Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-01
cleveland and Businesp.

frightened the country, and by which,
in great part, 1t has maintained its
hold on the government. Jay Gould
knew the Injury that would be done
the country unless the lie We're speed
ily exposed, and hence his timely let
ter 10 President-elect Cleveland. And
evidences already are not wanting that
the business interests OF the country
are beginning to feel the ef-
fects Of "A restored Union
and recovery from the depres-
sion inaugurated last May by the
Grant q Ward collapse. Ex-Gov.
English Of Connecticut has been In
tervlewed on this subject, and Of him
the Cincinnati Enquirer says; "On
financial and commercial questions
there is no better authority, His for
tune Is estimated at SI00O,000, ac-
cumulated by following legitimate
lines of trade. He is seventy years of
age, but possessing the clear judgment
and vigor of man in middle life"
The exp overnor said
"on tho whole, / consider tho outlook for
all kinds OF business excellent. There will
be some talk Of low wages this winter, but In
the spring there will believe, be work for
everybody The present market for money
In Now York tx lower than in London, with
such condition OF finance It cannot long re-
main unemployed NJ better rates iof inter
est"
"tDo you attribute the present condition
OF business wholly to the recent election?
al have been, % sald he, ian observer OF the
effects OF presidential olootionsslnco Jackson
was elected IN 1898, and my observation leads
me to say that ln all presidential years the
general business OF the country has been UNI
usually dull. After the election Is over there
IN almost invariably RTevivnl OF business TO
marked extent. do not see why the pres
ent presidential election year should bo an
exception to this rule so iar as my knowl-
ddge extends, business is already improving
and by the coming spring expect that the
usual amount OF business Will be done
! by our manufacturers. / am confirmed
In this opinion by the fact that con-
sumption ofen kinds Is going on, and conse-
! quently reducing the stocks Of manufactured
| goods ON hand. You SEQ, supply and demand
regulate not only production, but price az
! well, ofall material. Manufactures, some
ave of them. In which l am personally inter.
ested, are nlready receiving Increased orders
to n considerable extent for the several kinds
OF goods which they are producing Those
who want to borrow mud no trouble 10 get
what they require on nis;-class property az Q
per cent. interest, and on another class ct q
per cent
Gov. English IS the largest real estate
owner in tho city OF New Haven. lie owns
property oral kinds IN all quarters of the
place, In reply to the question as 10 what
the prospects OF building were in the city, he
said;
81 expect an Increase OF building here the
coming spring, from the fact that mntcrlnll
orall kinds rule mt less pr &C than In tourol
i've years, Another fact la support OF my
notion is that money ia seeking investment
and that II IN dlniouit to nnd current securl
ties that win pny better rates OF interest than
real estate"
, The governor now has largo gangs OF mel
employed upon new blocks which he heRai
, 10 build rs the duh times came on this fall
0 OF the manufactures and what they are dc
ing In this part OF the state he held that Few
y ifany, OF them had done any business 70
9 three years pust. save Mt small profit.
In so TAR as a presidential result cal
J affect the business interests Of tn
Il country, THE GAZETTE cannot Sc
=. why Cleveland's success is not reall
r better for the country than Blaine
:, election would have been. Under RI
a publican administration and teaching
the country had been told, and yer
W many in IL had come to believe, thu
y the South was an unwilling partner /
the governmental union, and, Will
Its senators and representatives in col
g. gress We're tolerated, 1t was at lea
., ., disloyal, and the political party
I'M which it was the major part unsafe |
lie lntrust with national power. Sue
o teachings and such belief could N,
possibly have such happy effect on III
. business OF the country rs would u
Al. perfect assurance that there was n
IA where in the Union any danger
~. menace to its perpetuity and peaC
II, The character OF Cleveland, the su
port Of him by such men us Beech
la and Barlow and such pspers as Il
~ New York Times, the Herald Al
h. Harper's Weekly, and the utteranc
of Democrats everywhere, and esq
OF cially of Southern men and Southe
~ journals, have had reassurli
Is. effect on the country, no smi
on portion OF which is due to j
Gould's tiaely telegram to Mr.. Cley
nd land. The country is rapidly becol
y, ing convinced of the falslty OF d
ID; old-time Radical cry Of dang
10 from the South and the /
nc mocraoy, and it must be that bu
- ness will have greater confidence tn
,ur when Il was felt by so many in I
ny North that the South was mere
10 he'd in the Union. This trr
~ will grow and the change
the better, already perceptible, "
asa rapidly extend until, with the fear
nd fe,nvad frnna fba ,,afuda ~ al 49,.