The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-04-03

Hard times, scarcity of money
throughout the general business indus
tries of the country and general bust
ness depression is d prevail
ing complaint throughout the whole
length and breadth of the United
States. Many things of minor effect
on this condition of affairs all help to
bring about the common result; no
doubt this condition of affairs will con-
tinus to exist and perhaps grow worse,
at least until the democratic party has
fully defined it's course and declared It's
policy upon the great questions of the
day which at all times effect the busi-
ness and commercial interests of the
country. When the democratic party
does define its: future course it may
still have more depressing effect or
times may revive either of which will
depend upon the course adopted by
our democra C friends who are now at
the helm of government. Under this
uncertain condition of affairs is it not
reasonable to expect that men with
capital will not invest it in such man.
ner as will produce general and fnan-
cial prosperity. 1t is claimed that
there is an abundance of money in the
United States, but men who have cap
ital, invest it if at all, for the purpose
of making ii profit by so doing, but if
the governmental policy of the party
which is at the helm of government is
such policy or is SO undecided as to
leave doubt in the mind of the man
who has money as to whether OR not
he can make legitimate profit by in
vesting it, it iscertain to result that when
such doubt exists that the investment
will not be made and hence the capital
will be idle and thus be kept out of
the business circulation of the country.
When capital lies idle because it's own
ers are distrustful of investing it, then
labor must lie idle because there is not
sufficient capital invested in various
enterprises to keep the labor Of the
country employed. The political
change in the country's affairs is large
ly responsible for the present hard
times. Some claim however thatover-
production is the cause If the result
of over-production is what we are now
experiencing, what kind of IA paraly-'
singiinfuence on the business interests
of the country would free trade poll
cy leave if the free trade wing Of the
democratic party should prevail in the
policy to be adopted by the party. The
laborer who is out of employment is
unable to get the necessary money
with which to buy everything he form
srly did and hence they buy only nee
essaries of life and let the unnecessa-
ries 60 unbought and when this course
of economy prevails all over the coun-
try the markets are full of a large
class of articles which are purchased
but little. But let the democratic par
ty adopt such policy as will inspire
confidence in moneyed circles of the
country the capital will then soon seek
Investments, and laborers, will all find
employment, and when capital and la
bor hand in hand is fully employed
there will no longer be over production
because both capitalitalists and labor
ers will have the wherewith to pur-
chase those things which in the de-
pressing times like this, figure among
the articles of over production. The
country needs such well settled reve-
nue policy by the government, that
when men invest their money in bust
ness they can form some definite idea
of what they are to reap. Before the
late presidential election the democrats
said all that was necessary was a
change The change is had AMI still