The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-28
Special.
Now Ynrl,. Nov. &c.

NEW ] DIF, lNbN. ~
Trading on the stock exchange was
somewhat checked By intervention Of
the Thanksgiving holiday. IN addi'
tion to this factor toe contradictory
features of the general situation i'm
posed some restraint upon activity II
general. Reactonary tender 2.cs are
decidedly more evident tran six
months ago, and the yoar drawing to
ia close shows very different bust
ness temper. The whole year has
been a period of readjustment, sonc
lines of business maintaining con
timed activity as a result Of previous
mon entum, while others showed a
decided slackenng if not actual retro
erosion. AS reaction touched first
one department Of industry and then
another, the conviction spread abroad
That no general recovery WAS possible
until the leadjustment process was
complete and general evening up
or, ltore properly speaking, ding
down--had taken place, The fact
that we mad reached, for the present
at East, a climax in the upward move
meht was popularity expressed in in
Vulnerable complaints about high
costs of living, These complaints at
first originated with the consumer.
They now come from, tie producer and
distributor, who find the enhanced
cost Of dong business serious detri-
ment. The consequence Is a waoe-
some change Economy is at last
taking the place of extravaganza with
the consumer while efficiency has be
come tie watch-word among produc-
crs and distributors At the same
1Uo, owing to good crops the cost OF
living promises to be further reduced
by. drop in the price Of food pro
ducts According to &c statistics CT
the department of agriculture, tb i
combined cereal crops Of 1910 show
an increase of S per cent ever las
year, corn and oats reporting record
breaking yields. As a rcsylt of tho
big corn crop the price of meat has
already declined, and this cereal BE-
ing an important element in the cas
of raising cattle it would seen as Il
the price OF meat should remain on q
lower basis
Depression Ametiorated.
With some relief In the high cos
Of living in sigl-~ and with the roll
teal campaign out OF the way, two
important elements Of depressi n
have been amelibrated, If not remoy-
ed. 1t is true the tariff question is
still with us. We must expect and
endure period of healed and pro
longed discussion, bur new legislation
sesms hardly probable before 1912
Our new congressman do not go into
office until year hence, and all tats
If an extra session of congress alier
1arch 4, 1911, w.len the approaching
session ends, should be earnestly S
couraged The shol; session begin
ring a week hence will be fully occu-
picd with appropriations and other
necessary routine ar3:rs, and these
shotld not he delayed il order to al
ford a preteXt for torc,ng the pres-
dent into calling an extra session to
enable premature seating of new
members. There is LANCER of a poll
teal trick OF this kind, and it saould
be severely discounyenanced by the
entire business community, 1t is uni
yersally admitted That he tariff must
he revised downwards, but hasty ac
ion is inadvisabte, and he country is
entitled to n period ~ rest before an
other change Is enforced. Some IN
j teryal between medicinal doses Is ne
cessary, or. even cur vigorous tariff
I fed infant will not survive the treat
ment
Money Conditions Better.
Improvement in the monetary stu.
alton is more evident. Money is mere
plentiful and easier rates prevail
Funds are returning from the interior