Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
REPORTS ARE BRIGHT
BUSINESS REVIVAL Is SURE
ENOUGH HERE.
Extract. from Letters Received at
Washington from All Sections OF the
Country Show Great Improvement,
Especially Among AEriculturists.

JUL ~ AOAO = SAS
Country Show Great Improvement,
Especially Among AEriculturists.
Special Washington correspondence:
Letters received by members of Con-
gress, officials of the various depart
ments of the Government and newspa-
per men here indicate the very general
return of prosperity to nearly all sec
lions of the country. AL of these are
good reading in these times of calamity
cries, and permission has been given to
present extracts from a few of the
most interesting. They are as follows:
w. Z. zoe of Independence, Kan:
''There is a general increase in business
here. Our wheat crop is II million BUSH
els in this county and the price is 80 per
cent above n year ago. Kansas will share
in the returning prosperity"
L. p. Bissell, Charlotte, Mich: Farm
ers have harvested excellent crops OF
wheat and hay, with fair prospects on
other cereals. The greater part OF the
depression here was due to poor prices on
agricultural products, as fair returns
in both quantity and quality and in price
IRE now assured We have reason to hope
that better times are on the verge of the
wall surrounding u.s."
w. III. Goetzinger, Elbow Lake, Minn.:
'"There is a marked and substantial evil
dence Of return to better times. Farmers
have done more building this spring than
for a number of years past and have
bought more buggies and windmills than
ever before. Merchants carry larger
stocks, tramps are fewer in number and
in general a better feeling prevails"
+. r. Adams, Mansfield, Mo-: 1.-The
most noticeable improvement here is in
the price and demand for sheep. For this
stock the price has almost doubled and the
demand at the higher price treblcd, which
means prosperity for many farmers. TIT
demand for horses and mules has been
good and the price higher than for several
years. Price of wheat here has almost
doubled. bcncfitting many of our farmers.
From the statements of our county banks
the deposits of many of them have dou-
bled, showing that there is more money
In the country than ever before. Cattle
are high and farmers have sold more cat
tie. sheep. horses and mules than ever be"
fore in the history of the county. 1t looks
to me as though a renewal of activity has
certainly come or is about to come to
our community"
j. A. Doty, Southwest City, No.: "Two
industries here, -four milling and distill-
Ing, after W. years of idleness. opened
for business July /, and other business
enterprises that have been under n strain
to keep going have taken on new life and
are employing additional help. There is
4 marked improvement not only in this
place, but in surrounding towns and coun-
try"
Allen g. Bragg, editor and general MAN.
tgcr Of the Gazette Publishing Co., lirno,
New: "Thc outlook is encouraging here
md u better feeling is undoubtedly about
n the State. The live stock interest, beef
and mutton are looking up, wool is 3 or 4
:ents a pound higher. gold mining has
aiken on new life ard much prospecting is
acing done with n degree Of success that
q encouraging. Take it all in all, the ILL
lications are excellent for a revival Of
business. Nevada is not n manufacturing
State, but l regard the outlook for live
stock and mining as brighter than it has
seen in the past ten years"
j. Dawson, Eutaw, Ala: "Our town
sas just completed electric lights and
water works, and the great talk now is
the building of a cotton factory. Eusi-
,ess is improving daily"
j. w. Baker, Columbia City, Ind:
hFarmcrs have gathered a fairly good
wheat crop, a bountiful hay crop and a
good oat crop, which Indicate renewed
prosperity for them. A new factory has
lust been erected here with a capacity of
300 employees, and n large new lumber
company has just started. Our idle men
ire now generally employed. some :,t liz
creased wages, some Mt prices formerly
paid"
w. A. Smith of the Decatur County
Abstract Company, Oberlin, Nan.: 81
have lived in northwest Kansas fo. over
thirteen years and we are now in u moro
prosperous condition than We have bee
1T any time during that period. We have
mad boom times wherein business was
greater and more people were engaged
put, like most booms, the bottom dropped
,ut. We ere now on a solid basis. There
are more farmers working on their ow.
capital in this county than ever before t.
my knowledge. Our wheat crop has bee.
gerry fine and The corn will u%adOubredl,
be as heavy u yield as We haze ever lad
Alfalfa culture is being introduced; ais,
the Campbell method of cultivation will
good effect. The machinery TO-. a fuI
creamery has been ordered and viii be j,
full operation by September. Since Jan
cary Oberlin has shipped forty-two car
loads Of cattle and 122 of hogs. Man,
mortgages will be paid"
A. B. CARSON.
The Divided Democracy.
Free trade has been betrayed in til,
house Of its friends. Mr.. Bailey O
Texas, the Democratic leader in TIL
House, has repudiated the Democratic
doctrine of free raw material" A con
siderable number of Democrats vote,
eor Como nf tim protoctivo foo+,,o, :,