Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-08-05

currency. One Of them is already sersIso
Whatever the merits or dement's OF the new
measure Ia its particular items, it has become
the Law OF the land The revenues de-
/ rived from 1t will. after . possible ief
fnterregnum. be ample for proper 1zov-
eminent expenditures. and, II the old aphor-
ism be true that the revenue of the state is the
state we may say without exazgeration that
the state Is re-estabIished.
I'VE have also reached n point where. with
absolute data furnished, commerce and manu-
features can make correct estimates and 90 up-
on their respective missions OF exchange and
production with new sense of security The
responsible party in power having successfully
covered this one important issue, may be safely
trusted to care equally well for the other.
PROOFS OF PROSPERITY
ION the financial side there is really no press
ing need for haste There is certainly no i'm
mediate occasion for anxiety. With ample re.
serves in the public treasury; with financial
eenters having full supply Of Ioanable funds;
with interest inVftingly low: with crop prospects
most promising and good market favorabIy as
sured; with new mineral resources coming into
view; win territorial a-oa suf1cient to carry
its present population many times multiplied;
with people advancing in the elements OF
intelligence and character who dare indulge
in dOleful forecasts: We need not ignore the
fact that there are many wounds TO be cured
excited passions to be Gained and many mis-
understanding to be composed. Nor Is it pass
within the limits of half lifetime indus
trial methods and processes have been revoIu-
tioniZ7d, combinations in labor and trade and
manufactures have superseded to a degee the
former processes of individual movement 1t
Is philosophical to believe that they are a
evOlutionary-tending to a final and a
higher general good, but in their i'm
mediate effects they produce incidental
injury IN many directions Perceiviug the in
jury, the hurt cry out and can not be pei suaded
that any good can come out of So great IN evil.
Time will do much to restore ID the natural
laws everywhere operating will ing il at last
their compensation. In the Ineant lme our
statute laws must learn-not to repress the Cd
Grafton Of j natural law which is supreme over
mdn-nade lawsuit they must learn to Justly
check and punish those who, graspinx the row
elements Of power, pervert them int agonies
OF justice and oppression.
The problems OF a demoeraric society rapid
Il developing in all dIrectiolS are many and
troubleso ne They must D "A t with patience.
We must not lose faith nor abate in courage.
With malice toward none, with charity for
all each unit in the mighty organization must
bring to their so .ution the best that is in him
Of virtue and intelligence.
ITO you, the descendants of those vino In
the early struggle for independence. risked
their fortunes, their liberty and their lives
in the cause of Self-governmeut, no exhorta alton
Is needed to spur you on in the eff
forts to preserve and perpetuate the inheritance
your fathers transmitted to Us To purify and
pass on to the future sour republic unimpaired
in its rich promise to the children OF men is a
work not less inspiring. not less noteworthy OF
noble and continuous labor than was the work
aimed at and accomplished by the fathers
thereof
Following the secretary, Gov. VOL
colt, Mayor Quincy. C. S. Hamlin, Hon
j. r. Lesson and others spoke.