The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-03-01

witnessed for sometime in this coun- =
try. Vast sums of money were ex-
pended in luxurious living-in cloth /
ing the body and feeding the stom- .
aeh which could have been dispenss
ed with. Millions of dollars were
invested in fine houses and in fine
carpets and furniture which have
added not one grain Of additional
comfort or happiness to the owners.
Vanderbilt could not rest till he had
expended. more than three millions
Of dollars in the erection of resi-
dence, thus revealing a degree OF
extravaganza only equalled by has
want of common sense. Thousands
of dollars were lavished upon the
bodies of both men and women, and
especially women, which was not
only unnecessary but sinful and
lScertainly disgusting This mania
swept over the land from one end
to the other and pulling along ipits
wake saint and sinner alike, for,
bear in mind, the religionist was as
deep in the mud as the irreligionlsts
was in the mire. No one could tel
the difference. IF the sinner wore
costly iewelry and rustling silks, SO
did the saint. If the one INDUCED
in the luxury of thousand dollar
dress, so did the other. His Satanic
majesty -sawit ALI and Eas-delighted.
4 In the meantime this extrava-
gance took another form and may
be considered as one of the curiosi-
ties of the times to which we allude,
We refer to the building of rpe
churches and the purchase Of costly
organs, and that too in the face OF
squalid poverty all around them and
inpthe hearing of the cultural voices
ofthe starving; calling for bread 10
quiet the Cravings of hunger and
for clothing to cover their naked
, ness, to say nothing of the spiritual
condition of the ''poor heather,
starving for the bread Of life. This
: form Of extravaganza is a dePlorabple
one and is infinitely worse and mose
e fatal than the one preceding it. The
r millions of dollars unnecessarily eX-
e pended in the erection Of church ed
# ifices and in the purchase of spien-
e did organs could have carried COM
] fort and contentment TO the humble
e homes of the poor and the gospel t(
0 thousands of the spiritually desti
e tute; and yet the religionist still
b sheds crocodile tears over the con
1t dition ofboth and lamcnts that there
d is no way to relieve them. Mock
n cry! What else can be made OF 1t
s Directly we shall hear the cry o
d contraction and its near kinsraan-
"hard times" We have gone in a
the front door of luxury, pomp am
N s2lendor., We shall more than like
Ar " 90 out at the rear door OF none
T. tary distress. Whatsoever we SOY
re VIC shall reap. Causes must pro
d. duce their effects. The enormou
u extravaganza, so universally praC
OF ticed the last two years, will inevi
ID tally bring on a harvest Of afearfr
II. stringeney in money matters. A
r. ready there are indications OF sue
n a result. The Importation OF I'm
II silks during the year just closed ia
n exceed those of 1881 and doub
up those of 1880. Our imports, too,
IL almost every description have e.
ne ceeded our exports during 1.-The la
ON year. The balance OF trade Is som
n what against us, at least recently
Ir. reported. Our productions seem
as, have fallen off, while we are buyir
-as more than we. SCH. exporting lie
than we import This, Of eours
4 we can't stand and, ii continued, a
nj Obliged to suffer. There is now
on restlessness, feverishness in mon
ab- tary cesters that is significant al
DDS portends crisis in money. matte
ed Ih-xiew 6fthese facts, SO pate
ter and so alarming, it behOoves
an classes of our fellow citizens to
,ws augurate a thorough system OF ecc
the omy and to practice the most rig
ory retrenchment in all their eXpen
ON. lures. There can be no safety
OH us. If. a money crisis should come
!, so our expenditures shall have exec
an ed our income. Within that we ;
or obliged to live or reap the con
me ouences. We may afford to risk
the if money is plentiful and busin
of active. Possibly at the outcome
! no NAV be able to make both ei
DOR meet, otherwise high living and
bed. extravaganza wardrobe will bri
are our noses to the. grind-stone.
a of Economy and increased prod
in tion arc the great factors now ne
are ed to fortify us against any mo
Mar tary disaster that may overtako
Economy to bring US inside our
O tn come and production 20 augm
7ed our wealth, will be sure guaraR
hey against pecuniary disaster
rch,
ian. The national banks now con