tennessee and Kentucky Eggs are scarce except cold storage eggs, which are going fast"
 D. Vorenburg of Vorenburg l2. Co., said: i: There is plenty of room for improve ment. If the papers would get jobs for the idle men and stop trying to fool the people with good time talk I think we and will eat They will be satisfied this year with an eight-pound turkey while last year they bought a 10 or 12-pound turkey. We get our turkeys from Ken lucky and Tennessee. l see an improve ment in business over the past few days and look forward confidently to a fur ther betterment during tho next week. Tho price for turkeys this year Is lower than last"
 MT. Vorenberg had two immense cold water vats filled to overfowing with dressed turkeys, in anticipation of next weeks business. In the store there was also a large number Of birds under wire ready for sale.
 William Jordan. of Marshall, Jordan & Keith: Business is fine. It is getting bet ter and next week it will be splendid. If has been quiet but we are selling goods right along. l think tho cold weather has helped out wonderfully. Our chick ems and turkeys from Tennessee and Ken lucky arc going to be in demand next week. It is difficult to speculate on what { comparison of business we will do next week as compared to the same week la st year"
 Louis Daring: 1T get my turkeys and chickens from this state Eggs I secure from most any place. as the supply in this state does not measure up to the demand. Business has been fine during tho past few days. The cold weather has helped us out wonderfully. Next week believe buying will be good as the peo- pie of Birmingham will buy for Thanks giving"
 Paul Giacoppazz: Business is so-so. It has improved during the past day or two but is far from the best even now. Next week we will do better. I believe the situation is improving very rapidly.
 r. r. Norton: There Is no improve ment. It is all talk I do not know how business is. As for us, there is no im- provement that I care to speak of There will be no Improvement Thanks ksgiving week. in my opinion, At that 1t may surprise me, and hope it will"
 Swift & Co.,. Business Is decidedly bet ter There has been a steady improve ment during the past few days and we believe there will be an astonishing im- provement next week. We believe that next week will compare very favorably if it does not measure up to business la st year.
 M. B. McGee: "I cannot get enough of Snowdrift to fill my orders Business with us is fine. I have some lines that are feeling some. inactivity but generally speaking business Is getting better every day. believe this Is true of all the brokers and houses on Morris avenue"
 Price Produce Co: We have customers for all the goods we want to sell Busi- ness is splendid However. collections are somewhat slim and we are careful about sales. The last few days have shown some improvement. It Is our opinion that next week will show quite an improve ment'
 B. B. Hudson Business is fine It is getting better every day. This cold wealth. or has helped us wonderfully. We be- tCe.uausd on Pass SiAsl