The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-04
GOAL DEALER
SAYS BUSINESS
At STANDST|LL


ter OF fact business men is T.. Al. Man.
court OF Detroit, Mich. who is q guest
Iof the Seaside Inn. He is accompan-
led by Mas. Mancourt. her sister. Miss
+. l.. Kenney. also of Detroit, and
their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. f. A..
Miller. OF Columbus. Ohio. Mr.. Miller
Is OF The firm of II. c. Goodman q
Co. extensive manufacturer. Of shoes
Mr.. Maneourt IS OF the kind who
takes ar optimistic view of life. be-
iieving that things are as they are be-
eanse they are to be and that they will
adjust~themselyes to the needs OF the
world in good time. His party left
home some weeks ago and made stops
of several days at Asheville. y. c.,
and St. Augustine This is his first
visit to Daytona Beach, but they are
delighted with the beach ana other
attractive features of the place. He
lis vice president of the Consolidated
Coal company and TO a News represen-
tative said:
Il am here because there is nothing
worth while | can do at home What
coal is being sold now is going at a
price that is less than the cost OF pro
duct!on. Bat there Is mighty little be
Ing sold at any price. Most of our big
manufacturers in the West are closed
down and have no use for coal, and
the railroads are carrying so little
freight that their coal demands are
ont slNu.p IN thD ,,,s,,;~,,,,, =, ,b.,,
was so little 10 do took Che opporu-
nifty to. come South for the winter
There is no use OF. bothering man
when he has no use for the thing one
has TO sell. When a business man is
bore down with unpleasant conditions
Iii is better not To bother him. We
have been in the habit OF mining from
Al5 TO Is million tons Of coal per year.
bat many mines are now entirely
closed down. while many others are
working only half time. just liow
there is simply no market for coal
worth speaking Of During the war
the government assumed The control
and management Of the railroads and
other public service companies and
| tried To force water 70 ran no hill.
Now they are coming back TO the own
ers and under private control it viii
not take a great while for business
to get back into the old aud reason
able channels and runaiag smoothly.
1T is anyhody's guess, said Mr..
Maneourt, when things viii get back
10 normal, and one IS as good as an
Iother. but | don't think it viii he a
great while. However, before the re-
adjustment can come there must be a
decided change in the cost OF labor.
When one complains TO a tailor be
cause he is asking am eNorbitant
price for q salt OF clothes, he very
quickly replies that his workmen are
cnarging him four times as much for
I making coat as they did before the
war To my mind Tie workers have
f'beeu on an awful debauch They
have been receiying wages that no
business could afford 10 pay in normal
/ times. and they are trying TO keep
! them up. which is ridiculous and can
mot be done. They have been oA a
big spree and they must GENE TO IN
iderstand that this is the morning
latter. They have on hand few dirty
4 silk shirts ana an awful headache. Il
I is no use 70 talk to them They Will
mot listen 10 reason ard they must be
|gven time 70 wake up to the fact that
+ the dehauch IS over and that they
must get back to reason and fair play
4 lust as the capitals, has done. Al
kinds OF big business is rcadjustins
their affairs by taking inventories
Icharging OF their tremendous losses
lana opening new and clean set o.
hooks. The labor end of the indus
tries must do likewise and the soonel
they find ont thar Il must be done The
sooner the country will be going on II
1.-The good old way.
eli is foolish 10 think there is any
thing wrong with The country or tina
Ian thar is necessary 70 bring about
complete and satisfactory readjusi
ment viii not be done. Ne have il
1.-The United states just RS much o
more gold than ever just as mucI
propcrty of every kind. just as man,
brains and we are jast as rich as eve