The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-27
BRING REVIVAL
OF BUSINESS
,Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Undertaking Revival Of Business
by Statewide Publicity.
"euY 1T NOW" is TIE SLOGAN
Leading Iowa Newspapers Are Asked
to Urge Every One to Purchase
Their Goods Now.

United States has attained pleasing
proportions. Through the newspapers
of. the state the chamber plans kind
of pass prosperity around" campaign
by which it hopes to ADJUST an incon.
drag to business.
The Des Moines chamber has sent
letter to the Review asking that
space be given to enclosed "prosper-
ty" matter. The chamber is sending
these letters to all leading newspapers
in the state asking tire editors to adj
wise their readers to buy what they
need for next spring Immediately,
thus helping to relieve the unemploy.
ed and to keep factories going at full
speed during the usual dull period.
"Buy It Now"
One reader, which is captioned
"Buy it now" says: There is 49,,
100000 farm population in the United
States. The 1914 crop is worth &c.
S72,936, 900. If only $40 was spent for
each person on the farm now, instead
of; waiting until spring, it would put
$400,O00,000 into circulation and give
employment to thousands whose fam
lilies are suffering where factories are
idle"
Secretary Gels Botsford said yes.
terday that several responses have.
been received, seeming to indicate
that the plan will be popular with the
editors, though the letters were sent
out only few days ago.
Mr.. Botsford has been diligently
gathering prosperity statistics during
the last few weeks, which have been
tabulated in leaflets that are enclosed
to the newspapers. Some of the in
formation which the papers are asked
to print in installments in succeeding
issues follows:
Many Leaflets.
An executive order of the Burlington
road calls for the employment OF
eighty additionaf engineers to handle
increasing business on that system.
The Southern Pacific has returned
over 5000 employees to it's shops.
The United States steel corporation
has put to work over $4,000 men who
have been idle during the winter.
The Western Wheel Scraper COM
pany, has added 400 men to its work.
ing force at Aurora.
Stewards Special for January re-!
ports the placing at premium of over
$28, S99,0o0 of municipal and industrial
bond issues at rates varying from Az
to 51a. n
Sedalia, Mo-, railroad shops added
$50 men to their working forces jan
uary 4th.
Contracts awarded for over 100000
of extensions to North Carolina cotton
mills in December.
Life insurance companies have re.
newed the making Of farm loans.
Over 400 men are now working in
the mines, of the Des Moines coal
field, the largest force employed in
seven years.
The National Tube company has re.
opened four rolling mills.
The products OF the Booth fisheries
for the year exceed $1,OO0,OO0 net.
The Northern Pacific has placed a
contract for passenger equipment cost
ing $1,25O,OOO.
The Canadian Pacific's equipment
trusts for s12,69NOO0 at Az were over
subscribed.
The Mckinley syndicate has con.
tracted for $559,00O of improvement
to it's electric plant in Des Moines.
The Harris Emery company has con.
tracted the erection of merchandis.
ing plant in Des Moines to cost $780,
00G.
The Fitch company will spend $3.50;
900 on buildings al Boone.
Kansas millers have an order for
10000 barrels OF flour for Holland.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber com.
pany has declared dividends aggre.
eating 1891, 165, besides carrying
1853 to reserve depreciation.
The r. j. Reynolds Tobacco com.
pany, in addition to its regular quar-.
terly dividend of 3 per cent, has de.
clared an extra dividend at per cent.
Sugar exports in three months end.
ing November list were 229,6l9,764l
pounds as against 44,000,000 for the
same period in 1912 and 125,000,0OO
in 1913 for the same period.
At South Omaha $50 packers have
been added to the forces in packing
houses.
Chicago packers have an order for
10.0O0,000 pounds of canned corn beef
and 100000 pounds OF fat backs from
the French government.
The Hartford Rubber works, which
for sixty days were running on half
time, are now running capacity with
day and night shifts.
The Amoskeag mills, employing 1G,.
900 persons, have changed from four
and a half day week TO full time op.
Grating schedule.
The federal reserve bank at Kansas
City has reduced the rediscount rate
on thirty day paper from 6 per cent to
5 per cent.
The Cudahy Packing company for
1914 showed a gain of $372,S3S in its
surplus. e.
Preliminary crop reports from all
over the United States indicate very
material increase in the acreage of
land plowed or being prepared for 1915
planting.
Marine insurance rates have been
cut SO per cent.
The Dubuque Times-Journal favors
a law to prevent the intermarriage
of white persons and negroes.
Many people are not worrying bit
n,-ar HoY1r a. co nor ho rrol nc tbov rn