New-York tribune., 1885-10-19

and 27 for live hoes and 81 for dressed hogs to AZ
per cent for bacoI and AL per cent for mess pork
These are indeed striking evidences OF the peculiar pros
Ierty which Dem Dcratc victory has brought Us. ie'
there are many others well known to the producers oi
the STATE OF which It Is difficult to give statistical de-
tails For instance though the sale OF eggs known 10
b., matter OF large Importance, it is difficult to say how
great tbe loss has been which the apparently small de-
cine in rtces represents And yet the same quality "f
eggs that IL now selling at % TO 22 cents per dozen sod
during the spring and summer at only IL cents 20
with regard 10 many other prOducs great rs the apar
ent los, is when present prices are compared with hose
Of year ago it always to be remembered that prices
and Wae are no longer at the BOTTOM but have begun
slow and painful recovery from the Immediate cohse
quences OF Democratic yictory-a recovery when was
clearly much needed and which ell will pray may con-
tnue and endure
The fshcrma who could not abide the government OF
his state because there eos In his eepots that
year did not stop to But there no lack OF
logical connection between the Democratic victory in
1854 and painfully low prices In 1850. Not To look fur-
thcr the decline OF tnan lOper cent in wages ana
the simple fact 100000 persons were out OF employ
ment near the end Of last year. suffice to account Tor
vast necessary shrnkage purchasing power and con-
seGuently for strong tendency toward lower prices
wherever products in full supply Where short crops
have sustained Irces that OF is hut qualified
beued TO the producer. What lie needs Is general pros
nertv trat he may aze fair prices for full crops Bt
o,er, sp-ry can never he expected when quarter
of a million workers are suddenly thrown Of employ
nent by profound anxiety and uncertainty "a to the
busnas ture and when he prospect OF radical changes
I'm the locy OF the Government closes hundreds of fac
tories and compels employers to reduce wages or to stop
altogether.
Indeed the logical connection Il so direct and simple
that he who 1t must he even more dul than
the pot patriot The prospe' Of change in the tariff
prompts possible buyers everywhere 70 delay. In tho
hone Of lower prices When a vast number OF buyers
at once are melted stop purchases the markets newt
ably become over-stockcd prices Of manufactured
producls fall and shops and factories must close, or II
they continne work at all. must do at lower
But the closing OF shops and the lower mean less
money to spend for meat and corn, for butter and milk
for vseabcs and beer for clothing and food Thus the
change in wages alone for the people Of New-York
alone AZ pears to have such that the purchasing
mower OF must have been rednced by
than SlOO.OOOOOO yearly since the election. II the
millions have less money spend the producers must
l,ypr their prices or they will part OF their
prodncts left on their hands spoil SO the threat
of a Democratic policy at Washington sends along the
whole line OF connection between different industries
tppnlss backward aud downward The rnth 10 that the
Doc attic paEy the plrty OF reaction and 1t cannot
move forward ITSELF help anybody else to move for
ward. If it wants tn much.
Those who nevertheless believed for once that Dem
ocratic victory wold a grand and glorious pros
pery the bright dawn Of better day, tnc first peel OF
the oy-bells Of industrial millennium, may prohtably
study the results OF their experiment for its first year
They cannot deny that results precisely what
the Republicans predicted year when Mr. Ceve-
land and Ms friends were promising hounde>- prosperity
rs tie first fruits OF Democratic victory.