The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-28
THE REVIVAL OF BUSINESS.

Business is reviYing all over the
country. Locally We see the trains OF
through lines loaded both ways
and the roads crowded to their utmost
capacity to accommodate the extra
freight trains necessary to haul the
enormous business. Throughout the
entire west is this great improN ement
noted. To what is this due? Is it
not quite true that the Wiping out of
the Mckinley robber tariff has in
spired hope throughout every avenue
of trade? This followed by the activ g
relief felt in the Wilson tariff law and
the final settlement of the basis of
trade upon reasonable and permanent
lines has Qulckened trade from the
very plow-handles until the final price
a. money is paid by the foreign dealer.
More than all else is the new born
hope which has sprung up in the
bosoms of the business men of this
country. We are beginning to work
off some of our rich accumulations and
are proving able to turn them into
money, This money is proving q
wholesome tonic, bringing strength,
health and activity to every industry.
Money can now be had for legitimate
trade purposes at living rates any
where. The banks realize that they
are no longer sitting IN the black
shadow of doubt and distrust. At no
moment since the passage of the Nc
Kinley act has there been a better
feeling Of security OF nearly so much
confidence. The prices of the leading
American products, both agricultural
and manufactured, are gradually but
surely advancing. This too is helping
to line with silver the dark cloud
which has lowered over US for so long.
Hope fills every heart. Men are
no longer afraid of the immediate
future and the sheriff, because money
can at last be procured to save pro-
perty in jeopardy and upon reasonable
security at a price within reach of
poor man.
This, in but two short months since
the passage of the reform act, leads US
to speculate upon what will, or would
be the case in a year with the full
measure of reform contemplated by the
president himself or Mr.. Wilson. This
effectually disposes of the insensate
cry that the democracy has lost the
confidence of the business people of
both this country and the world. On
the contrary, it plainly establishes the
fact that to its theories alone this
country is to look in the future for the
security Of Ter commercial supremacy,
for the safety of her own people and
the security of her trade. Take Utah
today and no sane or observing man
but can see wonderful Improvement.
Go in any direction you please in our
magnificent county and you will see
new brick dwellings. new barns and
new farm buildings Of various kinds, |
In various stages Of erection. This
tells its OWE tale. The present crop is
being sold and the money, that which
has not been used to pay off matured |
obligations, is being put into improve
Ask Utah county far mer if
his land is for sale and he will look at
you with astonishment. But he will
tell you frankly tnat if he did contem-
plate selling at all the price would be
fully fifty per cent. more than he would
have been glad to receive last year at
this same date. This is the situation
TO day, and it is growing better with
each passing hour.
Are these fair results the effect of re-
publican previous policies? Do they
Indicate the wisdom of McKinleyism?
If Sc why did they not work out before
itself died the death2
This vast improvement comes most |
for US. We are in the
midst of of fierce campaign in which
the underlying principles of both part
les are on trial, and there are none so
blind that they cannot see from whence
comes the great relief. Surely the
)raYe farmers of Utah can see that it :
e only from the happy substitution OF
lemocratic theories of tariff and trade, !
or republican. 1t is pool sort of man /
Who votes against his plain interests a
o serve his prejudices. !