Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-10

| NJ C. BEANIE, president Of Mer-
chants Bureau, Chamber of Com.
meroe and member Of the firm Of
5sane 4 Cross, clothing merchants.
THE first half OF the year was
slow but it began to pick up in the
last haif and was very good. I think
tnat all the activities helped. that
they were factors in making
augusta, so busy in the last half Of
the year. that is, the Fourth of Julv
ceiebration. the Winter Carnivals.
the style Show and the other attrac.
tlons including athletics. The results
would have been better if everyone
would get behind the organized eff
tort, the Chamber of Commerce and
It's various bureaus. If more members
would take interest and work for it's
projects, why Augusta would enjoy
even greater prosperity during the
coming year."
WALTER s. WYMAN, treasurer
and general manager Of the Central
Maine Power Co.; "The business
outlook is good. All the mills are
running well. not only in Augusta.
put IN neighboring cities. In MANY
| o.her places, the cotton mills are
Planning additions to their plants. We
| snaii nave more business in power
| contracts on the skids in the next
| lew months than ever before. The
year 1922 was a good one. Int there
! is no reason why 1928 could not he
made even better than the outlook,
now promises. There should be more
| careful investigation of each new
| proposition rather than being caught
| by each passing fancy. Each individ-
| ual would do well to give a closer
application to his own immediate
business rather than trying to die
tate how the business of some one
| else should be rum"
| J. L. DEARBORN, MANAGER Of the
Sunbeam Bakery: I'VE are look
| ing for bigger and better business
in 1928. We are expanding. Thanks
| to persistent advertising campaign
| during the past year, our business
mas doubled and it is holding on
much longer than is ordinarily the
case when cold weather comes.
| Money seems to plentiful, probably
because there is nobody loafing."
| e. e. BRADBURY, the Augusta
Steam laundry-''A spirit of opti-
mism should prevail during the year
| 1923. Everybody should get together
for the common good; corporation
is the best guarantee of economic
success"
HENRY A. BRIGGS, Capital City
Motor Co.: 1.-THE year 1922 held up
better through the last few weeks
than ever before. This was especially
noticeable in the sales OF cars, parts
and in shop work. look to see 1923
be a better year than 1922 because
there are more people working and
industrial conditions have become
stabilized"
w. s. lADD, printer: Business
has been picking up everywhere.
| 1922 was a good year; 1923 will be a
! better one"
ERNEST p. HEWITT Of Weber
4 Hewitt: "Conditions point to q
| much better business outlook. We are
| optimistic. Nearly everybOdy's work.
ing and conditions are becoming more
nearly normal. Reports show that
the markets are all showing strength.
Augusta is not generally influenced
either by bOOmS or reverses. Still
| greater results for the city will be
obtained if new industries and more
homes can be provided here"
J. D. kENWORTHY Of the F. W.
Woo!worth Co. store: Business is
just what you make it. Get out
and dig, give the people values and
Augusta will get the business. Other
cities are going after it; there IS
| no reason why we shouldn't. To
| show that it can be done. all I need
say is that the business of this store
has grown from a lower rating to
a rating equal to that Of Lewiston
/ with more population. We are doing
more business than any other Wool
worth store in New England with the
same amount of floor space"
WILBUR L. 6EALS, Grants Con-
fectionery: Financial statements in
dictate that the coming year should
be good one, even better than
1922"
RALPH BROWN, Grocer-'T be-
lieve business during 1923 will be
about the same as last year. General
conditions seem to be about the
same. There is nothing on the hori-
zen which I can see that will make
any appreciable change. Our bust
ness last year was the average, not
as good as during the war but much
better than directly after"
q. o. MOODY, Groeer-"Owing to
general trade conditions I have no
reason to believe that business this
year will not be as GOOD as last year
year. An optimistic viewpoint will
help greatly during the coming year.
Our business last year was fair"
GEORGE WADLEIGH, Of the
WadIeiqh 4 Son Co.-"Indications
point to 1923 as being the most pros
! porous year ever in our own line.
All reports and conditions, national
advertising, the general rise from
depression, all seem to point to it.
Two people are talking automobiles
today to one person q year ago. Our
business last year was almost double
to that of the year previous"
I. DRAkPlN, proprietor Of Boston
Tailoring Cot is rather hard to
Judge just which way trade conditions
will turn. I am expecting a better
business than last year though at
present it is rather quiet. Business
last year amounted to a good aver
age"
e. z. SMITH, Grocer-"Judging
from conditions the first of this
year as compared with the first of
last I believe business will be much
better. think this year will be a
more prosperous one for the farmers.
Better conditions prevail. Taking it
from all angles believe 1923 will be
a much better and bigger year. Our
business last year showed a bit of q
decrease from that of the previous
year"
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