Show Elections and Business U U If we could only gel get rid of a few elections in this co country perhaps business could overcome some of its ills iHs is ison ison isone on one of the worst of this nations nation's ill Now that a feeling of returning returning returning re re- re- re turning confidence is being felt there arises the spectre of bitter d congressional campaigns to disturb the dreams of Mr l Business 4 Man again f f Wild alarms were expressed concerning the tariff but the p. p revision came and calamity somehow was warded o off oT T. T The currency currency cur cur- rency was vas the next fearful phantom but many of the country's fy mos most successful financial men have expressed f faith ith in the new order of things The presidents president s message in which he declared y iv ag against a destructive and and- andradi ind radi radical ll policy but rather in favor of a a. J reconstructive and reasoning plan of action regarding the trusts t undoubtedly allayed many fears fears' that had haunted big business The pity of it is that as soon as congress adjourns all these r.- r. b troublesome problems will come up again and be threshed out as as' energetically as ever before In every evely congressional district of r the country the Democratic l policy toward these great questions will be ass assailed there will be promises of better times if the op- op of these measures are allowed to have a chance to undo what the Democrats have done There will be the usual debates f nd def defenses nse of course and a lot lob of noise from all sides 1 There are many encouraging signs however to give one t ope that business will not be affected so badly by politics this as on recent occasions This country has had a sobering up that has been decidedly good for it A spirit of carelessness ra extravagance h had d taken hold of the nation and had reached f a a stage when a reckoning had to come The ounce of gold had to toe Fc be e paid for the ounce of dross k The lesson lesson- seems not to have been entirely without good re- re 1 And now there are evidences of a healthful convalescence |