Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-11-18
A SEASON OF P%ROsPERITY.

A SEASON OF PROSPERITY.
The calamity bowler is out of
job. From every quarter comes Il
glad tidings that times are getting bet
ter. Business men, professional men
travelling men, farmers, mechanics =
nearly everybody in fact, says SO and
it must be the truth. Industrial plants
are running overtime and wage-earp-
ers, who were idle a year ago when
business was almost in a state of pa
ralysis on account of conditions
brought about by the European war,
are again "on the job" with hope writ
ten in their hearts. The newspapers
say so, the travelling men tell it to their
patrons, the manufacturers are crowd
ed with orders for their wares the
railroads admit lack of equipment to
handle increased freight shipments,
real estate is becoming more active,
building operations have taken on new
life, bank deposits are above normal,
so there must be something besides
high-sounding platitudes in the claim
that the country is facing a season OF
unusual prosperity. Even big bust
ness joins in the glad acclaim. A
better day is coming. A case in point
is a circular recently sent broad a S
over the country by the National Cash
Register Company, of Dayton Ohio.
which contains these significant sug-
gestions:
Merchants everywhere tell our 800
statesmen that business is booming.
Farmers have had two record crops,
at big prices, with big demands al
home and abroad.
Stocks of manufactured materials ara
Exports largely exceed imports.
Factories + busy, many working
overtime.
More freight cars are needed. and
steamers are taxed to capacity.
People are living better and spend
ing their money more freely.
This country has the best money In
the world, and more of it than ever
before.
Such a condition of favorable cir
cumstances never has occurred before.
and probably will v occur again.
Billions of dollars are passing over
the merchants counters"
1t is perfectly sppc ent that the peo-
pie of this fail ,anG are rounting 4
wave of prosperity that will gather
momentum at every turn of the way.
activities denote return
ing confidence in financial centers.
The claim is made that the public IS
participating in the purchase of Amer
lean securities more now than at any
time in a number of years. This Is
Cotton has been selling a.
twelve cents and this is. also indica-
tive of a general activity in in business
and the return of favorable conditions
ii rural communities of the Southern
Until recently a debtor nation
the United States has changed to the
credit side of the ledger, in@so far as
commercial exports and imports ara
concerned, and Uncle Sam Is rapidly
developing into the worlds greatest
power financially and otherwise.
The cheerful note sounded by Dunn
and Bradstreet a short while ago III
another sign of better times ahead.
And the indications are not confined
to any particular section. The era OF
good feeling extends from Maine TO-
and all classes and condi-
lions of the country's citizenship are
iDlbibing freely OF the new spirit os
optisism. The Industrious farmer is
reaping the reward of busy hands as
his pockets bulge with glittering
sEecktes received from a hungry worlc
IT. exchange for a rich harvest of ag-
ricultural products. Crops were never
more abundant with farm values
gradually soaring, and this should in,
deed, become a time of refreshing from
tie presence of Him who doeth all
well.