Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-15
~Iimes aaa Eeeaeoy.

0ONDAY. DECEMBER ~. lssA.
>Ilmes aaa Eeeseoy.
u.ror. N. al >stion, the Democra t.
s.S aid s It VS. all the '>ult Of the Re-
.os,icsa psrty Since the election
simss have not improved any, but the
Democrats are busy telling the L~oplo
that they arc better than they hA 70
bssa for many years past Whenever
. mill starts up that has been shut
down for long time, the fact 10 para
Aed before tho country in black head
type ~ . sign Of increasing business
prosperity, attributable entirely TO the
election of Cleveland. A few days ago
q mill down east, that had been shut
saevu several months, started on full
time, and the same wages paid o BE-
Sore 1t stopped. This fact has been an
extra text for harping upon, and the
election Of Cleveland caused 1t all. We
Do not know Why this particular mill
xhould start on full wages while oil
other mills have cut wages down. II
might possibly be that 1t 10 . Demo-
crasic mill, and there Ii little Demo-
cratic trickery about 1t. A littleDemo-
cratic surplus campaign fund may have
besu probably employed in keeping mp
Che wages Of this particular mill. At
cry ra'e the Democratic papers were
not long in catching on to 1t, and they
have been making the country ring
With the news. We heard q somewhat
promineut Democrat Of our city recent
IL brag about this particular mill,
though he could give no reason why
other utIls had reduced wages, and be
gave NO reason why he himself, who
bstore was o prominent business man
was now out of business. Every mf 4
chant in our city who has little str eal
Of good luck by lucky hit in fAvel
siRinR, or by laying In superior stock
d interviewed, and that fact "a sprea
abroad to give > gilded Coz. .ing to har
times.
Now there is no den ling the fact ths
tunes are very hard, and we might q
vail say 1t as think 1t. They have bee
nuch moro stringent since the electio
of Cleveland. There is . larger pei
osutago manufacturing establishment
Idle now, or half idle, than were eve
known since the war, anyhow. ThOs
that are running have, as a geners
rulo, either made direct cut in wagel
or have shortened the working time, @
havo discharged more or less Of thel
hands, which is equivalent to cuttin
wages. Ask the millions Of unemploye
vorkingmen throughout the country
and see II they will say times are goot
Ask the thousands Of manufacturer
Who have shut down their mill
whether times are good or bad. As
those who have reduced their numbe
Of workmen, reduced the wages of thos
whom they still employ, and who hav
reduced the hours Of labor, whether tn
times are good. Nine out of ten Of I'll
merchants and manufacturers Of Wi
DiDgton will tell us that they nev'
experienced more depressing time
Yet We have a parcel OF Democrat
pap-rs, brassy and cheeky enough ,
Insult the people by telling them tbs
times are not AZ bad now as some oth'
period away farther back, under r
publican administration. They al
nothing but . pack of Democrat
Neros, fiidiing while Rome is burning
While we would not insult worth
people, who bitterly feel the rigors
hard times, by trying to convince the
that times are good, we still belie'
that they will improve. That is, v
believe that business now suspend,
will be resumed in the indefinite tutur
perhaps soon, but at reduced wages al
reduced profits. This country is not
ing like finished yet, nor Is 1t ruin,
because Cleveland is elected, though '
believe there is not the least doubt tn
his election contributed in 2 greater d
greo than anything else to the ha
times we are now experiencing TT
country will still want steamboa
ships, railroad cars, machinery of
kinds, carriages, leather, agricultul
implements and all other things th
contribute TO make country great al
prosperous.
1t is true England, the free-t trade
and the Democrats, have elected P
sident and have a maj ority in the pol
lar branch of the Legislature, but Il
will do them no good az long as IL
have not got the Senate. This v
prevent any serious interference W
our protective interests Free-trs
cannot de rough cd over US
four years at least and by that time
nre of the opinion that the Amerit
people will be glad to return to z,
solid honest Republican rule again.
In view OF the stringent times t
arc apon US, however, there is one tn
Tho people should do, and that ia to
trench their expenses. Ia periods
ams We must take in sail, and N
adapt ourselves to the changed circl
stances. When times are flush, la
plenty and wages good, people of
classes insensibly fall into the habi
liberal living and unusual expendi tn
For q good many years past thi
have been at fioCd tide in this coun
There has bsen employment for all
wanted work. Wages have been z,
we have had years Of plenty and al
dAnt crops have blessed our tiller
the soil All this has in some de-
Stimulated the people into the in
srhee OF an unusual lberality in t
way o. hving-a kind of mild extr
esnce we might perhaps call it. I
h-it tha' hey conld do it and they
- fh'r re was nothing wrong abou
Wis w. grew out of the prosp,.
c'n"i'i"n of the country in W
he"'iY all the people participated
now that change has come upon
""nh' since work is becoming sc
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