The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-01-08
qHn BUSINESS DEPRESSION.

A collector OF labor statistics esti-
mates that not less than five hundred
th0uaaI d men have bean thrown out of
employment In this country within the
last six months, This represents q vast
amount Of suffering and plnching econ
0mv, and IA increase In the number OF
crimrs usually committed, Those who
have besn most fearful Of the future are
now compelled TO admit that there are
already signs of a change for the better
and that II seems probable that the
opening Of President Cleyeland's admin
iStration viii see public confidence re-
stored aud renewed actively In our great
manufacturing and commercial inter
eats, Tho Chicago Times, commenting
upon the eau 90 of the present depres'
sion, very Justly says;
Various reasons arc assigned: the
communist, think II IN tho deliberate
work OF the cppltallstlc claaSeHi the
wOrkingmen attributed II TO the inshtlhle
craving Of the employer to increase hi9
reyenurs rs; the average Republican g0ii
ticlan claims that II grows ION TIE dis
trn / Of the business men Of The cOun
try over tina election OF \ Democrat b.
The Presidency. AnV person who Ives
the situation intelligent examination
must recognize that II h due largely III
other ciuses. Under The artll la mral'
ures adopted by Rrpsblican legislators
manufacturing an, ei priars were sunni
lated mo OflOr,s whose III g. WIS I.
produce lhfice more than there wns any
demaud 'O,; then competition began Il
reduce wages, aud lntlly tho III 4. rrIel
progeny Of the a%,liancr of u pol lon
party aud protection was a. dlrd Il
pennry,
The example afforded by the lead u
OF tina q rly ami ~ principal M m 'er'
has been # a IN rartor we'll cHl'ul I"l
To GemOraliza ever, body, The 1imp. c
ity Of Democratic DAYS gave WY lhn.
sine, 70 a pTIncely sIyle If llylug, l'
angufattd by the g Oldy c n'r,rl0.
aud other adyeutuferA WHO grow tud
denly rich from the whisky slru l|
Star ROpte frauds, tie land 81 b., nll
other w ludle9 which cane IN q OK
ence under Republican rule, rue r.-u
was that all the weak heads Of I @ Ouu
try we're Injected by lbe rage or ~.
play, sud, when men lacked em @
, 10 carry n their end1, they tO'k ma
ffom. furds intrusted 10 thulr cl.e, nn
, sppculated, and ended by Icing srut
i the penitentiary, or o flight to some loI
|, eign laLd
the election Of o Democratic Pr'a
| dent has precipiIat,d th' e|u
T mate ending Of tina dlanOn "a
It H. sean that the ia 90.
!, not likely to nifDrd Oppor u " {
, living on a false bisl4, for the maxim
, of fortunes from the watering Oi slUc
l the crpa lon Of ht lous value lne ,
= sWindling Of the Government Il h
| building, mail carving, anI Una 3 ~,
!, Of publlc lauds without eompn
y TO the country II ia irlgullul TO- n0
I which n Republican partN hts lriI
Q the Democracy. II h. latter IN lhH Q
n -four years shall be able 100 rr.lOr" 0
;, thing like order ont Of The cha w'
: p%reyails, II will have performed DO ~
Gigantic labor II NJ the eud ul e.
, years, II shal have placed he r0uult'
a position where business shHll re Irgl
mate, nj mems earnings repre- u
tive Of real add ions To the yhIue
productions, II VIII have rlr o
Augean stables. Tnencelolth h .l
Try will be- In u condition 10 adv NJ
wealth ~ Il pros nprily win h"n"'' g.
tint wlat II gdintd, briug lu''ul
honest, Will he retained,