Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-01-05
THE FARMER IS Blue.
Farmer Wallace Writes a Blue Let
ter From Back in Toledo,
Ohio.
Times are Hard, Poverty Pinching,
and People Know Not Whore
to Find Relief.

Thinks It Will Take Many Years to
Bring Back the Prosperity Of
1se1-e2.
Back In ohio.
Farmer Wallaceis blue. 1t is rarely
that he does not LOOK upon the bright
side of things. Seldom can he not find
a silver lining to the darkest cloud. But
for once, he is somewhat d~ownhearted.
He looks about him, and can see not
much encouragement. And he writes
the TRIBUNE an earnest and touching
letter from Toledo, Ohio, where he lie at
present, telling Of his impressions.
In speaking of Christmas, he says:
Il passed a very gloomy one. I
visited the cemetery where IRE most Of
those who knew me thirty years ago
when I lived here. I found the tombs
marked by monuments bearing names,
of old army comrades, and others, who,
when I left here were young, strong,
~attive, hopeful and cheerful. The ceme
terry is crowded. The few still living
who knew me are time worn and show
that life is a constant struggle.
"The signs that hang out from the
stores are not those of my young days,
the old reliable firms have disappeared
and, new younger men (many of them
foreign) have taken their places.
toledo is metropolitan and cosmo-
politan. It is a commercial and manu-
featuring city, and is keeping pace with
her rivals, Detroit, Cleveland and
Cincinnati. The lines are not drawn so
very close here as in many larger cities.
It is a city Of many plain, comfortable
homes. It will become a pretty city in
time, as attention is now turned toward
identifying it. This winter has given
the citizens Of Toledo an opportunity to
show the good that is in them. They
are now extending relief to $500 worthy
unemployes, and they do it in a humane,
tender me Those who have, are
generously dividing with those who have
not, and when one realizes that the bur-
den rests upon those whose business has
suffered greatly this year, we naturally
ask, how long can they extend this aid?
mo legislation can afford immediate
relief; the damage has been too great. It
will take years to put the country in as
prosperous condition as in 1891 and
1892. The death knell of good wages
has been sounded, and all business in
terests will be cut in like ratio. It will
take years of toll, economy and wisdom
to re-establish confidence and the spirit
of enlightened liberality. Those who
feel the pressure of this winters suffer
ing will be slow to venture into new un.
dertakings. Some will try to sing there
is q good time coming boys wait a little.
longer but the voice will give them
away. The liberty bell is cracked. The
heretofore greeting merry Christmas
cuts to the quick. 1t awaken thoughts
Of better days, fond recolections Of
childhood's hours
The fruits and flowers of good times
are gone. It's no longer a Columbian
exposition. It is a march through
poverty gulch to the tune of I'm hard
up, I'm hard up, and never can forget
the days that I was better off,
"Don't wish you were east this winter.
It makes the heart sick. Brave men and
noble women know not where to turn to
help themselves. They whisper to each
other Of their troubles. They try to
keep up courage and happiness, but the
eye, through which we see the heart re-
veal the truth. The Ghost dance is o
"Who are to blame for all this woe!
That is the ringing question, and the
answer will Don come in ~unmistakable
language. Put your ear to the tele-
phone"
How's This3
jamestown Capital: A lady who
came up on the Valley train yesterday
morning on her way home! out west,
while waiting here for the west bound
train first learned of the contention be.
tween the general management of the
Northern Pacific and the employees over
the new schedule and the probability of
of a strike, when she expressed herself
in the following decided manner: "My
husband is an engineer running outgof
Livingston. II he takes an engine out
after q strike is ordered he will find his,
trunk packed for him on his return. If
he strikes I will live on y meal a day
and share that with him."
Sweet Chart Y,
"Honor to whom honor is due.n
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