The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-14

/ IA there a sound and real revival Of bust
ness? On the whole, we believe there Is. Sci
tinr aside the natural stir and increase il
purchases here, in Philadelphia and elSewher'
IA the larger cities by the hundreds OF thouS
ands who have visited and are visiting thu
Centennial show; setting aside the usual and
even in dull years, constant increase in busl
ness at this season Of the year; putting away
carefully all temporary causes, we see reason
to believe that there is, not only here in New
York. but all over the country, real revlva
of trade, moderate in ITS proportions, cautious
as it ought TO be, but arising naturally out O
causes which we shall presently mention
and promising to last and increase and t
have It's effect upon general industry.
The evidence of this business revival at
tracts attention, as we see by the newspapers
not only here but in Boston, Chicago, in ST
Louis-at all the centers OF trade, in fact
There are more people buying; the Southern
trade is SAID to be unCommonly BRISK thi:
wear; western commerce Is also Disk, anC
merchants from all parts of the country are
replenishing their stocks in manner which
seems to show that not only are their shelves
bare, but they have, on survey of the con
dltion Of their customers, concluded tina
they will buy and have money TO pay. There
ity of the trade. The main question is. vii
it continue, or Is it only squirt spasmodiC
movement? We believe we see reason fol
holding that is not spasmodc, but that, I'm
less some now unforeseen cause lnterv, mes, il
will continue, and we are at last on the up
ward way
Commodities of all kinds are at present
uncommonly cheap. Producers of all kinds
have at last suited themselves to the markets
The anxiety TO make and sell has brought the
ingenuity of manufacturers into use, the peo-
pie can not only buy cheaper than at any
time since 1869, but they fiud it more easy to
buy what they want During the great rush
and excitement of the speculative period,
producers ceased to take particular pains to
study the tastes and wishes of customers; but
this has now changed for the better IN many,
and indeed, in almost all departments
The country is really rich. 1t has been
economizing since 1873, and three
years of strict economy do wanders among
forty millions of people The sum of our
savings as q nation in year of economy
amounts 10 a vast deal of wealth. We have
been saving for three long and tedious years;
and, while this economy has been forced and
with considerable part Of our
those engaged and employed
in manufacturing-it is undeniable that the
farmers and planters, who are the bulk OF
the population, have had prosperous years.
Even last year the farmers of central Illinois
made it their chief complaint that they could
find nobody to borrow their surplus money
and give them what they thought fair rate
Of interest But the times are not hard when
men have enough to eat and chiefly growl
because nobody will borrow their surplus
cash. During ali the hard times we have
had in the main good crops and have received
good prices for them, and thus we have had
an unvarying source of growing wealth.
". Y. Herald.