Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-05-11

NERVOUSNESS DOES NOT
IMPROVE. -
The republican press has been
in q bad fix lately to explain why
it is that, business does not re-
give. Indeed. from a republican
standpoint and outlook, the solu-
ton is perplexing. Last fall
sound money won, the 4th of
March was. safely reached, Nc
Kinley happily inaugurated, con-
gress assembled in special SEES
sion, spring has opened with all
its inspiring features, and yet
the pail of business depression
hangs heavily over the country
from one end to the other! Now,
what is the real trouble? What
ails this country, anyway?
The Minneapolis Tribune has
the following remarkable edito-
rial, under. the heading dis
torted Vision'':
Basic conditions of business in this
eon;stry at the present time are health
full. There is an abundance of money,
large supply of gold, and prices
of all kinds are down to. bedrock.
Somebody owns the money. Despite
the failure and downfall of so@many
individuals, corporations and firms
in 4ha--e--4-----J oars, Unere IS more
money in the country than there was
i'll 1892, and it is of sound quality.
1t naturally follows that there must
still be persons of means who could
take hold and move the wheels of bus
mess, if they only would. Such low
prices, coupled with a plethora of
funds, is usually a temptation to buy,
but as a rule people are not buying,
even when they possess the where
withal to do so.
Why do they not? It is largely a
matter OF sentiment. 1t has come to-
be the fashion to-a llow money to lie
Idle rather thai TO- = inEest y. Sum
'narizing tie Situation, bright writer
in the financial !eolnmns=ef an eastern
paper says S s letesare times whenf
the public Kision iasnormal, when IL
sees things sin their dine form and pros
portion. This: bis moi. such a time
There are timas,ahalisthe public sees.
things in a CONVEX mirror, in which
they appear bro bust and ex-'
banded. Ills is not such time.s
There arc tt mes, when5t The public. saes
things III q cohcave mirror, in which
they appear cramped, narrow and
contracted, Thie is such a time, and
1t has, been such a time for a. year or
50, only apparently growing worse.''
ThisIis the exact truth. The public
in general is locking at things as in a
concave lnirnors ani1zey i'm O.
pears unnatirsI distorled,. narrow,
contracted .and unreal When & viii
they again be able to view, the bus
mess situation in its true light? What
!. do theYwant to give thenffsss6e reedqdni Sic,
accession Of confidence? IEiA hara Ia q.
tell. Changes in the popular ,eS5i mind r.1
come Ike changes in the weather, in
4 tluenced by causes that cannot be ex-
actly ptedicted nor corfectly ana lyzed
until afterwards. may sl.ill abes a
chang e temper al of a sudden:
bnsines s may ma revive as if by magic,
and tlish everybody will wonder. wll =
the hard times held onsos o lIE;,s .ss
NoW the next q az 81 adm,
the sam g paper the GLOWING:
~ "a HEAVY FAILURE.
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today ithaout references, & Is sidney d
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itol stoi Of ss15 GOD The IA r. e
Sake est ated atsss5Oo,S % %, sXnd thasas.ss
sets s4o O. eco g: rhe. had M Nd.
sln1ils FL speciaI lines 81
good Sc made for e ~ Fall River.
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