Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-12

This country has been blessei TO-
many year, With abupdans crops. Her,
and there drought OF hight has occa
sionally destroyed the farmers' hogs
but taking our land - . Whole. i, l. .
long while since there hes been anytLins
even approaching . failure Of any oi
the food crops.
But this year old Mother Earth la.
outione herself Reports from The
great gram growing regions shov tina,
the yield Of bresdstuffs Of every kin.i
y one Of unexAmpled profusion. II.
Nrtile fields Of the vess are covered
With the wheat and corn, the harley.
cats and rye. which the teeming sal
has brought forth. and the harms ar
bursting with the grain that has alread Y
been resped and stored.
Not only has the land previously IN
der tillage yi-lded unusual returns for
the labor spent upon it. but the area
of production l. steadily extending.
and new farms have this year for the
first time added their large coutineen,
to the immense harvest
Even the scorching heat during the
third week Of July, which vas intolera-
bile to men and animals, made the fiells
laugh with Joy. and converted ri leas,
one crop,-which was not before very
promising that of Indian corn, into q
fine yield.
The series OF abundant harvests. OF
which that of this year 10 the eul-
mination. have added millions upon
millions TO our national wealth. They
came upon us in q period Of depression
and gloom. Nobody can know how
much they:.have mitiga'ed the evils our
people have been enduring, or what
bitter experiences wa should have
gone through had the earth been less
fertile.
1t may be said without any hesita-
ton that the fine crop of 1877 not only
did much to repair the losses Of pre-
vious years from the badness of trade,
but has rendered possible the restora.
ton of a sound basis for our national
finances and our money system.
What will this years crop do for us?
The waste of five years is well-nigh re-
paired, and We are in q condition to
take advantage of the full profit. So
far as we can Judge, there is no reason
why the trade upon this years harvest,
should not lay the foundation for de-
cade of prosperity that will make glad
the hearts of our people.
The conditions are all propitious.
The world is at peace. There are
signs of reviving trade in Europe, and
that means an increased consumption
of food and heavier demand upon our
ample surplus. The business of trans
portation by the railroads of this coun-
try has already taken on its old proper.
tions and however jealously com.
munity may watch the great railroad
companies, it is always true that they
are prosperous only when times are
good, and that they share to the full in
the suffering of bad times.
Moreover, our people generally have
learned useful lessons of economy. Be-
fore 1873, all classes of business men
spent all the money they made, and
very many men more than they made.
The hard times have made saving ne
cessity. For this reason. most persons
will live as comfortably, and far less
extravagently, when trade improves.
Then the privations and experiences
of the past five years have not been
lost !; and when the returns from the
extraordinary harvests of the year
come to the farmer and his laborer, to
the railroads and their stockholders, to
the merchant and the mechanic, some
portion of them will be saved and not
spent. In judicious economy lies
future prosperity.-Youth's Companion.