The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-22


their protection. they are in some of
our States denounced by the law and |
everywhereloOked upon with suspl.
eion, They should not autagonIze.
They yshould cooperate: They should |
be in harmony I do not know that
the full solution of this great prob
lem has been discovered, but / be-
lieve great progress has been made |
in late years to establish iuster and
better relation. That progress will
continue. 1t must command the eff. |
forts of an advancing civilization,
and the favor OF just God, until at
last the human intellect, and hand
and blood, as they constitute the no.
bier, shall also be the better paid
member in the great partnership of
labor and capital, -.
CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY.
hold in my hand the Cincinnati
Commercial of the 7th of September.
1t contains a review Of the markets
for the week. The story is very sig
nificant: ''Trade dull-almost stag
nant. Sales OF dry goods, of groceries,
of manufactures, almost nothing.
Collections possible-interest on
money from to Is per cent, and in.
some cases to IS per cent. Wheat
from 81 Is to 81 %, and very dull.
Hay, corn, oats, ruling low, and few
sales, except for local demand. -
And in the same paper of that and q
few preceding days I-saw the failures
and assignments of bankers, manu-
facturers, tFadesmen and lumber
merchants-and column after coll
umn filled with the advertisements
Of men and women and children
-
which are empty and for rent. The
condition, the reason and the remedy
are well summed up In one single
sentence in the money article-of that
day: "a skrimmage of values gen.
orally has not yet taken place, or at
least values have not been adjusted
in their relation to each other to that
plane on which business can move
briskly and prospGrously. There is,
consequently, some disposition to tin
ker with the currency, and to seek to
adjust matters by variations in the
measure of values" Which, trans-
lated into common language, means
that debtors are pressed TO the very
verge of ruin by declining prices and
stagnant business, and beg that
money may be allowed to circulate
ana perform its duty of effecting ex-
change; and In the same paper I see
the extraordinary statement that the
Treasury Department has official in
formation "that the merchants and
other commercial men of the West,
lowing to the scarcity of currency,
are compelled to take any thing Of
fered to them which represents
fractional values Of greenbacks, and
consequently are forced to receive
and pass counterfeit stamps"
Now, my friends, is this atruthful
statement of the condition of affairs?
I have taken lit, almost word for
word, from tbs Commercial. that nc
man might say had coloFed it toe
highly. ask you-each one of you
docs this statement accord with
your own observation? Why is ii
SO? Large crops have rewarded the
industry of the farmer. The benef
cence of God has not failed. The
promise Of seed-tiLne and harVes
has been fulfilled. We have haC
neither war nor pestilence in oul
midst. Why should the products q
agriculture be so low and so slow o.
sale 2 They cost as much plowing,
aud sowing, and planting, and reap
ing, as many hours of toll, and a.
many acres to produce them as las
year or the year before. There ar
as many mouths to fill; as many
craving appetites as then. Why
employment so scarce, and why al
the scanty wages of labolers reduced
There are strong arms all arouni
lying idie-and- every element Q
growth in our country is every mo
ment demanding greater develop
ment. LabOrers are plenty; Ire ID
r stuffs are in abundance; raw materia
, is at hand stocks of goods are fuil
: railroads aud rivers and canals ar
', ready to do all transportation A
; the appliances of active busInes
: which our modern civilization ha
created or demands lie ready 70
instant use. They need but to b
Joined and put in motion-and ye
, they lie inactive, dead and useless
as the parts of an engine before tn
machinest has put them together an
: the engineer has let on his steam
: Why is this? Enormous t2XatiO
! unequally, Upjustly distributed
! enormous expenditure uunecessarii
4 and Wastefully n1ade-and both tao
! alton and expenditure are manage
in such wise as to give every adVar
tage to dead, inactive capital and
impose their burdens upon actiV
capital and dlabOr-both are manage
80 as to advance the interests of Il
Z business of the country. .-.. ....
! RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
3 have in my hand an Official stat
7 ment of the receipts and expend
d lures of the Federal Treasury, puI
lished in pursuance of law, for thrl
e months ending on the last. day 4
1 81, k,n 40
( have been, from taxation and sale
Q public lands, $I09, 9,847, ,61S 81, or T
: ducine the amount collected in col
q from the customs ($44, ,021. .SS4 I'd I
= currency, at 335 per ceRt., the receip
J. for three months were $124,52I,2 =
e SO, or more than five hundred mi
n ions for the year at the same rat
70 It alsO shows that in addition to tn
3 enormous amount from taxatiC
: there was realized from loans. 81
952, 1872 20, making total, for thr
}, months from all sources, in currenc
y of one hundred and sixty-nine mi
!. ions Of dollars. -.,-.,. .... 2,
$, During the same time the expel
ir ditures are stated for ordinary 9.
/. penses at $e6. oil, ,O24, or reducing Il
Ye interest on the public debt to Gu
8, rency SO, 161, 196, and for payne
" on account Of principal Of the del
10 $40, 2s8, ,7O7, a total of $I64, ,349, 81
j. This jugglery about the debt har
ir ly comprehend, It seems we bG
70 roWed forty-four millions, and pa
E. forty-nine millions, leaving an actU
eej payment OF about five millions, b
Of In order to effect this payment the
], was an excess of revenue over {
? pendItures Of forty five millions, al
2, the Secretary paid a premium of o
3. million three hundred and seVehi
: four thousand six hundred a
II eighty dollars, or more than tWent
ne five per cent.
th, .-a5 80 " Y 80 81 Il
ne EXPENSES OF ARMY AND NAVY.
st The army consists of 90, 0,000 men, {
costs. $50, ,000, 600 year. The navy &C
ap $25, ,o00, 900. Why do We need these '
s. armamentsl For what useful purpo
le are they kept upS And, if it is necessi
r, to have so many men, why should
re have Generals and staff officer sufaci
!? for an. army ten timeB as great. II is s
Id q do not vouch for its truth) that Bri
u der General sits in the ante-chamber