The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19
DEMOCRATIC TIMES.


As reviving trade is muzzling him the
calamity-howler has less of snap than
ever.-Philadelphia Times (dem.).
Muncie will feel the good effects in
every line of business Of the resumption
of the glass houses and starting two new
factories. II the situation Is not as good
as IL was two years ago there Is much IN
IL that is encouraging. Now is The tlms
/ to buckle right down TO business and
aid in bringing about better times.-Mun-
Gle Times Oep).
The wholesale crockery and glass deal
ers announce that their business has
greatly increased since the passage OF
the tariff law. The tax On china, porce-
lain, earthenware and StOneWare has
| stimulated trade. Retail dealers and
househo.ders are filing up their depleted
stocks.-N. Y. World (dem).
We have reason 10 believe that the
| United States is about TO enter upon
period of great prosperity. As the i'm
provement Is sure to be felt generally
before the November election. the dem
ocratic party will sweep the country. The
voters will realize what has all along
been true. that the democrats were but
the assignees Of a government run into
bankruptcy by the bad legislation and
! misdeeds Of the republican party.-Cin-
cinnati Southwest dnd).
Claffiin's, which is one of the best ba-
rOmeters I'm the trade. has looked as il
did in ante-panic times, and ali the job
bers have done an excellent business. In
many of the domestic dress goods houses
the rush has been of an eXhilarating de-
scription. An Economist man this week
asked the manager of one Of the proni-
nent accounts how things were going.
and for a reply was told that they "eX-
pected next week to begin selling the
tables and gas fixtures, as there would
| be nothing else left to sell."-Dry Goods
Economist 0rade).
1t is a good time for determined and
resOlute efforts. and for a reasOna Bile and
prudent confidence. The situation does
not encourage any crazy boom in prices.
or any wild and VentureSOme expansion
Of production But it warrants a most
earnest effort on the part Of American
producers in each department Of indus
try and trade to compete as best they
can under the new conditions which the
tariff gives them, and if some fail in the
effort it is only reasonable to expect that
many will achieve unexpected Success
n. Y. Tribune Gep).
If republican congressman and sena-
tors are elected this year in sufficient
numbers to give that party majorides.
and if a similar vote two years hence
puts a republican president in the white
house. the tariff will be torn up and Nc
KinleyiZed. That will be one great trade
disturbance. Then as soon as the people
see how they are vicdmiZed by the north
eastern manufacturers they will rebel
and viii insist on a deeper cut than the
ways and means committee proposed last
| January. That Will make two big dis
turbances.-St. Louis Republic (dem)
We have come to the logical end of the
| business slump Of the last two years. Il
would have ended even if the country
| had not shaken off the unnecessary load
! imposed by the Mckinley tariff. Bust
ness Improvement would have equally
| followed If the Wilson tariff bill had not
| been emasculated and weakened in the
| senate. The situation is ripe for i'm
| provement. The attempt 10 prolong dis
| trust and distress in order 10 carry the
November election will. therefore, be
! fiat failure. The people can be fooled
| sometimes. but not al the time.-Phila-
] delphia Record (dem).
The reign of shoddy stuns is over
| Henceforth "an wool and yard wide"
| will mean something more than the mere
| cry of the salesman of woClen goods
! Already the dealers in every kind Of
wooden manufactures are advertising re-
| duced prices ION account of the heavy
| cut made in wooden duties by the new
| law and manufacturers are preparing
| to turn out better qualities at lower quo
! taftions to the trade, The new law is
/ not as radical as the people wanted, but
1
necessary to the comfort of the plain
| people.-EvansVille Courier (dem).
Taken for all in all. the business pros
poets Of the South are at the present
moment. brighter than those of any other
part of the country. It depends upon the
| people of the South themselves if these
conditions are to continue. What they
| need is unidentified industry and
| sound respect for law. If they have the
| good sense to abiure populism, and So
| cialism. and anarchsm. and see to 1t that
: the rights of property are observed in be
| half Of great and small, rich and poor
| they can be az. prosperous as they please
| There is no appreciate limit TO their re
| sources, and with industry and honesty
| going hand in hand there should be no
| limit to their development.-N. Y. Sun
| (rheumauc).
| There is certainly a tone Of confidence
| in the market and a more hopeful feel
1 ing as 10 fall and winter trade At
| eastern points, like Boston, this feeling
is especially manifest. The Boston mar
ket for lumber is decidedly better in
| some directions, with increased inquiry.
J The tariff act has not materially changed
| the situation for the present as regards
| free lumber, except that larger supplies
are expected TO be sent in from Canada
| in finished state and less in the rough.
| There is fair demand az Bos on for all
| kinds of southern lumber-rifJ flooring
] taking the lead, and the demand Tor
! cypress steady. In the lake markets
/ trade Is good and movement quite active.
| Southern Lumberman Ctrade).
The wire nail factories and barb-wire
| works are starting up again. on the
| whole, prices for Bessemer pig iron and
! soft steel have held up very well, but
/ there is feeling among the buyers, the
rolling mills, that prices must come
| down, since the markets for finished iron
and steel are down to the lowest prices
! reached this year, and in some cases are
| tainly cheap. Reports have it that Me-
| saba ore has been offered below S2.29. A
| significant fact is that American cotton
| tiemakerse have captured orders during
| the week in competition against free for
| eien cotton ties. Ability to make quick
! delivery helped them, but it does begin
| to look as though they will be able TO
| hold a very big share of the business If
| they are fairly supported by the billet
mills and get decent rates of freight
| Iron Age (rep).
| This first week has been productive of
| significant movements. Here in New En-
| gland the wooden mills report orders for
| heavy goods, while the trade is selling
| freely. indicating a revival of cOnsump-
| ton. All this is fostered by the grant of
free wool, which the new tariff makes.
| And the influence is felt in other lines,
| indicating a fair fall business from the
| very start. The western centers of trade
report distinct gains in the volume of
| business. In the iron and steel manu-
/ IL al