The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-11
The Opening of Autumn.

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The Opening of Autumn.
The present cool and rainy weather will
pretty well empty the watering places,
and send back to town most of our wan
dercrs who went out in search Of country
air aud seaside diversions. We fancy that
they will be glad to get back. There is no
place like home. especially when 1t IL in
New York, and offers convcnieuccs and
varied pleasures not to be obtained out of
town. To these returning citizens, sun
Drowned and satiated, we offer due wei
come. But If their country stay has had
its delights, so also has the summer not
been devoid OF pleasure for those who
have been forced TO remain in town. It is
not always those who 20 in pursuit OF
happiness who are the surest to find il.
Sometimes 1t is captured by those who
keep hard at work at home, and whose
feet continue to press the pavements Of
the active town. The real sufferers by the
summers heat have been the inhabitants
OF the crowded tencments of the poor. but
of these only the infants have suffered
MORALLY, beyond the usual average of dis
ease and death.
The autumn opens auspiciously. The
rain is a godsend to the parched country.
over which fires in the woods have been
sweeping burning up timber that we
can III afford TO lose, for we have been
prodigal of our forests, and are prcpai ing
for a day when our descendants Will blame
aud ridicuic us for our wanton waste OF
the woodlands with which We were once
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careless clearing. the cutting of young tim
Der for railroad ties. the telling Of trees
for flrewood and for fence rails. besides the
enormous demand for the purposes Of
building, we are wipiug out our forests 10y
the hundred thousand acres annually. The
rains have served us well rs "A fire brigade
against the flames which were devastating
So wide n range OF forests and aiding man
III his work Cf destruction.
In u business way the fall outlook Is more
encouraging tiian IL has been for several
years past. though bad government OPP
presses Us with needless taxes, and defeats
anything like fun recovery. Merchants
begin TO feel in better spirits as they nnd
Of the1dea that 6dIGom" pfFcee Gdpa nSgScS
reached at last. The general public takes
"'uf-Tt AT the prospect OF getting cheaper
living. an,-- the laborer will not growl
over his present ~ages IT, helped by an
economical Administrator at Washing
ton, he can buy with the smaller ani "''"t
OF money as much n he could get whom
his wages were larger and he felt the ease
of prosperity. The starting up Of business
VIII revive manufactur ng, and thus give
work for thousands OF skilled hands now
unhappily softening in enforced ldleuess
Tho breakup Of the greedy aud out
raCeons coal combination, though il may
have brought serious loss 10 small a que
OF rich men, mas vet insured their winters
coal TO the people at II reduction from
the fictitious prices at which the confed-
Grated Spectators kept it from the time Of
the panic, while iron aud other 81 cur sta
pie commodities were sympathizng with
the general and logical decline in prices.
Bat the greatest boon that this autumn
can bring us will be the election OF TIT
DEN aud HENDRICKS ON the 7th of next
November We can have no permanent
prosperity until we get governmental re-
form. As II l., under Republican rule,
taxes grow no lighter, the expenses of the
Government keep on Increasing Tho
Democratic House OF Representatives. I'M
dertook 10 check this Iuiuous growth but
the Republican Senate did all IT could 10
balk their efforts nt economy. The buide
laid upon the labor OF the country have
become too grievous TO be borne. Until
they are liehtened, we shall never he pros
porous again, though we may see, ns at
present, indications Of partial improve
meut even against such tremendous odds.
Tighten this weight, ana the business Of
the country will spring TO its feet with
bound. To accomplish that result, every
one must assist in overthrowing the cor
rupt party now in power, and destroy all
vestiges Of Grantism by the defeat OF its
candidates, HAYES and WHEELER. That
is, everybody qualified to vote must on
the nth of next November put in his bal
lot for TGLDEN and IIENDRIcKs, Reform
and EcOnOmV