The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-05
BUSINESS DEPRESSION.
Reflections ON tho Business Mems Meet
ings, and the Points Advanced.

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insp. and the Points Advanced.
EDITOR DAILY DEMOCRAT SIR lin
the present crisis 10 IL far more import
ant that the Democratic policy be based
on q solid foundation, than In even dis
cusslng the false policy OF the Republi.
can party. Mr.. Lloyd, In speaking OF
0ver-prOducti0n, says There cannot
DO Oyer-prOductI0n when people are In
want OF the goods. Bet the men TO work
and the shelves will soon DO cleared OF
tho goods"
/ Now, the question, how and whore we
are 10 set them 10 work, Ia not touched.
II the country can afford TO put men 10
work TO remove brick from one place 10
another, back and forth all day, and pay
him wages for II, then Mr.. Ll0yd's aug'
gesti0n might soon BIO carried out but
this 10 not the case. The facts are, that
manufacturers have stretched their cred.
its till the elastic band with many have
broken, and they can neither increase
their stock, nor sell what they have on
hand, TO get money.
Now. what do we learn from this 7
The facts, first, that men cannot DO sue
cessfully put TO work In these depart
ments and secondly, that there Ia, or
has been, IN over. production Of the pro-
ducera. | believe 10 IL ~. Paul WI o says ;
"The love Of money IL the root
OF all eyil," and Chriat said: "Ye can
not serve God and Mamm0n." No.
Loyeraof mammon more Than man,
For you ~ htfsfh pain,
ualrena fOrl0n no spills HIS blood,
But 70 Increase your gain
The people Of this generation are not
seeking q comfortable and peaceable
living, they ara seeking fortunes, The
only true aud certain way OF making a
living has been abandoned, 10 speculate
In other ways 10 get rich and be called
gentlemen. But lhe fact ~, that we
must either farm ourselves or DO behol-
den 10 others 10 farm for ua; and II we
will crowd this artificial market, how
can we expect to make a trade with the
farmer. Everything done outside Of the
farm ID only useful In no far ~ IL In
creaees or expeditea The production OF
farm products. II fifty men are en-
pl0yed outside the farm for thirty N
the farm, how can you suppose II will
hold 0utY / know some In Canton city
who have built up large fortunes In lf-
teen years, and | know formers who
have been plOdding along for q longer
time, and have not got out OF debt on
their farms. How Ia thlsY Because one
day In the commercial and manufac-
turing departments have been equal 10
three or more on O farm, Nay, In some
OF the departments OF the commercial
world one day Ia equal TO from ten 10
twenty on n farm, There are few far.
mers who can, by their own hard labor,
make ~ per day the year round, while
there are some making from $40 10 800
O day In the commercial world. And
where does this 800 come fr0m2 IL
comes out OF the farmers produce. II
man produces more coal than no needs
himself, no must trade tho rest either
directly or Indirectly 10 the farmer for
the farm products which he must
have In order 10 live. IL men
manufacture goods In any department
more than they need themselves, they
must trade with the farmer 10 get the
necessary Farm produce. In o word, we
cannot live without the farm; but farm.
era have, and can, live without the
manufacturing world. II then that do.
partment OF labor, the only utility OF
which In an auxiliary TO the farm,
usurpg and tramples on the farmer, In
the shape OF extOrtion or the prices OF
goods; In the shape Of taxes to trans.
port farmers grain; In the shape OF
taxes TO support the government, and In
the shape OF taxes " support oil sorts
of aByiuma, and 10 support men out OF
employment, how can we expect TO
prosper There 10 the secret OF progress
and poverty.
Another gentleman said: "The reason
or the depression was that the govern
ment Of this country had enclosed the
people with q wall that kept oil other
countries out from trading here. This
wall must DO thrown down, and the
country seek markets over the world.
Get trade from other countries and dis.
tribute the gold among the people and
everything will DO we'll" 1muat EN-.
phatically declare that this suggestion
will not prove u remedy. The markets OF
the world are open 10 ue. No country can
bny our produce aud give us gold In re-
turn. They can simply trade what they
do not need with IN for what we DO not
need-f0r what We produce that they
cannot produce, for what they produce
that II does not pay us to produce 10
well 40 trading with them for. II " IL
found that IL pays u country better 10
lot another country produce certain
goods for her, and for her 10 produce
others 10 give In return for them. then
she must do II, This IL tho fundamental
principle Of free trade that
every country. produce that
which Ia most adapted TO her
climate and soil and general resources,
and trade with othsrs that q produce
other commodities, and trade with each
other.
or course tho latter gentleman and
agree that thu wall must DO broken
down, but " had utter not DO broken
down suddenly, or lhe waters may over
whelm us, Mighty dams cannot DO torn
abruptly away. There are 30 many PEG
pie more than In wanted In this artin'
cial weird, that we must 20 slow to give
them n chance 10 got out OF H. M
emigration except 10 actual sesilere
on land, ought TO DO allowed for tho
next - years. Increase the farm
produce; decrease manufacturing pro
duce; drop all government interference
with trade; lot tho government mind III
own business, All taxes collected In
directly are making fat Offices and taking
n tax from some who ought not TO pay
and freeing others who ought IN pay.
Lot IN have freedom and juttlce aud q
realization OF that boast OF u. s. A
mans. Every man Is born equal. o