The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-12
GOOD TIMES


. Frcts<ssoniss Organ voreed to Admit
Ti~y Are Herr.
One BY one the republican newspa
pers are admitting that we can have
good times under Wilson bill duties.
The following j. from the Commercial
Advertiser. 81 New York. n repu blica a
paper
Like the little spots % green that
appear upon the landscap pc ia early
April 20 hint family at the return Of
! spring and the revival of all rs forces.
there were 20 be seen throughout the
industrial world mere and there as
early a. February evidences Of the re-
turn ~ prosperity. Al one point in
the west a slight but perceptible adj
vance hal been made in WAGES The
iron and steel business were among
the first % recover. Next the country
heard ~ the growth of wages in the
rri.annfacturi n districts in New Eng
land y here the Increase was from =,
20 even AZ per cent. Meantime better
prices fos agricultural products were
obtained Cotton and wheat began to
rise amt ui.h them came rene wal of
the activity ia specusations.
-Ali these charges have been steady.
There has been 10 sudden leap u be
followel.cy : corresponding fall. Here
and taere- = il oil and beef. the adj
vance IN prlee has been artificial and
dishonest but apart from these spurious
indications Of trrnne>s and prosperity
the commercial and industrial world
has felt the touch Of the verual in
fuenee- Confidence has been restored.
which i the great essential 81 business
success. and with il return values have
grown like the grass after the first
warm rain Hoa-led cash has come
into the market. and j. invested upon
the cvnntvs prospects. and tinid oper-
otors hare become emts1i ned
tor these encouraging phenomena
there J. abundant substantial reason.
In the tirst place this country Is under
am circumstances 50 rich in its poten-
tialities that il cannot be made to feel
poor for any great length Of time.
nder the stress of its own unparal-
leiesi buoyancy il must Eventually arise
from any condition OF depression into
which sympathy with it, neiyhbor,
may plunge IL IL was under this con-
tltion OF sympathy with Europe that
we began 10 feel dismal Panic over
ioox u heearse our customs were tenn
porarIly hard MP. Then came the Sill
Ter ami tariff debates to unSettle our
'alies and confuse our commerce and
errify the nervous Whoever could
10 - withdrew MS money from active
'>e>-and either contracted his business
y went ont ~ II altogether. Conf !
.ence once shaken. the country settled
iovn 10 an abnormal belief in Is own
roe and acted accordingly IL was
that such a condition could
10 continue Nations. like indiviau- !
- grow weary Of playing at sickness
Then there j. nothing the matter with
nern tnat little courage and exercise. :
sill not cure We have al least real
zet the truth that we are in excellent
ealth- and orr spirits have returned. I
= second cs-lse Of the general cheer
Illness - the outlook Tor crops aud
The long. cold. drearv :
pr.ng 1aS proved beneficial instead OF 9
Asastrozs- IL haS not given a perfidi- r
n promise u vegetation 20 0ren out =
ma advance. ami then killed il with 2
~ AgricIltuE-1' PROTECTS have been
epi safely back until the danger is \
49, The consequence j. that the e
arrest prospects are better than ever. =
I'm such future assured corsnrlan- =
On ~ manufactured products = re- 2
wed with confidence By the a..ricul- =
ri>t. orders Increase. wheels are ixcpt v
owing overtime 70 I'LL them. wage, =
mp Foreign trade increases and y
e long spell OF >tagnation all the v
orld over ! broken let rs hope. for "
other quarter OF >centurr AT least" g