Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-29
SEES FINE PROSPECTS
FOR FUTURE BUSINESS
E. H. Gary Also Regards Trade OPP
portunity Better Than
Ever Before.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, October 29.-An
optimistic prediction of business con-
ditions in this country for the imme-
diae future and the statement that the
struggle for commercial supremacy
was the underlying cause of the Euro
pean war, were features of the address
delivered by Judge Ebert H. Gary,
president. before the seventh annual
meeting of the American Iron and Steel
institute, which opened here today
without particulariZing," said Judge
Gary, lit would seem safe to predict
that in many important respects, bust
ness conditions in the United States
for the next three months. at least. will
be better than they have been the last
three months. AS to the long future,
1 say with emphasis, that the oppor-
tunities for progress in this country
are greater than ever before"
Mr.. Gary declared if the European
war is continued with it's present vio-
lence for eighteen months, the loss of
life will aggregate 100000. and the
pecuniary loss to all nations involved
will total $4,000, 100000.
"ParadoNical as it may SEEM said
Mr.. Gary. the nation which is sue
cessful in this war will surely lose.
The struggle for commercial supremacy
was the underlying cause of the war
and many believe if representatives of
the different nations previously had
met in friendly spirit to settle the
financial interests involved all trouble
could have been averted.
Undoubtedly it would be to the best
In the present war and to the world at
large, II the integrity and geographical
lines of each of these nations could be
substantially preserved"
The speaker asserted his belief in
the efficiency of an agreement between
all the countries for arbitrating all in
ternational disputes
European Orders Pouring In.
CHICAGO. October 2e-To date it is
said that foreign orders for clothing,
trucks, harness, timed meats and the
like in the Chicago and neighboring
markets amount to between seven and
eight million dollars. Purchasing agents
of the British and the French govern
ments are in the field, and the former
has 100000 gold in local bank to be
used against purchases. The meat pack
ers are said to have enough European
orders on hand to keep them running
full time for year.
William c. Bruce. secretary Of the
wisconsin Manufacturers Association
is authority for the statement that the
knitting mills of that state are swamped
with military orders. Coarse fur
coats, harness. shoes and light tonnage
auto trucks are among other Wiscon-
sin commodities being sold abroad, he
said.
Buy Horses for Foreign Governments
ST. LOUIS. October 29.-Twenty thou
sand additional head of horses are to
be purchased in Missouri and southern
Illinois by agents of the British, French
and Russian governments, according to
reports in live stock circles here to-
day. 1t is stated that the agents of the
various governments have been in
structed to make the purchases
A uniform price of 1910 is being paid
for each horse.
The French agents, also, it is stated,
have bought 100000 barrels of -four and
great quantities of other provisions
here, and orders have been placed with
local shoe factories for thousands of
pairs of shoes.