The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-03-09

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"IIard Times aud their Remedy" is
the title Of n very sensible article IN
the March number OF the Galaxy, and,
substantially, it accords with the views
Of the Home journal, There Is suffer
ing in this country, US every one II
aware, and many remedies are pro-
posed, all Of which are the mere specl'
lations Of would he inancicrs. Bnl,
the remedy proposed in the article we
have referred to is n pleasant one, ana
strikes us as the only remedy outside
of Imitation. The condition OF Affairs
il this Vast numbers Of men are out
of EMPLOYMENT. They are consuming
and not producing, They desire work,
but there /, no work for them, There
is an excessive accumulation on hand
for mOnicd mel, who hug their hoard
ed treasures tighter as times are harder
Thus it is thcy make times harder, be
cause they will not boldly and saga,
ciously and maniuIlJ launch out into
new enterprises to aid in restoring the
equilibrium Ivy giving employment to
the unemployed, Month after month,
year after year, the universal idlcness
continues, aud men Of capital seem
not to see that by judIcionsly spending
their capital they will give employment
TO the very persons who would spend Il
major portion in such n manner AS t.
insure its return to the golfers OF the
capitalist.
Really, want Of employment is the
one great anliction under which this
country il now suffering. The differ
cncc between gold and paper for money
is not a feathers weight in Importance
compared with ii. Common sense in
dicates and experience proves that so
long az the people are honest, it makes
little difference what medium OF cX
change is in use among them, common
TO them all, and fixed II: q certain
amount. However preferable gold
may be to paper money, specie pay
mcnt is not the great need Of this time,
but employment for the unemployed.
And what shall the unemployed do 7
Shall they s%tarve2 They cannot live
without the means to live. Shall they
steal, or shall thcy be encouraged u
exert II better influence upon the world
by being furnished with work and
wngcs-thG means Of usefulness instead
Of degradation =
Thus it is the article in question ar
CUES, and we are impressed with The
fact that while capital prctcnds t.
groan with the hard times, it has the
power Of relief within itself And yet,
if we were to go to II monicI man OF
Winchester to. morrow, and ask him
why he does not improve this lot or
that-this house or that-hc would
say Times are too hard, and ! must
practice economy from necessity, Thus
1t is hc bites Off his nosc by re.
fusing with his money to help relieve
the oppression. He refuses to revive
the activity Of business, thinking to
help himself, when, in fact, he does his
capital an injury. Instead Of seeking
to remove the cause of the hard times,
he advocates u harder use OF the tight
ening bonds and remorselcss screws
which makes times hard. Because a
calamity has come he adds to it, and
by turning off all the lsborcrs he can
helps to swell the legion of :hc uncm-
pIoyed, sympathctically hoping that
some time and somehow times will be
easier than now. All this is wrong.
Capital is valucless without labor, and
capital wrongs itself in not employing
itself. IL is terrible to think that
money in abundance is idle while men
in abundance are idle, and with the
employment Of these, which must be.
gin with individual capitalists, we may
reasonably expect a general revival Of
trade and prosperity,
1t has been going the rounds Of our
exchanges that Judge A. 5. Marks, as
a personal friend of Gov. Porter.