The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-10-10
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We are in tfAukiii0ns EoutAaep NA
drawn 10 towns aud cities hy The sllmu.
los given by tho var. Manufactures
were 10 demand, factories were needed,
towns aud cities grew, building houscsi
having extended streets, digging sewers,
constructing water and gas works, build.
Ing new railroads, called together me-
chanies and lahoring men trom al parts
Of our country and from foreign lsads.
These having now suspended, these labor
ers are not needed, but they do not return
to the places whence they came. There
Is charm ineily life. Christian ciylliza-
ton has It's myriads OF attractions,
Paved streets, water aud gas IN every
house, sewerage to carry AWAY the waste,
adjacent markets, public schools, atlfael'
tive churches aud tuiuistrations, public
lectures, concerts, aud amusemenis, daily
newspapers aud oougenial associations
combine TO make city life desirable.
Many prefer the scanliest support IN
towns, some even beggary itself, rather
than return TO rural life. Yet there are
millions OF untitled acres ready TO reward
the laboreris toll. The mountains are
iull OF mineral wealth, are waiting TO re-
veal their treasures to the hand OF indus
try.
The remedy for our hard times is not TO
be found inpolitical platforms or speeches
or In the amount OF circulation which the
Government may or may not issue, bat
in transferring labor from where 1t is not
needed to where II can find remunel alive
employment This change Is now in pro
gress, slowly, II is true, but certainly
Every railroad car has its immigrants
seeking new fields, and more lands have
been settled this year than for several
years before. Foreign immigration has
diminished, aud gradually.the law of sup
ply aud demand will call the surplus pop.
ulation from our overgrown cities 10 The
broad prairies of the West, or to the ru-
raj districts aud untitled acres Of the East
| have no fears oi communism or Of organ
lied schemes of violence. The heart OF
the masses is right. Thanks TO Christian
effort, the people as a whole, understand
Christian principals aud bow before them,
and know that their safety and welfare
are intimately connected with obedience
to divine law. Yet for the moment
Christian benevolenee should not only aid
temporary suffering, but should specially
seek TO help the willing aborcr to ilnd a
rural home. believe! the masses have
cause for complaint. think the Govern.
ment has not done its duty. While seek
ing to concliate foreign capitalists, who
care nothing for our country, the inter
csts OF our people, who seek a safe invest
ment for their earnings, has been neglect
ed. Their saving has been lost in banks,
which, had they been placed In small
bonds, would have made richer commu-
nifty and stronger friends for our Govern
ment. As believe our financial leaders,
ia overlooking the masses Of our people,
have committed terrible bunders, and
have showed themselves incapable of di-
recting Alright the finances Of free peo.
Pile; Congress has spent In party conten-
ton the energies that ought to have been
employed in establishing postal savings
banks, or In issuing inlerconvertable
bonds, where the laborer could have
placed his scanty means. Yet the remedy
ia not to be found in violence, but in
more light, and in seeking for men for
office, not so much for party utilization as
for their uuquestionable honesty, and for
their true sympathy with the masses Of
the people.