The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
A New Tune.

The Philadelphia Press occupied
the place of an alarmst before the cleo
ton. 1t had Nightmares in which 1t
saw the business of the country top
pling over, in case of .he success OF
''Brtish Free traders" as it was pleas
ed to call the Democratic party. The
vision of ruined republic passed be-
fore its subsidized gaze, and 1t made
frantic appeals to the laboring classes
all over the country to vote tor Blaine
and thus prevent all the dire calalnities
that were seen to follow his defeat.
Well, Blaine was beaten, although the
Press did not find it out for two weeks
after the election, and now that paper
admits that its anti-election scares were
only for fun, and there is no danger
after all. We reprint an article from
last Saturdays Press, headed No Oc-
casion for Dependency" in which it
INDUCES in real common sense talk,
and in the same tone that democratic
papers spoke before election. The
Press has found that an honest con-
fession is good for the soul. Here is
what it says:
These are the times when pessimis.
tic feelings prevail. The mind and
heart of most people are more or less
affected through the pocket. There is
a lull in business, resulting in causes
which could not be prevented, because
individual and associate interests can
not be made TO work in such harmony
as to keep the relations of supply and
demand in perfect balance. The poll
tical influences Of the past year, com
mencing with the tariff agitation in
Congress, followed by the doubts hang
ing over a radical change OF admins
tration, add to the difficulty.
The result is that everybody is more
or less dispirited and prone TO look on
the dark side of every subject. Busi-
ness is bad, society is all wrong, poll
tics are wretched and the country is
going to the dogs generally. The
stoppage of single mill or the sus
pension of dozen firms sets all to
shivering with alarm, and starts the
tongue of the pessimist to exaggerate
the gloomy outlook The hero slum-
bers when danger is absent. Ameri'
cans never 80 well demonstrate their
real character as in such an emergency
as is before us. The prospect is not
nearly 50 bad as it was in 1857, or
from 1873 to 1877. Indeed, during
the score of years covering these dates,
we stood over volcano that other
nations expected would burst and en-
gulf us. We not only took care of
ourselves, but we welcomed and shell
tered the millions of foreign poor who
sought our shores and provided for
one of the largest national debts known
in the world.
We can now clearly see the end.
The general business of the country is
on solid foundation. Public and pri-
yate debts are not oppressive. There
has been season of over production,
due to causes at both ends of the line
of trade, but, unless it be in the single
item of an anthracite coal, there are no
heavy stocks on hand in any depart
rnent, and one month of active trade
would empty every coal bank from the
Delaware to the Hudson. While bust
ness is depressed, it is not hopeless.
The reyiva. will be slow and moderate,
but it will be certain and safe. EN-
ployers are compelled to shorten sail
aud the employed must bear their
share of the burdou. There is occa
sion for good judgment, but none for
wild and exaggerated forebodings OF
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