The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-02
OUR COUNTRY.
What .. Esssrprl.ins Railway Nan
Thinks of Il.

Thinks Of Il.
At the recent meeting in Boston OF
the commercial clubs of the Western
cities, Mr.. NJ. E. Ingalls,, Of Cincinnati,
made the following remarks:
%ish to congratulate all the MEM
bers of the club upon the happy time
selected for their visit by our Boston
friends. After months of depression
in business and hope deferred we meet
here to take counsel and cheer each
other. And truly there is need of
something of the kind. For months
We have been suffering with a severe
attack of the periodical depressions
that come upon the business affairs
of this country. Trade has been un.
satisfactory, fortunes have been wiped
out by the ineXorable hand of lidui-
dation; mills are idle; warehouses are
empty, and the usual attendants of
strikes, railroad wars, etc., are more
severe thanever. Sadder than all is the
thousands of men out of employment
who are anxious to earn their bread.
but are told from day to day there is
no work. The depression has been
very severe, but 1 feel confident the
turning point has been passed, and
from now on we shall improve. With
your conservatism in the east YOU
may not see it to-day, but in the west
there are signs of promise.
For not through eastern windows only.
When daylight comes there comes the
light;
In front the sun climbs slow-how slowly;
But westward look the land is bright.
If you will take the cars and return
with us, l will show you that / am
right. In the 1000 miles OF country
between here and Cincinnati will show
you thrifty fields, good crops and COM
Portable homes, such as nowhere else
can be seen. These people have all
been economizing in the past few years,
and are ready to purchase and teach.
From Cincinnati we will take YOU
another 1000 miles into the South
west through fields white with the
blossom of u coming cotton crop of
$500, 900 bales, the largest ever
known. Returning to Lincoln, we will
take you another 900 miles into the
Northwest, through u country as fair
as the garden OF the Lord, green as
your ocean with the waving corn that
gives promise of u crop of 1000, OOO,-
600 bushels.
If everything continues favorable
the value of these two crops WILDE ov-
er 81 ,OOO,OOO,OOO. In addition, we
will have an abundance of fruit, plenty
OF oats and hay, and only are short
of winter wheat, of which we have
plenty on hand.
Our liquidations was finished a wear
ago. We have been in a lethargy since.
Is it not time we awoke? With these
crops the wheels of trade and com
merce will begin to move. 1t will take
your plethora of idle money to move
the corn and cotton. The farmer will
purchase, your merchant will receive
orders for goods, and peace and plen-
ty shall reign once more. The shadow
is fast leaving, and the signs of prom
Use are bright.
II, as believe, panics, after they
reach a cartain stage, and liquidation
ls finished, become simply diseases of
the mind and fed by its fears, then
what a happy thing it will be ii this
meeting and it's good cheer should cure
our minds, and we should go home to
our respective cities as the apostles of
better times.
] believe the improvement has be.
gun. The depression has been so
great the recovery will be slow. A
gain one week, u relapse half way, and
then another gain, and soon, in spite
of our croakers, our bad finance us q
nation and other ills, the elasticity OF
our people will assert itself, and We
shall again resume our mission OF pro-
gress and advancement. The fires in
our mills will be lighted, contentment
and plenty shall surround millions OF
happy homes, and i'll the future those
of us from abroad will date the return
OF good times from this visit to Bos.
ton,