The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-08-02
GOOD TIMES AHEAD.

Many good people of pessimistlc ten,
denotes are doing deal of able bodied
croaking about the terrible results that
will follow the strike. Their prophetic
eyes in fine frenzy rolling see only rum
and famine staring us III the face Line
railroads are the great arteries OF com
merce, they say, and upon their healthy
activity depends a large part OF our ma
terial well being. For most practical
purposes they have been annlhllated
for the past week Their stoppage has
paralyzed many important Industries,
and has thrown large number OF al
tisans out of employment. These We're
living from day to day, and having their
pay stopped leaves them without Tislble
means of support. Their pennry reacts
upon the small tradesmen butchers, bak-
ers and grocers whobeing pinched In turn
forced into bankruptcy and drag their
creditors after them. The howl OF the
wolf rings loud and shrill in the ears of
the pessimist and he lifts an awful fin
ger of warming to people to make ready
their sackcloth and ashes.
It is an ominous picture and would be
terrifying if true. But it is overdrawn.
The strike is a serious matter. 1t has
cost many lives and much valuable
property. There have been scenes OF
violence and pillage in Eastern cities
that will long be a blot upon our es-
cutcheon. Many men hitherto peace
full and law-abiding have taken part in
riots that culminatedin murder. There
has been much excited talk. and IRA
tional threats have been made against
society. There will be mourning in
many families and deep suffering on the
part of many innocent and some guilty
people, for long time to come, IN con-
sequence of what has taken place.
But the country isn't going to ''dem-
milton bow-wows, by any means. There
is no need to be cast down, and sensible
people will not begin to pack their
trunks for the poor house this year.
| We are over the worst of the strike. All
violence on a threatning scale has been
suppressed, and there is little likelihood
| of a repetition of the scenes OF Satur-
day and Sunday in Baltimore and Pitts
| burg. The wagers question will be SOL
we'd without civil war. Employers and
employees will find it mutually advanta-
oeous to set the wheels of the railways
and industry humming as soon as pos
sible. and having the desire they'll
quickly find way that will be satlsfac
tory. With work resumed the events
of the past week will quickly pass from
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the public mind.
The dear old croakers should console
themselves with the thought that things
aren't as bad as they might have been.
The Asiatic cholera would be deal
worse than the strike and another Presi-
dental election would have been quite
as bad. To be sure business has been
interrupted and travel made unpleasant,
but we must be reconciied to some dis
comforts while in this imperfect state.
There isn't any use in crying over split
milk. We might as well face what is
before us with brave smile as a woe
be-gOne scowl.
The outlook is hopeful and reassur
ing, especially here in the West. The
cornerstone of our prosperity is agricul
turel and since the great wheat year
1860, there has never been such prom
ise of superabundant harvest. From
all sides come in the most fatterlng re-
ports of the condition of wheat, corn
barley, rye, and potatoes. The bulk O.
these may now be called out of DANCE.
and they add millions to the wealth O
the West. Our farmers have beer
steadily working back TO the ante-bel
lum standard in the cost of living
Since the outbreak of the war they wer,
never so well fixed as at present. 4
; mighty traffic will spring up between
the West and the East in few months
for the surplus grain crop will seek thu
seabcard and in return we will receive
the surplus manufactures of the othe
States With work enough for the rail
ways there will be wages enough TO
the euployes. With good urgps uu'
, fair prices opens the dawn of bette
. times III the West, and in the who'll
country. We may not all make GU
own fortunes within the year, but vii
l have enough to do and to eat, and wear
! and will be, let us hope, little bette
: off than our neighbors. There ar
, good times coming and they are near.