The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-03
CALAMITY HOWLERS ROUTED IN DEBATE
 UPON PROSPERITY

Washington, July 3-There was an other prosperity debate in the Senate yesterday.
 The Democratic Senators yesterday made response to the calamity howl CTS. and cited data which put them to rout. They declared that business conditions in the United States at present are better than they are any where else in the world. Reports from various sections of the country were quoted to prove these assertions. The fact was noted that the big tube plant at NFcKeesport, Pa, had been put on full time and that the Singer Sewing Machine company. which has hereto fore taken a vacation closing down it's plant in New Jersey. would limit the vacation this year to one week due to press of business.
 Senator Simmons, chairman of the f. nance committee and joint author with Representative Underwood of the new tariff law, caused to be read g letter from SecTetary McAdoo congratulating him on the successful revenue results that have flowed from the new tariff act.
 1T heartily congratulate you on the result of the operations of the new tarin and income tax laws for the fiscal year just ended wrote Secre- tary McAdoo- After paying all or dinary disbursements of the govern ment there was a surplus of $3S, 7s4,- 452 and after paying all tAe Panama canal expenditures for the year there was a deficit of only s1, ,01O,o5S. These figures are subject to revision upon an ianalysis of complete returns ''
 Senator Gallinger. leader of the Re> publicanss expressed qualification which was not reflected in his ogS1n- tenance after the reading had been concluded. He said he was glad to know that the figures were so satis- factory.
 whether it be so or not 1t is a fact that the industrial conditions of this condition added GaIlinger with great positiveness. He cited the fact that a shoe manufacturer Of Nashua, N. H., had recently lost a contract for s2o0,- GOO which had been placed with an English house. The Senator also calI- ed into/ evidence another correspon- dent who had written him that wool en mills at Lebanan, N. H., had oper- ated only one-third- Of their looms in the last six months and are now shut ! down.
 l. Senator Hollis, Democratic colleague of Ga11fnger appeared to, be very inn | patient at this recital and as soon as l Senator Gallinger had concluded Ho1- lis got into action and told the Senate what he had observed on a recent visit l to New Hampshire. |
 ssNot a single cotton, wooIen or tex l tile mill has closed down in my state and not pulp or paper mill" said the senator The plant of the Mo- E1wain Shoe company, which was re- ported as closing today will begin op- I erations next week. In the part of New Hampshire where live you can not hire labor even at an offer of reasonable wages. Contractors so re- 4 port to me. Labor has never been so well employed in New HamHshires as 1t is today. All these walls that you hear of impending business depression or actual conditions usually come from some place far away and afa based on what some one says that some body else writes or what somebody guesses or predicts
 s@The Singer Sewing Machine com lpany located in my own state. whose iproduct has been placed on, the free list, will close down this summer for a shorter period than in 20 years be- fore,'' said Senator Martine Of New
 Jersey. ITO my mind it Is the part of lstatesmanship in times of distress and
 alarm to try to aIlay appr ehension and
 not fan the flames and try to bring
 calamity to every household in the lland.'