River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-06-07
THEN AND NOW.
A shs rp Contrast Between the Years Of
1892 and I204.

10 1899 and 1894.
The present condition of business and
industry in the United States is known
and admitted % all men in every part
Of the country. All the manufacturing
and productive interests are crippled,
closed up or seriously embarrassed
At least estimate one million work
ingmen, who heretofore have had good
work, good wages and comfortable
homes, stand idle. Many OF these are
suffering for the want of the necessar-
les of life. and their wives and children
are in the same condition. Ii is a seri-
Gus question for them to obtain suita-
BILE clothing for their families. to buy
school books for their children: or to
secure necessary food and meet the
common everyday expenses of life.
Many of these men go from town to
town in search of labor; they finG their
fellow workingmen in similar straits.
conditions which are tending to lower
wages and reduce their condition from
its former prosperous state.
1t is well for us to look this question
squarely in the face. Let us see what
are the causes which have led TO this
condition. Let us see how things stood
under the Mckinley bill, under a re-
| publican administration, and how they
stand now with the threat of the vii.
son bill, the threat of the abolition of
protection and democratic president,
senate and house
The elections occurred in November
of 1892. 1t will be we'll to find what
the state of affairs was previous to that
date.
July Is, 1892, the Boston Herald. q
supporter of Cleveland and in favor of
the reduction of customs duties, said:
Where is the idle wooden mill today There
| IS none. > Not only are the great majority Of
the wooden mills employed, but many are con
templating engagements and improvements
What does all this mean? 1t means the great
est consumption of wool the country has evel
know u for years"
July II, 1892. the New York Herald,
an ultra democratic paper, remarked
The business of the country is in provok
ingly healthy condition New indus
| trial enterprises for manufacturing iron eottor
and wooden fabrics are going into operation il
various sections. In the face of such con
dition Of things the calamity howlers must re
NUN silent
II. G. Dun & Co. in a CONNER ial re-
port (t must be noticed this house is
not political but strictly business
summed up the history of the fiscal
| year thus:
"A fiscal year never matched In the history
Of the country in volume Of industrial produc
ton, in magnitude OF domestic exchanges, Of
in foreign trade mas Just closed"
On the 10th of September, 1892, the
Dry Goods Economist said:
Dress goods manufacturers ought TO b,
happy this season because they are busy dc
| livering the goods already ordered and book
/ ing orders for more. They can conf
IDENTIFY look forward to a continuous run o
| business for the next six months"
/ The final quotation, that shows thi:
state of affairs, may well be made from
the last message (Dece mber 6. 1892
made by President Harrison to congress
"The general conditions affecting the com
/ mercial and industrial interests of the United
/ States are in the highest degree favorable. A
| comparison of the existing conditions with