The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-20
Improvement In the
Business Situation
With the New Year
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
ltopyr:ght by Tho Inteli!SenCerl

Washington. Dee. i>.-.HustneSs CT
dttons throughout M United states
Irc none TOO good hur tn" frank ~
Improvement; w!ll IL gin to nC noi"i
about n" tlrSt II thc Year.
Not SIM. the depression Of l'ecemo"r
1914 when th. outbreak Of Europ"Ai
war played havoc w.th American COM
mcrce has atl~7t:0n been =" closely
fastened upon the national business S''-
nation. And while officials III the 'rcaS-
ury and the various E"Nernmrnt ou
"caus where contact with BUSINESS -
close cypress ;hr opinion tNtt there mas
been IuStir:catiuu Tor peSsiIu!Sn. IN"
universal Judgment seems 20 u" tnat
conditions have been made worse 10y
p"SSlmisljr tax as well rs b. IN" has
lily Expressed opinions Of wVuid-he
economists n business meas CUBS anu
nthrr plarrs whrrC commercial men
gather. In other words. the government
meaning most officials e.; iutiucnc"
n it--hxvr toll The writer that III"
present oppression Is. IN larE" part
2sychotoEtc:,.. l. was stimulated ny
phycholog;cal factors and = EinS
maintained by psyrh"log.rul influences.
.Nnd Incidentally such predictions as
senator PcaroS" has rnndr from MS $50
latiOrl q, Atlantic city concerning the
hard times ,ad do iI"t sit we'll on
either Erpu6lican> or Democrats VII"
believe Il iS tnr duty Of mem h"rs "t
congress- TO c"aS. calamity h"wlinG and
give attention {" Tho tariff and Thrr
economic measures which may afford
quick relief IN in:s period OF rcadjuSt-
ment.
Not Political
IIou.cvrr .h.. ,u,S,iors Involved are
not political AMI thr attitude waich IN"
sr,, SoNSrn'''ys,s ,h ~ h,Sir,S ';unI;on j. non.
Mir, Iu!r ~ n.nv drn,ands hal,.
N,,, rr,,r ,h,. l,.urrra,ic South AZ
from th- Republican, Nest Tor r"It"r
measures aub th.' l','Ur, r;It.' ndu'i".N-
i,MS,I' ..', -. ,,,,,.r,.. n refusing L.
Tn,...,,r -, .ra..,, ?. ru,.l:.s
'rn, mas. -..;n,r. f,r, wh.rh i'm
,,-.y.... i,s,Ir nr ~, ,n,.st:ratr- her.
= hiork.ms the sa,ur'' T. = coI:t"nd"d
,'G, 49,, ,r,ds, - > E,l:nr market.
,,i"r yT.,, q" ,t. f.,~m',,-S ,rd manufacturers
lind u r.r..,-.ry 200 ,a,,.. r"v"" i'r;r.s
snr ,hc,r y,.rr~ to-. rnSt "t goods sold
a IN" r.tai stores = r"i u,nl'rHjiy r"-
,nr.L tn. ftr..,r INSISTS :hat sl, can't
ak. low,r pr'r"S h"".H>" h;S cost -
wing has L., d".'.n."
rh R.+,per
,,. - -.,o,,er vino
~, Ut ,'. ~, h...r nr;ras and
''IE"I -, ,,,,,.. ,,, rii ns them
'''lN l!t.. !t.. 49,, ,.,,.. ,,h,. nn,,-
>o'nS "h'r' nrtS ",, ,'". CO.'S. nj AKIN
90 - 80, - ,,,,,,. c,ner~ns'y
I'S Hpc -, rnsSns ON ;n. roulS which
.S", ~, r,g .hcI,.cs br ca,r,o, afford
- IL - ''n ,,L Of =, .baprr when rant
%, 'THe i,,I c,isl and "incr jtrns that
80 -, -, tsrI,.oL show little sign
,,I ~, L,aD IF the retailer Is
Iiock;ro fhc rcadiuxtrnoat. therefore. il
s Sa.d ~ , MS oFM"tI ~, 20 cc., ~ rSrir.I
.,,t f,.,- aud street ,.a-
go ',.,, ~. -. u,,snos and k!n,r..t
'Nr'N Az" :" "'''''
~, .-,,,,.., .,bnt,t any n.r:nd of r"-
,,. ... ,b,t III things Ito not
@ tu!">'',I, ',II,,,,,,,,,,.,.l uniformly. Hur such
t,Lo,, - :. ~. ;:.I.-.l -rSrrv,,.
sHSS. " ,,'n, ~ .;,,,i..f,,s ,,S over So
,,wrr y,,,,r,. s..;ss:sl Win the situation
,nG,y ,fan - var ago. Tw.lyc months