West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-06-10
THE MORE THAN BRILLIANT
PROSPECTS FOR BUSINESS
Not Mere Rumors but True Condi-
tions Prove that the United States
Has Already Entered Upon an
Era of Permanent Prospcrity-A
Great Demand for Farm Products

During the past week business
throughout the United States has made
marvellous and substantial progress.
The crops are I'm fine condition and
prospects more than brilliant as To
yields. while every day affords strong
er evidence of the immensity of the
needs OF foreign countries for tho pro-
ducts OF our lands. Our agriculturists
should be upon their guard as 10 man
ipulation OF market prices by foreign
and domestic combinations looking to
the purpose of obtaining control of
tho new crops I'm the early months of
the yields at lower prices than the
world situation justines.
Already the grain market quota
tions exhibit this tendency, and it IA
to the interest of the people of the
United States that the producers re-
ceive the full values rather than for
eign or home spectators who will
rig the markets to buy low and sell
high.
The dopredations OF the financial.
commercial and manufacturing COM
Dinations upon the cotton planters of
the South last August. September and
October were SO successfully carried
out and yielded such profits to the
manipulators that tho same influences
VIII be at work this year TO repeat
their operations In every agricultural
line.
The situation I'm the worlds demand
for farm products justifles large prices
Tor the farmers and planters. and
when the agriculturists are benefited
financially the entire country feels the
good effects. During tho week copper.
zinc and lead have reached the highest
levels In prices since the panic OF 1907,
with an enormous demand at home
and abroad.
Lead has advanced In the past week
from AZ cents per pound to 5s cents.
and In all of the three metals named
the huge surplus stocks that depress-
ed production and prices for years
have been completely dissipated by tho
war uses. so that they can never be
neutralized In any form.
The world Is now bare of surplus
In these metals and must depend upon
new production for its needs.
In the zinc districts OF Oklahoma
the wages of the miners have been
advanced this last week 15 per cent.
There are foreign orders I'm the shoe
factories OF New England for more
than 100000 pairs OF army shoes.
while 1t is understood the United
States has ordered more than 300, 900
pairs during the last few days.
The States OF Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut, New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania. Delaware. Ohio, West vir-
ginia, Indiana, Illinois Michigan and
Virginia are one and all increasing
their business activities by leaps and
bounds these past 60 days and the
great steel and iron industries are
nearing their full capacities of output.
The readers of the Daily News are
advised that the above statements of
unprecedtend business activities are
not rumors nor reports without foun-
dation, but they are facts that have
been gathered direct from the active
men who represent the lines of bust
ness mentioned and who are fully in
formed as to true conditions.
They 30 to prove that the United
States has already entered upon an
era OF widespread and permanent
prosperity, and while the entire coun-
try Is enjoying It the city of Cumber-
land Will surely come into its own
again and get it's full share of the good
times.-Cumberland News Rep)