The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-28
A Back seat for Calamity HowIerS.

A Back Seat for Calamity HOwlers.
The calamity howlers have lost their
popularity. The people have no time TO
listen 10 them. The few OF them who con-
tinue TO lift up their voices are found
among the silverites and the republicans.
The snverites are obliged TO endeavor 10
niake,the people believe that they are suf-
fering from hard times in order TO get
a foundation on which 10 build their ar
Euments in behalf Of free silver coin
age. They know If they admit that the
country is steadily becoming more pros
porous they practically abandon the cause
Of silver. hence. they continue their ca
lamity talk. although il is hardly posi-
BILE they believe what they say. They must
certainly know the people generally are
not so blind as not to see the change for
the better that has taken place IN all the
great interests Of the country. except that
Of silver mining.
Confidence has returned 10 an extraordi-
nary extent. and capitalists everywhere
are seeking investments for their money.
The factories, north and south. are being
run to their fullest capacity, and they have
more orders than they can fill. There is
great activity in the coal and iron mines,
the earnings of the railroads show a
steady increase and the farmers are prom
ised a bountiful harvest. The tramp arm
les have dispersed. and the great Industrial
plants and the farmers have need for more
labor than they can get. Wages are
good and almost everywhere are being in
creased. In the face of such a condition Of
affairs what wonder is it that the gloomy
utterances of the silverite orators and or
gans fan on unwilling and unsympathetic
ears. And the times are going to be bet
ter yet-a great deal better.
The republican journals admit that there
IS Improvement in Industrial and business
conditions, but insist that the Improvement
cannot continue and that the treasury is
nearing bankruptcy The whole purpose
of their calamity talk is for political eff
feet. They are afraid the people will be-
come satisfied with existing conditions
and retain the Democratic party in control
of the government
AS a matter of fact, the revenues are in
creasing with the increasing prosperity
of the country. They may not be quite
equal yet to the expenditures, but there is
every reason to think there will be before
the end of this year. The Democratic
tariff is becoming more satisfactory as the
people become accustomed to 1t, and al
ready great manufacturing interests that
have heretofore favored high protective
tariff are quoted as being willing, and
even anxious. to give the Wilson tariff
a fair and fun trial That means, of course,
that they find it quite satisfactory. The
prosperity that the manufacturing inter
ests are enjoying justifies the belief that
even. If the Republican party should get
control of the government there would
not be a strong sentiment in favor of
going back to the Mckinley system of
tariff taxation.
1t should not be forgotten that the reve-
nues under the Mckinley tariff steadily
declined. The receipts the first year af-
ter it was put into operation were more
than $500, 100000. while the last year it was
in force they We're only about Sl3l, 900, 900.
The republicans try TO make 1t appear
otherwise. but 1t is a fact that the McKin-
ley tariff had a blighting effect upon the
country. The depleted condition of the
treasury is due to a republican tariff and
a republican pension policy-a policy that
increased the pension burden from $780,
100000 a year. under Clevelands first ad-
ministration. to s15O,OOO,OOO or more. a
year, at the close of Harrison's administra-
ton.
1t is not strange that the republicans are
calamity hOwlers. With such a record as
their party has it would be strange If they
should acknowledge that the country is
prospecting under democratic control.
The calamity howlers must take a back
seat. There is no place for them at the
front in these better times. When or
chards and fields are yielding bountifully,
factories operated to their fullest ca
pacity and labor is in active demand the
people have no use for them.