The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-11-18
The Business Situation.
Uncle Dudley, in the Boston Globe.

ranx Fer me- = = tn m, six six years Am sasss business has been riding . a. : seen,.
Sms e ssa !. A Unexpected ed, ps and a. downs commerehny the period which Which
a snos whea a a matinee aem girl applied apple edo to the San r Francisco sasst a1na.s esa
:, BUSINESS Is leader leader shook heir heads Cor it is terrifying when tho cal CAR o.
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nc no@ aias q IMPOSSIBLE bot but y y 'h ms ass promises pse se e sf s e Permanent lsas sh pssee IS level sssll
life &c time sss Of fo sg sner w a so'n Te : a epmmsesia, ns sa s sesaaea eSsr p saa IN Of
, tsss isl p railr osaa. seassmps as s as an example, ,sap when as, America saas !. d SC yesss
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aauon II w fsae tsae ss1 sy gs sy sxs4nos rs % in an shs5ss n ss : gs0o Of ws as and 3
succeeded admirably. It looks like a safe parachute Tor the falling process.
in 1911: ,o oess the sl doors ' . the stock sos ' exchange ssoa SMUT s''i No one \ had yer heard
@ max +, : ssss r.. n s rs sss 4 aa iss + s1s ? : me nssssa ts s5 Ssassss
al vel Tor broken bones and. finding none, began agaa-vsry cautiously 81,
within a few months Of the time that Commerce had seemed ruined, the
tte@saaii s: ,s Eea ss n msas1,e = : is artseea n 'aa dispose sss y a s ssaa aas s =. sa
can eommerciai ACTIVITY, in which the only business doubts we're
scarcely had the chimes Of the asmisace celebration died away, nh then
we're aunssoa s5oPnsslss Of ~ ana h reason reasoning gss On , Sa5sh Il they -s gss
civil lite. "A A large rgeH percentage of the nen ~ iirys population had been an,
R Ike q n 5 ar 1os S'' se as' x zSzs' 'sssss 9sss5sy e5 sas M aSss' ssna i i i
on 1ssznn G5 0e IS n be epus eatch hne g i pp of yawn hne'e domestic ms ii Da shortages,
s,saueess turned sherp plants y to IN IN making asgs Of , articles ss which hnsg had ad been sao
ssas Of .a the widely 81 na antsipatf sao 19ns xR 9osa sSmaa asDf smpso2m Amsri sna v tbs
CONSEQUENT no1mous pubic buying capacity aoa u,.. ~,
99{ss' re- s, is assssi = :, W sisss sss var "a If RFs d s%pay es sssSss. to AND a Y aor sa 5hs
shelves filed, We are changing naia. again n, from val rs prices ad TIC pea Sssr PRICES 5;m There re
almost aaan every sc art& IT,. HAY have been advanced a nn sat ar ta above 3 the s T war lsY in Go Goal 1p as
iron long regarded as a barometer, las not yet registered a material re-
duction. High rents and the housing shortage IRE Is wide IS te nation, and
nothing as bees done about it yet. All publishers, whether of periodicals,
books or newsra pers, are o obliged to face IN unprecedented rse in
paper and DISQUALIFICATION basic raw mateial-because of an actual
shortage, of it. -
Where prices are falling, fortunately the process is gradual If they
fell evervwhere in a day, they would mash all our fingers n toes. The
decline starts With raw materials; passes to thu factory; then to tn whole
consumer. &1
A gradual settling OWL thus is gong II. But the potion Is lot gong TO
DROP out OF business.
TheseJ United States of America have too much to d o justn to stop
for long. And we have the money and the credit with which to do it,
While h countries are on a paper oasis n treading air. thanks to III
special providence, w e have been able to stick to the gold basis N we
know where we stand We have all the houses n stores to build that w
failed to buud in the past six years. We LAY our railroads to equip anew
after letting thcm run Town for a decaue These are w of the multitude
O. task that press upon IS The advice that a great banker gave to his
SCR. "Seyer be a pear OF the United States of America" is good advice fI
months to m