Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-08-21
Differing Doctors.

Republican journals arc not agreed
as to the grounds upon which the pres
ent political battle IS to be fought In
view of the great depression id bust
ness and the widesprea d dissatisfaction
among allclasses. some put in q pleas N
the nature of zay confession and avoid
ance.s Others undertake to bull It right
through. aud declare the ere are no Hard
times nor dearth of business. Of this
class is the Philadelphia Inquirer, an
enthusiastic Blaine organ which says:
THE stores are all open.and appear TO have
tories and shops ana mills and mines are ali
being operated. and certainly there are no
on strike FOR higher wages or s shorter
day. or for the pnrpose of furnishing an emf
pioyer fer presuming to- say he would not
disa ns IL Nm. Everyboas Who wants
work and Ssgess and good wages, too, can
We venture tossay this is not in &C
cordance with the cure Mt experience of
the country. The bank clearings, the
labor reports, athe asaies of merchants,
the voice of innumerable labor societies,
ssands of unemplyed operatives attest
tion is not ct all so happy as is heresrep-
resented. There Is little actual want
Eof the sheer necessarieso life. for there
but but little it'd But there is room for vast st
limprovement in the Situation of the
commercial and prodaetNe classes
The Chicago Iriba,se, b leading Re-
publican journal of thesWest. takes a
wholly different view of@the Situation
from that presented by its Eastern CO.
adjutor. Noticing an alleged improve
| mcnt in the business of the country, it
tsays: "a NS -
:. What is the first sienSof the. new era OF
prosperity winch is heralded as DOW about to
descend with folded wings on our People: Is
manu- acture' q new highway to fnaccesSible
nelds the discovery Of new treasures a, new
oa s Mheeii Does OF
and quiekeninT of that depressed interest,
or does restoration of work and wagcs for
children hing idle introduce thenew decade
OF better timesy 1T is none OF these. put q
new crcalation OF !. poinrs,i q new furor OF
marfets that ID the feature Of the i'm
1t would be extremely agreeable to
be able to look through the spectacles
of our PhiladeIphia contemporary, but
istruth stands in the wayswOur exports
ara not nearly what they hould be.
Our commerce by no means reaches
proportions beftting sneatly sixty nil
[stributioi1 of labor and the fruits of it.
Misunderstanding; there isen5 creed idle
ness and unemployed machinery in
every part ofsthe country Their is a
surplus Of commodities 10 nearly all our
markets. Tie supply exceeds the de-
Emand at home, and yet we can not en-
| ter the markets abroad. There is moth
inc to do bus to wait till Consumption
Ioyertakes production, and nssrienlture'
brings back general prosperity. There
SD not nlbre COMMODITIES than the
people desire TO consume. but there are
more than they can afford to colsun,e
taxed - Shey are: Supply and demand
are sought to be regulated by legisia-
| ton through indirect methods, and the
result is the state of things we now wit
ness. So-called protection and a re-
stricted commerce are at tho bottom OF
| most of the evils which now affiict the
people of this country.-St. Lonts Ne
publican. -