The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-26
PATIENCE NEEDED.
Patriots Principles of True Amer
icanism-

Probably President Mckinley and
members Of bis cabinet Will not be sci
81 war by tie efforts Of democratic
journals Presumably they ali have the
rzzas % jec-. To push forward Is speedi-
II Is possible The settlement OF the tar.
II question. 50 that the treasury M!
have assured . sufficient reyenue for the
coming year, and 50 thar the nations
Industries MAY Dc placed Or. firm fcot-
irg. II is 10 secret that business men
throughout the COUNTRY. whether re-
politicians OF not, are constantly appeal
Ing 20 senators and members Of con
greSz 70 avoid delay OF tie ieritf ores
ton as far as possible. Such appeals
are both wise ard patriotic. Bat while
there IS reas on for the mast cares;
efforts 70 tha, end. the words % tie
president - Philadelphia are st..! e1-
cee<lingiy timely and sensible:
Il, re tel you. ny tr.sads -ssGsr:.s-
ii9- VII -: te promoted ~ -st-.--- zat-.--
a 5szi-1-E; o. tee present E-1 go t@ -
rstvs9 by 53s.r-s- 9. 20 :-;u-e- A "a
t-tgi makes b@I-=- citizen t1aI p%ss--
-ls;- Let - keep SIOUX .eeEl a-3
s.ez!y hsas Ire COUNTY, Is 70: gong
hzs not b4@a Destroyed II Ike storms ot
ire past L T!.l re; triumph through wise
sa3 t@-eEcsnt legislation
Vastly more good is done by such
statements Is these. level-headeo and
;Yd.c;oUs in character and in harmony
with facts, than by any xegge-ation 0;
existing difficulties. Ii may be frank
u admitted that the difficulties are
serious. But when anyone speaks OF
the nations industry as para wed. be
succeeds in forgetting that the volume
Of actual transactions is not in value
I tenth smaller than il was in the years
Of the greatest prosperity ever attained
in the United States, although the vol
urle Of payments now represents a
much lower range OF prices. This de-
crease, whether a little more or less,
j. greatly TO be regretted, but il is not
para!ys Whatever else may be with
reason said Of the difficulties IN the
way Of Industrial recovery. il cannot
be said that business is paralyzed when
the earnings OF all railroads reported
Tor May are only 80 per cent. smaller
than in the same month Of l-s2.
Intense phrases sometimes defeat the
praiseworthy motive FOR which they are
employed. 1t IS exceedingly important
tLac congress should not delay one day
longer than is necessary IN settling the
tariff question. II is true that heavy
II some products have
50 far cloggcd the markets that a re-
turn 10 normal conditions can hardly
De expected for some months. But this
state Of things is perhaps as serious
in the wooden goods department as in
any other, and the value of all wooden
goods imported at New York in the
year ] ,37 down 10 June was not quite
SO .y0j, 900. which is considerably less
than a fifteenth part Of the goods OF
that character, domestic and foreign,
usually taken for consumption in this
country during year. Ii the quaint
ties imported elsewhere than at New
York were as great as the quantities
here, which is not in the least probable,
the entire foreign supply, inconvenient-
~ large as it doubtless is, would be
rather less than paralyzing
10 home industrics.-N. \. Tribune.