The Detroit times., 1916-01-27
CHICAGO IN
GOOD TIMES
ZONE, TOO
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up hy the war or'er money BE
cause the manufacturers are MAX
ing au abnormal proft they are able
fo pay unusually high wages They
are forced 20 do 20, because If they
DO not their employees th. eaten 10
leave them i'm favor of the war
goods factories. Still other factories
do not feel the var order money az
tI except as that money filters
through hair n dozen hands The
manufacturers are able 10 raise the
prices of their product little be.
cause all prices are higher They
will continue TO 60 higher while the
unnatural stimulus OF war cor.
uuues. But I'm these uon-war lines
there is a limit
Therefore. said the employer
quoted there will be strikes More
workmen will be getting more
money this year than ever To the
history of the world. I believe that
As not am evaggeration But one of
these days there will be readjust
meut"
But They Are Making Money Now
The west feels the readjustmeuf
viii not come before the end OF the
war Then the bottom viii be-
/ kuoekeC out Of false prices and
wages will be scaled down and
this and that will happen Perhaps
one or more of the bellIgerent na
uons viii be bankrupted anC un-
able TO meet its obligations. The
west remembers that most Of the
war order business Is done on cred
. ll IT. wonders who viii hold The
bag
Meanwhile says every third
man one meets, 'some one must
make money The only way we can
keep fom m1,l1. II is 20 shut mp
shop We viii hardly do that
The Chicago attitude is distinctly
different from that o. New York
The eastern metropolis is war mad
. Every one there talks war babies.
shares. fractions, orders, millions
/ The ell. seems 10 have IFS nose
, hooked over the ticker Many New
Workers say frankly that the longer
rhr war lasts the better they will
like ir because of the speculative
/ opportunities Chicago is reyelliug
.u The wonderful trade Rut Chr
caRo shakes her head She doesn't
like This particular sort Of money
very we'll Il might carry a curse
Lots OF u.s. said one man, are
already getting ont OF the war bus.
mess. In spite Of the prices it does
NOT paw
He irstanced the case OF one man
For the purpose Of this story he
may be called a maker OF automo-
hilos When The war began hc
0as almost delirious because he
/ landed am order for 40 cars a day
That order pulled him out OF tIe
hole He removed his contract not
, long ago. Now he Is beginning TO
see he other side
"He cannot aII his domestic or.
dcr said h friend and his com.
patitors arc getting his trade away
from him The profits ne makes
viii not compensate him for that
TO hold his home business ho is
doubling 'ho capacity of his factory
II war were 20 stop tomorrow hc
would have huge empty plant
and mo- business
The Gate Of the West
Chicago alIruism rs more or less
haudcuffed moreover. by the tre-
moudous business that Is being of
fered Chicago Is the gate OF the
west Nine states Illinois. Wis.
goD,.n Minnesota. Iowa. Missouri.
Arkansas, Oklahoma. Kansas. and
Nebraska deal with Chicago direct
ly The states east Of the RocHe-
and most Of those west have more
or less direct dealings through the
lesser gates Of Kansas city, ST.
Louis, ST. Paul Omaha and the like
. TWeut.>siN trunk lines make Chi
caEo the greatest railroad center I'm
The world and are kept busy haul
ing goods from Chicago to the west
and from the west TO Chicago. In
our eastaud-vest barred country
trade always flows 20 the cast aud
never TO the west. Chicago draws
clear from the Pacific coast. and yet
but "a short distance 10 the east the
buyers move toward the Atlantic
seaboard
The west viii outdo its best past
during 1916 Be tho prediction Of
Chicago wholesaler
There is lumber. for example
Lumber is not war baby The
little order Of 100000 GOO feet OF
cheap. soft wood for a winter GOV.
orinE for the trenches in France
hardly Jared the market. But on
every country road west OF Wabash.
ave. a farmer is az this immediate
moment toolIug a team home, haul
ing a load OF lumber He proposes
10 patch his roofs and build new
shed for the beeves he plans 10
feed and make a summer kitchen
for his wife. A 1916 census would
show an upward bound in the mum
Der OF western lumberyards The
hardwood market feels A. Pianos
arc ON the rise
The farmers are buvinr pianoS