Daily Republican., 1885-09-03
C.na.. of Rn.ine-. DepressIon

nave Dtb tr tlmos. 1uc ID htbihoio puh |
is full of it, the New York World,
Philadel phia Times, Philadelphia Re
cord and the Philadelphia Ledger, The
latter very guardedly hail, the advent
OF breaking of the dark clouds OF de.
preston, and assure the public that
long pull, . strong pull, and pull
altogether will bring what the people
have long desired, booming trade and
work for all. The Ledger is cautious
enough to couple its remarks with the
understandingthAtt the administration Is
not to interfere with the tariff, very
wise and neoes sary exception, and one
that does honor to that generally re-
liable paper.
But these promises have been 10 long
ago made, and 80 frequently made,
that the people are becoming disheart-
ened. II any OF our Wilmington manu-
fac tuners are asked II their orders are
in Increasing, and our merchants are |
asked il times are improving, we are
ans wered, "Oh, Yes, f" there are always
more orders in the fall, and OF course |
the approach Of winter makes business |
more lively for merchants, as people |
have to prepare for change to suit
the winter whether times are good or
bad.
The morocco manufacturers feel a
little impulse of change, as more shoes
are needed for winter than for summer:
the stores feel it becsus more clothes
are needed, and workmen feel it be-
cause employment is little more
steady, but without increased remu-
nerauon.
This is about the way good times are
coming. There is little squirt OF it in
the Harlan 4 Holiingsworth ship
yards, where new ferry boat is being
built for New York Company, but
this is the only order Of consequence
the company have had since the COM
mencemens OF the year. This is scarcely
flea bite compared 20 the booming
Industry OF the past, that employed
more than thousand hands at high
wages. This job is to be entirely fin
ished aud delivered by November ant
then where the next is to come from IL
yelled mystery. This is the way the
times are better at those yards. Tn,
repairs Of the Reybold, the FELTON, ant
the Coleta vessels, make a little worn
in the various shipysrds, but that Il
the result of accidents, and the biz
stone barges at the Jackson & Shar
Works give work for a few men, an
to that extent times are better wit
workmen without any solid return I
better times. In short, we are safe |
saying that the promised prosperity hs
not come yet.
The actual business does not lncrea'
even with the population of the coul
try, and dees not CON pare even favo
ably with last year. Toe New Ior
Tribune says that the exchanges la
week at all the clearing houses In Il
country were smaller by eight per cen
than those OF the corresponding We,
last year. Meanwhile, the prices
many leading commodities remain
low that producers are dishearten'
and q great many manufactures st
remain closed.
There must be a cause for all thi
The cause was said to be an overpl
OF manufactured articles In the counr
But IL this be true, how much long
will be required TO use up the surplus
For more than year the consumpti,
has bsen going on and the end seer
not to he reached yet When will t
overplus be used up . But why ask
question even in spirit Of Irony
10 not an overplus OF home manufs
tories alone that N AXES this depresslc
We might as we'll look the mat
square in the face one time as anotf
and acknowledge that if we have
overplus it is caused by an excess
foreign importations.
The present Democratic administl
ton should know what causes this grt
depression in business by this time,
some Of the eau SOS may be found In
own acts and in the conduct of |
party it represents. The fears a
threats of a change In the tariff ha
been one OF the controlling causes.
this may be added the disturbance
foreign trade by new and bungli
postal arrangements for the carrying
the mail in ocean steamers, and chan
of diplomatic agents, and TO this II
str Le added the disturbance of Don
tic trade by the new Treasury regu
tons which have invariably been
friendly TO our home industries.
far more potent and rising far ab
every other consideration Is the
that something more will be done In
same direction during the session
the next Congress.
Is it not about time that the eye
the people were opened to these pot
facts! 1t is the change Of the ADM
tratiOn, the changes this admins
ton has made and the fears OF
changes it may yet make is what N
than anything else, disturbsthe BUSH
of the country. But how can anyth
else be- expected from an administra
that was advocated by all the
traders at home and III England,
vocated by all the free trade paper
home and n England, and controlle
Congress, the majority Of which are
traders aud In league and symp'
with the free-tr Aders Of ngland? 7
Is the cause OF our depression in
ness more shan anything else, and
sooner the country wakes up TO
fact the sooner will we have b
times.
THE cattle men have got out of
Indian reservations in hurry
their cattle, not knowing exactly
kind OF u man they had TO deal wi
the new President. This ia one ms
in whi IN President Cleveland ia en-
10 credit 10 Offset the many mistak
has made since his induction to
II the President will just 60 to
and clear out the land grabbers,