The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-02
42O BUSINESS MEN
SEE BIG YEAR AHEAD
Optimism Rules in symposium
Collected by Harris.
Winthrop 4 Co.
200 ANSWERS RECEIVED

The Present and the Future Of Amer
lean business" is the title OF a report
which has been issued by Harris. Win.
throp Il Co. members of the Stock EN-.
rhange Of New York. This ropor, IL
issued in book form and contains the
opinions Of zoo American business men
Fairly in the year a letter was nd
to about 1000 men Of affair
i'm the United states. These men Were
asked To- answer = set OF questions
the conditions OF trade ii
which they were directly Interested. the
questions and the tdbulatcd
"A follows
/. Have jobbers and distributors
in your section large or small
stocks Of goods at present? Fifty
answered large. SiX hundred and
forty answered small.
:. Are those who ATE able to save
investing their savings or allowing
them TO accumulate In the banks?
TWO hundred and sixty answered
Investing. Four hundred and forty
one answered not investing.
,. Is the unemployment OF labor
in your section unusually large for
the NfHANllA a ZIG hAAlt'Al ~ fAthA
twenty mine answered unusually
small. une hundred and thirty
seven answered about as usual.
Four hundred and thirty-five an
sHered unusually large.
I Do the higher freight rates
which the railroads are now per
mitted to charge impose an APP
prec.able burden on domestic trade?
SIX hundred and eighty answered
that the increased cost Of freight
- not appreciate. Twenty an
swered that 1t had checked business.
O. We have heard 1t said that
while money IS cheap credit il
subuormal." Is this true of your
section OF can the average borrowe
obtain the money he requires With
the usual facility? Three hundred
and n.nety-thgee answered that
cred & is closely scrutiuizcd. Three
hundred and seventeen answered
tina facilities were about ~ usual
F1fty-e!ght answered that accom-
modauous were unusually abundant,
.. Are people generally disposod
TO econonlzc. and II SO II this coon
omy caused b., reduced earning
power or increastd thrif'iness and
sobr.etv rf thought and living
-Four hundred and hfty-eiEht an
sworcd. economy general from ne
,osslty' one hundred and eighty
four answered. Economy general
from NloiCc'' Ots' huud.r and
-Four answered. so unusual coon
omy noticeable"
T. What IN your opinion is the
outlook for American business dur
Ins the year 1850 DiscOuracing
We're received from $50:
~ answered, Normal" and t2o
answered, 'Encouraglue
From these uSw'r the 'OmpIlors y
'h" pamphlet find that iohbcrs and dis
ti.autrrs generally have small stocks o
goods or nam and need supplies tia
'i such persons a. are able tu save tn
majority are not investing that un"m
pluNw"ut T. unusually lJrg" that tho
per cent. increase il railroad rates ha
not affected business adversely that tn
supply of money is normal. hut cred,
q, cluscl, s'.utIuizcj that coonouIS 3
becoming general, both from choice an,
necessity and THAI the general outioo
- encouraging
Tuo-" who answered these qu"-
lions include bank pres dents. f%a.lroa,
presidents. h,tds Of ron and steel mill,
farmers, lumber merchants. paper max
,r-. publ SIc.S. miners, wnultsal, grocer
GLOW" manufacturers, heads II !nsur
dunr Duuptu.,-. law yr',. retired cap Ia!
lists. makers Of sewing machines. ure
arms. stoves. pull"ys, agricultural in
dement's. breakfast foods, rope. twin,
pulley-. oti..a.c-. automobiles. fu~ni
urc. Aouy, electric cranes, p~f.trmaceuti
cal preparations heads of telrsraph
.us -.l,rl.ut t~9npautt- sugar mill