New Britain herald., 1920-11-08
As Many New Britain Factories Depend q ing Trades and Automobile Industry to Business, Heads of Majority Of ConceI For Increased Demand as Soon as The
 To Pick Up
OUTLOOK IS NOT PESSZN1

Local manufacturers are practi- cally unanimous in their belief that 1921 will see many changes for the better in the industrial situation, and although reluctant to speak in an optimistic mood of the immediate future, several of the leaders in local industries felt today that the uncer- tainty of the present market will gradually improve. The feeling gen.
 erally prevailing is that business will
 continue fo wane for short time be- fore the upbuilding of normal mar
 kets can be started. The return of , normal prices is the only element me- cessary to guarantee regularly nov ing business for 1921, in the opinion of one manufactures, and that can be brought about by the actions of labor, alone. In almost every New Britain indus try the general depression of business ! rs~nughout \ the, country has been | felt Tn se-~~,I of the plants short time schedules are in effect while a 1 number of factories have found it necessary to reduce worhng forces Some concerns have done Noth. Chambers Statement
 1 We are going through period of ! readjustment which is experiences I after every great war. This period. which we are going through. has not l been, to date as violent as | the one following the Civil war. Many of the factories have | turn them out mediately. they deem l it good business to make them spread
 over a long period of time. and, thus.
 do their utmost to stabilize the busi-
 ness os six months hence. There is no
 business man who can tell what is
 in store for us in the frture. This fact l is not surprising, for the question
 in all minds. six moaths ago. was:
 Where will we end up :''
 l After the readjustment Of this l period. I see a brighter future for ali
 business in New Britain. and the l United States as a whole"
 ] Signed; ....s= .'
 President of the New Britain | Chamber of Commerce" American Hardware Corp.
 l The American Hardware Corpora.
 tion admits a Hull in business, bu, l President H. c. M. Thomson sees g bright future for builders hardware l contracts. The following is a statemen, | by President Thomson:
 Our business has slowed up per. l ceptibly owing to the decided Iuli il Ah,o.iiiiip. oioCtS, uuS llo doopl lO H 1 sympathetic reaction with other l li.ie.; of trade.
 1 However, the demand for housing l office building space, hotel accommo- 1 dations etc. is so far behind the ] supply that building should be an ac- | tive industry for several years to 1 come: hence builders hardware | should continue in good demand. We 1 are, therefore, not pessimistic as to 1 the immediate future, so far as our | own line of manufacture is concerned ''The American Hardware Corp. ''H. c. NJ. Thomson Landers Frary X Clark.
 The attitude of labor not alone in New Britain but throu ghout the coun- l try is the one element that can decide 1 the future of industry, President X. 1 G. Kimball of Landers, Frary and Clark's factory, believes. The resuynp- | tion of a normal market with normal I prices prevailing is so closely inter | locked with the labor situation that 1 that they must go hand in hand in l their solution and until they are solved matters will be very uncertain, according to the factory official. God alone can tell just what the future holds for manufacturing" Mir 1 Kimball said. and He is not telling anyone" Personally, he felt unable to make a statement with any degree of positiveness, his only hope for bet terment being in labor's attitude. Statements regarding the future must necessarily be conJectural and for that reason the official was reluctant to discuss the proposition
 President Fl c. Noble of the North and Judd manufacturing company, manufacturers of harness hardware, buckhs and numerous other similar articles. anticipates but little change for the better until the beginning of the new year, he admitted this orn- ing when questioned as to the indus trial outlook for next year. He is of
 the opinion, however, that 1921 will
 see many changes of benefit to man.
 ufactories in general.
 The North and Judd company
 handled a flourishing business before
 and during the war, having been taxed
 to capacity during the conflict. In
 addition to the output of staple ar
 ticles several departments were con-
 yerted into war-working plants. The
 celebrated line of Anchor Brand"
 hardware is turned out at the plant
 In closing his statement this morn inessMEc>ble said-AnNs plarS had all