Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-16
PROPHETS OF GOOD TIMES.

Chicago Times Herald.
 Newspapers everywhere are reprinting recent declaration of MT. c. F. Hunting ton, the Pacific railroad millionaire, that the United States is about to enjoy live as good business years as 1t has known within fifty years. MT. Huntington is not alone in viewing with bright hope the prospects Of the next few years. Mr. P. D. Armour, who is recognized as a very competent judge of business conditions, talked last Monday about 1.-the generally improved position of everything,' and MT. Armour is suiting bis actions to his words h all his varied and vast interests. It is generally understood that the great packer is on the ''bull' side of the provisions market, the wheat market and the stock market, h every one of which he is a potent in nduence. 1t Is in the merchandising of the products of cattle and hogs that MT, Armour's optimistic views of the future count for most. In that, as in the speculative market, it has been made evident to those who are brought into business contact with the Armour Interests that the head of these interests believes in advancing prices and in enlarging distribu. ton of commodities in the weeks and months to come.
 The far-seeing leaders of the business world are placing themselves in position to profit from improving times. Those who sold property, foreseeing. the troublous times through which the country has passed, are buying it back or have done so already, aud are buying more than they possessed before.
 The era of the optimist seems close at hand. The wall of Encouragement will lift and the troubles of the business world promise to become but a reminiscence be- fore many months.
 FREE SILVER OR BUST.
 Greensboro Beacon.
 The famous call for the new silver party is out, democrats, republicans and popu- lites wing with each other in espousing the cause. Denson of Alabama is among the signers. Bryan of Nebraska, "Silver Dicko Bland of Missouri and Congress man Sibley and numerous other soldiers of the noble army of ex's lead the movement. They call themselves bimetallists, but their one idea Is the free aud unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. To this folly the populists are already committed are leagued in this new party are willing to abandon their parties if they cannot force the old parties to accept free silver candi- date aud free silver platform. It is but right, sad though it be, to see them go- those members of the democratic party who set free silver above all other principles and who, for its sake, are willing to defeat the best efforts of the nation to pay it's hon. est debts in an honest manner and borrow needed money at the best terms obtaina- ble-it is but right that they flock with the rest of the crazy silverites.
 Let them be party to themselves. Let them steal the thunderH of populism. The democratic party cannot afford to indorse an unsound system of finance, and such is the system they propose. If the fight be- tween honest money and dishonest money must be waged to the bitter end, it is hardly likely that the democratic party will be captured by the infatiouists. In the meanwhile to paraphrase: "The chariest democrat is prodigal enough if he unmasks his lunacy at Lome.' But when he gets mixed up with the great ''what is it' fourth party, where is @ at?