Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1914-07-21
Do Il Now.
(Reprinted From Manufacturers Rec
ord Inlv 9 1914 !

\heprinte0 FROM ManuIacIurGrS rec :
ord, July 2, 1914.)
Building material is low, labor is
abundant and eager for work, archi-
tects and contractors have more time
now to plan and carry out contracts
than in periods of activity. Lumber is
cheap, machinery builders are anxious
for orders. pig-iron is much lower in
price than it ought to be to yield fair
profit to the producers, and to many
other things pertaining to building, to
machinery and to construction work
the same things apply.
Every man who knows this country
and its recnperative power knows that
this condition will sooner or later give
way to Astounding prosperity. just
how soon that prosperity will come no
one con say, but it may be much near
er here than many people anticipate.
Even. however, if it should be some
what delayed in its coming, it will
eventually be here in full power.
The man who wants home and has
the money with which to build it can
build now to better advantage than
when prosperity comes, and at much
tentlon on the part of contractors and
mechanics. The manufacturing con-
Germ that needs new equipment. or will
need it when prosperity comes, can Sc
cure this equipmeet today to much bet
ter advantage than it can do at a time
when every factory is crowded and
when machinery people are able to
command a full price for every thing
they turn out.
There are thousands of concerns in
this country who fully intend to enlarge
their plants and have available at pres
ent the money which could be thus ex-
pended, but who. by reason of the spir-
it of pessimism abroad, merely sit
down and wait, taking the ground that
they will do nothing until times are
better. When. times are better they
will then rush like flock of sheep each
one struggling to be the first to enlarge
his plant or to buy new equipment, and
the cost will be greater than it would
be at present, and the plant will be
under construction or under enlarge
ment at the very time when it should
be running TO its utmost capacity to
turn out goods. A boom period is no
time for a wise expenditure in the en-
largement of plants. A period of de-
preston is the time for doing work of
this kind
Thousands and tens of thousands of
men in this country are intending to
build homes for themselves, but are
waiting for what they think will be a
more proptious moment, when every
body will be an optimist rather than a
pessimist. When they do undertake
to build, every item will cost them
more and they will find great difficulty
in securing as much attention in con-
struction work and in the equipment of
their homes as could be had now.
There are some concerns 4hat could
not raise the money for betterments at
such period as this There are many
men who cannot afford to put money
into the building of home at present
These are not the ones we are consid-
ering. The ones who ought to do
these things are the ones who have the
money available, but who follow the
general talk of the day and sit down
and do little or nothing, merely be-
cause they say times are bal and eve
will wait for better times.
This is pre-eminently the time when
every man who expects to build home
a store or an office building, if he has
the money, should do it. This is the
time when every manufacturing enter
prise which knows that it needs new
machinery or the enlargement of its
plant. and has the money available,
should do the work This is the time
when our municipalities should press as
vigorously as possible all of their i'm
provements in order to get the benefit
of the lower prices of materials now
prevailing as compared with boom per-
iods. Almost over night a change in
business could be brought about if peo-
pie who are able to do this building
and construction work would under
take it now.
Tiz for tired feet, buy it of Miller's Phar-
macy.
Finest line of refrigelators we ever sold. |
Ice savers, porcelain lined sanitary, neat
and clean. Sold by John c.. Burns & Co,
All kinds coal, wood. feed. CO meut and |
and sold by John c Burns & Co
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