The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-01
THE REAL FACTS OF THE SITUATION.

there is widespread unrest ana dlscon
tent" That is the situation in North
Carolina. The knowledge of the contin
uance of hard times has stimulated people
to closer economy and greater diligence
| and the crops this year will be made al
less cost than heretofore. Business men
and manufacturers are likewise strain
! ing every nerve. They know that this
| is necessary to all those who maintain
themselves in this period of paper and
platform prosperity.
We give below threr items that appear
ed in three of the leading Southern pa
pers yesterday to show that there is a
widespread feeling among editors that
it is better to print the truth than to
join in an attempt to deceive the people
by procaiming artificial improvement.
The Columbia State had this bright
paragraph:
Prosperity is herer' exclaims I.
The Mail and Express, in exulting
headlines. Then please have it pho
tographed and let us see what it is
like. ("Not necessarily for publ
cation but as a guarantee of good
faith.''O
The Wilmington Messenger asks some
questions which go TO the root OF the
matter, in reply to the boomers:
There are many northern and some
southern newspapers that are daily
WRITING of "prosnaritv'' and assert
inc that tbera is pronounced revival
on in business. We would like an hon
est answer to this ouost;oD-Has
yo7r own business shown revival
rpt17rn of Drosner;tv? Is vo1r cir
crllafion ADVERTISING. etc. better than
Il was fvo wears ar0g Ctve MS facts
ana less b!owi1e-less wind"
ms t4,,.,4, r,....4.t.,4:,. ..,..,t;,.,. 4ho
4 eA lI'31 l-oNeti' -s-"ss" l--t1 'De
Massachusetts, cotton mills, employing
500 men. bad decided to shut down
l..,-., ~ 4t.o 7o,- --.c, IL ,.1,...l, .-,,1s
-Al t--e l11t ~ s-''>'
low -s 81 Jlat TIE prices arc poor
aad t4at even poor pEl@es cannot SPUR
aD oeMan0! WY are i,3eO men
Thrown out OF Work when tAeE were
promised prosperity and increased
wages:
go ,l-l - - l.l9i g - .t.g ~
+ its btetorv from which # follows
that the natural demand should be
larger than ever. E'or some cause
q o'lg NEW iL5n N-i2 "a IS worn l.lI.
11ll s1S III" . ~
.-ls on ohe' ana ta"t. 1'o' ~ lt'ce oL
- ldcl 'nal t3e l'.lee - lDe INA u
4L.l'.lleG a-'lNIa 20 49, -. ~ 10"
- ~ 4' ~ y ~ 90 80 Pio@ul
Ion. -Als oelHs ,l5 g'se' JACle
aNo 'lid re S'-Li1 u'', Ecu ul-ll'''1' ~
so9 ,5 o#'ns- 20 .lle ~" p.lees'
ne contrary, however - tLe lact.
Ae same cause "lilch mas swept "
way tAe I1afsln our OF Whlch the
i''' !. ul.' c1ul eL Co"ld H"pe ~ i-i"NS 81
profit mas, at the same time paralyz-
ed the apiitT Oh the people 70 Ouy, so
that even starvation prices cannot
clear the shelyes OF the SJorenouse.
The lesson IS hard one, but when
it teaches the manufacturer that his
cause after all is identical with that
Of the ,agriculturist and the laborer,
as against the man whose sole trade
in life is gold dollars, it will have
accomplished a good purpose"
As showing that these opinions have
o.+;.o., I,ios NO onoo,,d +bo ,,+tor-
~ partisan Di"S' " 'ppenO '-'e u''eA
ances OF EX-fost Master General wanna
maker:
..Arrob &c lova ouiatnass and
neace # is not nossibie for me to be
indifforon+ or s;lon+ in tba present
condition Of offairq Neither can I
take or give opi0tes.
''To keep work for the six thousand
and more persons IN my employ ana