The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-05-25

inc alexscD lseugVrs says NJ of~
saying and iruc that 'one swallow does
not make a SIMMER
The fact that Kansas, Nebraska and
Oklahoma wheat farmers have expert
enced their sporadic ease OF prosperity
because OF wheat famine abroad, and
two good wheat crops In the two States
anG one Territory aforesaid, does not
prove that prosperity, abiding and uni'
yersal, has arrived. Mckinley did not
produce the whea, famine In Europe,
and consequently did not produce the
rise In wheat Ia America.
have inquired OF an classes Of peo-
pic with whom | have come in contact
as 10 tho condition Of business In their
lines aud rs TO the state Of the times.
The invAriabl0 reply Ia that business IS
duller and times harder than previous
ly--exocpt with druggists aud doctors.
They have had a rush of business be-
cause disease has been unusually wide
spread. Surely no pap sucker will
have The monumental gall TO claim thai
Mark is responsible for this temporary
rush Of business with druggists aud
doctors, unless he wishes to make poo
pie believe that Marx produced the dis
eases which gave employment 70 the
pharmaceuli1ts and the disciples Of Is
culapius.
nrnmms-s zazr.T al complain Aha:
the money totals Of their business arc
shrinking because, while obtaining per
haps Us many orders as formerly, The
orders are smaller, merchants appear
Ing afraid to buy as large stocks a.
heretofore. Drummers are the inialli.
bio thermometers Of business. Whef
they are cheerful, business Is good
When they are doleiul, business Is bad
| Drummers in the Western aud South
ern country are beginning to believe
that the formation Of trusts means thai
many of them will soon be out OF thcil
jobs and the bread of their wives an,
children in jeopardy.
Now, Is may be that a Kansas Re
publican postoflice editor will not be
lieye the evidence Of his own senses o
will not credit my statements Of fact
but surely he ought to give full fail
aud credence to what n gold standard
high tariff, imperialisiic organ says
and here is a warning given by Que o
the leading organ grinders Of that elias
The United States Iuyestor-quilO
recently;
1.-THE outlook Is distressing, W.
have gone on supromely unconscious o
what we were doing until We hav,
evolved state Of affairs from whiel
escape Is impossible without great hard
ship. An enormous number Of wat,
logged business concerns, known Ct
trusts, have been set afoai. In ~
smash that Is bound TO came, the Gel
,lfcates Of these organizations will sci
at their real value, whish means an ap
palling loss 10 investors. The eud vii
be FASTENED by diminution IN the con
sumptiye power Of the country, due Il
the dislscation of great horde OF EN-
ployes whom the trusts have eiecIeI
from positions previously occupied
We cannot imagine much worse stat
of affairs"
This newspaper concludes It's die
cussion of the relapse in the prospcrit.
movement with the prediction Of
panic greater even than that Of 1898
So much for wind bag prosperity.
Let Il be remembered that the fore
going jeremiad was not delivered at
free silver banquet In The wee sma
hours Of the morning by William Jcn
uings Bryan, whom the thick aBd thin
ners denounce as Il mouutebank anI
fakir, or by Allen o, Myers Of Ohio
whom they dcnominate as an anarchis,
or by Champ CLARK Of Missouri, whom
they falsely charge with being a oalam
ity bowler. No, 1t was written by
stanch advocate Of imperialism. gold
biggery and Dingley tariff. lie out
HerodE Herod, and not satisfied witt
taking a gloomy view Of the presen
situation predicts a panic worse iha
that OF 1898, which God foricnd.
leave his remarks with my critics an,
leave them to fight II out, and ! vii
take about as much interest In the con
test As did the old woman who, Will
her husband aud bear were engage
In = life and death struggle, with amaz
Ing imperturhabiliIy and perfect I'm
Partially encouraged both to do ihei
level bes, by shouting: go Il, bus
band! Go II, bearI' The Republican
editors who discover universal pros
perity because they are postmaster
surely will not have the cheek TO de
nounco the editor Of The United State
Investor as lunatie, anarchist or ca
Ianolty bowler, Perish the thought