Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-15
CONDITIONS GOOD
IN MIDDLE WEST
Reilly Atkinson Tells of Bus
mess Outlook in Tint
Part of Country.

That business conditions in the mid
die west are very good and the mer-
chants of that territory are toktng
forward to prosperous year the
opinion of Reilly Atkinson. wfo has
Just returned from q two weeH trip
to Battle Creek. Mich, and othei cities
in the central part of the c0ntry.
Il find that there is very little sar of
bad results from the war;" Statd MIR.
Atkinson. and the big concerns in
cities like Chicago. ST. Louis. Sansss
City and Omaha are doing larger
and better business than ever One
of the biggest packing compares in
Chicago. which handles also a ensrsl
line of food specialtieS reports nat its
business is increasing even the
south. These people are all ooking
forward to a better year in 1915 They
see prosperity for the farmer sd pro-
Queer in the present high pricesof food
products and predict that morsy will
be flowing through natural cannels
very freely after the crop has been
moved.
II spent four days in Omaha n con-
sultation with the officials of ne Un-
lon Pacific Railroad company .evising
q scheme for advertising IdahC during
the coming winter and during he eN-
position at san Francisco. We outlined
a plan for further developing tie state
and there is good reason to believe
that some active work will rssult.
was surprised to find that ths Union
Pacific has already done quite little
IN the way of advertising this state as
their records show that they have
actually placed over $50 people IN this
state during the last several months
and II there are $50 whom theS can
trace there are surely number more
who have come without notifying
them
Hint to Real Estats Men
The real estate men Of this state
are making mistake in not ftyi0S
up with real estate dealers in the mid
die west. Investigated this quite
Thoroughly and found that the Settioas
which are getting most Of the home
seekers are those which h0vel local
AGENTS in the middle western states
The agents there work on coolmis-
sion and are as anxious 10 sell lind as
our own dealers; they know Who is
going to move from their own COM
munities and they naturally by u
send them to those places where they
have connections. The Union Pacific
is willing TO help our dealers make
these eastern connections and turn
over to them Inquiries resulting from
their advertising. They Win also helT
them through their ticket aSeats and
their travelling colonization ageatS
hope the dealers in this state Nill take
up the work in this way. Il is proving
most effective. met two Idaho deal
Crs in Nebraska who were there OF
visit and they are moving about
I'VE families month through this svs-
tenn.
There is great interest in Idaho ana
the bad luck which we have aad Wit
some OF our irrigation projects has
not robbed us of all our good repu-
tation. There were eight people or
my train who were coming here L
look at land and expecting TO buy
Our canned goods are 6eng better il
the. east also. | sold several cars o
canned peaches and apples from tn
Field Canning company Of Emmett I,
the largest wholesale grocery house il
Omaha. They freely conceded tina
our peach has superior flavor TO tn,
California peach and | am convinced
that Idaho has a magnificent futur,
before It as a canning state"