The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-29
REMEDIES FOR DEPRESSION.
SU0GEsTTONs BEFORE THE CONGRES-
sIONiL IIBOR COMMIT7EE.



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Az tho oncning az tho a,.sion NJ the Con.
nv VIZ a.,
Ercssipnal Labor Committee yesterday Mr.
Hewitt called attention tn tho value Of many
brief and noiut.d communication. eent 10 tho
Co nm, Nsan ilms,ra,inn' ne read onc,hn,
sup,t. -tcd that much distress il caused by the
statute Of limitations running too long. An
other brief letter. from Wonurn MassnrhuSeus.
salu '"nt "p'Icrs '"n n'" KY 40 ~,
ana c'rhlhg i"r any I'"'i ~ Wv .V''' -,
1860 Dir. Hewitt announced that abstracts OF
,h''e 'o,''ts wouu ~ P"''''''' u" '' ''''''
record Ol The evidence.
Charles Willis Elliott now ~ Nebraska. Tor
,,.rlyof n ,.t,n. nnJ one, a Park Commissioner
~ It'll H. r,,,,, i,,,, -, a.,
extent nau-r~. and remedy " the present de-
,r..sion. He believed that the progress Of ma
rht,or, ios caused oyor.produ.tion md TINT
as remedy the Government ought TO discour-
hsv ,n' Immigration oil lorr'gh 'hcap Iaoor'
ana 'o reulslrluu.' surplus i""or ana assls' II
to Eo on the land. The Government should
prevent all further absorption Of public land
except Tor hlual scll'I5' MI h'WlU "sh'u
him whether he was in favor ~ restricting the
houra - labor So thnt n. e,.uid n,t work mora
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than u given number "i hours per day, ana
whether Mr.. Elliott could prevent his brain
rom working Mr. Iuiott r,nli.5 that hn
comid. and HAT he dii it"ycry lay. Mr. Hewitt
s snIp IT. Tiiini, rrtortod ib,t h ,howeh, II wund
hnn S i,nn thin, o III fsit, W. dC
Mr. Elliott gl,@ t9e vat gAl,9t Of inG p%Tcr
Of what roirht be done Tor tho RELIEF II the un.
,,,',,, No. .nfie i, III ,,it i f,Ni T., bs dc
slroiln ,rben NJ Iui't, ra.ead h" ibe liscus
sion Of tho credit system lie called attention
rsiroa h iin 49, I'm IA, lts on ,yhih
We md Ia pay interest Of .G0 900 900 mainly 10
Ingiand '"'
NJ W"yrit, remarked TINT ou, s9O0 600 OOO
ofthase bonds mid no Interest and he desired
70 i kn0w now t IL f3u.. u"i"se u l" Ee' 'eso
Mir Elliott continued TO argue thnt the con.
e,ru,tion Of So many useless rtilr5ais had been
men, fohir9I on Ne r9,irEds' me was SO re-
him Ia saw shall / 20 on sir :" and II caused
nm excited German in The nu,icnse L. excaim;
n comedy founded on he miiserio- 81 the paatl".
and the Committee is piayins tie bart OF the
HiIInn7S'p ns,och tho stiri.uni.r covo his vlc,vs
of thn siiuati'n IT. Ln.,9u ~ hin "A iri~f r.yin,v
ofhis own career from thetim" when he worked
, 5O0 men IIe f1uuJ he chi.f cau-a - t6@
present trouble in tic cxirayaean..e o'caslenSd
mi w WI il,, ~. @ r ib M
~ GmncraT Mr. G"1Ih tnok rN.etiin 4. fbe
statementh y MIR. CLa-. H. Nnr-lnl mat The
rr"sent cost of hnilliup n wooden shin i'm this
country is $50 Dor TN, He declared that the
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nsr tcn Tbo rata os i"n n4 5,s s 7 sip
tn r., 90 in ,nr a"nt i9,c.r ihnn Mr. Nnr.bnlis
es1iu1oiN MIR Ennch ei-a t0 K oy'sii''r f., Mr.
tinn laws ma h" dsf.i,i.T tl.,n AL. wise IND
Senon,i.i Ast5 tfc WINK f Hncritan c" ''iil.
nnt,.rrrisn All lii ~ ',,r u,-.liari,s sa,ing
that il was mainly owing H. tie w.tIdtawal Il
cn ac,ntint ~ mo w,'r Prom ISL D., fli. trDs-
cnt time there were built in his works thirty