Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-29
BUSINESS
 IN THE DOLDRUMS
 SAYSJ,S. DOUGLAS
Arizona Financier Tells of Indus trial Conditions There and Makes Comparison With Pros perity in This State.

Tidings of the absence of healthy prosperity and encouraging business conditions in the East were brought to Bisbee yesterday by James s. Douglas, who has just returned to his home in Douglas after a months so- iourn iR New York and other Eastern cities.
 Conditions are spotted" is the way Mir. Douglas resummed up his obsery- ations
 He brought to Bisbee as his guest L. F. Whicher. of New York who with his associates owned the United Verde Extension property from 1899 Extension was organized, after Mir Douglas and his associates purchased the property Mir Whicher was the first president of the new company. being succeeded last year by Mir. Doug las. He came here for the purpose of visiting the property and will go there with Mir Douglas in a few days.
 Speaking of the mining property this morning Mir Douglas said that there was nothing Of special import ance concerning it. Two cars of ore arrived in the Copper Queen shelter and shipments average from the amount of ten tons daily of the high grade product and about twice that amount of the lower grade. The pre- sent product is all coming from the upraises on the 1900 level. As far up as these upraises have gone the ore bodies have maintained their size which Is very qualifying On the 14OO level and on the 100 level drifting is proceeding, and at both these levels favorable indications have been en- countered, though no important ore bodies have been encountered
 Material for tramway to be used in delivering the ore from the shaft is arriving al Jerome and when this tramway is installed it will greatly facilitate the handling Of the entire output with greater economy
 Mir. Douglas said that there was Q lacking of industrial prosperity and business in the east and as far west as Kansas City, according to business men he encountered. Certain indus tries are crowded with orders and al the manufacturers Of war munitions are reaping a great business harvest the same may be said Of the aut, factories which seem to have all they can possibly do MT. Douglas attri butes the case of a general business stagnation to the war which is costin, the world so heavy and leaving un certainties surrounding almost ever, endeavor He stated that he knew O . no other section of the United State that is enjoying such splendid prosper ity as Arizona and especially thos, , parts of Arizona where the great pro ducing mines are located.
 Speaking of the controversy be tween Germany and the United State Mir Douglas said that it was general, I regarded as a very serious situation In speaking of this he said that tn, speech of Col. Roosevelt at San Fran cisco was, Co his mind, keynote tha will meet with approval of this coup try. No man wants war. he said. bu that he regards war as preferable [, dishonor and humiliation of this coun try. On his way home Mir. Dougla. travelled with United States Senate Falls of New Mexico, and he said tha the senator predicted that Col. Roose welt had greatly strengthened his DC sition in the country by his San Fran cisco speech
 MT. Whicher speaking of the earl, days of the United Verde Extension said he and associates purchased thi property in 1899 from G. W. Hull. tn, pioneer mining man of the Jeroml district and that in the year 1900 dc velepment work was started and worl was continued at various times unti
 Mir. Douglas and his friends were in terested in the claims. At that tim the present shaft had been sunk to
 depth of eight hundred feet, but m commercial ore had been encounterep
 up to that time. He is much please,
 with the later results.