The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-15
BETTER TINES.
NanSn9.

As the spring days glide away there
is an increasing feeling that much bet.
ter times are near. There is a percepti.
bic ANIMATION in the faces of business
men, of m Mechanics and tarmcrs-whlch
betokens their confidence in a radical
change for the better. The frigbtful con-
Astion Of affairs of the last few morths.
and the dismal torebodings of the future
which very naturally followed in the
train of such a condition ot things, are
becoming reckoned AS among things OF
of the long ago, and hardly
worthy Of even a passing thought. All
classe, have inhaled new life. new Wig
or, new energy, and go at their respec
tive labors with the bueyancy which one
feels at early morn, when the dew Ii
glistening within the petals Of Il thousand
flowers and the fresh, cool morning al
drives away the last lingering remem-
brance of = very unpleasant nightmare.
The present year thus far promises AN
abundant rerompense for Tho gt"omy
trials and experiences OF the one JUS:
past. Money is becoming much more
plenty at the business centres of the
East, ardis fewing steadily back into The
thousand channels which had ecome
entirely drained for a thousand different
causes. And this stream OF gold il destin-
TO mako its way INTO the Western mar
kets. Trade is reviving all over The
land, while men Of capital nave sutii' irnr
confidence in the promising outlook of
hffii"s as /" ,crkii'" for places where
10 invest the money which has long been
boarded up in banks anG drawing very
low rate of interest. Some of The East
ern railroad maxuaieN are already pro
iecting new lines, and the evidri"' H. br
fore US that large amounts of money ar"
TO be cxren led in railroad building the
present year. capital is the lever power
in ahotl building, aud that Is not
handy about when country Is going
TO the dogs. 1t certainly takes caPitof
TO build railroad, as Col. Sellers can
w l. att 1t 1t takes capital for any
great enterprise, the which Mr. Sam
Snaffies would be willing 10 swear 10 did
he exist in reality aud not in story
And capital is nol To be found floating
about when country IL "n the eve OF
financial disaster, her manufactures 10
close, her commerce TO cease and her
securities To hc a. 80 much waste paper
in foreign markets.
Surely the situation in the East indl-
Gates that better times are 1T hand; and
these encouraging symptoms of m"re
money and more trade serve to assist
in driving away the depression which |
has hung as IA cloud over Western indus
try and "pnsh." In Kansas The pros
pect for reviving trade, more money, /
more people, more manuiart rir~ and
more progress in all that serves To make
her one of the first states in the u .l"t,
is certainly AT this time most fallcring. /
Visited by plague which made her al
most rs desolate as Egypt during the /
visitation of the locusts, hcr people come
out of tn trying ordeal with 40 lcss
faith in Kansas soil and resources. The
people have learned lessons ia patience,
in courage and economy, and are better
prepared TO stand the trials aud battles
OF the uncertain future. The tide of i'm
migration To Kansas has commenced set
ting in aud new faces are seen every day
tile Srasshopper plague OF 1874 to tine
contrary. Capitalists arc looking for
available and undcvcloped water powers.
Stock men are seeking suitable grain z
lands tor bloodcd horses, cattle ana
sheep. Thrifty farmers come TO take
the place of The shi:ll,ss aud lazy ones
Merchants are pr panng for an unpara
lelled trade and artisans for steady and
most profitable labor With tremendous
winter wheat crep-and just as large
crops of spring whea, and corn almost
certain TO iollow-Ccmtral Kansas sees
only good times before her an / contin-
ued prosperity.
80 u l., !