The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-30
AWAITING ORDERS.

The condition Of the country, as in
Dictated by advices from all points and
by what we know of the situation
right here, is phenomenal A dam has
been built across the channel of COM
merce, and behind it are piling I'D the
waters of Industrial activity until they
reach flood height. What is to be their
future operation depends entirely upon
the result of next Tuesday If we
should by any chance see Mr.. Bryan
elected president, which now appears
to be an absolute impossibility, these
waters, as if tapped by subterranean
outlet, would suddenly sink into the
ground, leaving only an arid space to
mark the spot. If the cause of sound
money shall be triumphant, the flood
gates will be opened and the stream
poured out, turning wheel after wheel.
satisfying the thirsty soil, setting in
motion all the vast Industrial forces of
the nation and bringing to US the pros
perity so long delayed
This has before been a matter of
faith. 1t is now matter Of evidence.
1t is within the cognizance of any man
in almost any portion Of the country,
if he chooses to make inquiry, that
almost all trade is just waiting on this
event. 1t would be surprise to any
one to take a census of the waiting
| orders on the books of merchants and
manufacturers in the United States
today; which are held until after the
Sd Of November; which are 10 be filled
in case sound money triumphs, and 10
be Cancelled if the revolutionary move
ment should prevail These orders ag-
gregate tens Of millions of dollars.
There are enough Of them to put more
than a million men at work who are
how out Of employment. The people
who have made them are acting with
a due regard to their own safety and
profit. They do not necessarily be-
lieve that everything would go to
smash in case of Bryans election.
They do not only believe, but they
know that should this happen uni
would retreat further into hiding than
1t has in the past and the consuming
public would not be able to buy any
more commodities than are necessary
to maintain life from day to day. In
such condition the man who laid in
big stock of goods or placed an or
der with a factory would have it to
carry Indefinitely at his own expense.
They do know, also, that consumption
has caught up with production in this
country more nearly than for a long
time in the past. They know that this
implies an increased demand the mo-
ment that the future is assured. They
have in sight customers enough to pur-
chase all that they can order and han
die If the existing financial and indus
trial system is to be maintained Let
the victory be with sound money, and
capital, knowing that for the future it
has nothing to fear, will pour out by
hundreds of millions, seeking remu-
nerative employment and Offering it
| self freely to those who have industries
to conduct and property to exchange.
This will mean prosperity once more,
and prosperity means that both pro-
duction and consumption shall be &C
| tive and large.
Never in our history have The ma
rial interests at stake been as large
| The moral issue presented by the
! preservation of national credit and
the upho1ding of national law is
matched by the business aspect of
| this campaign. Before the eyes of
| the whole people there is this specta-
Gle of work ready to keep almost or
| quite every pair of hands in the United
| States busy for .long while to come,
| if the verdict of the people is on the