Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-11-13
THE BUSINESS SITUATION.


4 Instead of wondering or of complaining that
this Is 50, we cannot imagine how our citizens
lean EXPECT it to be otherwise at this particular
ltaifne Of year. odfnerchants have barely re-
ce8iilTyed their very heavy stocks of merchandise
TO carry them through the long season until
the roads and means of easy communication
for Messenger travel and transportation OF
goods. shall, again be opened next spring, and
until the miners shall also actively resume
their. labor in the diggings.; they have paid out
large sums of ready money for these heavy
stocks, and in getting them laid down here,
and these payments in the aggregate have ma
terially depleted the money market.
There is a great amount of gOldin the hands
of the miners but this is not yet in circulation,
nor will it be until they commence laying IN
their stock Of provisions, &c, for the long
resting season. They must soon make their
purchases, and then we shall again have ample
gold in general circulation. etHa l7s
Another feature must be taken into account.
The residents of the Basin generally have much
changed their habits, of extravaganza and the
prodigal use of money, from their custom Of
previous years. They more generally appre-
ciate the condition-that, as they can labor
only a little more than half the year in the
mines, to come out ahead they must exercise
economy during the season Of idleness. They
can winter here much cheaper than they can
in Oregon or California, all things--stage and
steamer fares, travelling expenses, &c--in-
cluded, and the money they do expend is thus
kept here, instead of being carried away.
And those who used to almost throw away
money a few years ago, now appreciate its use
and necessity, and are, therefore, more careful
in It's expenditure They will buy what they
need, but will not waste their means This
change in the habits and expenditure of a
goodly number of our citizens viii cause, what
may seem by contrast with former years, a
dull season in trade but if we will view it
correctly, we shall all hail the change with
gladness for it forbodes and is the earnest of a
more substantial, really prosperous, and per-
manent future for this city and the Basin
Throughout 4aasa ,asaaJ 4s8B
| There are dull times everywhere now, as we
learn from every channel Of communication
from every point--all over this coast, at the
far East, or through the great West. tits
"dull times" of which England complains, and
the same complaint comes from the CONNER
cial centres Of all Europe. Actually, we are
having brighter times, and do enjoy more bust
ness prosperity, in this division of Idaho, than
the inhabitants of any other mining region
which can be named. The merchants and peo-
pie generally of Montana would rejoice to pos
sess the trade which our merchants are assured,
and to enjoy the measure of prosperity, in
mining and trading, which prevails in this city
and Basin. Nevada offers no such average
compensation to the merchant, the miner. the
mechanic or the laborer, as is offered here,
leveniat this dull season of year. Then why
complaint Let us patiently await the better
times, very soon to come, when money and
trade and prosperity will surely again flow to
cheer and benefit us all. g aas