Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-22
WORK Of, THE CROAEERS.
They Shut Their Eyes to Every Evidence
Of Prosperity, But the Proofs Of Better
Times Continue to multiply, All the Same.

They Shut Their Eyes to Every Evidence
Of Prosperity. But the Proofs Of Better
Times Continue to multiply, All the Same.
There are some newspapers in this
country" says the Atlanta Journal,
which are doing all they can to make
their readers take gloomy view OF
the situation. They complain and
whine in every issue. They prophesy
evil when good is before their very eyes
and the prospect Of its continuance is
clear. They shut their eyes to every
evidence of returning prosperity and
mourn as those having no hope. When
ever there is shipment abroad of gold
they magnify it iuto disaster that
threatens ruin to the whole country in
the form of another bond issue. They
ignore the fact that the gold movement
this year has been far more favorable
to us than it was in 1894, and that the
flow of gold to us will naturally begin
next month with expectations Of this
years. crops. Our net expectations of
gold since January LIST have been only
$40, 900, 600, against SOS, 900, 900 for
the corresponding period last year.
Everything that looks cheerful Is ia
booed by the croakers; everything that
| can be distorted into a menace OF pros
perity is magnified and dwelt upon at
gruesome length.
From them we hear nothing about
| the wonderful revival in manufactures
and business during the past six
months; nothing about increased bank
clearances and railroad earnings; moth
ing about the prospects of the finest
crops in 10 years These subjects are
| all too cheerful for the croakers: they
prefer 10 sit and howl over ills that
| only their diseased vision perceives.
They hate the sunshine. They cuddle
in the shadows and send forth their
means to jar upon the music OF pros
perity that is rising in the land.
at is wrecked husiness-this pro-
fessional cracking when there is moro
cause for rejoicing than for lamenta-
ton. To the jsundiced eye all things
look sickly and often there is a personal
reason for walls that are lifted over the
alleged woes Of the country. Calamity
bowling 10 often the expression Of
petty personal spite, the qualification
of personal spleen. Then it is not only
reprehensible, but contemplate, and
receives from the public the estimate
its meanness merits. y
On the same subject the Memphis
Scimeter' says; ut would be inter,
esting to know what any newspaper can
hope to gain by making it appear that
the country is on the verge Of bank
ruptcy. In spite of the calamity howl
ing there has been adecided improve
ment in all branches of business during
the past three months. Wages have
been increased in many instances, and
hundreds of factories, closed for a long
time, have resumed operations. The
revival is general. 1t is not confined
to any particular section or to any one
branch of industry. The business Of
the world is built on confidence, and
the belief is becoming general that this
country has passed through the worst
of its troubles and that better times arc
close at hand. This is, of course, The
beginning of the end of the free silver
heresy, ansd it is amusing to watch the
antics of the advocates of that crazy
cause, but it is out of the power 81
anybody's newspaper to stem the tide
of prosperity which is now setting in,
and the free silver organs are in dies
perate straits when they attempt it. F."