The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-07
UP-TO-THE- -MFNUTE DOINGS IN T1E SPORT WORLD
BLUE RIBBONS VS BROOKLYN T0GHTFTz NEW HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL

will give rise to dissension and bitter strife. Our President will hae positive support. The equal suffrage bill will finally pass. Great labor
 questions will arise which results in
 new government control. Federal
 control, of the railroads, telegraph,
 cable and telephone systems will grow
 in favor. The people will demand a
 right of control of these utilities ere
 stted by their necessities and support
 cd by their money. National prohibi-
 ton will not come in July, there will . be decided popular and legislative re- action on the question.
 Commerce will assume gigantic proportions. Shipbuilding and ship ping will boom. Business should be r-sighted for an almost limitless Fl lcgress along these lines. The most prodigious undertakings of the nation
 will form seaward. There will be bulky wealth in it all. American
 commerce will go all over the world Look well to the Canal Zone. The 1 paths of the sea will be crowded with | commerce. Commerce will open un- limited markets for American pro 1 ducts.
 Business will be sustained and eS- l banded World demands for pro l ducts will come to American busi- ness. Exports will be enormous. h.
 dustries will be searching for skilled l labor. Wages will be high, produce ! will be high World contracts will i be made. America will be called
 upon to rehabilitate Europe. The i cotton trade will equalize, then will start up a great cotton demand. Real
 estate will be active, extensive build
 ing will be started. New manufac turies will rise rapidly in the country. | There will be great activity in chem ical, steel, copper, iron, cotton, woolen and all general industries. Farmers and fruit growers will l prosper, but there will be drouth i losses to offset the high markets. i The great national budget raised through revenue will effect stocks and securities. A generally solid
 market with two heavy breaks are
 irdeXed, one early in the year, the 1 other under a shadow of July. I'm
 mense demands will come for all
  i tradesmen have a prosperous year.
 Factories and mills will be piled with l orders, with shortage of skilled la
 Dor to meet demands. Prices of coal
 will be lower, there will be govern ment investigation, resulting in in | creased waterways transportation.
 New England and Western farms in
 crease in value through use of tract
 ors in cultivation. Stone and marble
 industries greatly advance.
 The Crisis Of Civilization at Hand.
 There will be uprisings in China
 ard Japan Revolts that bring crit
 ical and strained relations among the nations. It will involve Russia, Ger many, and other central powers. Il will threaten the an1icable relations of the Allied countries. It will prove s that our Presidents tvisit to Europe,
 for observation, information and for impressing upon the old world, the , vital spirit in the ideals and princi- pies America holds for world de- mocracy, was God ordained. It will , fuze and weld America and the Al
 lied nations as one dynamic world
 reconstructing power. Intrigues and revolution will appear in Mexico
 which will effect both America and : Europe. The Balkan states will be I in ferment of strifes. Behind it all , will be the deadly hand of autocracy in its desperate death struggle. The church will be involved, disturbing E y conditions will trouble the Vatican, I auc great religious bodies will be , greatly agitated. Acts of anarchy, f frenzied plots of fanatics will appear.
 Vepemous propaganda will be aimed
 at our government, intended to dis , rupt our relations with the Allies
 Wisely will our American army be n kept in Europe. Wisely will our gov a ernment hold it's rights through the
 Panama Canal Wisely will our navy c watch the Orient. Wisely will water a courses and railroads be at once opened through the world to supply the physical needs of nations. but far more to assure freedom, justice and 6 to make the world safe for democ- I racy. Pre-emeinently wise will be f the ethics of a new era of civiliza ton
 that will come from the Peace Table
 at Versailles because our President, D and the heads of all the nations have , come to hand clasp, to look eye to I eye, to think face to face, to urfer- l stand heart to heart. Pr~cedents' , traditions, customs and forms be- f come non-essentials when the desttn- e ies of humanity are at crisis. Conflicting Astral Forces.