The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-10-07
There is q Sound Business Revival.

Is there a sound and real revival of
business? On the whole, we believe
there Is. Setting aside the natural stir
and increase in purchases here, in Phil
adelphia and elsewhere in the large
cities, by the hundreds of thousands
who have visited and are visiting the
Centennial show setting aside the usual
and even in dull years, constant increase
in business 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, q real revival
of trade, moderate in its proportions,
cautious, as it ought to be, but arising
naturally out of causes which we shall
presently mention, and promising to
last and increase and to have its effect
upon general industry.
The evidence of this business revival
attracts attention, as we see by the
newspapers, not only here, but in Bos-
ton, Chicago. and st. Louis-at all the
centers of trade. in fact. There are
more people buying; the Southern trade
is said to be uncommonly brisk this
year; Western comnierce is also brisk,
and merchants from all parts of the
country are replenishing their stocks in
u lldililtl WillCli oCSiuo W oliOM iudb liOt
only are their shelves bare, but they
have, on u survey of the condition of
their customers, concluded that these
will buy and have money to pay. There
can lie no doubt, in fact, of the present
activity of the trade. The main ques-
ton IL, VII it continue, or is it only a
squirt, a spasmodic movement? We be-
lieve we see a reason for holding that it
is not spasmodic, but that, unless some
now-unforeseen intervenes, it will
continue, and we are at last on the up
ward way.
Commodities of all kinds are at pre-
sent uncommonly cheap. Producers of
all kinds have at last suited themselves
to the market. The anxiety to make
and sell has brought the ingenuity of
the manufacturers into use, the people
can not only nov buy cheaper than at
any time since 1860, but they find it
more easy to buy what they want. Dur
ing 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 vigorously economizing since 1873,
and three years of strict economy do
wonders among forty millions of people.
Tie sum OF u saving as a nation in a
year Of economy amounts to u vast deal
of wealth. We have been saving for
three long and tedious years; and, while
this economy has been forced and dis
tressful with q considerable part of our
p%eople-with those engaged and employ
ed 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 no.
body to borrow their surplus money and
give them what they thought a fair rate
of interest. But the times are not hard
where men have enough eat and chief
" growl because no dy will borrow
their surplus cash. L rim all the hard
times we have had il. 20 main good
crops and have received good prices for
them, and thus we have had an unvary-
ing source Of growing wealth.