The Prescott daily news., 1915-10-04
,c Rus1NEss ACTIVITIES lsnlnolurcHOUT THE SOUTH

,r,;np the gIeaV -
 s,.tIpes 2. DIace in the business conditions p"as hs South, the Manufacturers Ne'- f this week says o.,
 .oce the panic of October, S@ ,,. ' tbe situation looked so
 .nc % for the South as at present.
 .;.s ,,rS the last eight years we I1l' had no period of broad ut general y, '.r in this country. We have
 I sisi spurts in some particular
 r 4 industry and we had five or ,,s,, of exceptionally good condl-
 's tbe production and price Of
 hut in all this period there has Y. l.ck of enthusiasm and snap. ,,,d, were feeling the full effect ,.. bampering restriction against '.,l and corporations, and, there " .,rd do but little improvement
 ...rsion work. New railroads parcely to be thought of, except ,, here and there some daring at !. was made to build a small line. all that long period the iron and
 industry of the South was more s,, depressed and a great part of sme was very seriously depressed ,rarated at little or no profit. The ,a,s in railroad construction work rcbt about great dullness and de- sson in lumber, one of the South'S s, industries. While cotton was djring a considerable part of that cotton goods were for most of priod low in price, and cotton svere run without much profit eX- in rare cases.
 |rne of the most depressing and at same time most noticeable fea- es in connection with a broad study the whole South was the lack of
 optimism and enthusiasm and de limitation to achieve things which d been so pronounced for many ars prior to the panic of 1907.
 NoT the whole scene has been itta. The stage apparently has been for new order of things. The gig panorama of broad Southern |sopnent which has been moving slowly for the last eight years be- once more to unfold with in- aGng rapidity.
 The spirit of optimism is spread Quickened by the situation which South faced last fall, determined this section should not be down by one year of adverse conditions lsde, nor be made to stand before world as impoverished, unable to a temporary difficulty, the peo- of the South are arousing them s and preparing to march for
 to a victory over unfavorable lnstance.
 No one can pick up a Southern ' anywhere from Maryland out Gas and Oklahoma without catch me note of optimism which is be- Much by everybody in every di- me ron and steel industry is aded as it has not been since the
 part of 1907. Some furnaces oalSt for ten or twelve years Rhg made ready as rapidly as F0e to blow in again. Advancing
 n ron are giving a broader Sm Ol profit to the ironmakers aey have known for years.
 lotion mills are fully employed. nefe are more signs of activity 4S enlargement of existing mills @ as construction of new mills than slght or ten years.
 |,a ,aP lumber industry shows a re- Sslldency' with advancing prices [rb. "saVy '1 Increase in demand.
 phosphate rock industry. al- t"Hlaht since last fall. begins I.,,i % show signs of life. and. with s,'s s,. activity, mines Ions, long, idI,, idle |r... ,'@ being started up.
 tho SHpenoitures d. are being made |tss .aS r5Vel0pment of shipping fla ] entiro u port Improvements along |R,a.,g,ll,a |s Maryland to Tesas. rpr 'o'' Coasts b 'r,u,'ures imura for municipal and (anv pavement fpa ', work, and es- |er t,on'. ior the latter, are on a scale |rhe~ ~S~4 s"n3,," before in the South. |l,sOO0Oop p,ns uns wonderful grain crop |hss |hsi'too io OO0 bushels or s4s. SOC .ooo .Oo ooo been an Iyess n' of last years yield. |nty ,s aa illumination to the entire PhaGtes If /. 'e eraln-growing po-