The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-18

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Wth0ut poetry. and notices OF church and
lnll rates VIII BE- CHARGED for cards 81
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Tho Past, Present and Future. 8
Thore is . marked contrast be-
tween the trade reviews at the
close Of the year 1892 and those
at the close of tho year 1894.
Two years ago Bradstreet's and
Dun's reports showed-what v.e
all know to be true-that the
year 1892 was the most prosper.
Gus, commercially and iudustri.
ally In the country's history.
There were more mills and fac
tories running, more men EN-.
ployed than ever before, more
exports and more imports, and
not a sign Of adversely was in
sight until after the election in
that year, when the threat Of
vicious tariff legislation and a
general attack upon the republi.
can policy, under which all inter:
ests had so signally prospered,
began to drive capital into retire:
m snt from labor employing in.
vestments and labor itself into
idleness. This process of with.
drawal from industrial activity
was not q noisy one. It was Out.
ct and gradual but it was stead.
lily going on until before we fair.
~ knew it hundreds of mills and
mines and factories were closed.
and tens Of thousands of voi xine
MN were walking Inc streets
with no work il sight. Distrust
CIV and spread into. q pa. q
Liter on and the year 1893 was
eventfu} for its failures. losses
and widespread suffering. The
party in power said it was the
Sherman silver law that was re- re.
sporsible and that law was re.
pealed. The banks were relieved
but the dark cloud still hung
over tho business and industrial
intesests of the ocountry, and Ia.
boris wants kept steadily increas.
ing.
The dawn of 1894 opened with
the Happy New Year" an emp.
ty greeting aud a hollow mock.
cry. The most active scenes c1
the winter were Witnessed at the
charity headquarters and the
Office Of the poor commission.
Spring naturally brought some
relief, although the cold winter
OF discomfort and human misery
was not yet ended to the gfea,
mass of the unemployed.
1t is needless to go over all
this ground so recently covered
by bitter experience. The bright.
est day in all the year was the
day following November 6. when
it was known from Maine to CAL
ifornia and from Minnesota to
Texas that the mightiest protest
the American people ever made
against the destructive policy of
a political party had been record
cd by the ballots of American
freemen. Confidence in the fu-
t're was strengthened and a per.
c,ptible improvement in business
was felt at once and acknowl-
edged by the trade reviews. But
the hampering conditions remain
to embarrass and retard business
and the full relief needed cannot
be realized until the protest Of
last November sh&ll be carried
into full effect by the restoration
to power of the republican party.
That is the only party that can
be safely trusted to run this gov.
ernment, unless we want to FUN
it into the ground.
And just SO sure as November,
1895, shall come to US, the PEG.
pie of the United States will rat.
~ their decree of November
hast and the democratic party
will go down TO oblivion for:all
time. Let this 'suse promise be
the consolation of those who are
now bearing heavy burdens by
reason of democratic imbecility
and misrule: -. :" '>~s.' :'*: ~~::>1'H'
Nelson Not Dead. ..,,..
During the visit of Hon.. Neil
Mc1nnis to the city on. Saturday.
last he was unable TO- say much
about the probabilities of the