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information.
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Using
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ance the minor child, brother or sis
ter, or child of a brother or sister de-
ceased, or a father, mother, grand
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Ends of Promise

There has been a decided improve
ment." writes a Washington correspond
ent. in the financial situation since I
was last in New York All classes in the
industrial and commercial world feel en-
couraged &the outlook and expectancy
has replaced the apprehension that had
become the habitual condition Of the pub
he mind for the last three years The
people you meet in the banks downtown
and visitors from other parts OF the coan-
rry who gossip in the hotel r0tHHdas all
tell the story that, while the era OF pros
perity has not yet begun. the signs Of its
approach appear in every direction. the
most important being an almost univer-
sal confidence that It is almost here. There
is confidence in the President, coufdenes
that Congress viii dispose Of the tariff
bill speedily and that the rates in the new
schedules win be conservative yet simple
for the needs of the Government" Dun's
reports are encouraging to a degree; Brad
streets are less pessimistic and decidedly
more favorable. and the crop reports are
unusually eucouragiBg.-Gra Rapids
Herald (Repl.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Better Times In the West.

Mr.. L. v Smalley Of St Paul writes
to the New York Evening Post the results
OF his observations on a recent trip of
month from Chicago to Portland, Oregon
He stopped at various points on the way,
thus gaining opportunities to gather re-
liable information concerning the business
conditions, and his conclusion is that
trade is everywhere improving-not much,
but to an appreciate extent. The rail-
roads. he says. report a net gain in re-
ceipts from freight, but none worth men
tioning as yet from passenger earnings.
Bank deposits are increasing and collec-
tons are easier. People are paying
little on their old debts carried along from
boom times. and there has been great
deal of liquidation from foreclosure. All
the solid industries are doing fairly well.
Prices are low and profits small. but the
close economies practiced enable projec-
tors to come out a little ahead.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Faith Is Looking Up.

According 10 Dun & Co., the business
conditions are gradually shaping them
selves about the same as they were in
1879, just previous to remarkable ad-
vance in business prosperity. This view
may be of the roseate order but ii is based
on facts and figures which the able re-
porter thinks justify it. 1t seems almost
incredible that the volume of business is
now larger than it was in 1S92-the year
of greatest prosperity-yet such is the
verdict Of Dun & Co. But the volume Of
profits is much smaller. making the vol
ume of prosperity correspondingly less.
A very large share of the present volume
of business is the Importation of foreign
goods under free trade and low tariff
schedules. This harms rather than helps
American enterprises and the labor there
in employed, or which ought to be therein
employed. We may DO tremendous
business in flooding our markets with
foreign goods to the exclusion of the pro-
ducts of our own labor. but there is no
prosperity TO our country in that kind of
business. Last months record of bust
ness failures is decidedly encouraging.
showing, as it does. a large decrease in
comparison with previous and correspond
ing months.-Detroit Journal Qiep.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
UnmistakabIe Signs.

There are unmistakable signs OF re-
turn of prosperity in the iron and steel
manufacturing centers of-the country, IN
the opinion of the Cleveland Leader. All
around Pttsburg there has been re-
sumption of work in most of the mills ana
factories, and the same reports come from
the industrial cities of eastern Ohio and
western Pennsylvania. There was re-
vival Just after the election in November,
due in the main to a restoration OF conf
dence. but the people were not fully pre-
pared for a complete return to CONNER
cial and industrial activity. They had
felt the effects of the depression too long
to recover from it suddenly, and it was not
70 be expected that building enterprises,
which are the surest reyiyers of business.
would be undertaken at the beginning OF
winter. With the opening of spring 1t will
be different, however. Big projects which
have been delayed by the panic viii now
be pushed as soon as the weather permits
and before the first of April there is GER
tain TO be a distinct improvement in COM
mercial and industrial conditions.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16

The change which 5as come over tie
face Of things IN the business world -
unmistakable. The confidence for which
everybody has been looking IS here. It
may lose its sharp edge by some unfore-
seen event, but it Is hardly 70 be expected
that any serious check viii now occur.
It seems 10 be taken for granted that
there win be a tariff Jaw on the statute
book within a few weeks. Perhaps a
month IS too short a time 70 give the slow
going legislators Of the Senate The az
surance in regard to the tariff IS the most
potent influence in giving more confidence,
but the good effects Of Secretary Cages
speeches have by no means worn of, eth
er in the United States or abroad. Salts
factory crop reports, increased railroad
earnings and the statement Of bank clear
ings. which, considering the fact that
one day Of last week was 4 holiday. is IA
Vorable- are among the subsidiary infu-
ences that are ma king for faith IN the fu-
ture.-BuffaIO Express
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
ENCOURAGING Revelations.

The Investigations of the Bureau of La
Dor of this State as 70 the industrial con
ditions in the three principal cities have
resulted in some very encouraging revela
tons. 1t appears that the tide of pros
perity for which every one has been 50
long waiting has quietly been rising. in
spite of assertions TO the contrary. The
investigations of the bureau. complete
only for Duluth, show that in that city
there is a net increase of y per cent in
the number Of employees over the number
employed at practically the same time
last year. So far as the investigations in
st. Paul and Minneapolis have gone. it Is
stated the percentage of increase viii be
fully as great as in Duluth. Such a ma
terial increase Is not only encouraging as
showing an increased demand for manu-
featured articles. bat it is an indication
OF an increased demand for products Of all
kinds. and more important still. certain
promise that demand Will continue to in
crease. Almost every manufacturing in
dustry in the State has found it neces-
sary 10 increase the number of operatives.
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Rep.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Steady Gain in Business.

The gain in business continues. not
without fluctuations, and al the best mod
crate. but yet distinct 1t IS still in auan-
titles rather than prices. although in some
branches an advance in prices appear. but
on the whole the number Of hands en-
plowed, the volume Of new orders and
the amount Of work done, are slowly in
ereasing. Prospects Of good crops Of
wheat and corn help; growing demand
from dealers, whose stocks gradually
gaining consumption deplete also hefps.
and in the money and exchange market
large buying of American securities has
an influence. Money coming hither from
the West even as late as June 10 with
great crops near at hand, indicates q
healthy condition at the West. Indica-
tons of the volume Of business are seen
in clearing house exchanges. which for
the week exceed the last years 81 per
cent, and in railroad earnings. which
amount in the United States alone 10
S34. T0S, 9S7 on roads reported By Dun's
Review for May. 3.3 per cent larger than
last year, and 3 per cent larger than in
1S92.-W ashington Post DEM.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Improred Trade Conditions.

The mercantile reports for the past
week leave no room for doubling the fact
that signs of marked Improvement in bust
ness conditions are discernibls on every
hand. The unexpected progress made by
the tariff bill in the Senate. with the pros
pect of an adjournment of Congress some
time in July. together with the optimistic
speeches of Secretary Gage, in which he
gave the country assurance of ultimate
relief from certain admitted defects in our
financial system, have all combined to
make the trade record of the week most
satisfactory one. That the hopeful and
encouraging utterances of the President
and his Secretary of the Treasury had
marked influence on trade conditions was
evidenced by the increased foreign de-
mand for American securities.-Chicag
Times Herald Qnd)
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16

Everything that is apparent points 70
a rapid revival Of prosperity this fall We
are promised abundant harYests. with bet
ter prices than for many years. If the
farmers get good prices for large crops
It Will make a demand upon our manu-
facturers for their products. The wheels
of industry viii revOlve once more. Theirs
viii be work for the unemployed, and We
shall have that satisfactory condition for
which we have yearned so long. We srs
not pessimists. We are exceedingly hope
full of the future. The speech OF Prssl-
dent Mckinley At the banquet WedneS-
day night was worthy phe man ard the oc-
easion. Prosperity Is at hand.-Philadei-
phia Inquirer (Rep.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Tmnrorinu steadiIr.

Secretary Cages conviction Of the i'm
provement in business. expressed TO the
Maryland bankers in Cumberland, has
had a good influence. and has strength
ened the growing feeling that a slow but
permanent improvement is spreading over
the country. His repetition at Cumber-
land OF his statement the week before in
Cincinnati. that the administration was
determined to secure a comprehensive and
permanent reetifcation OF the currency,
and that he had assurances from members
Of Congress that at the next session a bill
TO that effect would be passed, has had q
very decided influence in improving the
general tone and increasing eonidence.-
New York Journal OF Commerce Dem.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
SiIxerites Arc Dumb.

"Prices cannot rise so long as the gold
standard obtains" That was the asser-
ton made with endless persistence by the
silver standard orators and newspapers
last year. The basal proposition of Mr..
Bryan was that commodities could not
reach higher values save through the free
coinage of silver. What do we now see ?
Wheat has advanced, in the face of re-
ports indicating a tremendous yield this
summer. In the grazing regions sheep
have nearly doubled in price since last
year. Wool has gone up fifty per cent.
The cattle market is good. In the general
market there is an upward movement.
The impossible has happened. then. What
do the free coinage advocates say about
the condition that now confronts them?
Precisely what anyone would expect
them TO -nothing.-Cincinnati Times
Star Rep.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
The Prospect Brightens.

Either because the business men have
taken heart from the comforting assur-
ances Of Secretary Gage and the reason
able certainty that new tariff law will
be in force within a few weeks, or be-
cause better times had to come in the
natural order of things, there is definite
and unquestionable improvement in the
business situation. There are so many in
dications of this in so many quarters that
1t is idle to deny that a change for the
better is taking place. There are indus
tries which have not revived as yet. but
their turn will come. There are some
which always lag behind in the process
sion.-Chicago Tribune Rep.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
South Feels the improvement.

While the general business situations
is somewhat hampered by the uncertainty
attaching to the tariff bill. there are not
wanting signs that a gradual improve
ment in trade IS in progress. Il IS trus
that there is 10 disposition to be enter
prising. Tor 10 put out new lines, until
sl uncertainties as 70 the future tariff
duties are removed; but. il spite of this,
there IS a fair movement for actual con-
sumption in nearly all branches of indus
trv. With a favorable crop outlook. there
IS every reason 10 expect good trade N
the entire county tributary 10 this sec
ton. especially as country merchants and
farmers are already in a fairly prosperous
condition. The merchants here have TAX
IN advantage of the recent dunness TO
carefully study the problems which have
hitherto initiated against trade, and IL
* believed that many Of the most serious
difficulties have been overcome. OF
course. some months must yet elapSs be-
fore the crops are ready for market; but
the mere prospect of good crops is OrdinSr-
ilv sufficient to create confidence Snd set
fhe wheels Of commerce in motion II Is
therefore. confidently believed that an in
in business viii Be noted from
now on.-New Orleans Picayune (Dem.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Exerv Line Is Improving.

One Of the commercial agencies calls
attention to the fact that there is re
markable similarity between the course Of
nrices now and III the earlier months of
1879. when the most wonderful advance
in production and prices ever known in
tbis or any other country was close at
hand" In that year consumption gradu-
ally gained. month by month, until sud
denly the demand outran the supply. The
iron industry is expanding its production
and is getting larger orders. The prices
received are not high. Neither are the
wages which are paid. But there is EN-
ployment for men who were idle last year.
The manufacturers of wooden goods have
;ncrea sing orders. Reports come from sill
narts of the country that the retail dis
tribution of products is unusually large
and increasing. At this moment the vol
ume of business transacted is larger than
in the prosperous year 1892. Before many
weeks have elapsed the volume viii be
very much larger.-Chicago Tribune
Rep.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Prosperitr at Hand.

The time has come when TO carp and
cavh at the slOwuess with which pros
perity is returning to this country. after
the depression of the past three years,
has lack Of truth added to that mean mai
ice which can rejoice in misfortune. Pros
perity IS coming, and the slowuess Of its
approach only means it's sureness and its
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 immediate prospect Of 4 revival
Of wholesome and profitable activity in
all branches Of labor, trade and business
The taunt of PopuIist Bryan that others
beside himself regret his rejection at the
polls IS as untrue as 1t IS unpatriotic--
New York Mail and Express (Rep.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Most Gratifying Change.

The most gratifying change appearing
in financial circles is the evidence of in
creasing commercial demand for loans.
The bank statement showed an increase
in the loan item Of 81, 400, ooo. and it is be
iieved that most of this was made up OF
mercantile discounts, the inquiry for
which last week WAS reported by the
hanks as larger than for several months
nreyious. This must reflect larger busi-
ness. but as yet the new discounting is
done more largely for concerns handling
Goods than for manufacturers desiring
70 make up new stock. Much of this mer-
esptile demand for money comes from the
country in the shape of notes of business
concerns with the endorsement of interior
bsnks, and presumably much of this pa
PER is made against imported goods which
Nes IorS mas been carrying, bur which
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16

a new tariff law, but because the natural
forces which control trade are moving in
that direction. There is everywhere 4 dis
position to hold on 70 property in place
OF the inclination prevalent for several
years past TO sell The shrewdest money
makers in the country are seeking invest
ments. They are not liquidating. En-
forced sales are ar an end. Here and there.
IN spots, business records are ahead Of
any previous reports for years past. Bank
deposits are increasing because the net
profits Of trade and industry are growing
and not because people are pulling idle
money out of hiding places and putting L
IN banks.-Kansas City Star Qnd).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
rhe Rrightening outlook.

Democrat and anti-proteetionist though
he is, Senator German is too good poll
tician and too shrewd q business man TO
maintain hopeless resistance 10 the Re-
publican tariff bill There IS new hope in
this for every legitimate branch of bust
ness. 1t means that it viii not be neces-
sary to wait until autumn TO get taste
of better times. 1t means that the new
tariff viii have longer period in which
TO work out its results and vindicate itself
before being put 70 the test of congress
sional election. This prospect that the
new tariff will go into effect with the fiscal
year is a bad thing for Organism, but 1t
is good thing for the merchant, the man
ufacturer, the farmer and the wage earn
er-Boston Journal Rep).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Improved Condition of Trade.

There is no doubt of 4 change for the
better; pessimists may doubt and parti-
sans may swear, but the first wave of the
returning tide Of prosperity is seen and
feit. The failures during May, 1897, were
less in Eumber than in any one Of the
twenty-one months immedis tely pFeeed-
ing it, the cash responsibilities of the
firms and persons failing were less than
IN any month since September. 1894. The
volume OF busiHess-meaning the weight
in tons or measurement By yards-of
goods sold in May, 1897, was equal to
that n The phenomenal Eesr 1892. But
the volume IN cash was far less; we still
are IN the era of ruinously low prices
that paradise of Cheap commodities for
the workmen" 70 which the Democrats in
vIted Us TO enter, and into which, unfOrtu-
nateiy, we did enter. And because the
prices Of things that are sold are low the
wages Of those that make them are low.
But there are not nearly so many idle men
in May, 1897. as in May, 1895 More
mills and factories are in operation now
than then The demand for labor in
ereases perceptibly.-Chieag Inter Ocean
(Rep).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Fresh Evidences Of This Come
from Every Part Of the
Country.
Democratic and Republican Journals Vie with
Each Other in Assurances of Return
ing Prosperity.
A Most Gratifying Collection of Hopeful Expressions
Gathered from Various Reliable
Sources

No publication within the last few
weeks has attracted more attention
than that furnished the readers Of this
paper early last month. showing a
marked improvement in business con-
ditions throughout the country This
was evidenced by a collection of state
ments on this subject from scores of
newspapers of all political parties. and
from all parts of the country. The
evidence of general and widespread i'm
provement was so plainly shown by this
and SO much subject of qualification
that we present herewith another in
stallment of expressions of this char
acter, gathered from all sections and
from papers of all political shades of
opinion:
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Rasi. for Confidence.

The general symptoms developed N
Wall street during the past week have
been the most hopeful fea pY@s witnessed
for many months past W1tHvut any spe-
cial stimulus or speculative effort, there
has been 4 marked revival Of buying oper-
atoms and, with few exceptions, an adj
vance in prices. Also, il is q notable
symptom that several persons of enii-
hence and directly in touch with the farm
ing interest and the larger industries have
simultaneously expressed their views On
the business outlook in unexpectedly hope
full terms. Mr.. Thomson. president OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad: Mr.. Gould OF the
Missouri Pacific. Mr.. Chauncey NJ De
PAN and Ar. G. p Huntington. vino are
among the foremost representative OF the
railroad interest in different sections Of
the country, have uniformly expressed
sanguine expectations as to the general
outcome Of the harvest and the prospects
Of business at large. Similar estimates Of
the drift Of the crops and Of business baye
been made By Mr. Andrew Carnegie, Hon
Roswell P. Flower and Mr.. Hill. presi-
dent Of the Great Northern. Such body
Of opinion. coming from men possessing
the best source of knowledge as 70 eondl-
tons and movements, constitute basis
for confidence which cannot be disregard
Financial Review.