The Washington times., 1916-07-19
All Forms Of Business and
Manufacture Are Booming,
They Say.
OFFICES SHOW BIG INCREASE
Men Here From Every Section
Talk Of Increased Receipts
and Big Boom.

Postmasters who are here from every
state In the Union attending the post
masters convention. tell the story Of
better and bigger business. Their offices
rsGister the growing prosperity.
Blk city postoffices show increases
from 20 to 50 per cent in receipts and
the volume of business transacted.
Postal savings accounts. growing by
leaps and bounds. likewise record the
fact that the day laborer and mechanic
and workingman In general are getting
their share of this prosperity.
Said George w. Mcneil. postmaster
at Pittsburgh. today:
Postal business In Pittsburgh shows
about 20 per cent increase. There IL
a marked growth In parcel post.
Big Boom for Pittsburgh.
Our city has seen a phenomenal
boom in the steel business. Big factories
have been rushing to all orders. as
much as a year ahead. and thew have
called upon other lines Of business to
furnish material. For example. II was
almost impossible. for a time. to get
builders to undertake contracts. because
Of the difficulty of getting steel beams.
wire. and other steel products being
diverted into the products Of the steel
There is not a mill or a shop in our
city that has not been running night
and day for months.
have averaged as high as 1910 or >s.g.v.
tor periods of a month. or these de-
positors about w or 70 per cent are FOR
eigners."
South Feels Prosperity.
From the South comes a similar story.
u. b. shannon. OF Nashville. Tenn.. gave
Q report that. 1t was said. would hoid
good in Chattanooga. Atlanta. birming-
ham, Louisville, and Memphis. he SOLD:
"For the year ended June ~ the pos
tai business at our orfice ran ~ per
cent higher than that OF last year.
Nashville IL the center OF manufac-
lures Of various kinds. AID the PROS
perity Of the South 10 emphasized in the
increased business In all these lines.
Though there are few foreigners, the
postal savings bank has shown steady
and wholesome growth.
shipments. 1t Is a accomplishment center
for much goods shipped there by ex-
press and consigned to parcel post, be-
cause Nashville Is a zone center.
business over last year" was reported
by Frank &. Sites Of Harrisburg. IN.
Postal savings have shown an increase.
Manufactures Flourishing.
Manufactures are fourishing. Mer-
camille business never was better.
stores and shops are working to their
full capacity. Wages are good ana
workers are scarce. The Pennsylvania
railroad recently had to import wv col
ored laborers from the South. something
they never did before. because the tor
eign labor was being employed IN TAG
tories"
Forrest L. May. of Dayton. Ohio. said
postal business In that city had shown
q Is per cent increase In May over May.
June over the same month last year.
Manufacturing business Is running
to full capacity" he said. 1T Is hard
to md workers. Twenty munition fac
tories have sprung up. and they are
employing hundreds OF men. Wages
slumptng. because most Of the busi-
mesa Is Of permanent character.
Need Men for Factory.
'-The difficulty OF getting labor IL
shown by the experience Of the United
States stamped envelope factories. All
the stamped envelopes used In this
country are made In our city. There
has been a heavier demand for these
because OF the trouble In getting young
women to work in the factories.
TT should be noted that the In.
creased business shown by the posta
receipts does not include the munitior
factories. because they add little to tn,
postoffice revenues"
Baylis Steele. of Kansas City. Mo.
snid:
''Business with us shows a great in
crease In every line. The revenue OF
the Kansas City postoffice went u,
nearly 100000 over the previous fisca
year. Money orders for June of thi
year, as shown In amounts paid. in
creased by 20 per cent over the amour
for June. 1915.
Parcel Business Is Big.
"In parcel post business there ha
been pronounced growth. Thouyl
there are few foreigners and more tina,
GO per cent OF postal savings deposit
are by Americans. that branch Of Gu
office shows a big growth.
kansas City Is n railroad cente
md the prosperity of the region aroun
us is Shown by the heavier shipping
Ours Is livestock region, and tn
shipments tell the story Of greater &C
tiyity In that field"
Thomas j. Costello. OF Springfield
Mass. said posts! receipts had in
year ending June 30. 1915. to $745,Sii.(
Tor tho year ending Juns 30. this veal
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