The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-03-30

Disappointed hopes are TO be found In
al chimes and at all times. Theories
are sometimes delightful to dwell upon,
but the endeavor to put them In prxc-
tice Is frequently accompanied by the
most disappointing results. Disasters
come when prosperity is expected to
spring responsive TO enthusiastic hope.
Misery and want follow when happi-
ness and abundance were anticipated.
Conditions will not conform to theories
always, be those theories ever so well
considered and enthusiastically sup
ported.
The best evidence of the truth of the
above is found in the present condition
of the countryside men, idle women,
idle spindles, idle shopkeepers, cold
furnaces, silent FORCES and factories,
and misery and want everywhere. The
people want work and find it not. They
want bread, but have not the means to
pay for it, There is an abundant sup
ply vi ldootcio, ouo ehO WI N III ehoi
employment is limited; thus the unem-
ployed fill the country with signs, and
sorrow is abundant everywhere.
The theoretical good times that were
to follow the election of Grover Cleve-
land failed to put i'm an appearance and
instead of realizing the theory that en-
Unused the working masses in 1892 we
have the present undesirable condition.
1t affects all classes, the brain worker
as well as the man with "brawn and
muscle" Here is a pathetic wall from
Cleveland editor away down in
Georgia. There is in his words heroic
spirit, but underneath is an element of
tragedy:
-, Ga, March 22.-To the Editor
AS a regular reader of The Inter Ocean,
Democrat to the manner born, an ex-
editor of Democratic paper, who ex-
banded his clavicle and split his thOrax
yelling for Grover Cleveland, and a
young man, capable, sober, with enough
sense to get out of the wet, appeal to
you. l am out of work for the first
time in my life, owing TO the burning of
my plant. am will and able to work.
Will you kindly tell me what the ID
I'm to do in these prosperous(?) Demo
cratic times, while my erstwhile editor.
ials come swarming into my brains like
so many hornets armed? Shall l bust"
another cylinderhead helping elect
another free trade congressman, or 60
out aud kick myself in divers places?
Shall throw the free-tr arguments
over the back side of this mundane
sphere and let them fall with their
weight(y) from "morn till noon, and
noon to dewy ever" Or can you tell
me where can get 'job?" | used to
call it position. But now l want a
Job, and want il like the fellow wanted
the proverbial pistol in Texas.
We are very sorry for our brother,
and would be glad to direct him where
to 90 to find job. We might recon-
mend him to the collar and cuff manu-
facturers of Troy, or to the sugar trust
people, or to the managers of the whisky
trust. They have all been well cared
for by the men he worked so hard to
put into office, but we presume the
fellows at Washington have filled all va
cant places long before this. Even if
they have not, a recommendation from
The Inter Ocean would insure his defeat
Neither the trusts nor the free-trade
democracy have any love for us.
Certainly in this part of the country,
where we are supposed to have infiu-
ence, there are thousands just as eager
for jobs, who are asking the same ques-
ton Many of them, like him, were in
1892 enthusiastic in behalf of the free
trade Democracy, and sung and.shouted
Grover, Grover, four more years in
clover" until they were hoarse. They
do not feel happy now roaming over
barren fields instead of wading in the
sweet clover. They have our sympathy,
for we all suffer together, but we can
give them little comfort. 1t is a time
for serious thought, and, thinking, let
us all remember that "aH things come TO
those Dho wait." But it is just as well
to wait patiently, and not expect very
much until after the people through
the ballot box have changed the trend
of events and revived the spirit of en-
terprise. Ocean.