The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-03
FEELING IS OPTIMISTIC.
Business Men Write President
Contradicting Republican Cry
of Calamity.


in upon President Wilson and the MEM
bers of his cabinet, fatty contradict the
pessemistic reports of the business stu.
alton which are being SO industriously
circulated by Republican politicians
Talk of panic, these advices say. has
no foundation whatever. All evidence
points TO one of the largest grain crops,
including corn, in the history OF the
country. 1t therefore, follows. the Dem
ocratic leaders say, that business boom
will quickly appear after the marketing
OF the bumper crop. The President is
confident that it will be a lasting boom
because OF the existing doubts as to the
meaning of the Antitrust laws will be
removed and because a scientific cur
rency system will then be be in full oper-
alton.
The letters most valued bv the Presi-
dent comes from the heads OF large bank
ing, manufacturing and iobbing houses
They express agreement that there is
every reason for optimism. The banks
have plenty Of moneySand are not over
loaned, aid the maAufa turing and mer
chant world is carrying very light debt
load
comes from the stock exchanges. The
stock gamblers of Wall street are not
getting as many lambs to shear as they
would like to have. They attribute the
slack year in stock trading to the fact
that the President is firmly demanding
that Congress live up to the Democratic
platform pledges and strengthen the
Sherman Antitrust Law. II enacted,
the trust nils will go long way towards
limiting the old field of stock manipula.
ton. The requirement that new issues
OF railway securities be approved by the
Inter State Commerce Commission, for
instance will put an end to the old game
OF selling water to the public at high
prices.
The Board of Election Supervisors are
now selecting places for holding regis
tration and elections. They also con-
template attaching portion of the Sixth
Election Precinct of District No. 2, to
Precinct No. S. The Sixth Precinct now
has more than 600 voters on the books.
and Precinct No S has only 3I5 voters.
This will equalze the voting strength of
the two precincts. The Judges and
clerks will also be named in lew days,
or as soon as the recommendations are
received. Failing to receive such rec
concentrations the Board of Election
Supervisors will promptly name such of.
fcials.
Linganore Mine Gets New Cap
ital.
The Scheree IF oneratio, md avtan
sion Of fields of work of the United Mill
ing and Smelling Copper Company were
revitalized on Tuesday afternoon in Phil
adelphia at very enthusiastic meeting
OF the board Of directors of the company.
when more than fifty thousand dollars
worth of stock was subscribed and ar
ranged for. Following Immediately upon
the heels of the additional capital the
board of directors of the company in
structed the general manager. T. A.
Dunshee, to begin the operation of the
New London mine and to prepare for the
opening OF the Dolly Hyde mine, near
Libertytown. this county
Sufficient capital and money was rails
ed and provided for at the meeting of the
directors to begin the operation of the
mines in an extensive manner. While
the NINE al New London will be set in
motion the first OF next week, and the
concentrating mill put in operation a few
days later. and kept in operation from
that time on the company will award
contracts for the sinking Of shafts in this
mine to the thousand foot level, or to
depth where valuable ore bodies are
known to exist and are encountered.