The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-16

over the 6nClr0 lace OF Cne odrtI
and in order to develop any one G
them, it is often necessary to obtai
materials and tools from tn
most remote parts of tn
globe. Thus we see how importan
transportation is, and whatever ma.
tend to diminish its cost will be il
the end great benefit to those af
fected by it. Thus in England W
see how valuable her iron mine
have become, because they are 10
Gated in immediate proximity to he
beds of coal; and in the same wa'
would the iron mines of any othe
country be equally valuable, ever
though there were no coal mine!
near, provided, however, it could bt
carried to the foundries at an insig-
nifcant cost. In this case an in
dustry which, otherwise, would be
proftless, is now rendered capable
of paying fair interest on capital.
! And as thousand and one indus
| tries become possible, If we can but
obtain materials, tools and provi-
siOns on as favorable terms as else
where. which condition we know
is only possible whenever distance
is at least partially annihilated
And this, in short, is what the rail-
road war means, though it may be
oRly for short time.
The farmer uses very little fnery
in the shape of jewelry, silks, fine
clothing, ETC., or if he does, they are
not absolutely necessary, and hence
if times become hard, he can easily
do without them, for time at least.
The prices of such things as these
will. be affected but very little.by
the present low freight rates. So in
these lines this seasons crop would
not realize so much as it did last
year. But in other respects it seems
to us that, on the average, bushel
of grain will accomplish as much, if
not more, than it did last year, and
certainly a great deal more than it
did three or four years ago, when
grain was much lower. The farm
er's money is spent mostly in buys
ing new wagons, machines, barb
wire, nails, groceries and provisions
all which are heavy, and hence
bound to be considerably affected
oy the present low rates, and we be-
ieve SO much so that he can
Duy more of these with mis- crop of
grain this year than he could with
'he same last year. We can see no
'eason why the outlook should be
10 serious with him, as many seem
10 think.
If he wants to save up money, he
iced not let his crop go now whilei
prices are so low, but may wait un-
ii they rise somewhat, and then
ell. Surely it must be immaterial
o him whether he saves the grain or
he money, that is if he can afford
o do either. There are some per-
laps who have contracted debts, q
which they must meet soon, and I
which they intended to meet by
elling their grain. These, of course, S
nay fall somewhat short in their S
But as the speculative a
pirit is not common thing to S
their obligations, we I
when all taken together. e
will not amount to a very large
UNI.
The low prices must increase
consumption to considerable ex-
ent, as we know that men very
buy because the article
ffered for sale seems cheap, and in
90 many cases for no other reason.
he merchant, we hope, need not
ook so gloomy, unless be has un- /
wisely overstocked himself,in which +
ase the prospect is not very bright, r
nless he has the financial backing. V
he merchant must remember that t
he purchasers are oaly SO many in '
lumber, have limit to their wants, /
nd therefore, the demand will I
to only SO much, however /
heap goods may be. And though +
here may be great many who t
pill buy because goods are cheap. S
7hether they need them or not, yet l
hese will be limited in their un- +
rise purchases by a want Of the I
neans to squander. Let US look on I
be bright side and perhaps results |
fter all may be much more graft S
ying than soma people suppose. n
ASSAILED BY A POET.
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