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Show WORLD WIDE WORRY. A few years Bince the MesErs. Barring Bar-ring of London dipped a little too deep into Argentine securities, and from that Email beginning has grown a crop of dragon's teeth which has filled the world with woe. There was nothing in that simple affair to, in itself, produce pro-duce the situation which has prevailed ever Bince, only that the conditions were favorable lor a financial upheaval and lol we have had it beyond a ques tion, and almost beyond the power of the people to meet. A period of extravagance, ex-travagance, a period of plethora and of reckless over-trading had been indulged in-dulged in and bo illy adjusted were the finances of the world that the commerce com-merce and business of all kinds went toppling to ruin. This condition of plethora was succeeded by its logical re-action and a period of shortage succeeded. suc-ceeded. Extravagance was soon sue ceeded by scarcity, with panic everywhere every-where in the air. Those nations not in any way directly interested in South American investments, soon felt the scarcity of money. Added to this while writting under the lash of disorJered finances, the attemnt to chance from the double to the single standard thus lessening by one-half the current volume of money just at the nick of time when if anything could have saved the commerce of tie world, it would have been a greater volume of current money. The result was sure. It came, and now there iB not a first class power in commerce, but that it is Etaggering almost upon the brink of bankruptcy. The United States has perhaps suffered suf-fered most, because to the extraordinary extraordi-nary contraction, we have the added misery of the almost total destruction 'of oar silver mining operations. The latest published financial re ports show that the revenues of England Eng-land and Germany have fallen off at least City-eight percent, while their expenditures have increased abnor maly. Great Britain anticipates a denclt of over $20,000,000 and Germany over $10,000,000 this year. Of course these enormous deficiencies can only be made up by taxation. This on a falling market will be difficult Harsh means will be necessary. Thus with dissatisfaction, irritation and a few other and more instances of over-expenditure, and we may calculate upon outbreaks, mutinies, rebellions and wars all oyer the world. Surely these are no times for any government to branch out, spend money or unnecessarily unneces-sarily court trouble with its citizens or subjects. If there is any reasonable or equitable equita-ble way for our government to patch up a peace with the laborers, or to reestablish re-establish the industries, it should by all means do it. Albeit this nation has grown very sick of makeshifts within the nineteen years last past. It has been but one makeshift after another since 1873. But we must do something Boon. We have no time to Iobo in doubtful experiments. Within one week we could send the industrials back home hopeful and happy if we should elect to do it. Let us eat a little lit-tle of our pride and quiet the country, |