The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-09-14

Isured beyond peradvcnture. Ord
lnarily such result would follow. Bl
Il 50 happens that for number of veal
llpast the harvests have heen large, ci
Dlabling the country 81, export immens
quantities Of food Products 10 Europ
and elsewhere. The domestic export
Dlfor 1875 amounted 10 Si92, s96,f7o; fc
1876, 10 $500. l39 900. and for the Ven
lending June 80, 1877, ID H55f744.l1.
giving as the grand aggregate Of export
or products Of forest, field, farm an
mine for three years, Sl 500, ,ssO.5lt
But Notwithstanding il.s immense hal
vests and large export tons bnsines
depression has steadily Increased an
bankrupts have multiplied. Indusirie
have persisted. The army Of iliers In
been augmented. and the shadows q
poverty have darkenea until there az
millions OF men without work. Ia th
midst ~ fabul0lIS plenty. starvation |
doing iis cursed work. aud the situation
Iis growing worse instead Of better. Tn
ICincinHati Gazette works Justify to max,
itnppcar that The country is no longe
~ The grasp of hard times. and remnrk
That The voice Of The croker i no longci
heard ia The laud," aud adds.
rIherr meyer was. we suppose. finci
harvests IN this country than those whicl
have been or are 20 hc gathered iii,
year. The produciivcncss is not con.
fined 10 ore section or ono kind Of pro,
dncc il j. general, and includes wheat
oats. barely. corn, POTATOES. tobacco aud
flax. Evcrywhctn aud IN every line the
labor Of the hmsLandman is abundant,
rewarded. The farmer II therefore
and ia his prosperity lies
The lasis for all PROSPERITY. The soil
aud the mines arc fhe source of wealth
Upon these other Industries rest. Ii
merchants and manufacturers. therefore
do not profit by the prevailing agricml-
iural prosperity. il will be their own
fault"
We admit the fact that the country i
full Of brendstuils. but il il worthy OF
remark that The surplus for number OF
years has been LARGE. In 1875 the ex-
ports exceeded Sill dOo.OO0. in 1876 they
exceeded SI3l 100000. and for the year
ending June SO, 1877, the cxporiation Of
exceeded $il7.OpuOOO. In
provisions tic exports for 1873 amount
"a 70 S8I I.0OO.UOU. III &c TO $4,000. 900.
HAd for tie year ending June 80. isT7.
% cilfVOO.opo. II surplus products Of
field aud farm could have brought the
country business prosperity. the people
would not now be east down and over
whelmod with cmharrassments. bank
ruatcy. illcncss aud starvation. W.
submit that the figures we have given
and Others OF equal force that might hr
aided. establish the fact beyond All con-
Irovclsy that The most vicious and in-
famous legislation The world ever heard
of is the diiect cause OF the terrible
ordeal through (which the counIrv N
now passing a legislation that robbed
HE country OF cheap and vauahle
tlat dcmonetizcd silver. that
tile burdens OF taxation, that
iethroncd confidence and has broaghfl
tbout most disastcrous shrinkaec inl
lie value of property. All This. HAT
and moncy-sharks might
grow fat upon the misfortnnes of those
who sought 10 promote the general well
arc. This is not croaking. II is the
presentation Of facts supported BY all
rray Of figures which cannot he over
brown. The logic Is Irresistible.
abundant crops We have had for III
cries Of years--years III which hard
ines have been growing harder: inl
which the gloom Of depression has
rown deeper and tie outlook darker
Within the three past years tho country
as exported cotton TO the amount of
more than $565. eco. but the curse of1
rule kept the south hackl
rom q measure of prosperity 10 which,
he was entitled, and The radical iinan-l
ial legislation has been such. that half
chovah been still more munificcrt ini
'estowing Ills blessings. the bondhoia.
rs would still have been the great bcnc-
iciarics. The New York Herald. in
commenting upon business prospects for
he autumn. says:
"The month Of September opens withl
! feeling of greater confidence on the
,art Of our trading classes and signs on
.rcatcr activity than in any prcccdingi
ear since the panic. This Is no Doubt
Iuc, In great part. 10 the abundance Oft
mr. crops and the high prices OF grain in
he English market, but il also results.
y part. from belief that thero is 10 bel
% further dawdling with the question:
4 specie payments, and that the govern
ncnt will proceed BY steady steps to rel
umption at the c&Gl Of the next sixteen
months"
Here is the rcproduction Of the CROP
rgumcnt agail. with the dcclarationl
hat the process of contraction il to goI
Onward until resumption il reached AL
nc end Of sixteen months. John Shcis|
nan has determined upon resumption,
md the organs OF resumption seize upon
be abundant croEs and talk Of tho com
ng Of prosperity and revival Of Lnsi-
icss ~ 4 means of obscuring the tcrri-I