Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-01-20
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20.
A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK.

III the pesslinlSt ever could De a
happy man he has had reason dur
ing the past few months to hug
himself with joy and congratulate
his fellow men on the distressful
condition of the affairs of the state
and country. With business fail
ures running up to over 500 per
week, with wheat at 40 cents bush
Ell, lead ore below zero, the grip
taking hold of people with a fer
vency and zeal hitherto unequaled,
Lilliokualani taking her meals at
common restaurant and congress
tilibustering over the question as
to whether the duty on tapioca shall
be advalorem or per capita, the pes
simist surely has satisfactory rea-
son for his exhuberant happiness.
But there must come change in
the affairs of men as well as govern
ments and we believe the signs of
the times all point to change for
the better and that in the near fu-
ture. The needs of our country de-
mand speedy action by Congress.
We believe the Cannibal Island
question will soon be settled and
with the crap-playing queen on the
throne we can rest assured that our
missionaries will continue to be
boiled and not fried. We also look
for speedy settlement of the ques-
ton of finance and when we are as
sured that gold dollar will be as
good a. Cherokee county farmers
note business will revive and con-
fidence be again restored.
1t is an i'll wind that blows no
body good and the disasters of the
past year will in the end prove a
blessing to the West. The wreck
ing of some fifty thousand miles of
railroad has demonstrated the fact
that there are better securities than
stocks or bonds, and in the future
capitalists will look with more IA
vor on Western lands and real es-
tate of all kinds. The fact that there
has been less depreciation in real
estate than any other class of Sc
curities will have a tendency to
bring ont the boarded capital now
piled up in Eastern vaults to the
West where it can be safely placed
10 good advantage.
1t is also reasonable to expect
revival in all lines of trade and es-
pecially in manufactures. We look
for the removal of many Eastern
factories to the West where they not
only have a sale for their goods, but
can obtain an abundance of raw
material without paying freight or
ad valorem duties. We feel justi-
fled in saying that our own city and
county must eventually be bene-
fitted substantially by the liquida-
tions of the past year and our citi-
zens should be ready to meet any
turn of the tide with opel arms and
enthusiastic confidence. We should
let nothing slip by that will do us
good and encourage everything
that will be Of permanent benefit.
But we shall have to wait with
patience till Congress can settle
it's differences, till our new post
master takes possession, till Ad-
miral Mello ia knocked out at Per
nambuco. till Queen Lilliokualani is
de facto and de jure. and till we
know for sure the tariff will be ad
valorem. and then we can develop
as we never developed before. But
we should be prepared, with our
lamps trimmed and burning, and
when prosperity comes-as come it
will he ready to push 10 the ut
most the possibilities with which
MIXTURE has literally provided Us.