Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-25
BUSINESS REVIVAL.

Chicago Tribune; A wholesome return 20
prosperity must be accomplished slowly, so
as to avoid any serious reactions. The COM
mercal world must retrace its steps TO
| former activity with care. stopping fire.
quently to take breath while on the way.
| PreCipitate haste to clear at a bound the
gulf which has been widening for months
would be dangerous. II Is far better to take
II easy and be sure OF the footing.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Business revival
Is a consummation devoutly to be wished.
No obstruction should be thrown in its way,
On the other hand, everything should be
done by pen, voice and press to help bring
1t about Let the bygones OF politics be
bygones; their time is not yet. In this
country the majority rules, the minority
must acquiesce in the results. 1t Is fair in
the minority to give the majority chance
to prove their propositions. The policy Of
obstruction is not the policy OF wisdom.
New York Tribune: Scarcely a day has
passed since the election that has not
chroniced in our news columns the opening
or mills and factories long closed or run
ming on short time; and thousands OF work.
ingmen and women who were thrown out OF
employment by the very fear Of pOpoCrattu
success are now working on full time at re-
munerative wages. The merchants OF the
country have shared in the Improvement
equally with the productive classes, and the
whole industrial community is now reaping
luc DtuSulS vi ICslOIeu COunuCHCCs
New York World: Industrial and bust
ness "booms' never occur at the beginning
Of winter. Not the least remarkable fea-
ture of the present revival is that 1t occurs
at this time, and as the Financial Chronicle
points out, this is its most hopeful feature
also. For IL we have so large an increase
of activity now when the season is adverse,
what may we not expect toward spring,
when the time of year will he favorable?
The present revival is very marked. During
the sixteen business days since the election
no less than 392 manufacturing establish
ments hitherto closed have reopened, while
299 others have added to their force of EN-
ployes. That is to say. 69l establishments
have given employment to men who were
idle.
Chicago Record The government state
ment OF the foreign trade of the United
States for the month OF October shows the
largest total Of exports of merchandise of any
month in the commercial history Of the
country, with the exception of December,
1891 The aggregate value of exports last
month was $ll3,3S5, i97. For the ten months
of 1896. ended with October 81. the excess
of exports of merchandise over imports was
S2O69S5. iS2. For the corresponding period
CT 1895 the excess of imports was $31, ,1O5 Oi5
This statement shows that the underlying
conditions of trade were healthy. even before
the election. Since the uncertainty involved
in the presidential campaign has been dis
Of confidence lead naturally to revival of
business and industry.
Globe-Democrat: The trade journals,
which are popularity imagined to be less
biased by politics than the regular daily
newspapers believe that the business rally
which Immediately followed the great hon
est money victory will be permanent. This
view certainly looks reasonable. About 3l5
or 800 mills and factories which were closed
before the election have resumed operations
since, as the dispatches in the interval be
tween the election and the present time
show, while about 260 mills have, in the same
time increased either their force or their
hours of work. Somewhere between 37j 200
and 100000 persons have either been put to
work since the election or have had their
hours Of work increased. In many instances,
too, wages have been advanced. Business
improvement to this extent never occurred
before in any equal time in the entire history
OF the country.