Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-10
FROM THE STANDPOINT OF Dun co.
Little Improvement but Lots of Hope
Eastern PeOp,e Invited.

Little Improvement but Lots of Hope
Eastern Peop'e Invited.
The local manager of the mercantile
agency of r. G. Dun & Co., speaking of
local trade, says:
"It was not to be expected under all the
conditions that trade would present any
marked improvement for the first week in
March. The generous rain of last week
gave great encouragement to the farmers
but more rain Is needed. and no forecast of
the crop prospects is possible as yet. Farm
ers have nothing to sell except stock, and
comparatively few cattle and hogs are
being marketed. Nevertheless, the month
starts off very well, and hope, which springs
up spontaneously in the American breast, is
doing something to improve the situation.
Everybody believes this will be a great crop
year. and the agriculturlsts are already
plowing and preparing for very large
acreage, of small grain. The seed will be
other The discouraged people are return
ing to their FARMS and If Providence smiles
upon the labors of the ,enterprising husband
man this year we shall all be happy again.
migration. Since 1887 we have not enjoyed a
state, though steady growth was enjoyed
until 1890. For FIVE years circumstances
have been o 6mt @ b sh9ad 1ano
We are doing everything we can to encour-
age eastern capital to invest itself in Ne
braska. Suppose we change the order for
awhile and invite eastern farmers to come
among us and plant not only their capital
bnt ses upon our Iere ndms
trious. prosperous people, and if Nebraska
can grow to 100000 by the opening of the
1000 inhabitants, at the. same time. We
doubled the population of our state every
five years for long period. and we can, can do do
every element in the good work. We might
very profitably quit fighting and cease ham
pering profitable industries and devote, the
energies which are now largely wasted by
discord and discomfort to the upbuilding OF
every interest of Nebraska.
work has commenced upon the Creighton
theater and Is progressing rapidly on the
postoffice building. Real estate men an
usual. and rental agents say the, dwellings
are filing up again. Retail trade has aD-
rnpd consderng @ ali ths cirem
stances, though there Is room for a vast in
crease in every line.
perhaps the most gratifying thing to the
trade is the fact that in spite of the fearful
strain upon the resurces of our country
merchants comparatively few are succumb
gives up the ghost, nearly all are holding
themselves together, and preparing for the
better conditions n single good crop is Ger
tain to bring about.
"A thouehtful friend of mine, who is pos
degree. degree and ID who applies statistics with rare
intelligence, promises us marked prosper,
ity in the next ten years; He cites the
| more war vessels than Great Britain; thai
England will be busy in the Soudan and ir
India; that Turkey will suffer from the
Armenian Investigations, and the conditions
| will be favorable for n movement by Russie
upon Constantinople and by France against
| Germany. England, having her hands full
cannot sustain the sultan, and Europe vii
be again an armed camp: War means mis-
| cry on the other side of the Atlantic, bu
| the first cannon shot will send. wheat ant
cotton up in America, and trouble anywhere
| off this continent brcws ale for our drink
| ing. He predicts the destruction of Turkey
| and the dismemberment of that medieva
| empire, the deportation of Russian Jews Il
Palestine and n complete readiustment OF
| the national boundaries of Russia, Austria
| France and Germany"