The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-14
Good Advice TO Grumblers-..A Een.I.
bic Article About HIEh PrIeeE.I
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It IS very common to complain at the
high price OF eyety ything that is bought
built, no matter of what shane ~.
whether for private or public use 40
much so that grumbling on this head.
promises to become ca chronic complaint.
In some sense II is all ri ht-prices are
exceedingly high as compared with the
prices OF some years ago, but before
giving away 10 grumbling it would be
we'll 70 consider, Do we not as q gener-
al thing, when we pay two prices for
price for what we have to sell, either
labor sor product q Working men al
most universally receive much higher
wages than they did ten years ago, and
their case Is not materially harder than
it was. Men who dc nothing, of comrsey
suffer, as do also those who receive sal.
aries fixed by law, or are dependent
upon annuities, interest, d6O., but il we
take a philosophical survey ofthe prem.
iseS, .lchanging our standpointS, rice
versa, we cannot but acknowledge that
though 1T Is bad, 1t might be worse. 2
We have just finished up big war,
and at very high prices, but we are able
to opaythe damage, and the end gained
Is generally considered worth the
price. whether 1t Is or not, who is to
olameH Either we, the people, or no.
Dody. II the former, we ought to stand
II; 1Iithe latter, we will have 10, and
that's the end oft. What, then, is the
use OF such an everlasting grumble; it
don't help the matter, but, on the con-
trary, helps to make US more mIserab BILE
by discouraging industry and enter.
prise; the practice OF which might 9TH
erwise retrieve eour fortunes and relieve
our poverty, much of which is imagi-
nary at any rate. A good harvest this
yeartwtu bring down breadstuffs to a
reasonable figure, without any doubt,
and there is most excellent prospect
ora good harvest. It is a big country, 4
and there Is living for all in comfort,
II people Will devote themselves 10 the
right means of obtaining It,. That it is
not by lying around beer saloons,
WHISKY shops or street COR
ners, grumbling at the prices or
finding fault with this or that politi-
cal party, because work is not lighter
and money plentier. Let every man
have business and mind It, or If he
can't hang himself, and times will soon
bs'better. Never think about strikes.
and If any demagogue suggests a
strike, let him have eit-from the shouI-
der. DON'T take too much to politics,
either, in the expectation that a change
of parties will be specially beneficial,
for the probabilities are, that a change
would not be forthe better. Elect your
best men to Office and keep them there,
so long as they act with a proper regard
to the welfare of the public, rather than
to their iroWnprivate interests. Pay very
little regard to those who are everlast-
ingly carping but doing little else for
the public; and beware OF the profes. |
slonal politician, who makes his bread
and butter, by practicing upon your
Block out a course something like
this, and il every growler will as in
follow it, as he grumbles,
the chances are, that In the COURSE or
time he will feel better contented, with
both private and public affairs. t,an |