Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-01
MEN AND
BUSINESS
By RICHARD SPILLANE
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.


ON THE ROAD, Sept. 1.
a E. MITCHELL, vice president of
IA. the Northern National Bank, of
Toledo, says a little State
banker thought the structure in which he
was conducting business was not suitable
so he bought a corner lot, engaged an ar
chitect and. the designs for a new build
ing appealing to his artistic sense, he
asked for bids from contractors. Their
figures outraged him. He lectured them
on profteering and announced publicly
that he would SHOW them" Giving his
personal attention to the undertaking he
bought material, hired foreman and en-
gagged workers. Now he wishes he had
not The contractors bids were around
$4,000 The banker has paid out that
much already and the building is not near
completion.
I'm paying S1.1O an hour to brick
layers" the banker says. "and they re
loafng on the JOB | never had so much
worry over anything In my life"
Fl oTEL proprietors say there is lot
i = of buncombe about the prohibition
law being nullity.
Before the Eighteenth Amendment
went into effect" said one of them, the
empty bottles from the bar and the
empty TASKS gathering in the rooms OF a
large hotel would make up & wagon load
day. Now they do not make much
more than a barrel full a week"
sss
CLEVELAND bankers say the nation
~ al bank OF the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers is growing at
an astonishing rate.
NEORGE W. YORK, partner in the
~ investment banking house of Otis
& Co. of Cleveland, says one of the
best things that could happen in Amer
lea to restore confidence in every de-
partment of life would be for a strong
advance in Liberty Bonds.
They are up six points from the
low" he says. When they advance
another six points you'll see very grea;
change in sentiment generally. They are
on their way. Such sharp depreciation
rs we have seen of a Government secur-
ity so widely distributed as are Liberty
Bonds has been more disturbing than
most of us have appreciated Confidence
comes measureably with their advance
in market price. We have had a far
larger business in the purchase of Lib
erty Bonds throughout the last twelve
is growing more and more to an appro-
citation of their worth"
Incidentally Mr.. York has reason to
think better of the labor market He
is interested In lumber property in the
South. In the f1orid times of two years
back rough labor got So a day. When
the depression came the mill had to be
closed. Lately an appeal came from the
workers to reopen the mill and they
would work for $3.50.
I H. THOMPSON, manager of the
]. Hollenden Hotel of Cleveland de-
clares there is a decidedly better
sentiment among the people who should
be the best Judge Of conditions He
meets all classes from travelling sales
men to presidents Of great corporations.
Three men out of five with whom he
discusses the situation say things in
general are a little better.
Statesmen used to reply rotten when
asked as TO their business. Now they
say, I'm selling quite a lot of people.
Their orders are not big, but the de-
mand is widening noticeably."
D UBBER- NECK wagon lecturers in
~ their attempts to be smart sprea l
class prejudice
This ladies and gentlemen" one Of
them beloved through his megaphone.
lis Delaware avenue, better known as
Millionaire Row. You will observe,
ladies and gentlemen. how crooked 1t Is
I'm THE menu in one Of the restau-
~ rants in Cleveland there was listed.
"COnsomme on the Cob"
1t was Chinese restaurant.
NNE of the gloomiest structures on
~ Euclid avenue, a leading thorough
fare Of Cleveland, is the former
home Of John d. Rockefeller.
= LEVELAND's waste paper recep-
~ tacies bear a resemblance to the
large type of mail box. One of
the local papers had a story the other
day Of a man fishing in one Of them for
fifteen minutes in effort to recover
letter he had posted. copyright
1921, by Public Ledger Co.