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Show HK'f N A WANTON SPJBIT h 'i J TAHIFP TINKERS ARE LIKE MISu H j CHIEVOUS BOYS. HHt'im ' HHT',7rf' fcger to Make a Hale In the Protee- HJHJ ' ' tlon Dam, Apparently In Ignorance H'-r (f of (he Dire Disaster Which They B A Would Thus Precipitate Upon the HH Country. ',1, HHJ dsL'k HH t A v Gentlemen who nro advocating tie H f-Vfif I readjustment of tho tariff and the dig- HJH ,-; I i turblng of business Interests and cjt HJH IV ? j tho existing conditions which make ""5 j fr general prosperity nro hard to HJH il please. They are mischievous or HHJ jfui I Ignorant Though they uro coii- r Cjjfc H fronted with unoxnmplcd prosperity HlsT r5 ;l 'n ovcry 'mrt ' tno country they do HJH l j not seem to know it. There aro few H It Idle men in any branch of Industry. HJH ,, J . Hvery competent worklngman who B ' J 1 really wishes to get employment had HJH ;' , little dlniculty In finding It. Tho HJH n "want" columnH of tho ncwspapcis B I ! aro filled with dcmanilB for every kind HJH y of labor and (ho "situations wnntcd" HJH jj j columns hnvc dwindled In corw- HJH a spondlng degree. In addition to t.io HJH JJ ! ninrvclous activity In every line of HJH t, ' I manufnclure and trade, the country is HJH ' I j on tlio eve of the most abundant har- HJHj h j ; vests known In mnny yenis. Appnr- HJHJ ontly there will be no crop failure of HJHJ . , i any kind. Corn, wheat nnd cotton will HJHJ ' I ' bo mnrkctcd In onorinous quantities, HJHJ , . L and undoubtedly will fetch gocd Hi prices. There will bo nn nbumtanie HJ' H j of corn for feeding rattle, which HJHJ should uiako lower prices Tor bo of, HJH and the packers will linvo better prut- Hj'' '' Its at lower prices than they have had BHJ this HJHJ What alls these chronic mnlcontonfs HJHJ i, ) nnd discontents whose feelings fnd HJHj - If 5 expression In the Jeremiads of such HJHJ Kf rnlamlty howlers ns Hryan? What is HJHJ the matter with them? Aro they dls- HJHJ tressed bocauso of abounding prosper- HJHJ ity? Do they In a spirit of malice or HJHJ tecklossness long to' experiment with HJHJ u j ' another condition of affairs? Have HJHJ 7 3 !' tnpy "ot yct learned the lesson that It HJHJ j J is "better to leave well enough HJHJ I 1 alone?" Might It not bo advantageous HJHJ 1 " for Chicago, for instance, to foci HJHJ 3 the impulse of the good times all HJHJ J about us and reap somo of the benefits BBh j which other cities aio enjoying? BBV Tho effort to disturb existing con- HJHJ f dltlons In trade and business for the HJHJ. i purpose of giving occupation to a ccr- HJHJ f ' i tain class of rcstloss politicians who HJHJ i havo nothing to do In prosperous HJHJ C I times Is unwise, if nothing worse, HJHJ I nnd exhibits tho wanton spirit ot tho HJHJ small boy who defaces public build- HJHj ' ings, destroys private property and HJHJJ ', ' tortures animals to glvo expression lu HJHJJ his superabundant "cussedncs " HJHJJ Somo of thoso who aro so anxious to HJHJJ 7 try "tho other slilo" and oxperl'mci.t HJHJJ with deprossion and disaster appe.ir BBB.w to dcslro tho fulfillment of tbeso pu- BBV I phecles of evil even if .their felloy BBB t citizens havo to suffer thorefroi i. HBB, i Others from lack of experience or BBw' k from sheer Bolllshncss, hnving no BBB ' other occupation but politics and BBB being on the losing side, evidently BBBm think that bad times for other people BBS may be good times for them. Those BBB who In this spirit wish for change HBB should read in Mr, Allerton's letter, BBB printed on Tuesday last, his referenco BBV to 1894, when as the result of demor- HBW b allzlng business und disturbing pros- BBV perity "every one was Idle, old men HBB I) and young men asking for a Job." BBB j' Those who deslro this condition of HHjV i' things, those who would like to see HHjV tho llrcs put out In tho great mills at HHB South Chlcngo men wnlklng the HHjW Htrccts IIiIb winter looking In vain for HHjV ' employment, tho hlgnways full ot HHjH , t' tramps and hobos, the corridors of tho HHB ' ' ', city hall nnd tlie police stations HHHJ I; Crowded with vagrants men, women HHHJ )f ) tnd children nctually perishing from BBB lunger and cold will do what they BBBi Ian to reverse present conditions. HBB ' I'bcy will subscribe to the program HBB; i , which the calamity howlers would like BBBj it., V) Imve carried out for the delectation BBB) I j y it their misguided followers. It Is BBB fj f. only candidates out of office and poll- BBB' U &i tlclnns out of Jobs who would have a BBB IjT;, 'change." They will not be gratified, BBB ''1 W br "prosperity is the Issuo and all BBB other questions arc secondnry," Chi- BBB tago Tribune, |