The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
MERCHANTS ARE MORE
 THAN PLEASED WITH CARTS STATEMENT.

ahead and prepare 10 grow with Birming-
 ham.
 'I believe every business in Birming- 3 ham will be back to normal in GO days 5 We merchants ought to get closer to- ? gether and cooperate for better. bigger
 and busier Birmingham"
 Prosperity Is Here s M. V. Joseph: From conservative a man like Judge Gary, possessing as he e does worldwide knowledge of existing n conditions, his statement ought to be = accepted as barometer of an era of . prosperity for the Birmingham district. I The fact that cotton is now selling at a . good price; that the farmers of Alabama n have produced an abundant crop of small d grain and foodstuffs, augmented by the g tremendous and growing pay rolls of this
 district, is conclusive evidence that the
 prosperity we have so long anticipated
 Is here"
 . "Very Much Impressed" sI D. B. Goldstein: 'I am very much im- l pressed with Judge Gary's statement in this mornings Age-Herald The wonder s full revival in the iron and steel trade, s as outlined by Judge Gary, can't mean n anything else but prosperity for this dis y trict. At present business is good and
 look forward to steady and substan- e tial improvement"
 |
 Philip Oster: After reading Judge
 Gary's statement in The Age-Herald this
 morning, I am thoroughly convinced that 3 a great revival of business is inevitable. y Prosperity is surely here, and it Is now l up to the civic and business organizations Of the city to see to it that Birmingham 3 derives the maximum benefit. to which s her wonderful resources entitle her. I ] am anxious to see sincere get-together 9 and -pull-together movement inaugu- .rated.'
 Every Business Prosperous f W. o. Broyles: Judge Gary's state Q ment concerning the upward trend in
 iron and steel circles could truthfully
 be made to include every branch of I commerce, practically, in this district. f I believe the merchants hereabouts are 9 already experiencing the good effects 7 from the steady market of our citys chief product and the activity now ex isting in all lines of trade only points
 to growing and lasting prosperity" General Conditions Better
 zac Smith: Through many years past I've always noted the fact that the I, iron and steel market was the most Ii accurate barometer of Birminghams s . prosperity, which fact is again sub | stantiated by the prevailing condi
 tions-improving day by day in exact parallel with the iron and steel mar I ket."
 Prosperity in Fact IT. S Jones: ''The best thing about Judge Garys statement is that it is not a promise but an actual fact one
 that is now in constant evidence
 throughout this district. We've hoped, prayed and worked for prosperity have been promised it and expecting it
 for months and months, and To, here , lit is, in tangible form, rapidly assum- inf nnrfjn nf eli boom and resting upon 8 foundation
 that makes its continuation a cer- tainty.'
 Pay Rolls Mean Business } Louie Reese of Searight & Reese: ? eve have never before enjoyed the feel ing of prosperity that we have been hay , ing for the last eight weeks. Business is indeed fine. We find that our trouble l lies not in being able to sell our goods.
 but in getting them from the factory.
 I have recently ordered goods from factories in Grand Rapids. and they : tell me it will be six weeks probably before the orders can be filled. I feel that the steel mills around Birmingham
 are the greatest barometer to a mer- l chants success. Of course agricultural 2 interests are important, but with both
 cotton and steel in full working order
 Birmingham and the south will enjoy
 an unprecedented period of prosperity. 0 The majority of the population of Bir- s mingham consists of working people , and when they are receiving their reg r ular Saturday night pay envelope, that l means business for Birmingham" Great Business Coming : James Hood of Hood & Wheeler: ! Looks like we will have the greatest | period of prosperity that we have had | since early in 1907. There is no reason | why the Birmingham district should not be influenced by the steel trade just | the same as pittsburg or any other great | steel city,
 Domestic Orders Ben M. Jacobs: "Whatever affects the steel mills, affects the retail merchants of Birmingham more than anything | else. of course we are very glad of the improved conditions that have been developing in the steel trade. The real ly gratifying feature of the demands Il that are now being made on the steel
 mills is the fact that the orders are beginning to be for domestic purposes and not caused for foreign purposes, showing that the country Is being built up solid foundation. When the war | | is over this country will still be in the | logical condition to demand of the steel | corporations orders that will necessarily
 make the list of employed greater than | ever before. Times Not Hard
 III Louis Pizitz: My firm has experi- | enced the biggest business during the | past 60 days that 1t has ever had. This is our banner year, and l could not ex- | pect business to be any better. I have had to go to New York repeatedly to replenish my stocks. The people are buying and they have the cash to pay for 1t on the spot There is no use for any one to come about me saying times are hard. have no time to listen
 to such things, and besides I cannot | imagine how any one can have the nerve to be crying about poor business these days. I know times in Birming- | ham, with the Pizitz store, are un-
 equalled from the standpoint of big | ger and better business. Big pay rolls,
 all furnaces working triple shifts, plen- ty of orders, and good pay for them. What moro can we expect? Prosperity,
 plenty, joy and gladness are on the
 scene in Birmingham and I think these things are here to stay"
 Outlook Never Brighter
 Harry White: "Of course business is
 better. it is much better, and I can well
 see the truth of Judge Gary's wonderful | report in regard to conditions through
 out the country. It is @ certainty that | the Birmingham district will profit more
 by the immense war orders than any other section in the country. I could | have said the same good things about the U improved conditions two months ago, al-
 though I must confess they are getting better daily. l have been here for num-