West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-09
UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY
IS PREDICTED FOR NATION
kcnsinston District Has Orders to
Last Until End of Next Year
Many War Orders Turned Down
Railroads and Mills arc Calling
for Men

The month OF September is ushcring
i'm one of the greatest cras OF suhstan-
tial prosperity this country has ever
known. Large war orders are being
turned down 10y some OF the big factor
les on account of the demand for their
goods from South American cities. In
the textile districts the mills are
working night and day. with orders
ahead to last until the end OF next
year. The railroads are daily sending
out calls for men in order to take care
OF their increased business. That n
general note of optimism prevails
throughout the nation is evidenced bv
the following extracts from the daily
press
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. l - With
many mills working day and night to
fiji millions OF dollars worth of orders
which are pouring in from all sections
of the United States, and from abroad.
September has opened in the Kensing-
ton textile district under boom condi-
tions
Arrival of September seems to have
been the signal for opening wide the
business throttle i'm the Kensington
district Orders had been piling up
for several weeks previous to the first
| OF the month, but i'm the last week I'm
AnunGf NJ In ..f
ed in.
Many mills have enough orders to
keep them busy until the latter part of
1916, and most OF them have been
Obliged to establish night shifts to get
the work out on time. At night now,
as well as I'm the day time, the district
resounds with the whir OF the loom
and the rattle OF machinery.
sign significant OF the improve
mcnt of business generally through
out the United States is that a large
portion of the orders which have ar
rived recently are for the home trade
In fact, the worsted. wooden and hos
iery mills have received such a large
amount OF domestic business that they
cancelled war orders. and have noti
fed buying agents for foreign govern
ments that they cannot handle the
contracts.
other mills report n great and en-
couraging quickening OF trade with
South America, Australia and New
Zealand
These countries realize fully that
they can expect little from war-torn
Europe for some time to come i'm the
matter of imports. and they are call
ing insistently on America to supply
their needs. Kensington is turning
out great quantities OF worstcd. wool
ems and hosiery for all OF these coun-
tries. and 1t is expected that the or
ders will be tripled i'm a months time
In fact, Kensington manufacturers
are faced with the problem of capacity
in the matter OF handling the great in
fiuX in business. New additions are
being constructed TO many factories
and thousands of new hands have been
engaged, but still there remains de
iciency in the matter Of manufactur-
ing capacity.
The Vervia Worsted Company has
established a night shift. represen-
tative of the company said his com
pany had enough orders to last well
into 1916.
Business" he said. els booming and
conditions look extremely optimistic.
We were obliged TO start night work
to FIJI our orders on time. Many other
mills in the Kensington district have
established night shifts We are get
ting a lot Of domestic business. which
indicates that business is improving
greatly throughout the country"
Other worsted mills which are work
ing night shifts are the Prudential
Worsted Mills. the Brighton Worsted
Mills and the Franklin Worsted com
pany
A great volume OF business was re-
ported by the Concordia silk mills.
We are doing a fine business"
representative Of this company said.
"in broad or dress goods silk. When
the public begins buying silk dress
goods II is pretty good sign that
business is picking up, and that peo-
pie arc feeling the influence of better
monetary conditions. We have noticed
"a general improvement throughout the
country Money Is easier than il was
several months ago. and the conf
donce Of small merchants seems TO
have been restored
"The outlook IS splendid. and fl
looks as though business was going to
get better every day"
a representative Of The Oneida Hos
iery Company said
Business is booming ln the hosiery
trade OF course, we are handicapped
by the scarcity OF dye stuns. but there
is no lot-up I'm the orders I'm fact.
they have been coming in so fast we
have had TO curtail a lot Of them.
We are doing a constantly growing
business with South America. Aus
tralia and New Zealand"
CUMBERLAND. Md. Sept Look.
ing forward to the full shipments Of
grain and other merchandise. both the
Baltimore & Ohio and Western Mary
land railroads are preparing to put ev-
evry available car in service. On the
| Cumberland division of tho Ralllrnnrn