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LET US HAVE PEACE,(f.umber in :u: an*l JT:U(tifii«tin't;T. j The entire business interests of the nation are so closely allied to peace, and inSuch full sympathy with it tfiafc no disturbing cause can throaten it without affecting the entire trade of the country, no that all who have its business prosperity at heart must look with great concern upon the present complication and add their voice to the clamor for the bloodless adjustment of all differences by the agency Of law and reason. We arc not helmed to magnify present trouble or predict worso in the future, but the business of the west, and especially the lumber trale, is being so largely cut off by tho threatening aspect of the political elements that Wo join with the entire business community in calling for peace. Let no man talk of turning loose the horrid dogs of war igain in this fair land, or believe for a moment that there will be bloodshed, for these ore the thing* which arc now disturbing trade and unsettling values—not the real grievances of any part of the people. Let confidence in the stability of the Government, and a profound belief that the American people have too much sense to destroy it and themselves, eoi ie over all and the manufacturing and commercial interest of the west would rovivg immediately, The good sense and patriotism of men cannot now bo better demonstrated thar, by helping to crush out the fears of the timid, and the senseless bluster of reckless politicians and adventurers whoso uuty jpmyer lays in tWr ability to do mischief, ami whose constant aim is to got a living without work. Capital is always timorous and scary—easily driven from all the ordinary avenues of permanent investment by the least appearance of war, and in trade no branch feels it quicker than lumber. Men arc not going to build factories; shop* and houses, or improve farms so long as there is a doubt of con-tinned peace, however unreasonable and groundless thy fear may be. To this cause we attribute, in part, the depression of ihe trade in building material. We liav© watched the progress of this vxtra-ordhiary canvass with great interest, and have discovered very much in it which savored of fraud and wrong, and could have originated in nothing but a determination to overrule the forms of constitutional government and the will of the people, as expressed by the peaceable methods of our democratic system. But wo have yet to learn of any outrage of such grave importance as to justify the lbar that there was no peaceful remedy for it. bulldozers, returning bo arils ami usurping governors all thrown in. Doubtless puro motives uml coul heads may be required to adjust all questions whii'h may arise out of the muddle properly, bill we have an abundance of holh, and backed by the wisdom of tho ua tion, which can be invoked, uo trouble need he anticipated. Let the demand on the part of the business world be universal and peremptory that th^ camp followers and blowers and strikers of Samuel J. Tildeu or lluthcr-ford 13. Hay os maintain the pence of this land under penalty not merely of expulsion ircm power but of a vengeance quick and sure, that shall obliterate, not the government, but this mob of reckless place hunters and bmenters of discord. Again, let all say, “Let us have peace.OPINIONS OK A POLITICAL ECONOMIST.Co-operation is not Communism, and has really less affinity for it than competition. Yet we believe that Communism is a vast improvement over competitive warfare. One single feature of the latter should be enough to make all Christians and levers of liberty hate it. Il does proclaim, by act and word, that thew;..kei shall perish. Christianity and h mblicanism both declare that the si: -nghave no right to oppress the weak: but competition says they must and shall be destroyed.From this terrible charge communism is free, and we admit, with slight exceptions. wh»i Charles Nordbof1. in his book on the “Communistic Societies of tho United Stales,” svs in the following: “Communists do not toil severely.”“In a Commune no member is a servant/’“The Communist’s life is full of devices for personal ease and comtori/' “Communists are not lazy.” “Communists are honest.“They are humane and charitable.’1 “Communists live well, and much more wholesomely than the average farmer.’' “Communists aie temperate, and drunkenness is unknown among them.'’ “Communists are tenderly cared for when ill, and in old age their lives arc made very easy and pleasant.”“1 have no doubt that communists are the most long-lived of our population.”“It is a fixed principle in ali of the communes to keep out of debt, and avoid all speculative and hazardous enterprises,1'“None of the communes make the ac-quisit.on of wealth a lending object in life; they are in no haste to be rich.” “Communistic societies become wealthy.”“The communal life provides a greater variety of employment for each individual, and thus increases the dexterity and broadens the faculties of men.”“Itoffers a wider range of wholesome enjoyments, and also greater re train ts against debasing pleasures.”“It gives independence, and inculcates prudence and frugality; it demands self-sacrifice, and restrains selfishness and greed; and thus increases the happiness which comes from the moral side of human nature.”“L relieves the individual’s life from a great mass of carking cares, from the ne-cessiry of over-severe and exhausting toil, from the dread of misfortune or exposure in old age.*“If 1 compare the life of a contented and prosperous, that is to say a successful cominuilfet, willithe life of ;w ordinary farmer or mechanic, even in our prosperous country, and more especially with the lives of flic workingmen and their families in our great cities, I must confess that the communist’s life is so much freer from care and risk, so much easier, so much better in many ways, and in all material aspects, that I sincerely wish it might have a farther dcvelop-uiwii in the United States,”But Mi. Norehoff, who is an an able writer, and not a Communist himself, does not explain, so far as wc can learn, why communism does not grow. It boasts of success for a century; it does give material comforts not known to average outsiders; it piles up wealth at an unusual rote but IT DOES JTOT DRAW.The only growing one is a. Amnna, Iowa, and that lacks all the boasted features of communism. Celibacy, oi course, does not favor • expansion, but outside oi the Shakers, the problem still is,—Why does not this perfect system grow?Co-operation grows. This shows that it is natural and right—right in its right-ousness, and also in its adaptation to healthy, unper verted, on tortured human nature.EUROPE.[fr'romtku Luui'winaii and M:inniV.v(uit*i.]The war prospects in Europe still continue to disturb the business world, while that in connection with the crop reports, tends to give Americans hope of a revival in the foreign demand for our cereals. Speaking of crop prospects :“The Mark Lain; Kxprt# says v up or is of growing crops, both here and the continent, are satisfactory. Some of the country markets are firm. notwithstanding increased, supplies, but the provinces report a general ethargy. Confidence has not been shaken, and holders submit to a temporary lull without endeavoring to press sales. The week's imports wore 14,11)3 quar tc rs, whe reo f 7,0'Xl were fr om American and Atlantic ports. It is quite possible trade will continue quiet for tho next few weeks, in consequence of the holidays anti the indisposition of millers to accumulate stock at the end of the year, but the present trade is healthy. The rate of IrauspurLaliou j* oejTuiuly belowshe country’s estimated requirements. With California, supplies still in the distance, and long-pending questions of peace or w'uT iu the distance stif? unsettled, the present period is a critical ore in the grain trade. T'ceiting stuffs improved somewhat- during the week, mainly in consequence of increased experts, and many credible transactions occurred in Ihe latter for future delivery. The chief feature of tho floating crop trade is the arrivil of several steamers laden W’th whea:, which sold rather lower. There Iias also been *cnue reaction 5n tin; recent extensive business in California wheat afloat. •POLITICS AND BUSINESS.The excitement of the national political canvass and the uncertainty which still attends the result (»fthe election, so far its the composition of the Electoral College and the choice of president tiro concerned, have exercised a very hurtful in-fluency upon all branches of business. Wc usually expect dial the year in which Presidential elections arc hold will he bad veav for business, but under tlio general conditions which how exist, the fact that the courage of recyveay from extreme depression has been so seriously interrupted, is certainly greatly to be regretted. We :au, however, consonsolc ourselves with the philosophical reflection that, if the time has come and tbe conditions are favorable for return of industrial and commercial activity, tho .temporary interruption will not change the jronoru; tendency. The opinion that* t be country is safe, whichever way the vote of ihe doubtful fctates is cast. *ccms to be entertained by all class vs of the community. After the heat of the contest has subsided and we have had time to consider, the .situation calmly, it becotus evident that neither party has, nor can have, power to m*»ke any change? in the policy of theGovernment which can unfavorable effect , the we 11 fare i f the summunity at large . or cripple the industry anrl commerce of the country. Most thought Dili persons admit that a very oven balance of political powers between parties is favorable to good government, and that it makes but little difference on which sid.; of the line the majority lies, so lorg as the minority is strong enough to hold it in check nod in a position to profit by its mistakes. Until the issue is detided, however, we eonnot expect that men willgivo their miii(1« to anything moru practical than political discussions. When there is no longer anything mere important to discuss than the wrung!mg of the animals in the Congress ion al bear garden, we. may expect to see a quickning impulse in trade, r.nd bofore ann other year is fairly begun, a decided progress in the dree tion of recovery.— Iron Age.i» TI/TION IN PENN St* I. VANIA.Want [anil Softer in? in ihe CoolKi!glonb«-Tlir Working* Men de»-poraic.; The miners and laborer# of the coal regions are now passing through the severest winter they have experienced. Thousands of them arc without moi.ey, food or substantial clothing, with no work and no credit--nothing hut starvation staring them in the face. Many of the mines have been closed for the winter and those of thfi Delaware and Hudson Company are working only half time, affording the workmen scarcely enough to keep them in the necessaries of life.The truckman nod other laborers of tho sai.u1 company have been reduced in wages to ^5 cents per day, and also put on half time, which yields them less than ©2.50 per week, upon which many of tbam have to support large families. And wlibJi llioie uie lliuu^uuts uf olbers whoare anxious to work for this pittance, but cannot got even this, tbe’r sufferings can easily be imagined. The force of mechanics at the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Uampaoy’s shop in this city was again reduced last .Saturday, thus swelling the already large army or unemployed. Trouble is feared in this city if something is not done to give them employment as the men whose families are feeling the pangs of hunger are getting desperate. U ith a view to find moaDs for alleviating their sufferings and averting the threatened danger to the business community, a joint session of the c:ty councils was held last evening, at which a petition was received from a committee representing 2,000 workmen asking fr work or bread. In a now muni cation to the councils the Mayor say si“Most pitiable sights are presented to me almost daily. Men, young, strong and willing to earu their bread are abandoning all hope of work, while men with wives and children to support are in the : most wretched existence, us from day to I day, after vainly hunting for employment, \ they are compelled to go to their homes1without one word of cheer for their des- ' ponding families T would not dare to at-, tempt to enlarge upon the suffering that i is in our midst. It is not alcne the labor-1 ing men,but the number of mechanics now in want is alarming. During the summer there was not the activity in the different branches of industry that was hoped for. and today want and suffering are in our midst beyond the conception of us all.’’The council has thus far failed to cte-vijfe ji plan of relief, except the employment of a few hundred tneu to work on sewers thoughont the city.If aid for the suffering pocr was ever needed anywhere, it ia needed here at present. A young man who had sought in vain for work, on Saturday fast committed suicide, preferring sudden death to j slow starvation. J ____... iRnilr«md Transport atiou. IFrom Lewises’ Kural, of Chicago, we I clip tho following strong statement of? the situation from tho Grangers standpoint:For years past it has been apparent to the careful observer of the rise and rapid progress of the railway system of this country, that the inland commerce of tho t. nitod States was becoming subordinate to the cupidity of railroad corporations a0:1 their managers. Corporations of th.s charter, commanding mil.ions of doi-lais of capital, and exercising jl widespread influence, as surely tend to aggres* sitiii upon the rights of the people as banka r receiving high rates of interest do to tho [ concentration and aRfyrpticn of the mon- !*sy of the country. Unfortunately for] the farmers of the VVest and tho manufac-1 turers of the East, Congress has never j yet exorcised the power, conferred upon s it by rt.o constitution, to “regulate com-invrco between the States,” anil in this case, as in most others where the in teres is of the moneyed power were at stake, its legislation 1ms been against the people and in favor of monopolists.The u n n atural coi i diti o u o f di ings t her e-fore presents itself to us a people, ut the present day, of witnessing the vast anc* wide spread commerce of this might}', nation subordinated to the purposes and I control by the avarice of a few railway! magnates und capitalists, They haves taken the agricultural and manufacturing in'.crests oi tlje West—gigantic as they are-— by the throat, and have made them Uicir slaves. To what extent they shall sap the life-blood and vitality-of these in-tcrtets—to what further extent they mayaid in 'carrying that depression which cast*1 its gloom aff over the country, by forcing a continuation of exorbitant and almost prohibitive demands upon the pjissitig commerce of the nation is aquestion that time alone *nd the prolonged submission of tho people will determine.A VIST. DRUC STORE.On the corner of Nicollet and Second S:reets stands the attractive and neatly-arranged Drug Store of Crosman Plummer, called the City Hall DrugSlore. No one, in passing by this location, need be told that there is a drug si ore, as the tastily arranged windows and the brilliant show globes, with their various and beautiful colored liquids, are ever attracting the eyes of the multitudes that daily pass by them, saying, “Here is Ihe place to buy your Drugs, Medicines, and Notions,” and you have but to step inside the door to be fully convinced that such is the case; for you have no sooner stepped in than your eyes are bewildered with the glittering auay, and the endless variety of Peifumes, Colognes, Soaps, Notions, Patent Medicines, Drugs ;md Medicines. Tt would seem as though anything wanted in this line would be found here, showing at once that these young druggists, Crosman Plummer, fully understand the wants of the public
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