Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-08-04
PROSPERITY IS
FORGING AHEAD
Detroit Journal Interviews
Leading Manufacturers on
Business Situation
OPTOMISM PREVAILS
Industrial Activity is Grow
ing Larger Receipts and
More Men Employed

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 3.-The De-
troit Journal, Republican news
paper, and one of the strongest in
this section of the country, prints the
following as local news article:
"Of eleven Detroit manufacturers
interviewed Thursday morning, all de-
clared that they were expecting an
increase in business activity before
the end of the summer season, while
four stated they actually were pre-
pairing to employ more men and to
turn out a greater product soon.
"The reasons given by the opti-
mistic for the return of prosperity
were three:
"A bumper grain crop.
Increase in rates expected to be
granted railroads.
Efforts to bring Congress to a
realization of the real needs of Am
erican business.
The consensus of opinion was that
the tide of prosperity, which had been
at low ebb the last six months, was
bound to flood back.
prosperity will not return with a
rush, according to some of the man.
ayers. Conditions now, in most of
the factories, are norm.l, many said.
Prosperity Ahead.
1.-The feeling seems to have be-
come general that these men down in
Washington will not do anything now
to seriously upset business was the
way A. H. Templeton, of the Morgan
& Wright Co., expressed himself.
81 look for 1915 to be year of mo-
bile business. Many Of the motor
car companies have decreased their
prices, and this will have big ef-
feet on the motor car business next
year.
"The proposed coming Of Dodge
Brothers, with q low-priced car, into
the automobile field; the fact that
the Ford Motor Co. will increase its
output by next October, taking on
more men; the planned increase in
the Hupp output; the fact that the
Packard company is experiencing 4
wide demand for all it's cars and has
doubled it's output of motor trucks,
all indicate that the wave of pros
perity must soon return, according to
Nj. Templeton.
Some of the opinions expressed by
leading manufacturers follow:
Output Increased.
Frank L. Klingensmith, secretary
Ford Motor Co.-The fact that the
Ford Motor Co. is about to take on
the 1000 men laid off some weeks
ago speaks for itself. When we will
have done that, we will have reach
ed our maximum-120 900 men. We
haven't room here for more now, and
are waiting until we increase our fac
tory space to employ more. OF course
our output has been greatly increas-
ed
alvin Macauley, general manager
of the Packard Motor Cove are
employing a good many more men
now than we have for some months.
Our average for the last three months
is about 5000, and it is little over
that now, but we are increasing the
number of employees in nearly all
departments. The increase is general
and regular. Five thousand is our
normal number of employees, although
we have gone far above that figure.
The outlook appears to be bright. Un-
fortunately, can not ascribe it to the
general business situation. Increas.
ed facilities for production have en-
abled us to put out a greater product
with less men. The truck factory
has doubled its capacity this year.
We would be helped by a betterment
in railroad conditions
THAT prospects for the early quick.
ening Of business are good Is the
opinion also of prominent Detroit
bankers. An official Of one Of the
largest of the commercial banks stat
ed Thursday:
1.-The easy money market is a
great encouragement to enterprise.
When money is cheap business is
likely to pick up very quickly.
"'This is the usual dull season for
the automobile business and all other
business, too said Vice President
Kenna, of the Peoples State Bank.
"'Toward the latter part Of August
it usually picks up rapidly and is
in full swing by September. We
have had a brisk demand for money
all the year, and II anything. this has
increased during the last few days.
"Other bankers asserted that the