Evening journal., 1922-11-09
PROSPERITY FOR
NATION seen
BY BUSINESS

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Merchants National Bank OF
Boston.
Mills have Increased operations
to a point where they are now run
ming on an average of 90 per cent
OF normal" Garslde says, and the
industry is practically free from la
Dor difficulties. There is some un-
easiness as to whether consumers
will be able or willing to buy the
usual volume OF goods when recent
advances in raw materials and
goods markets are passed on them.
but for the present the mills are
receiving a large volume of orders
Hotels.
Everything indicates prosperity, -
SAYS l.. *. Statier, head OF the stat
Ter hotels system, speaking on busi-
ness conditions. We have seen a
decided increase in business from
the last sixty to ninety days through
out the cities in which we operate.
Previous to that there had been a
decrease as compared with last year.
"As far as I can see this new
prosperity seems TO be general. The
tide has turned and It seems as II
this era Of increased trade would
continue"
Clothing.
Samuel Weill. president of the
Stein Bloch Company, wholesale
clothiers. says:
"Our trade shows marked inn
provement. and the spring sales are
increasing substantially. The out
standing danger to the present IA
vorable conditions would be a dis
position to speculate or over ex-
pand."
Shoes.
Business today is much better
than Il was a year ago" says l..
Holmes Dalton. an official of the
Brockton Shoe Company. Manu-
facturers believe hard times are be-
hind and sound prosperity ahead.
Not boom times. but good conditions
with a demand for higher grade
shoes.
Labor conditions are better. and
the free hides provided by the new
tariff are sure to help consumers on
prices although raw material is now
cheaper here than It is abroad"
Automobiles
Business is holding up we'll dur
ing the latter part Of 1922. and pros
poets for 1923 are especially bright"
said p. NJ Jewett, president of the
Paige Company in Detroit. Both the
bort Motor Company, of Flint,
Mich, and the Dodge Brothers.
agree with Jewott that 1928 will
be a record year in their industry.
Furniture
There is no justification for
material Increase in furniture
prices. says William B. Wexford,
active secretary OF the Retail Fur
nituro Association OF America.
Walnut and mahogany are both
down, according TO Wexford. and
so is overhead. Some manufac-
iurers have announced that they
ould be forced to advance prices
but this should not be necessary. He
predicts that there will be only
slight increase in prices.
Movies.
Experience seems to indicate
that the support of amusements
follows rather than precedes the
curve up or down of general pros
perity," declared VIII II. Hays, high
commissioner Of the movies.
I'm almost every locality the at
tendance at motion picture theatres
is now Increasing" he said. Two
causes may be given: That prosper
ity is returning. and that better and
more interesting pictures are being
shown this winter"
Cecil B. DeMille, producer and
director, declared prosperity is here
but only for those who produce pic
lures OF "A NUMBER ONE" quality
as the public is becoming very crit
teal and will accept no second rate
productions.
Crops.
This has been a year OF good pro-
duction of grain. and other crops