Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-12
ne MERCHANTS AT BARGAINS.
SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION.
Universal Suffering In n Land 81
Plenty-RadicRlIsm Responsible
for ia All

Universal Suffering In a Land of
Plenty-RadlcRlIsm Responsible
for IL All
indianapolis Sentinel
The population Of the United States is
estimated at As ,000, 900; some place it as
high as 50,0 0 900. Ofthis population it is
estimated that the Radical policy of con-
traetisn, shrinkage and bankruptcy has
sent fully 5000, 600 willing workers into
the ranks Of oilers who are not only not
earning wages, but are 10 a great extent
a tax upon the charity Of the country.
OF all the curses that Radicalism h.s
inflicted upon the land, that which
struck down its industries aud deprived
willing workers of the means of support
is doubtless the most far-reaching 10 its
devilish and dubious effects. and is we'll
worthy Of careful study. If the Radical
policy has thrown out OF employment
8, 1000. 900 Of workers who were earning
an average per diem of 81, the loss rep
resents the annual sum of 1900, 900,
900. If this curse has been going on
for five years then the grand aggregate
Of loss swells to the sum OF $500, 000,-
600. If these people have been prevent.
ed from earning that much money, they
have also been prevented from spending
it; and the amount, vast as it is, repre-
sents only a suficiency to meet the
essential necessities of living. II, then,
these people, unable to e4rn a liveli-
hood, have been thrown upon the
charities Of the country, and such
is the case, for they have lived, then, in.
stead of earning the cost OF living, they
have been a tax upon the country, to the
extent, which if we place their support
ct prison fare, such as criminals obtain
in jails and penitentiaries, Of $685.
900, 600 a year, and for five years the
amount reaches the sum Of
$5,415,0 600, GOO. With such a vast mum.
Der of people out of employment and
unable to purchase anything it is not
surprising that there has been a large
Over'supply of all descriptions OF goods.
wares and merchandise, and that bust.
ness is dull and lsnguishing; aud it j:
safe to affirm that business cannot revive
to an extent Of general prosperity unit
these people thrown out Of employment
by the accused policy Of the Radica
party are restored to employment. !
has been shown upon Radical authority
that the s~tealings OF the party reached thl
enormous sum of 800, 600, 900 annually
1t has been shown that under Gran
every department Of the government
was debaucbed, and that thieves we're hi
favorites and the chief supporters of hi
administration, and it has been show
that the Radical party, ousted by tn
people by a majority of more than
quarter of a million votes, managed t
! retain possession of the government b,
frauds unparalleled and p%erjuries sue.
J as never before defsd 0mnipoteRce
: Still, with all these crimes resting upol
t it, the ruin which the party inflicted
upon the business of the country, AM
for which it will have to answer, out
} weighs them all, for it represents al
increase Of crime that it would b
difficult to exaggerate, an increase o
poverty that s~tsrtles every observer,
shrinkage of values that is representet
by billions, aud a I rostration OF industrie
2 that has been felt in every community
4 1t would be we'll for the people TO cor
slider the direct effect Of the Radica
policy upon the subject of consumption
We have shown that the loss to the couu
try in wages for FIVE years amounts t
the sum of 1900, 000, 900 This, at 5
per bushel, would purchase 1900, 900, 90
t bushels of wheat-an amount equal /
more than eighteen times the presen
crop of the country. 1t is difficult t
grasp in all Of its magnitude such
curse, aud still the country has bee
compelled to indorse. The loss to tn
country by throwing 5000, 900 people ou
of employment for five years represent
in hogs, at $l2 each, 625, 000, 900 head
, equal to the slaughter, at the presen
. rate Of 1913 years, 1t represents at So
J, per head, $50, 000, 900 of beef cattle
c enough to supply the world. We migt
: extend indefinitely illustrations of th
curse of Radical rule, but enough ha
been written to set the people to think
ing, and to demand with emphasis tha
the Radical party shall be dismissed froI
Nnvua.