The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-24

lively. baylar been directed 10 llek the
platter olsan % take q iietlng. A most
Intelligent correspondent ~ Dn.nsfhfhTsi
whiting from Nokohoms, saysl The com
msrolal depHsnon prevalent 'hroushou,
this county during the lAlisf halt OF
iss3 was slmos, unprecedented, nor
have the prospects Of the new
year sssmed very much brighter.
Strange though IL may seem, the
principal TeatOn OF tho distress among iho
native mercantile communities 10 10 be
found IN the abundant hhIyesis OF She lass
two or three years, Riei has fallen very
greatly in value, 20 much 90 that the petty
iarmsTs-ard these form large aud most
Important elsis-are unable TO ind ready
market for their produce, are consequently
shOr Of ready money. and the retail msr'
chants ana stoItkFepeIs find themselves
iorsaken by thfiT bat customers. The e.
port OF rice by foreigners has considerably
increased, 30 much 80 that several ioint'sttek
associations have been established by the
Japanese themselves in several OF the Larger
cities OF the empire, their object being The
direct expoits'ion Of rice TO China snd
Cnrea. The largest OF these associations Is
at Osaka, and las working, capital Of
$3.50, coo. But these evidences prosper
ity are merely local aud are generally Only
temporary. The country IL ct present nm
dergoing financial crisis, the end OF which
has not come yet The retiux ot this dit
astrous commercial wave has been severely
! felt In Yokohama,
From this standpoint We do no. propose
| 10 offer consolation or advise 10 the Japan
ESQ. For though near and dear to us In the
facts Of the similarity Of suffering and he
high price OF the trashy goods they print
thick with fantastic figures and send 10
u, their paper money aad their silver
yens, their ssriculture and their SILK
weaving, together with their rice
farms and all the things That
belong to them are "isr aynnt
the seas and wa relega,o their problem TO
their own obique-eyed etitGIa, who are
said 10 write sitting on tea-boSes VITA pens
big as walking sticks and on paper made 81
rice.straw. Under snch conditions II they
cannot work out n problem IN domestic
economy Il can't be done o. long-fange
with Faber on United States paper. But
the promieed moral is for home use only,
and II is this: Do not be tempted
into making vast supplies OF anything
when ruin is the alternative Of failure ia
foreign demand. Let us as people ~ al
range our affairs that We cen get rich by
Barter a. home and that i, arrived AZ
through diversity of products only. Let
our farmers make the cotton ana TIE Wool
and a little wheat ard other gam.
Let us mix cattle, sheep, hogs, BAR,
ley, buck.wheat. poultry spd I'll
manner OF productions in such hetTsoee-
neous array that out OF the apparent Coz
fusion will come the perfect discipline OF
healthy demand at home freely met by
home producers. What appears to be sell
fishness Is not such in our cass. FOR are
we not the proud nation OF refugees gather
ed into this nobl, union from all other
places? Come unto us all 70 that are
oppressed in the OLD ~oiio
ard we will give You
farm apiece and sell you personality Al low
figures on reasonable terms! Enlightened
men agree that IL is unwise to urge exces-
sive expectation OF raw products Of agricul'
ture. That it prevents rotation, depietes
the soil, encourages crowded populations
across tho water to remain crowded, oy
cheapening breadstuffs there snd su'tains
England in expressions by ioakins cheap
labor for her factories. Let as build tacto-
ries and make fine wares, aud. while r1'ick-
ing at ease in our halls Of wealth, le' Gng'
land make wheat for us when We wish ~ re-
cess from the plow.