The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-15
The Season and its promises.

| Winter has gone at last The fields are
no longer hidden by snow-drifts, nor the
country roads blocked, and the city has
| bloomed out with all the indications offspring
| The furs and the mutfiers and the great coats
have disappeared, and the sunny days have
brought with fem life and an activity az
cheering AS the young season itself. The
gloom of the 'hard times" is disappearing
with the chill winds and the cold the streets
are tightening up with pleasant color, speed
| ing intercourse and trade, and affording
hopeful promise of the weeks to come.
Easter, " bich marks the period of transition
to spring costumes, has impaired to the re-
tail business the impulse which liberal rur-
chases give, and hence through all the shops
of industry to the great producing centers
tie influence is felt. With the work of
| opening the highway, and byways Of trafi !,
fairly accomplished, exchanges will begin
again and bring about better feeling in
the community.
After an unusually prolonged winter OF
/ industrial and commercial discomfort it ID
natural that the re awakening energies
should be impatient to enjoy their free action
in the impending revival of trade. In con
sequence Of empty markets and low stocks
the inducements to a new and healthy &C
tiyity in all branches of commerce ar,
irresistible. Society must 60 on at somt
rate, and have its thousand wants supplied
Consumers, and they are the whole commu
nifty, are forced to call for fresh commodi
ties, and they are better prepared to pay
| for them out of their savings of more thar
year past Prices have receded as low al
/ they can, comparison between 1860 ant
| 1915 showing no substant ial variation in
the actual aeoessaries of life. The com
pulsory economy observed ty the grea
bulk of the people during the last twelve
state of things, which includes lower
scale Of profits without the accompaniment
| of illegitinate and outside risks. As com
modities recede in price rents obey the same
comprehensive law, and SO do wages, AL
so called values are affected similarly, and
therefore reciprocal relations are maintain
cd and no actual, but only seeming loss i,
entailed.
Moreover, the basis of the coming sea.
sons operations is being made broader and
more reliable than for long time before.
! Farmers can now SOW their seed with a
good prospect of q return. Country meg
chants have run so close race With the
deyelopement of Confidence that their stock
are reduced to minimum, and they recog
nize the time as ausp cious for the presenta
ton Of fresh novelties and a generous
variety. As consequence, the jobbers
and wholesale firms find their orders coming
in at gratifying rate, and the New York
Journals represent Broadway, which, in the
early part Of the year, was a comparatively
silent highway, now tee ming, rushing,
roaring avenue of trade; and, as the New
York Tunes states, "confidence is reviving.
for the very simple reason that men have
in measure determined whom they can
again trust with safety, and to what extent
they can themselves aecrd to expand their
purchases Speculation does not flourish,
but prudent and legitimate enterprise is
given an opportunity such as has not been
enjoyed for some time. and. what is more,
business men seem to DO recognizing the
fact and taking measures to improve it.
Chicago Journal.