Show IS confidence RESTORED THE taz republican orators in the late national campaign cried themselves hoarse in declaiming to the people that if the republican party could be res restored to power and aa sume the affairs and control of the government that confidence would woul d at once summon prosperity to our land the people confided in these apostles of republicanism and protection tec tion but confidence the shy old fellow as yet served his writ upon prosperity or if he has pros proa has failed to put in an appearance pe arance and should therefore be punished for contempt of course the government has not yet been turned over to the g 0 p but it will he be before very long and that fact alone ought to have caused a tide of prosperity to sweep over the country before this why because the people know that the party of protection is about to hold the reins of government they frequently tell us that as stagnation in business and falling prices are forerunners of the advent of the democratic party to po power so is business activity and rising prices the forerunners of the advent of republican rule let us ua have prosperity and it matters little to us where it comes from for it will taste just as sweet and be just as welcome but if the past history of the party and the immediate turn of events furnish us any insight into the future e we look for anything startling except an increase in the number of failures and strikes anly last monday that wave of confidence struck the virginia and north carolina wheel company at richmond va and one hundred men therein employed felt its refreshing waters to the tune tane of ten percent per cent reduction iou in wages they have therefore turned gentlemen or r men of leisure since the showers of of blessing were poured upon them on the same date a similar wave from the good old source beat upon the large industrial house of hilton hughes co of new york and like the good old doorkeeper of the continental congress it died of joy sweeping westward lest it might through the law of inertia jump the river st lawrence an and leave stranded upon the shores of the poor canadian its rich argolies arg ocies it greeted the clothing firm of mably co of detroit and they were so BO overjoyed that they stop to sell out in the usual us nal course of business but assigned immediately not content with such generous work the har binger of prosperity plains of dakota and stopping off of at sioux palls falls showered its riches upon the dakota national bink bank and the institution at once decided I 1 to retire from business we might continue in such a strain i indefinitely but it would be immoss impossible ble to relate the beneficent rm results jilts which follow confidence confide confidence uce m must have a auban substantial foundation foun daou to rest upon in and not jot depend upon a vain and delusive ii i ve hope it if out of it is to spring and grow A true prosperity |