The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-17
SIGNS OF BETTER TIMES.

st. Louis Globe Democrat: There are
indications that the pessimist has had his
day and that the patriot Is coming to the
front. Faith and courage lead to con-
quest and victory said Secretary Gage
at the meeting of commercial clubs in
Cincinnati ten or twelve days ago. and
the conditions which justify both are at
hand.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Beginning
with the LIST of May there has been a
steady il slow improvement In nearly all
INES or business. pronounced in some and
more or less felt in all, and 1t is gath
ering force and momentum with every
passing week. This Is the general testi-
mony of those who are in position to
feel the business pulse of the country.
or course, II does not mean that business
is booming or that all l.-,es of business
or ali individuals feel it equally. but that
there is steady and progressive improve
ment in the general situation.
New York Mail and Express: The time
has come when the carp and cayil at the
siowness with which prosperity is return
Ing In this country. after the depression
or the last three years, has lack of truth
added to that mean malice which can
rejoice In misfortune. Pros psrity Is COM
ing, ard the slowness Of its approach only
means its sureness and it's stability. There
are signs on every hand that President
Mckinley was right when he said that
the country is going not backward, but
forward, and that the steady hands and
hearts Of the American people are
strengthened and encouraged by the i'm
mediate prospect Of a revival Of whole
some and profitable activity in all branch
es OF labor. trade and business.
Philadelphia Times: In spite OF the
calamity howlers the business of this
country Is slowly but steadily improving.
The volume of business today is as large
as 1T was In 1892. though very much less
in profit and the diffusion OF money
amongst the people is evidenced by the
increase in circulation of more than $780,
o., 600 during the last six months: bat we
yet suffer from the want Of confidence,
and confidence alone can put us on the
highway OF prosperity. Those who seek
to multiply nlsfortunes aim their heav-
lest blows st business confidence. because
they well know that 1t is the weakest
point in the bulwark of national pros
perity. They Seek TO multiply calamity
by vastly exasgerating It. instead of in
spiring all classes and conditions with
the faith in themselves and In each other
that is necessary TO restore 70,00O 900 peo-
pie to comparative comfort.
Boston Post: While the Improvement
on the whole has been steady add grad
ual. in the last two days the buying fever
has reached proportions nearer the char
acter Of an old time boom" than any
thing that has been experienced by the
markets in months. The underlying
forces that are at work and have COM
bined TO bring the stock markets up TO
their present condition are the pronounced
demand for the better class OF American
securities by European buyers, demand
that more than offsets the Ill effects OF
light gold exports the report that COM
promise has been arranged regarding the
sugar schedule In the new tariff bin and
the prospects OF an early passage of this
measure; the excellent railroad returns.
particularly OF the great grain carriers
Of the West, such as the ST. Paul. the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy and the
Chicago & Northwestern. the encourage
ing trade reports from the West, and
above all the developing feeling of con-
idence that is rapidly reaching ali Sec
lions OF the country. Conditions like these
invariably form the foundations CT a busi-
ness revival which the stock market is
now evidently engaged In discounting to
some extent