The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-08
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A WELL. known trace Journal
IA This week carries comments
on the business situation that
Art eniightenlng ane encouraging and
backs its continent up with a list Of
orders that looks prosperous. TINS
company IL engaged IN a line where
tightness IN The money market IL felt
early aad ~ comments are ,conse-
quentiy worth careful conslderation
IN part, IL sees the status Of bush
ness as follows:
The war has upset business condl-
lions m this country. Of that there
can be no doubt a. nrst h hurt al
hualncss. thon il began 10 Affect husI,
ncss IN spots A. time gcea on the
ievellne process Il stan going. forward
aud today business eenornily d better
than e a four months aeo. Il Is
uot AZ That d should be aud Il won't
be until normal conditions are again
established. A. Europe Yields a
powerful Influence upon The world.
business WIN not be normal until Eu-
Ifope and Europeans become normal.
A. long ~ h0r principal peoples are
occupied IN knllns each other b. the
thousands, o. long az they take pleas
ure IN d~estroyins fortunes. business
institutions apd property IN general;
az IONS as they use their best men to
butcher other men equally good. 10
Ions will things De more or less bua
for all
The Immense AMOUNTS 81 money
spent by the warning %nations show
what the people IRE capable Of pro-
duelns- Even the most Slaughtered
nation Of ALL whichever tina may be.
would not undertake a public work OF
amy Kind other than a war-and that
can hardly be cniled a public work
IN this -scnse--and spend even = reas-
enable sum on II. The digging Of the
Panama canni called forth volumes
OF protest our expenditures Tor
river and harbor improvements are
hacked M Whitfield down 10 a point
where they accomplish little more
than - feed d tot of hungry poiitl-
clans. Good roads receive 5n, seant
courtesy and little money from the
government, n o It goes In every
line Of endeavor likely to result, In
great good 10 ,hc people.
Tho nations now at war could have
made their lands an earthly puridise
Pa rhe qfrHraFf 81 the money
firfvn v o. this War. such vast
Un Hss spent would have re-
Bowed neir citizens Of the heavy
ts, ,hey are bearing and would
have taken care Of their ared aud
(, lnnrm and provided "a home and ly-
ing for every one In the country. nut
3 instead ~ striving 10 max this earth
a HEAVIER they ara doing their best
20 make Il he'll, and from a~cqounis
they are succeeding
Prosperity oniy becomes genera.
when al who can work and who are
wiiiing 10 WORK can find work at good
wages. our civilization and ceouom-
Be- structure an il becomes seemingly
: more complicated REALTY become.
s%impnned A. our industries grow
iurger we have lcsa units and We cta
see from cause 10 effect quite road
49, The railroads, our lareost in'
dusiry. were short ~ money Thes
! laid on help that created 70 lot 90 idis
workmsn. NeNt they oufiailed theii
Purchases. they failed 60 buy Steel Do
its various forms. THAT slowed az
the steel industry. the next largest
una IL IN urn laid on men ana
stopped buylns. Repeat thls ON th'
way down the limo aud you have tho
whole scheme. Ia thr end banker
have to conserve lheir RESOURCES and
money beeomcs uaht. with moncl
ught and hard 10 get at any price
new busincag efforts soon heeums
snned and the rest YOU know.
But business Is coming back q
will continue Co get better as aaci
day wears away und iu rhe end We
are bound 20 have the greatest RIOS
perity we ls a nation nave evcI
known. j. imply cannot be- other.
I wise