The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-09-29

Hard Times.
An exchange has the following scnsi- /
bic article ON the hard times. We hope !
our reader, vii! pcrusc il carefully ana
profit thereby:
The cry of hard times and depression
OF business comes from NIL sections. But
the question arises. is it good policy for
commercial men 10 keep up the "huc
and cry" Does il do any good? Eocs
i, aid IN nakin. business any better?
We think not. II on the contrary only
aids in making thc times sill harder. Ii
seems that every person who owes aI
dollar takes advantage of this cry of
depression of business and increases the
trutsbic by usin. il ~ an excuse for not
paying their bills which has the effect to
make ii still hard.r t"r pc.aons transact
ing any Kind of business on Il credit
system. What little money there Is. Is
kept boarded ly par'ic- when the!
should use II to lay their just and law
iii debts. and have il in circulation.
one person Nc; paving Li! when due.
viii prevent some one else from paying
theirs Now admitting that such Is The
case would il nrt be much better for
cacl, 10 pav as far as 1.-The none! goes:
that is, IL VIC have ten dollars III pocket.
to pay il out: ii would enable some
other indiv idual 10 do the same thing,
and the beueits thus derived would be
universal. One can hardly imagine how
many bills there arc now owed and re-
naming unpaid. each depending upon
The paymcnt Of some other bill due the
,dcEior. Have such bill liquiGatcd and
the one who rcs elves il pay over agnin
to satisfy demands against him, the next
receiver doing the same, and so on. from
ono 10 another. and the first person who
set the money float " ould be the means
of paying an untold amount Of bills.
pcrhaps have il return again 10 him in
| pavmcnt Of some debt that could not
have been liquitlatcd were II not that llc
had first set il n going the rounds. We
heard the other day Of one of our trad
Icrs lending friend a twenty dollar bill
TO pay u demand, nnd the next day II
ra me back 10 the merchant from party y
who had owed him for months. As IN
this case. so 1t would bc in Others.
Money while boarded up and kept
from those who justly owe 1t can be o'
hut little good tO the community. and
the only true method to be pursued. j.
to keep what little We have from ''rust
ing" If YOU have but ten dollars an'
! owe that amount, take IL from yOm'
pocket and'pay tho debt. and YOU vii
not only find pleasure yoursclfin know,
ing that you have paid tho demand
!, standing against y"u. hut also enable
: some one else to enjoy similar pleas
: urc an,, the blessing will he universal
a thousand dollars in circulation Is q
4 more benefit to any town or city than
million boarded up. and which can b'
OF no possible g0nd 10 any person bu
the mere interest that accrucs 10 th'
holder.
,, Then again. our traders by continual!
lv CRYING out hard times. make buyer
: think they arc worse than what the!
really arc. This We thiuk is poor poll
ry. ms IL only makes poor people nfrni'
. TO embark in any enterprise which nigh
bc the means Of putting money in circu
laticn. Now suppose all our trader
take different text and begin to prcac'
!. "a revival Of trade" and all the paper
follows ia the same train: IL Will do ~
:. injury 10 business and make the wheel
4. move much more smoothly. Outsider
4 will begin to look upon the trade IN
much more hopeful light. CUuntr
!. buyers will make arrangements for ~
increased sale. and we shall sec businc-
!, in our cities and State wear very dii
c. fc rent aspect.