The Cairo bulletin., 1906-01-30
MASSES ARE NOT
VERY MELANCHOLY
OVER THE OUTLOOK FOR THE
BUSINESS FUTURE OF THIS
COUNTRY OF OURS.
A FEW PESSIMlSTS
Are Finding Fault With the Present
Conditions But Prosperity Now
Enjoyed Appeals to Right
Thinking People.

New York, January rs. lt ~ diltt
cult oday to find possimists as to our
in special today 10 the c ncinnati
Enquirer
fhey abound when Il comes to
discussion Of the political and moral
effects Of our increase in wealth They
are heard Loudly proclaiming our posr
tive decadence as people owing TO
our departure from the simple life Of
preceding generations, but all their
arguments are based Upon the increase
OF the money in the country, the adj
vance in the value of the individual
holdings of property the growth OF
personal and corporate wealth and to
their view a consequent decentralization
and eventual degeneraey
In other words they admit our bust.
ness prosperity but deplore it's evil
effects upon individuals, communities
tates ana nat ON.
The masses Of om people however
are not SO melancholy as 10 The future
and are entirely willing 10 fully en-
10y the comforts and eonvenIences OF
the present and 20 trust in Providence
and careful training for the welfare
ANA conduct Of their children and
grandchildren.
Many experienced men believe thai
the percentage of honest, Of charitable
and of thoroughly good men Is az
great under broaGcloth ccats as il
ever was under linsey woolseys oi
leather hunting skirts.
If a coneensus Of human opin on
could be taken in 1906 the present in
habitants Of the world would undobut
edly show tremendous majority In
gavor Of living today in this era ol
electricity, steam and gold, rather har
in the days of tallow candles, ono
horse chaises and copper coinage.
Nearly Unanimous.
The opinion as 10 our prosperity is
wellnigh unanimous, however per- ons
may differ as to It's causes or specu
late on its effects politically, morally
ana vitality
noticed an interview in a morning
paper in which a gentleman stated
that Thomas W. Lawson, or Boston.
was no longer regarded with popular
favor because Lawson had prognost
Gated disaster and prophets CT III I'd
ings We're never in demand | could
not help thinking the remark in It's
general application was absolutely
correct Especially + This true when
such prophes!es are uttered in tim
of great hope and expectation.
The seer who warned Lochiel Of the
destruction of the clans al Culloder
had but little effect on the chieftain
strong in ambition, faith and seeking
martial glory. The poetical fancy
would have failed in effect If the seer
had successfully stayed the march &c
the field of disaster He who predicts
disaster now has no hearers and our
people. rad ant under blue skies, see
no clouds upon the horizon Of business
affairs. The pa senger traffic man
ager Of the New YORK Central Rail
roads Western lines, in a statement
of the improved facilities of the near
future announces that next year viii
be- inaugurated the Panama Limited
trains that will convey pa senger
from The North to either Mobile OF
New Orleans. as they may prefer. and
at these ports they can board swift,
modern steamers to Panama and OH
er points in Central America.
The Gulf tf Mexico and the Carib
bean Sea viii oon have as many
steamships plying those waters as the
Mediterranean has today and the port
of the South will take much higher
rank than they 90 at present in NUN
ber Of inhabtant and in volume oi
commercial and financial affairs
An Assured Future.
New Orleans especially will becom,
a city Of the first ella S. as not only
the natural waterways of the grea
central portion Of the country center
at that port but nearly all impor-an
lines of railway from the North. Eas
and West are focusing az the city An
drew Jack on so brilliantly defended
It's future is assured as firmly as tina
Of any city in the world. and wthiH
30 years Chicago vii have 10 look
well To- her place in the list OF import
ant cities. as New Orleans viii be
pre- sing her claims In a manner tha'
cannot be- denied consideration an
that may displace The Windy City o.
the lakes. Long before the Panama I
Canal is opened to ihe trade of ths /
world. Ch cage and other cities oi The /
Central Norih viii feel the swing Of I
the trade current running GO The Sou.h /
crn port as the SuIth and Central !
American commercial utes are open l
cd up via Mobile and New Orleans.
These. together vi the trade o. I
Mexico and the Islands Of the Wes' /
Indies win steadily increase the ex |