Evening star., 1915-11-13
PROSPERITY OF j. S.
LEAP|NG FORWARD
President Wilson Rejoices Over
Reports Received From All
Over Country.
IMPROVEMENT GREAT
IN ALL BUSINESS LINES
North, East, West and South Enjoy
ing Increased Activity-Bank
Deposits Growing.

President Wilson and White House
officials generally are rejoicing over
reports from all parts of the country
| of Increasing prosperity and prospects
of the most wonderful business ac-
tivity this any other nation has
known. The qualification is all the
greater because the reports indicate
that the Improvement is general in all
lines of business not touched by the
manufacture of war supplies-concerns
which have been booming SO ex-
tensively for many months.
A White House official who makes it
business of clipping from the news
papers of the country editorials and
news items of interest to the President
and his assistants was instructed few
days ago to classify the clippings on
business activities. This collection in
the few days amounted to a volume,
and the tales told are marvellous. From
the west and from the south now
come the same reports of fair weather
in the business world. The gloom that
prevailed in the south has given way.
according to the clippings and to re-
ports from southern men visiting the
White House, to a most optimistic
has taught the southern farmer a great
deal of value to him. and by reason of
this diversif1cation this years cotton
crop was reduced so much that a good
price is now being derived. In the west
there is one general song of wholesale
revival of business; huge crops bring
ing fancy prices; railroads ordering
thousands of new freight cars; scarcity
in the number of cars now to be had;
construction of many new enterprises:
increased capitalization of existing
business concerns; immense increase
in bank deposits; fewer men idle. and
hopefulness everywhere, with strong
demand for skilled men.
Situation in the East.
In the east the reports are unyary-
ing. All steel concerns are so busy
many of them have given orders to
their statesmen to hunt no new busi-
ness; copper and other mines are turn
ing out tremendous quantities of cop
giving indications of turning out 40.-
per and iron ores; blast furnaces are
giving indications of turning out 40,-
100000 tons of pig iron in 1916: steel
mills everywhere being enlarged; build
ing gains in all the cities and towns;
reports of boards of trade and COM
mercial organizations generally show
gains of new industries and business
establishments; United States Steers
record for October described as "un-
paralleled," etc.
From Pennsylvania the reports are
practically unanimous in their tone,
the cities vying with each other in re-
suming activity in all lines of busi-
ness. The headlines describe Allen
town. for instance, "as leaping ahead
on the crest of a hugs trade BOOM"
and Pittsburgh reports are monotonous
in their uniformity. Philadelphia
papers make the statement that since
last March the Pennsylvania railroad
has increased the number of its en-
ployes on lines east of Pittsburgh close
to 5000 men. Last March the total
number of employees on that road east
of Pittsburgh was 134,157. In October
is in service, it is stated.
j. Ogden Armour, the milliona ire
packer, in an interview. declared ex-
isting prosperity is not a war pros
perity, but that the fundamental
ground for it all is the huge crops. He
describes the south, which only a few
months ago was in despair" as now
drunk with prosperity. One New York
a year ago and now has more than
$500. 100000.
One New Englapd newspaper reports
a new million dollar trolley road as
having been subscribed for, and figures
are giving showing that the exports
of this country to Europe are not only
increasing by leaps and bounds, but
that there has been a big increase to
South American countries.
Numerous reports are given of the
ture dyes in this country to replace
the German dyes, upon which the
United States has depended SO many
years. Kingsport, Tenn, twenty-five
miles from Bristol, has been selected
as the site for one of these tabIish-
ments.
New Ships Being Built.
Many new ships are being built,
Lloyd's register of shipping stating
that there is at present under con-
struction and ON order in this coun-
try the largest amount of tonnage
OH record for this country.
The arrival in the United States of a
French commercial and industrial COM
mission. to make preliminary arrange
ments for the purchase here of millions
of dollars worth of machinery and ma
terial for the restoration of French in
dustry, is commented upon in many
newspapers, and attention is called to
the fact that this demand from France
and abroad will continue long after the