Show Now v ow And Then Then- Which Is Worse arse I would like lIko to enter the public public public pub pub- lic lists if H It were not so HO difficult said the president of ot a greet gret t life insurance company compan and joust with all corners comers on tie tre proposition that this the worst business dc- dc In a hundred years It ismy Is Ismy Ismy my my earnest opinion tint tIlt so far an as anthe I the United States is concerned this is lb almost 1 prosperity r. r compared with 78 1873 end 2nd nd 1893 Moreover I I I wall say sar this country has never since l Lad iad ad a business shakedown compared to 1837 I i There wore we-r-o banks In the the United States in 1837 1831 and of ot this I r. r rumber ber 75 suspended Every single n le bank hank in the United States 1 t outside cl of New England closed Its i ido doors do rs On May 1 10 of t that flat b t year every ery bank In New York City closI clos- I eel ed Before the depression was wag o over oer er erthe the Treasury of f the tho United States I which was eras collecting normally in j i I those times less than GO 60 million I dollars a 3 year had a deficit of ot 88 million In 1873 there were three million men out of work in a a. population population pop pop- of 40 million 89 railroads went into the 3 ands rands of ot the receiver re- re rand and out of ot iron and steel plants absolutely shut down As for 1893 I remember It distinctly and I want to tell you I that that as ns a nation wo we are In ease now I I compared with what we wont through then f |