Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-07-22

III anasise 8 fssse daII tines % resd
zrain ne~spspsrs. shsek daring Harrison
Administrators aaassbufsd every evilexissing
o. imasined 70 tte Republican party snd TO
The protective tariff and msxniaed every
hing that might approach the nature Of evil.
II 10 amazing TO see those papers nov
attempting in ihsir editorial columns TO
gloss over and beiistie the news in their
news eslumns. They call those rho term
= sp@ie spade, 'asyosksrs.- They you'd
have the pubic believe that the poor opera
sives ia the cotton mills are really to be-
Congratulated upon this shutdown Of the
mills in che hot summer season. Delightful
opportunity for them 20 ger away from the
citing alleys, the crowded isnemsH,s, the
poor food. relieye the congestion Of the fes-
sering s1bo in the great cities les .lsave all
thsss and 60 20 the seashSfe. the moua.sins.
the lakes or 10 Wiling TO pass their enforced
vacation nrodessiy they can 70 into the eoan-
.
ing been harvested the ssfarbesrsss picked,
they csn rsvei in the contemplation
Of Satares hsnd painted Canadian thistle,
they can dfa~ moral lessons from the dis
mansIesl bu.tereap. The children can pad
de in the risiitsss Of in what The droush
has lsst Of item and q. the posiywogs have
attained frogs es,Aie vhai sport awaits the
nrchins from the peat up ,s-ni
Would tha, all this we're possible for these
operatives, OF the majority Of ,hem. Asa
matter Of fact . shutdown will be . Sc
vers hardship On them. The trAatesman
xho furnishes them 18th the neeessaries Of
life does not know when the market viii
variant the starting Of the mills. The op- |
ers,iys most suffer and all those who share
In his earnings must also suffer. Nos be-
cause these facts exist, principally for the
reason that these came newspapers 'croaked'
At prosperity. encouraged discomfort and
nj VOC red theories subversiye OF indus |
trial conditions, now after they have been |
90 largely instrumental in bridging about
these conditions, they expect all others not
only 10 overlook their folly but also TO try
and aigert public attention from il aad give
sh. h. editorially to the facts contained in
the news columns. We have fallen
into the msshes Of iistrust ami uncertainty
which they have evoked we have passed
from, the high water mark Of national pros
perity a. R existed ia lso2 To year OF
hnancisl and commercial iepressi0ns. As
one leading writer has said
during the tselys months ending At mid
night on the thirty first day Of last Deceu-
BE- the American people produced more and
consumed more than in any year Of their
history Our foreign trade broke ali records
by It's magnitude. The volume of our in
dustriaI production and Of our exchange Of
products among ourselves went far beyond
all precedent. We produced a million tons
more Of pig iron than 10 1891 and 2 1000 900
tons more than Great Britain. We pro-
diuced 900 900 ton. Of steel rails more than
in the preceding year. We consumed 3d.
900 900 pounds more wool than in 1891.
Capital and labor were alike fully and pro
atahly employed. The factory wheels ?,
volysd increasingly. Wages were higher
than ever before. Confidence was nDiver-
sal Credit was freely extended. The in
tegrity Of the currency was assured.
There were fewer commercial failures than
in any year since is82
Bu, hi, Is ''croaking." Don't tell
the truth because in 40 doing you
are undermining public confidence
Tbs is croaking is ~ Well calling
hard names wont Abolish facts. The
truth should he told The people deserve
To know ny these condition. exist that they
may bitter meet them. Furthermore it
.houlh be- ssid that the power that rule
the " lrd has caused Nature to provide.
bounu fully 40 bountfully in fact famine
cannot exist, food will be plenty. There
: plenty Of money though it he Ind away. |
IN short Nature il 80 generous in this year
of 1875. prosperity Of the past years has
been 80 great that ii is not fair to antici- |
pate collapse. Despite the croakers
asaiost the protective tariff. despite the dis
trust excited by doubtful dscsl police. and !
free trade theories We believe that their I
legitimate results ill NJ prevented through |
the hounties of the Almighty.