The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-09

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$780, o-...t,
o"-oiiiAENs' l heeo no' remino you
that during the years following the close of the
war yo,,r minds were f,;sturbed bv the most mo-
,oo,,,,a .,.;a,. T. ,,,,t,,;. - rr,,
iounu anAie'5 ioI aie puphc "eiiaret Ahele org
was no more work Tor the sword. overcome
and disbanded, the troops of the South had re-
lturped t. their; hn,,,es. Z. As5n;ascansa in Fed-
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'erM autnorisy was compiete ana universal
Yet you feared that the reconciliation might
not be thorough and perpetual: thatdanperous
.,,... =, .,;a..t;., .,;,st ..;,, ,.;, p,t
o"N'o' " si1ona1on n'6u' sun ioiiiain ous
you were compelled, and perhaps content to
trust-as yon did trust-the possibility of fra
ternIty and union tn the visdom Of nublic mol
isies, ana =, tns aood son.a sna ,,.trot;.n, =,
:. i9ies' anu " tno sood sense ana patilo0sm Vi
the people; and, Notwithstanding the fUilies
and crimes of some and the wickad dstnapSs.
ism Of others, arousing dangerous passions
that were sleeping, feel assured that your re-
lance ,ipon Yourselves and vour fellow-coun-
trymen will NOT fail Won Int that fraternitv
and 1,nion will grow with fbe Growth and
strenethen with the Strength of the conntrv "
Yon wara a,so sol;c;to1s for orr mo ter;ai vol
fare. becs,,ss r,f tha eIha,ist;on m cafsed hv and
foilovin- the tret,andons sfrnseia- The nro-
dnction If o,tr i,nnrrtsnt and stsrest sto1,ies
cn{lld ,toip otjff
I'd meet fhf dernan;s nr,fn a,,r resoiirces fiur
embarrassment and the bindranca n nro5,,c-
tion were Greatly augTnented hv the npnfort,,-
nate noticy of yaconsty,,c cfion ,yhorahy for
awhila the ralat;on Of the Statas q, tha EodoroI
T;o, sra oa,,tsed s,,S S ~ s1 aa
white and blscI races wera ;nvoIvad A i, Ala la
trnsf bstrod and .tr;sa The "a ,seI;nr - a,-d
mus;, ns.let, r. anu ss,ae, ias msa poncy aaa
s,a seot; WIG - tt gu
Sa =; a. =. sno my, a;,a uissui ~, geu
III, ~, ~ lsa opioy iens nne uneo,, aie iueSt,-
aoie, eonssq Ienve was suh' 4ur lVreiSn siaue
was ns1avny aeamss 4s. may state tne Iacis
a. an HusIaslont during tne Two years ana
eleSen tUsS montns from o9iy l, 1909, 70 May ol,
Icoo our impor's, vaiueo Al N our own currency,
anoun.eu .s eo sl,oyI yI,4i9ooo, anu our eApois,
ud under tne same vaiuauon, amounted 10 Sl,4d,,
e9s,l9o. Ourlns tnat PERIOD OF Two years and
eleven months, after the ciose OF the war, our
purchases exceeded our sales aDroad by the en-
ofmous sum Oh sloo.ooo.voV u
a.
iarge,y py saies OF our puDnc securiues ABROAD,
ous oqrlhs unat same perloa, we exported over.
s1oo na aoor9 se9 e9, OUT OF Soid ana SILVER
sIoosoa',s1oi. , ,s .nen tnouenI ana 20 eA-
mnst depenS npon an Ai of ospet
a ,s,.e apxn an VI ptuuu9on I
olu oao ~. aet.s aatan.1ou,asD o.,s loeaYn aaaei thae
wnen our saies snqua 1sa. eaceea our purcnases
aDloau, oul nn"nolai M uiliSuiues mouiu Iaploty
ulsaPpese, anu Ne motio soon s!anu upon
E a,S a. u It
III s,.;S tist az, L.,
Country and sdeanate n The Necessities f. r s,iir
oond;fio,, anu eJ sse ~ ;u1 ~ oul
ESTER and incrs. Il The nrcJ,iciyhn ~ - So 70
r,ias ,hat oo,,,n,a-5 sora;a,, ,oaSi,ats ~ S pa
ppant,red tha n,,;nan the ~ e,uu as On
,,er cont yonl5 tnrn tba baianna 81 t;.Sa a. :,
p,r 20 oor md tba c,,rre,,t of aoIJ to,rard ~
,,r shnro. a,5 cort ;h,,to 80 oui
s,,ec;e ravment neeJ nnt yer,ir,d ,in,, on VI
y tconnppt 10 efsaoad from, yo,,r ,rnnnos,sa .ot
~, ha,,et;e cb.nge in ,oI;c, nr tna'
,;on took nIace b1t that in iSe9 and thence 70
IST3 and 1874 the svmnathies of tbe sdm;n;st,.s
tion and tbe nolicies of Congress- were sitol
,sther favorabe to thnse VIC ia st 1919 ILL.,
favor. and hard upon the masses. M who | have
he h,rda,, 4o norrY Tbo r, ~ nay
iio oo,,+sots nor. sych as ,,,.Ja be LIZ.
o Az. t,ndan aI 'ne
rov;s;or %'1 for r.drct;nn nf ;n. INC
pio'i'i'i 'o' /" ioou''''n VI in'0ios@
Fayoritisn, estravapanca and corrrn,,on
eeryaoea 3 anu p9isoseu a .he Ra9hc service, ana
wea' ualepuAeu anu uneHecAeu' olnecessaLy M
anu eAuasasone eApenuituioe uuiueneu uie
people WIN oppressive ta4esi ana "itnorew
large volumes OF currency from = tne channels
81 aoe; anu aa9sa ~ Sse sle esls VI aon,
F.nan!, ~ tile IAN VI Ioao, ape eyns oI VICIOUS
q
lanon cuimlnateo IN q nospclsl anlc ana as
aster that struck and paraiS zt al the business
pursuits and useiul enterpris es OF the country.
AZ once tne people !eahzea the exto1t ana mag M mH
Mlnae OF Ins caiaHlyi Iney apanoonea Ialln
and nope IN tne hepuplican party, ana trusted
to themselves for the recovery of lost prosper
ity. promptly ana earnestly the WORK was un-
dertaken. Eighteen hundred and seyenty-four
House was chosen, charged with the duty of
,retrenchment and reform Ia every household
an economy was adopted more rigid thsn ever
before known. Labor was active and diligent
to the utmost extent OF possible employment
The results are now seen and realized. Indi-
yidual economy, pracn :ed everywhere throush-
out the country, had the enect to reduce our
purchases ABROAD as IoiioWs;s ~. FROM rom 100
70 S11 lS.a a1s tne reducuoe o was as SSooo from
1874 s7S s64 S45. from iS7S fs' Is7T 40 4is osS x
and FROM fsf7 to 1873 the pedncfon vas sIa
| 27l, ,54. The economy of the people in 1878 as
cor,narad with 1S53 in the consnmntion ot
| Soralgn Goods Sn wss sbont GOO O00 onn p0A VI
| io'''en eoo-'' "1' "''u' S-O''V0'''0''
| Durino the same ner;od the d;l;pent industrx
| of the neonle 40 Increased onr apricnltnra pro.
| ductions. and such WAS the condition of the
| foreign market. that our exports for sale abroad
| In 1SS were si72. aga. 139 more than in 1Sf3
| and in the wear ISIS onr exnorts Of mercban.
| dise eYceeied nur imnorts Nv the sum of s257
roe oS4 II ;s a stritino fact that in Is7s tb,t
wear before the Demo,ratic House WAS chosen en-
| our purchases exceeded our sales abroad b,
! s11a656 2SS and that after three wears of Dem.
ocratic control of the House the figures wert
tbs vesr 1STS epceei,ed the i1nnorts b1 se57 =
| 793 964.. The balances against us in IS1.
marked the increase of our Indebtedness an6
| Az Gorros Of 1895 ;nd;oo tod Ito REDUCTION
NV 10 e1.0e VI -e''0 ~
Cur e,norts of merchandise during the years
1874. 1876, 1877 and 1873 exceeded our imports
In the sum of S5O8. 1856. I am not able tc
give Accurately the excess of the present year
Int suppose IL is safe to state it at $240, 900,
600 making s74S. 449. .2S6 for the five year.
naned In these statements I rely upon tn,
tabies nrenared bv Mr. Spofford. the Librarian
Of CONGRESS-.
1ha ef,oot ~ the favorah,e condition of ouI
,a;e,, 4.o so ,,,n,, onr snnnIv of gold and all
,o, - shoarn IN tba fsct tbaf IN 1874 the expor
roo;o - on araeadad - ;ts ;mnort tv the sum q
eco tos ea1 a,,d tot ISfS The excess was opl,
80 a. : oII 0rr Savorabie foreign trade hai
81 III, trr,,ad ,ba cnrrent of specie toward
- 1J. at!-os nj - Sas caused the return o
nuL e',o .,,, nu ~ n,,hi;c secnrities that bat
o1s ,hrosd 20 noaes ". the bslances when the,
we're spainst ma thus reducing the export O
gold to meet the accruing interest. The eff
feet Of a foreign trade during the past fiv'
years, favorable to us beyond all precedent
and brought about by the economy and dill
eentindustrv Of the people, has been to In
crease our supply of gold and silver and .