Lewiston evening teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1900, 1900-10-17
Prosperity Paradoxes.


,,orld is the manner in which some men
-, while others 60 down under the
Conditions existing at some particular
.sr;od. As a rule it is the man who
t,nls enthusiastically OH the future who
f,,,s while the man who looks carefully
before he leaps has the better chance of
srccess, weather and acts Of providence
of course barred.
THE United States is now going
t,roupf the most wonderful period in the
history of any country. A few years ago
selling bonds at high rates of interest to
nreserye the credit Of the nation. To-
dav the money lender of the world with
agents from all the European nations
courting the capitalists in Wall street. A
few years ago selling locks and bonds
in embryo enterprises in the money
market of London. Today American
capital building an electric road in the
streets of London. During the last dem
ocra,ic administration, only few short
wears ago, the friendship of the Russian
government seemed thing to he sought
for because of the wealth and power of
that country Today Russian agents are
floating loan of $4,000, 900 in New
York. A few short years ago the idle
mill and factory were familiar sights in
every American city. Today few men
are ont of employment who are skilled
in a trade.
Yet it is true that there have been
many failures in all lines Of occupation
in the last four years as in the proceeding
four. But the failures are generally of
men who have banked trife enthusiast
tically on the possible prosperity and the
causes of failures are the same as the
causes in the average year. The statis-
tics given by the great commercial Jour
nails show that men failed during the
last democratic administration because
conditions generally were adverse to sue
cess of any kind and only men with cap
ital conld pull through. The past four
years the greater number of failures have
been because men went into business who
were inexperienced and who went in
with too little capital, judging that con-
ditions would be favorable for success in
spite of inexperience. To such men the
past four years have not been years of
prosperity. To the wheat growers mat
tiers have not been generally so favorable
as many would have liked, yet there are
some wheat growers who have declared
themselves satisfied. The cry has not
been SO much about the low price of
wheat as it has been over the increased
cost of living. The wise man has recog-
nized the fact that our standard of living
i'll America is much higher than in other
countries where wheat is raised i'll COM
petition. 1t is higher than it was one
generation ago.
Men demand more comforts and feel
lost without many things their fathers
never dreamed of possessing. American
farmers demand more and better tools
than farmers in South America and Rus
sia The Russian government is now
having commission at work investigat
ing habit prevalent i'll many parts of
Russia which the Russian peasant prac-
tees to reduce the cost of living. The
whole family sleeps on top of great
orlck stove all winter. The silent fig
ures lie stretched out motionless and
quiet on these stoves and move only oc-
casionally to dip rag in pot of grease
and suck it. The oldest member of the
family once i'll week or so sees that the
embers in the stove have life. Here in
darkness, silence and filth indescribable
Tue family hibernates until spring when
they arise and go forth to raise wheat to
compete with the product of American
iarms. That the American farmer under
adverse conditions such as these can COM
pete successfully and still live in the
greatest state of comfort known to any
farmer i'll the world speaks we'll for his
.h'eiiigence and industry. That there
"aYe been failures and losses is not to be
wondered at. It must be borne in mind
','a1 statistics, cold, hard, dry facts, show
'''a' more than ninety per cent OF the
h'eh who engage in business fail. Has
'iere been thatpercentage in the last four
years among tile farmers of the United
States?
me prices of goods have increased be-
eause OF the totally unexpected growth
VI The business of the nation. We were
"o' prepared for it. The demand far ex-