The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-01-07
Cotton Mills are in Good Shape And
There Is No Cause For tie Galam.
ity Howlers. Exports For the Year
Are the Largest on Record. Rea.
son fer the Increased Cost Of Meat
is Decrease In Cattle Raising.

I statement as to the condition OF man
tsufaeturing throughout the United
States at present would be both mis-
leading and inaccurate, since this CON
dition varies according to the locality
and. the nature of the produce, tsasss
a symposium OF business conditions
issued by the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, on reports Of one
day, November 29, I5s which were
taken to be fairly representative
@The. textile industry is adjusting
Z itself to changed conditions, resulting
from decreased tariff rates" continues;
the report Shut the effect so far8d does
not justify previous apprehension The
paper manufacturing business SIS be
low normal, while shoe manufactur.t
ing is good. iwth prospectssof an ad.
vance in prices This is true, likewise
of tho leather tanning business Al
manu- eturing connected intimately,
with S.,ic railroad and with the stessa
and iron industries is necessarily fesggs
Ing the depression of these two sgssS
branches Of business. + d: ! (l&
Why Meat Is High.
eThe great increase In populatios
nd the Increased dsmand for meat 5as
food, Ginning at the same time as tht
decrease in the number of cattle anf
sheep, naturally has brought about
the present high price Of meat. @8 s.
"a careful study Of the facts ina
dicated that this is one Of those eco
snomic problems likely to solve itselt
and that the number of cattle in thei'
relation ito: the number Of inhabitants !
moves rather In. a aiseriesgof cycles thar
I'm straight line. Forinstance, thf
number Of cattle per 100 Of popula1s
tion is the same now as IT was :irS
ITO ana 1900, but we are evideatlE
facing a great change ih the cattle
raising industry - .,;4 i;
/ While tile price Of cattle probablr
swsil continlie high in the future, va
riuus agenei les gradually will work for
. more abundant supply and a more
reasonable price 5.ss5 81 :: ssSs IS. a
: Good jD South.
niEhrougslout the theastern
statsgs mercantile business +
d goluins, and this sis true ir
al throughout the Fest and thu
Business yaries much in these
s. ions, according 10 locality Where
scrops were good. business was fairly
active and in sections where croI
returns last year were poor. business
Isl orrespondingly quiet,
ssThe nations foreign commerce for
1913 approxintated s4.25o,ooo; ;ooosss thes3 til,
department of commerce estimates. o2
that amount 81, 500, Ooo6Oo represent
exports and sl75o 100000 imports
making. the balance of trade in fayoSS
of the United States s75o,0o0 600:
which exceeds the record Of any pre-
vious year, g ~, Z
'The years exports were the larg-
est in the history Of the country while
imports are exceeded only by those Of
1912. The decline in:imports is ats,
tributed in part to reduction in price,
.cf certain articles imported.
can increase in foodssnffs exported
was chiefly lin wheat, corn. barley
oats, -four, bacon and lar; IN manu-
Fractured exports increases ere record
I'D I'M automobiles, railway cars eleeS
Eric machinery, iron and steel bonn
nodities, lumber, copper and mineral