The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
RAIL ROAD CHIEF
 SEES PROSPERITY
 FOR THE STATES

New York. Aug 27.-President ". B. Scott of the sunset-CentraI lines, is optimistic as to business conditions and the outlook for the future.
 He sees nothing in the present com naerciaI situation to cause depression, and has full confidence in the ability Of the American business man. man ufacturer and farmer to meet the stress of the war and so harmonize their operations and modes of living as to make great and final success, making prosperity take the place of the present disturbance, which, he in- sists, Is temporary.
 This country is too promo unced and too Hirile in all Of its phases says Mir. Scott, ito permit the present ap-s parently serious disturbance to trade. and trade relations to continue indea- niteIy as a result Of the conflict of European nations.
 stOne thing we must not forget in . considering the matter from the view point of either railroad or business man is the always interesting fact that no matter what happens the mill lions must be fed and clothed. As Eu-s rope now warning represents several hundred millions of persons. the ma 1ority of whom are barred from till ing the soil or operating the factories, who will be in "a position to feed and cfothe them except the United States, or bls countries south of us
 Tt is in this phase of the situation that we must take comfort. The south is the cotton producer Of the world, ana if the marketing of the staple is now problematicai this problem wi not long remain unsolved- The eco homie situation is too acute to permit the vast sum of money represented by our nation to remain qiuescent or unproducing as the effect of such a policy would be disastrous to banking interests. farmers and the government Ther efore cotton must be- sold for a. fair price; must be moved to. the con- 8isuIning markets, be put on the loom and issued to the trade. The present wait, can be only temporary and the. pockets of the interests which will settle the vexing questions with prop CT justice to the producer and the peo-l pie who depend upon him.
 he farmer is the man to get busy. Grain prod1cts are bound to be in de- xrialr1dg next year. no matter what hap pens and the great crop of this year will find it's way to the graneries of 1his country and of the Old World. and should find it's way there, too, without the consumers of America be- ing unduly held up as a result ef tndI- vlduaI or collective rapacity.
 The demand for American products will increase naturally. Europe and the countries supplied by Europe will look to us Tor sfe1ieES Farm and man- 1faetured products will be properly Stimulated and we should reap the re- ward Of our preparedness. It is there fore up to us to get in position for the coming demand, and the farmers should be encouraged and assisted in every way possible to meet the con- tingency. We need the farmers, and more of them. for upon ehern rests the other fellows burden, and in propor- tfon to their prosperity and enterprise all other industries flourish or decay
 ssTf1e raIlreads are part of the whole They are the connecting links betvFeeh the producer and the consumer, and must profit or lose as the general business sgaxes or Hanes. am enough of an oEtiniist to believe that what ever depression may seem to or does exist just now will be totally elirninat- ed as we realize just how potent a force in the commercial and prpduc- ing situation we represent. Trade must continue and traffic move. Gut of it we shall all ultimately profit z