The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-18

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Ia upon ne a1='e tollle
IlIclf comp hi5 History Of tie
.a.leriean Reb63e.' Amer hat ne
Us the child 6G 4 kindly fate helped
on his way BY an inordin2te a1ll6i-
ton OF one man upon which q greoE
party split Thanks 70 him and his
ltarrying elm our midst Tor stimu-
Iating library research today, by no
means Improbable. For did We
not lind these timely writings OF his
within the boards Of Volume
NO. 50:
-The Democrats had come into
power again on the issue OF the tar
lfR. Upon no other matter SO much
as upon that had the voting turned"
Page go.
Early IN June. 1888, Mr. cleve-
land announced his purpose to cal
Congress together in extraordinary
session for the consideration OF the
finances" Page PA.
.4Panie had already come in the
money market. and the business OF
the country was suffering the eonse-
ouenees. Credit collapsed;
loans could nowhere be obtained;
the very currency seemed to dtsap-
near Failure followed failure.
The very process Of manufacture
stood still. Business men knew not
=. - ooOa O2ES
Every industry was slackened'
imports had fallen on, foreign cap
italfsts were Withdrawing sSsir IN
vestments. 1t was hardly pro
pitfous dine at which to undertake
a revision OF the tariff. The Demo
Gratis were pledged, nevertheless, to
undertake it. That was the only
reform to which they were explicitly
pledged: they had maiorities IN
iboth houses, and Mr.. Cleveland was
president" Page 22T.
The Wilson bill. it win be re-
membered, was passed Gnd became
a law without the presidents sigma
ture. August 10, 1894. Now let
HISTORIAN Wilson tell US in his own
words on page 2S6, Just what hsa'=
pened:
..All the large cities and manufac-
turing towns teemed with unem-
Moved workingmen who were with
the utmost dincuIty kept from star
walton by the systematic efforts OF
organized charity. In many cities
lnnbifc works were undertaken upon
an extensive scale to give them en-
nlovn,ent. In the spring OF 1884
armies OF the unemployed began to
gather in the western country tor
the purpose OF marching upon
washington, like medicant hosts. TO
make known to. the government It
4seIf. face to Eaces the, wants OF the
! n[ooniel. .gy1e matte plan eaeas
| 10 have been le1 ginated by one
! coxey. OF Massillon, o., who an
J nopnced that he would lead an
Army to the Commonwealth OF
Christ. +" Page 236.
oft began to seem as if there were
No law or order in the land. Society
itself seemed demoralized, upset
Strikes had been added to the
other disturbances Of the time From
April until June, 1894. a strike OF
the bituminous coal miners, two
hundred thousand strong, threatened
- embarrass the industries OF the
whole country" Page 2SS-
.The distress was most marked
land apparently most helpless in the
great agricultural areas OF the
sonth and West. These prices OF az
Ticultural products had fallen so low
that universal bankruptcy seemed to
the farmers to be but a little way
M There was a marked depression
in all kinds OF business, as II enter
prise were out of heart ana money
nowhere to be had except among a
few great capitalists IN wan
Street" Page 254.
..In those fatal years OF dePres-
sion. 1ss3-1s96. when business
threatened to stand stfu because OF
the state of the currency. and the
crops fetched little more than would
pay for their carriage. it was neces-
sary to pay huge foreign balances IN
coin. and ss7 100000 in gold had
to be shipped over sea to the eoun-
try's creditors in a single twelve
month CTS93)." Page 265.
professor wilson's book next, in
very few words, tells what brought
the country back once more to pros
perity. We quote his exact Ian