Year: 1861

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to its condition of reduced industry in
production and commerce.


1t will be seen at once that the agricul-
tural classes of the country are not to be
interfered with by the war at all. Their


production is fully equal to the average,
and their market is excellent. They feed


the whole nation, they send food out of


the country, and they furnish the immense


supplies of our army and they get for


this the gold. We do not see why the


farmers are not this year quite as prosper


Gus as they have ever been, and we do


not see whey they are not to have, particu-


larly at the West, more gold than they


have ever seen before. Then there is a


large class of men employed in furnishing


the clothing of soldiers and the munitions


of war, with the government for a pay


master Many of these are making money


rapidly, land furnishing employment to tens


of thousands of busy hands. There are


in the towns of Springfield and Chicopee


alone not less than thousand men at


work at good prices for the government.


Now it is impossible for all the farmers


in the country to have full purses without


creating business. Clothes wear out and


must be replaced and when the farmer


wants them, and has the money to pay


for them, he will pay for them. Supply


will meet demand, wherever demand


brings the cash in its hand and the shop
, keeper who finds the great consuming
, class at his counter asking for goods, will
turn to the merchant for them; and the
merchant will demand them of the man.
, ufacturer, aud the manufacturer will set
the wheels going, and call in the idle
, workmen. A great army and many mil
' lions of people in this and other countries
= are to be fed, and their food is to be paid


for. Nineteen millions of people are tc
0 be clothed and to be furnished with the
' necessaries of life. There is an abun
t dance of money for effecting all the nee
e essary exchanges, and we confess that w


do not see how it is possible for us to &c


through the rapidly approaching autumn


without gratifying revival of business
) at least in some of it's leading and NOR
i important departments. There are specia
S departments of business, and particular
n branches of manufacture, that will remain
: stagnant, partly because they have hith
o crto been overdone, and partly becaus
: they are dependent upon the genera
y good tone of trade for their prosperity.
:, A lack of confidence, and an unreason
! ing cautiousncss will do something t.
e hinder the tendency to revival in business
+ the coming autumn; but we do not believ
s that they will do this to any great extent
t A consumer with cash in his pocket is
;. powerful argument, and not to persisted
h and that we are to have nation of con
!. sumcrs with cash in their pockets is yer,
evident. How large their demand will
e be, and what range of merchandise they
! will cover, we cannot tell, but they vii
d be sufficient, we believe, to give us all
o start. 1t would be hard for any man t.
> give valid reason for the present stag
l. nation Of business, except so far as it i
: connected with the supply Of the southern
It market We have, with the exception o
G the southern trade, all the elements o
t prosperity we ever had and this trade
d even in the city Of New York, was neve


more than about seven per cent Of tn
d whole. In no place was it more thar
b this, if we except the city of Cincinnati
e Business cannot for great length Of time
It remain quiet without good reason, ant
g we are at loss to find any good reasol
+ for the failure of a fair fall trade
l. Springfield Republican. 'i''oa.'a7 'ai
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