Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-02

arrangement only lasts during Fair week.
The Gate City Gays . 6sh.hswk Was
killed near Keokuk. recently, which meas-
ursd feet inches from Zip to tip.
The annual meeting Of the Herse and
Mechanical Fair Associations will be held on
their grounds near Keokuk, Oct. 9th. TIN,
and 9th.
From late Clinton papers we learn that
Bashaw, Kirkwood and Hockey arc nowen-
,ered for the trotting purses at the state
Far. Many psrsons have insisted that these
horses would not be there, ~ they intended
TO trot elsewhere during the remainder Of
the season.
The Burlington Gazette and Argus
sass:-"Bsnton Alter, son Of Jacob Alter,
. boy about sixteen years cid, living near
DAnville, 10 this eeaoty, bad his arm %.
verely smashsl 10 sugar mill % Tussday
last. He vas sseagsd 10 eilisg the Mill.
~hen bic sleeve caaeAt, drswlee u his arm.
and % erushiag IL that Il bs0es necessary
to amputsts II abese tws inches below The
elbow. The operation was pssfefmed by
Drs. Wright aad Raasem, and the patient
Is nov dang - veil - could b expected.
-Frso The Dubsqus Hs-ald ~ learn
that livs.y times ore expected npon the line
Of the Cedar Pals aud Minnesota r. r.. and
Superintendent Farley has ammo q inc Cd that
the contract for grading, bridging ana tie
ing the line from Charles City to the Mime.
sofa line, will be let out the 10th day Of July.
II Is intended TO complete the whole road
before the first day Of December next. and
there Is every reason TO believe that the en-
gine will be pretty veil on the wy to Usage
before corn harvest"
The lnarA Times.
We should be thinking Of hard times,
for ~ are 10 the midstsof them. The fol
lowing from the N. Y. Erening Post 10 wer.
Thy Of consideration
That bvsinsss 10 stagrant 10 the United
States sve:ybsdy knows very well-for
everybody feels it. But many persons do
not knew that The depression felt here OF
tends $50 ever Europe. Every wherein
Ens'and. in France, in Germany -there Il
comptsiat Of dull tines; Of an impress.
pentsd commercial depression; Of . gene.
rsl staenstion Of indrstry.
The Financial Carssiels Of This city, in
discussing the causes end possibls dusatiou
Of this general stassation, rsmarks right
that the costly wars IN this county, In Ed
rope, IN 1sxioe aud in South America, hav,
co attributed to increase the evil /; - we'll q
the enormously costly arrauesmsnts OF
which the principal European government,
have bsen for the last ten ysar wasting th,
eaTnings Of the people. Wars not Only do
strey material wealth; they hamper an,
cripple industry BY the dsst:uc o. 70.
} noval from useful occupation Of the Hows
Of population and BY the heavy take
which necessarily increase The cost Of pro
duction.
Moreover. seven years Of var. 10 differ
ent parts Of the world. have been followed
the Chronicle points out, by two shor
crops Of food. No deobt Ibis contribute,
ia an important measure to the general de-
rangsmsns Of industry; and hs's ~ ad
: that our high protective tariff, Turing
! great many men rom agricultural to mau
ufacturiog pursuits, he's done much, % y
believe, 10 exr Sgerats this evil. We hav
wi,h'1 ID -es yeas. actually seen -four in
ported to the United States from Europe
and 80 dear have breadstufIs bscume her
. bv reason Of this forcible and unwse d.
. pletion Of the agricultural force of tn
, country, that it is profitable 10 briug little
\ -four from California.
b But there 10 another phenomenon, hslE
ing TO cause the universal stagnation, /
which the Chronicle does not ailuds; an
!. which is Jet too important . part OF tn
= general problem to be omitted. This 10 III
T. sudden and great depreciation in the valu
. Of gold. The abundance in which th
metal, the common standard Of value, hs
been produced, has, according to those bel
informed, deprecated its value in the lai
II fifteen years. to the amount Of ut least th
:. ~, and some say forty per cent.
n 1t is easy to SEQ that this must cause
general and very ssrious arrangement
business and industry. Il acts in tbs san
l. manner ~ IN imitation Of the currency /
!. the issue Of paper money, hiss acted in II
!. United States The fail in the value 10 esl
has increased prices, unsettled values a
: over tho civilized world. 1t has caused II
impoverishmsnt Of . large class in .
civilized communities-those who live o
fixed incomes, derived from leases or th
interest on money.
Also. this depreciation in the value q
geld has made the men and women vi
work for wages or salarics-tAe greater pa,
, OF every nation-very uncomfortable an
: restless. Of course il has increased tn
cost Of production everywhere, and y
suspect that to this cause may be asc-ibsd
more perhaps than any other. the ''strikss
t which have deranged industry here and i
Europe.
} Some one says the best way for ma
to tram up child in the way il should g,
is to t-avel that wav occasionally bmsel