The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-19
For Good of
 the Community
Alert Business Men Now Must Guard Care fully Against Being Ouercautious
 Regarding Future

lnF course things were and are better than we V thought. The scare was worse than the hurt Itwas awfully painful to turn back to the normal ways of doing things. Because we did not have champagne at our meals these dull months we imagined that the homely bacon and cabbage had also been taken from us. But 1t was not so.
 1 A Birmingham hat wholesaler said: Our collections have been pleasant surprise All during the dull period we entertained more or less of the common scare as to our bills. The scare was not warranted. Collections have been good. In fact, we have no complaint to make"
 Coming out of the weary months with com forting profit and loss account is about the surest hamburger of good business ahead that one can imagine. Thrifty Americans were quick to take to cover; quick to furl their sails and buy from hand to mouth.
 Big bills were not piled up. High freight rates indirectly contributed their share to good business methods by causing the country mer- chant to purchase from the nearest wholesale| centers. By doing so he got the small quanti- tics of goods desired from time to time when he wanted them and was able to make a quick turn over
 Thus has neighborhood business been built up as never before. So have the merchants close to Birmingham learned the value of trad ing here. In trading here they have been en- abled to do hand to mouth business and keep going pending the rebrth of real business.
 Thrift has had it's reward Farmers and country merchants come to this season with craft in good form. Wholesaler after whole saler declares that business is better than in many months
 The wholesale natter said: "Ou sales dur ing the past two or three weeks have beenl greater than since July year ago." This came atop of the statement made by two whole salers and manufacturers last week to the ef- feet that their past two weeks of business had been the best of the year.
 The country is feeling the effect of the dras- tic economy put in practice by the farmer in coming to this crop yield and the effect also of the continuous flow of cash money to the farms issuing out of the sale of diversified products at| handsome net cash profits under the co-opera- tive sales system.
 It is delightful to have Birmingham manu- facturer declare himself on the side of the com mon sense and the neighborliness of his home people. A stove maker made this statement 'The Birmingham district is the backbone of our business. Our home people treat us right"
 He further said: Away with complaining. Make the goods, add service and our home peo- pie will do the rest. We have done too much complaining. We want to go out for business with pep and the goods. That will win.
 T This is in line with the wholesale dry goods man who said luck and the devil had precious little to do with mems affairs He suggested an '1go-Getem" club. He thinks that surer road to travel than blaming some one else or something else for what happens.
 Mighty good news to hear that fourteen in dustries in the nation report greater employ ment. Makers of mems clothing, boot and shoe factories, automobile makers and leather fac ddod llsx