The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-19
Great TIDE OF PROSPERITY NOW
SWEEPING over THE Country
(By Associated Press.)

phia commission merchants are en-
loylng the greatest tide of prosper
lty that has ever swept over this
city Practically all laborers who
were out of work during the past
winter are now employed Mills are
running full capacity and RECEIVERS
state they never have seen such
large quantities OF fruit and veget-
ables moved at any season of the
Year. While prices are not high, in
fact some instances not even nor
mai there is an excellent demand for
practically all lines of fruits and
vegetables.
n. ID. Dewitt, treasurer and gen.
eral manager of the Editor and Pub
Usher and the Journalist of New
York, was in this city the latter part
OF last week and was so impressed
with volume of business throughout
the entire city that he wired the
New York Herald with which he
was formerly associated, asking that
it send representative to Philadel-
PHI, 70 write an article about the
.oh, The Herald Immediately
v ired back that man would be
sent
Philadelphia is enjoying more
prosperity than any large city in
the country" said Mr. Dewitt
This activity is going to mount
higher and higher, until in the fall
the city will have more business
than it can handle.
Business is picking up all over
the United States. but the high tide
of prosperity in Philadelphia has
filled me with astonishment. You
can see signs of it everywhere here.
Everybody! is working; everybody
has plenty of money and everybody
looks prosperous.
Here only few months ago
Philadelphia was complaining that
there were thousands of men out of
work. You even inaugurated a
great relief campaign to aid deserv-
ing persons Now everybody is
working and a stream of gold is
flowing into the pockets of manu-
facturers, merchants and workers.
"A merchant informed me today
that the first three days of this
month he did more business than
the whole month last year. This is
the only one of the evidences that
Philadelphians are making money,
and plenty OF it, Philadelphia mer-
chants are doing more business to-
day than ever before, and BY fall
they will be literally swamped by
the greatest avalanche of trade in
the city's history. This is bound to
come. for the boom is rising higher
every day in Philadelphia and near
by towns.
big contracts have caused rush
OF work at the Baldwin Locomotive
Works the New York Shipbuilding
company. Cramps Shipyards and
MANY other factories. 1t is planned
to take on 10000 men at the Bald
win plant at Eddystone. 1t is said
that there is an average of four per
sons in each family and this means
so 600 persons will participate in
the wages of the proposed 10000
new employees Much of this pay
roll will find it's way to Philadel-
phia.
"If the United States keeps out OF
tho war-and | think we will-thls
country will in few monthe ENJOY
unprecedented prosperity. In every
manufacturing city in the country
arc evidences of the awakened activ-
ity
"virtually all the world is draw
;ro on the vast resources of the
United States. l was in Bridgeport
the other day and found the Rem
,eton Arms Company had landed a
oon,ract to make 100000 rifles for
tba Chinese republic. China sees the
handwriting on the wall and is pre-
,ering to protect herself against
Japan.
"The Remington Company also is
manufacturing 100000 rifles FOR
the English government. Automo-
hIo concerns in Bridgeport are
ortinp on big contracts for the al
lies. The United States is going to
he the best place to live in on earth
before many weeks"