The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

At a recent political dinner it was forstold that disaster dire, financial and industrial would overtake the country. Calamity howhng was the keynote and most luguburious views Of the course taken by the ship of stefe How this outlook has been disqualified Is being told daily in papers throughout the country.
 Statements published soon after Ehe 7ast election showed that there had been a df1ninution in the employment saan7.az,- An attenept to magntfyz sts entant was. mad Q Qiae Of lfLo locaF Journals with nzeNe or less e1- feet upon the public pulse
 Reports in the city recently indie at- d 10 the Farmer that the fal1acy Of the tardf pugabo0 had been exploded and that large manufacturers, mer- chants and mercantile concerns Wfs9 had proceeded with judicious caution in stocking up for the year 1914 had shrurwn aside their reserve, many or them being caught short on orders
 Among the biggest factories here caught in this predfcament may De mentioned the. Union Metallic Cart ridge company which recently admit fel5 that it would have to work a night shift to rep1enish stocks of cart rfdxss which through ovcr-caI tious feeling for the future, had been Drought down below the minimum EOnG@rEOG8 are freduent, according to reports coming to this papeN
 The Farmer, however prefers to use inc language of the manufaeturers themselves which as published in a New York daily and elsewhere. are presented as A symposfum of happiness for readers of this paper:
 WARNER BROS. co.
 De Yer H. warner, head of the big corset factory of Warner Bros Co.,, employing 3,O00 hands and assessed upon a million and a half dollnTs' worth of property. yesterday said:
 eve look for normal conditions of business and think the work being done is bound to benefit the country sf large We believe the tarin will adjust itself and that from every viewpoint business is bound to be good-'
 BRTDGH.PoRT BRASS co.
 T. !. Kingsbury, president of the BtzdgepcFt Brass company, another company that employs thousands of of hands and is also assessed in the millions, sa1ds
 -Business ss better with us now than it was at the closing of last year There are more inquiries than there then were dnds the sentiment of people at large varied and some people feel discouraged while others are greatly encouraged. The most DTDu0UUC4Q trade during the past few months Is the agitation in general by the gov- eruu7ent- We all hope for good bus lness this year and the outlook As for much steadier business than last year"
 AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE co. -
 c. E. woods. manager of the Arneri- ran Graphophone Go. said. Up to the first of January this year the American Grapf1ophone Go never had such a big business in it's career At the present time OUT sales are about % per cent ahead of last year. It is usua1 at this time to experience a Ht- E1a dul1ness owing to the general clean ID and inventory of stock We main country and during January their sales went up quite a little. There has been absolutely no diminution in Inc export trade We look for a most prosperous year
 CRANE VALVE co.
 Charles V. Harrington, secretary of The Crane Valve CO, an employer of taxes upon an assessment of over two millions dollars. said:
 We are working upon full time Everything is picking up all over the country and business is good. Export trade is pretty good We are ship
 ACME SHEAR co.
 Ds e. wheeler, secretary of the Acme Shear Co-. said: -Business is very good While it is not as strong as 1t was month ago, owing to te1n- porarx 1mzl, thfngs look very bright