The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-09-21

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Whether We s&all have hard times
this fall and for four years 70 come
depends upon thu voters No patriotic
publisher, businsas man or citizen of
any kind wants to see hard times in
the fall or ever. Still lees does anyone
who deserves the name OF citizen want
to see panic. Moreover. no public
nan Of any kind. nor any citizen, VIII
20 anything, NO matter how little, to
bring on hard times from any politi-
al motive whatever. II would be the
Dasest kind OF act, unworthy Of any
true man. Unluckily these business af-
fairs are sometimes beyond the control
OF any person. or group of persons The
panic OF '93 was caused not because
anybody wanted II, or tried to bring
il on. but began, and waxed more ter
.ible as time went by. In spite Of the
efforts of hundreds, perhaps Of thou
sand of patriotic and strong men.
To understand how season OF hard
times or panic will begin is almost inn
possible. a person, or persons, per-
haps dozen or perhaps 10000, have
felt that a period Of contraction and
of stagnated business was about to
some upon them; and then the dozen
Or 10000 as matter of self protection
must curtail their own operations OF
whatever kind. Perhaps they must
loan less, or sell less, for fear that
they cannot get their pay. That feel
ing may not be necessary. but II can-
not be denied that it il natural II
it were possible TO prevent everybody
from imagining that any untoward
circumstances could happen, II might
be possible invariably to prevent
panic, but there is no controlling the
iimid. Indeed, in such a matter there
is no controlling the brave. Men OF
immense financial resources and OF
uncommon nerve have been known to
risk their entire fortunes, seeking to
prevent financial disaster, for others
as well as themselves, and they failed
failed to do this, and failed fnan-
cially.
Ii is to be hoped for our own sakcs, as
well us on account of numberless labor
srs and capitalists of the country,
whose interdependencc upon one an
other cannot be denied, and oil of
whom t,epend upon mutual conf
dence each for the advancement and
happiness of the others. that nothing
like n stringency in the money mar
ket, nothing like curtailment OF
credits, nothing like the faintest tlmid-
ity on the part of business men any
where, will be perceptible as the next
two or three months pass by. Per-
haps It may seem optimistic to give
bhe following advice. 1t is that every
body, great and small, high or low,
who is charged with the making Cd
marring of business, shall consider in
the utmost seriousness whether he or
she cannot 90 little towards pro-
noting that confidence which Is so
necessary for a continuation Of good
times by distinctly determining to
continue things political and econom-
lcal as they are. and by distinctly de-
termining not TO help bring about
ehange. It is easy to say that panio
is not likely. We pray that it is not
It cannot be denied that the slightest
appearance Of dread at great political
or economic changes has hitherto at
times started retrograde movement
of financial devastation, which 1t has
been beyond the power of any man. OF
any group Of men, no matter how
large to STAY.