The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-05-31
Prosperity Coming.

OF commerce. Nnlle tHe prices oI Wnea
have advanced from generally lOca
causes, the movement in the market
not without its purpose in forwardin:
business prospects. Whatever will re
move the depression should be esteemed
for what it is worth. The channel hav
ing been cleared of its distractions it i
pertinent to let the flow proceed. and ami
mate and revivify as it proceeds in it,
onward course.
Trade and business are subject to jus
such influences rs control the human
mind in every action Of life, and being
thus controlled largely by sentiment it i:
proper when public confidence is restored
that every department in commerce
should be stimulated thereby, and show
its effects in active resumption of bust
ness.
With the advancing prices of all pro.
ducts must necessarily follow the advance
in the price of silver. With the price OF
every commodity in trade in the progress
of advancement the full height of pros
perity will soon be attained. When this
is reached some of the political agitation
now going on will be greatly repressed
and subdued.
This western country is valued largely
for its qualities promoting health and in.
vigoration. Is it not reasonable to sup
pose that the same influences of similar
character will produce the same results
in general commerce: If the agitation
of the wind Oh these western prairies in
its purifying tendencies produce healthful
results by removing the bacteria and
microbes in the atmosphere. why should
not similar movement of wind on the
on the part Of political agitatiOrs reduce
some the Of evils complained of in the po-
litical and commercial atmosphere?
If the action of the despised trust and
the mouth of the eminent statesmen pro-
mote activity in the line of commerce,
these apparent Simultaneous movements
acting slightly in differential moods, must
be accorded the primary position in the
promoting industry of the country. It is
mentality. after all that governs the pur-
suits of life. and this form of human
conduct can be expressed in vociferous
outbursts of populist fancy or in the more
conspicuous performance of advancing
the scale of wages. In the gloomy out
look of farming prospects in this inn
mediate region, perhaps general prosper
ity of the country will not be looked up
Oh with reverential admiration, but
general prosperity means something for
Western Kansas. Commercial prosper
ity carries with it the investment of
money and this commodity finds employ
ment in other than commercial channels.
While there is faith and stick-to-it-
Inverness in the people of Western Kan
sas, their available assets may be summed
up i'll incompatible climate and unsllr-
passing soil. Nature is a little chary of
her bounteous supplies. She is hardening
the will and strengthening the faith.
that the battles of life may be fought
with vigOr and with an endurance born
of trials, perplexities and adversities.
There is an oasis of prosperity in this
desert of despair and the results must be
sought with the means of tried expert
ments.
In the storm OF passion, now dominate
ing the country the calm reason of the
people is reasserting itself by return of
in every branch of trade, and
the movement has only begun. The
Chicago Times-Herald says:
The panic of 1873, which was the re-
suit of overtrading, overspeculation and
a vicious currency, Frustrated the country
so effectually that it did not recover for
more than seven years. One step in that
recovery was the resumption of specie
payments Jan. l, 1879, but for year
longer hesitancy still continued and con-
fidence in new enterprises grew but slow.
- DVt W tuC SuiIIIlcT OF lSSU the l
wheels Of industry were all live, every
sort Of mandatory opened up and CAPT.
tai eagerly sought investment in all the
channels of trade. The last to move but
the most effective in giving assurance to |
the world that the evil days had passed
was the iron industry. From the moment
that started up wages were increased.
the price of the metal advanced and the
world felt the impetus. There was no
more detection. and an era Of prosperity
began which brought atfluence to the
whole country.
1t Is the most common of common
places that history repeats itself, and
what we saw in the way of business re-
'ival in 1850 We may see on every hand
about us TODAY Sfocks apd hoo,,, =;