Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-06-30
SIGNS or THE TIMES.

Tho present shifting character OF
pe..ic. Q! esr population is indicative
Of very important want and the exist
ence Of wrong impression in the minds
Of many. The want is modification Of
the existing tariff and protection laws;
the wrong impression Is the idea Of o
great many well-meaning people that an
imitation OF the currency will afford relief
and revive trade. The first effect OF the
disastrous revulsion in September. rs.
was the sudden check to immigration,
and the enormous implus given to emf
grafton; the tide had at last turned. there
was, a. il were. q momentary pause, and
then the great current of life and treas
ure, bone and sinew, strength and cour-
age that had SO long set in toward the
shores OF the New World, changed Its
course, and the stream flowed back to
Europe. Statistics show that the immi-
grafton to America has fallen OH over
10000 even since January LIST. Every
outward bound ship is full. and tbs esti-
mated over 1900 per week are
leaving our shores for tho Old
World. When all goes we'll, people
usually stay whore they are, and
The simple fact Of leaving tho United
States to try their fortunes in an older
country IS sufficient proof that all is not
we'll. To casual observer this hegira
may seem strange. We look around US
and see on every side the most bound
less profasion OF natura! gifts a country
can have. Yet the fro is out in the
Pennsylvania iron works. the loom is
silent in the erstwhile busy mills and
factories of New England, the ships are
in vain asking for cargoes at the New
York docks, and tho talent and skill OF
thousands ia embarking daily for other
countries. This untoward state OF things
argues an alarming defect somewhere,
and some profess to have found q panacea
in the insane theory of Initiating the
volume, and consequently depreciatine
the currency. Were their financial ideas
to be adopted. temporary success
might be the first effect, but the whole
fabric would soon come tottering dowr
and make far more crash than II die
twenty-one months ago. To us o.
the Pacific Coast, the time II
far distant when those topics vii
assume such grave import a. they
possess at present in the Atlantic
Coast and the Mississippi Valley. Gu
material prosperity is unquestioned, ant
should monopoly or extortion arise
should abuses or kindred evils exist, tn
independent and rigbt-loving spirit o
the people is sufficient guarantee for thei
suppression. But the fortunes and mis-
fortunes of other sections OF the republi,
have for us q close significance, and w
cannot view disaster or ruin with othe
feelings than regret. The late conrse o
some conventions in relation to the vita
question Of the currency is inexplicable
What effect an increased amount @
paper money would have on the countr
is perfectly apparent. and It's folly t
suppose a man Is rich because no has hi
pockets crammed full Of promises t
pay. The difference between paper an
hard money as circulating medium,
as great as between a promise and il
fulfllment. The one is at best vagu
and illusory, the other the thing itsel
The main issues in the next Nations
campaign will be, not so much who
President or Congressman, as bait
wherein momentus interests are at stalk
On the one side protection, paper Gu
rency and financial chaos; on the otho
free trade-li,nited by a judicious di
eliminating taritf-hard money and pro
perity. The signs of the times are
accordance with the wishes of many, al
indicate triumph of the principles Il
culcated by the wisest Of our Statesmen
viz; gold basis and chance for all.