Middletown transcript., 1897-08-07
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coun itlIauE E6egHfd to politics. On
thd drst pad tt6e TRANSCRIPT may
be found let&ss from twelve different
sections ofpthe country, all bearing
testimony to the improved business con-
dition. The "Sunday Star" and
'sPhiladelphia Recordn add their sup
port to the others. Let the good times
grow better, the country can stand it.
Persons may differ as to the cause.
We believe as firmly as we believe our
existence that it is due to the Republic
can policy Of protection, to the conf
dence of the business world in the abil-
ity and honesty of Republican Ad-
ministration, to the Dingley Tariff. 1t
cannot be fairly accounted for in any
other way. A partisan press and pY-
clyune editors have been calling in q
taunting way for mckinley prosper
ityn since his Inauguration, nay, since
his election. 1t comes at the moment
the Democratic tariff is swept off the
statutes. By the way, have our friends,
the enemy, forgotten what President
Cleveland said of that tariff? To judge
from results upon business and the U.
8. Treasury, Mr.. Cleveland was not
the least bit too severe upon the meas
ure, -WiIson-Bryan affair.
We are always willing to give the
views of our opponents, and we give in
full the article above referred to from
the Philadelphia "Times':
It is quite unusual, even in the most
prosperous seasons, for newspapers to
be crowded with advertisement. at the
beginning of the dullest month of the
year, and the pressure upon our columns
this morning for voluntary businessan-
nouncements, gives the healthiest sign
of the improved conditions OF the
country.
The business men of the city may be
safely trusted as the best judges of in
creased demand on the part of c0nsum-
ers, and they may be safely trusted al
SO to seek the columns Of the journal
that reaches the largest measure of in
telligent and progressive customers. 1t
ia the advertising columns Of the news
papers most read by the thrifty people
of the land, which most el0quently and
correctly portray the exact status Of
commerce, industry and trade, and
page Of argument presenting the inn
proved business conditions Of the nat
ion, could not be half so impressive and
convincing as the study Of the adver- |
tising columns of the The Times to-
day.
The business outlook is not only
most encouraging but it gives every |
promise of a steady advance to rea-
sonably high measure Of prosperity that |
may be made enduring. 1t is no sud. |
den boom precipitated by speculative |
interests. 1t is the logical outcome of |
conditions and necessities which have
inspired the confidence of capital to
assume its diffusion throughout indus
trial channels, aud the confidence of
producers and merchants that largely |
increased consumption is close at hand.
There are many grave objections to
the new tariff. 1t imposes the highest
of taxation that has ever
been levied by any tariff in time of
peace, and it will be earnestly COM
planned of when the time shall come
for studying its revision, but for the
present it is the great factor in re-estab-
fishing confidence throughout busi-
ness circles, and thus quickening
our industrial energies throughout the
whole country. Let Us welcome the
good it brings to US and join In the
great work Of improving all conditions
and classes.
The efforts Of the calamity howler
are always to be deplored, and should
syer be resented by an intelligent pub
lie. When depression comes the blow
must be felt severely in all business and
Industrial channels. and the OILY Office
3f the calamity hoWler is to intensity
sorrow and hinder the restoration of
the people to confidence and prosperity.
There should be no room in this land
or the calamity bowler. 1t isa coun-
,ry where the people make the laws,
Ind the public press is The great edu-
:ator of the sOyereigns of the land.
With the bright promise of reviving
industry, requited labor. enlarged COM
nerce and tie general diffusing of pros
,erity through)ut all conditions aud
'lasses, let every good citizen unite to
elp in the good work instead of snarl-
ng at defective tariffs or seeking in
ny way to strengthen distrust through
ut the Republic.