Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-28
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HUMAN LIFE.
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close of the late civil war, and time
enough has elapsed TO test the wisdom
OF those measures by which we had
hoped TO rebuild the shattered social
fabric, and restore the r'incdin industries
OF the insurgent States. sl
The late war IN this country having
definitely settled the question OF slav.
cry, there renamed no matter OF social
policy relating to the Southern States,
which bore the slightest value to us OF
the North, compared with the impor-
tant task OF preparing the way Tor their
industrial rehantat'on' our national
commercial history since the war has
proved tliat ng'rcullllru wealth. ana
developmeht pl INC South was oi iar
more importance 70 Us oi. me Nofth
'ham we mug supposed, -, h. s,Ig'
" nat Is ih't history. /. Nhiortunale-
y, u sto ne ioiu III u 10" woius =
conunuea anu increasing s,agnalon
ana ueplssslon' II peii9re the people
u placed SMgle' Pdipdote o. opef~heln'-
mg oanst sull'clcht OF itseli TO produi.ce
the Whoie oilee'i WIZ ihey NOT pe as
poaeu ,"lncr 10 upunuon u'u,nuo .ne Sun,n'S
GROUND Oh hiaiielni 'ncois upon wnirn
!. nus uoe'' sousi'' 'oVV''''ise ''ie,''i anu
examine 'i'o nnP c'"SoS VI our loss oi
'rauv @ -
my si'hp,e 'ru'n is ,hat 'he oon'h
y uAlns' anu VIZ 'uo ''ll losihg one VINO
mas peen WIN al her errors Is sun our
ue"rost ois'or one VINO mas eVer peeh
goou customer IN ,he mari 0, trade'
70 locui e'o,no, nouse nu anu egu'p,
WIN every conee'Vapie arlicie o. use
OF oIiainu.t' u pony consisting oi some
,lgn' e'ili'oiis vi peopi,e ipii'ieu .he
pusis o' ~ intVri"i ,tau' 70 numerous
anu prohlaple' inat II Would seem 70
nc sneer mauhess 70 deny tne agency
~ bringing ABOUT lhe cNis'lng CONNER
eia' oppression W heh 'he war Closed
the south was iuii o' coe'"hand empty
lpl everything elsei .lo supply her
win goods IN eXehange ior TINS cotton
enordeqah eNeeiieht ,rade'o our manu-
mftuiers rs, anu lnerchhnts during the
years 1910 70 loo" Ai'er 'hiS rnsh
was over we expected 10 resume tha'
uslal @ conlinerce l WIN 'he oou,n, a, wh,ch,
even IN nornial YN'rs' was suIneieht 'o
iofh orHlfehgiheil 'ne pasis Oh = large
propor'lon ~ our lndus'rles IN tm'
W., Nyle uis"Ppom'cp''no preparations
4 Mhioh VERY maze lor tie1 event Weh'
ior nolhh'g ana our INDUSTRIES ecgan
10 Flgekcn, ana arc now inert Whal
was 'he cause OF TINS disappointment
we had iailed 10 see as some oil us yel
iali TO sec that or Slstr ,ras dyag
ana y Is much to oc feared, fbat VIII
all our good intentions the reeonslruc
uoh measures which we were induced
to adopt Tor the Southern states arr
INC chlsi cause OF thls monrliinl result
N IN the statistics which VIII now
oe addueed TO demonstrate the decay
ing ana mo1bund condition OF oui
sister states OF the south, the border
states Oh delaware, Maryland, iehnes
Sec hentnciSy ana Missouri nave no'
peeh ,hcluued' ms pan mas peer
adoPled ~ order 70 AVOID eavil iof II
I ~ III So'',o J"s'',e ~ 's''u ~ .'i''
them tbot Car var;ous reosans TX 80
construction measures have not horn,
upon them with the like degree d
harsbness expcrienced in The others
.h Another act of care has beeu ever
cised in profe,ring The cn,nlovn,ent ol
quantities for making comnaiisons IL
The use of raIues In the very few in.
stances where. of nccessity raiaes Ar,
employed, the paper dollar has been
reduced TO gold and at the rate Of 81
cents and mill. that having been the
average value of the paper dollar in
| the year 1870, tho only one In which
values in paper dollars occur in the
official tables quoted.
The authorities for the numbers civen
are the Census and Agricultural Re
ports of the United States Government
except IN oncror Two instances. where
the authorities are given in foot notes
I The lates information obtainable has
been given in all case
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