Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1912 — ALL SIGNS POINT TOWARD PROSPERITY [ARTICLE]

ALL SIGNS POINT TOWARD PROSPERITY

Tremendous Business in Bight Which Bhould Not Bo Chocked. From the Gary. Ind.. Tribune. Sept O, 1912. Orders on the books of the United States Steel corporation as of August 31 called for 6,163,375 tons of material. This figure represents an increase of 206,296 tons over the amount booked a month earlier. It is also the largest amount of business shown since the corporation began issuing monthly reports of its orders, and has not been exoeeded in the quarterly statements since September 80, 1907. The largest amount of business the corporation ever reported was 8,489,719 • tons on December 81. 1906. Since the beginning of this year the business on thft order books has increased from 5,66 V 761 tons and during a large part si the period the mills have been . unning close to their productive capacity. This means everything to Gary tor the next year. If the steel companies cannot keep pace with their orders* with all their plants running at praotically full capacity, the time is at hand when extensions will be in or* der, and Gary Is going to get Its share of the extensions. Elsewhere in this issue, the Tribune prints s remarkably “boomish" series of interviews with New York bankers. They are worth reading. It all goes to show that general business Is going to be tremendous tor at least a year to come, and Gary Is in position to get its fall share of the good things bounteous times are to give ouL