Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-01

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President Hayes to Put down the dis
orders that have broken out in the
Northern States. The GRAY and BLUE
stand shoulder TO shoulder now.
THE population of this country in
l777 was small when compared with
the population of to-day; but small
as the population was, the Revolu-
tionary war collected a population
about all the business centres and
towns that could not find employ.
mert after the war. About the busi,
ness towns thare were FIVE men asking
for work for every place where one
could be employed. Gradually the
truth worked itself into the minds OF
the people that the place for the sur
plus population was out in the coun-
try on the unsettled lands that could
be had for scarcely more than their
occupancy, from Government. A
great emigration, on foot and in
wagons-the only ways of travel then
took place, and many prosperous
families to-day thank their fathers for
the step they then took from the
crowded business centres, into the
country, onto the public property.
after the war of 1912, the same
process of emigration redeemed the
country to prosperity; and if the
virtues Of the fathers exist in the
sons to-day, the same processes viii
bring about healthy prosperity in
TIE course of half-dozen years.
There was nothing 20 disturb the
progress of emigration from the
crowded centres to the public lands,
from q short time after the war of
1912 till the year 1861, when the war
of the North and South began. That
destroyed the balance of the supply
and demand Of labor. Thousands Of
men left their accustomed places of
work, to enter the army. Thousands
left their accustomed work to engage
in business, that was created or en-
larged by the demands or wants of
the army. Livery business pursuit
about the towns was multiplied.
The country seemed to bear up under
the disturbed state of affairs, and
spent money By millions, and when
the ready cash was no. at hand, the
promise to pay was given.
When the war was ended the tens
Of thousands Of men engaged in it
returned with their pockets well
filed with money, and if they had
gone out into the public domain, and
built up homes for themselves, the
country would not be in the condi-
ton that it Is New desires had
been created by the life in the army.
The returned men congregated in
and about business centres, along
railroads, engaged in business, that
was then too large for the new change
that must in the nature of things
take place. Their intentions were
good enough, but times and things
were not in a condition for such en-
terprises, and, naturally enough, dis
as.rous financial ruin became wide
spread Il is visible to all who will
sect is visible in the piles of debts
that individuals have built up to carry
on business; it is visible in the piles
of debts of boroughs and corpora
tions with no corresponding income
to pay-thst everything was thus
overdone; and every effort outside
of the natural way to restore the
affairs of the country to healthy
tone viii prove disastrous failures,
TIA. viii only add to deeper and
more general confusion.
If it were possible to accumulate
capital sufficient to build manufac-
turing establishments in every bust
ness centre OF he land, and employ
in t:.em al OF the surplus labor of
the country, it would only be adding
flel to The financial distress and the
distress OF labor, for in six months
they would all be bankrupt, and bank
rupt others, for there would be no
people to consume the products thus
manufactured. To make business
where il is not needed is to bring
ruin On sill concerned. It is like
forcing Mature. Those who attempt
it must sooner or later pay the pen
,.lty.
The country is now paying the pen
city of having too many people out
OF their places, seeking employment
where it is impossible to obtain it.
The remedy lies in the way our fathers
tod. Let them seek the bright,
CHEEKY, peaceful country, as the
fathers did, the public domain. and
thare build up homes for themselves
and their ofspring. Let them go on