National Republican., 1878-09-12

and bull stories about not bein able toNit rid
OF II nor the skunks neither Wo can tran the
varmints out IL they get In, and Inc satisfied
II we don't want second stand Of the same
wheat that VIC eau uso the ground for emmy
other crop whenever we want to by turnin
the stubblo under In November and plantin
anything else we like about the lth of March
foicrin. So much for larniin. And now for
poltix.
Just now the lnanshul side Of poltix hap
pens to bo on top and sum peeplo actilly seems
10 think the Government ought to make times
easy, though II mite jest IA well be expected to
make good weather for harvest time rs to con-
troll the laws of trade sum Is for Unlimited
paper money, sum for eight hours work and n
dollar and half day, aud sum for divdin'
all the money and property In the world every
saturday, so rs to let everybody start even on
Monday morning. The only thing they all
seemed to agree about was the idea that the
Government Good make times good by some
sort Of legislation about tho currency.
Now, John, I've watched them n heap, and
lived through several fnanshul depreshuus,
and line satisfied that when the Government
has made currency enun, and one that is near
~ " not quite rs good as gold, it has done all
that Government Cdn do, au, the good or bad
times depends IN the people then selves as to
whether they will observe certain material laws
of trade or not Business rests on peoples s
sellin what they want. II has material limits,
aud cant be pushed beyond them on any safe
payin basis. Ef the miners go to producin
four times at much iron or coal Us the world
wants or can use, they are just hxin for n
smash up In minin.
The same way with cloth, leather and lum.
ber. Just so much surplus as Is prodused
must wait for market or be sold at loss,
and the longer they keep on produsin too
much the wuss will be the smash, and the
longer 1t will take to straighten out.
That's what we've toen doin for years
mining, maxim goods, aud bildin railroads Il
long ways in advance of any possible demand
or uso for them, and now were waitin for
the demand to kctch up. When the war ended
we had been years dcstroyin and wearin out
things, aud prices was up higher than kite.
Money was plenty, ani we went to produsin
like u Methodist preacher prayin for rain till
we overdid 1t. NcXt thing down come prices,
and bisiness went 10 everlastin smash, jest as
1t always did and will under tho same circum.
| stGnscS But the Government want to blame.
1t coodcnt make markets nor keep up prices.
All II Good do was to keep the currency sound,
50 that paper dollar would be as nearly
worth gold dollar as possible, and that is Jest
what II has done. There aint over half cents
difference now, and wont lie that by next
January.
But II crcenbax was worth fifty cents more
on the dollar than gold nobody wood invest
them in maxim cloth or diggin coal rs long rs
the markets was full of both for year to come
and both on en- sellim for less than II cost to
mako or dig them.
No, John; tho record of the Republican
party Is all right on the currency question,
aud | am glad to understand that even the
President Is rashional on this pint.
The party will go down to posterity as the
one that first established sound paper cur.
rency on II solid financial policy, and all anl
afraid of is that before tho next Prcsidenshal
elexion the Democrats will swear that they in.
vented the system and wood hev had It in
force fer twent, years past II Lincoln hadn't
tride to drive the South out of the Union and
kept them ever since working away at Con
ciliashun. Your UNCLE DAN.