Show GLOOMY MOMENT it is a gloomy moment in history not tor for many years yeara not in the life time oi of most men who read this pa per has there been so BO much grave and deep apprehension never has the future been so incalculable as at this time in our own country thousands ol of our poorest fellow citizens are turned out against the approaching pro aching winter without employment in france the political caldron seethes and bubbles with uncertainty russia hangs as usual like it a cloud dark and silent upon the horizon of europe while all the energies resources resource and influences 0 of the bridich empire are sorely tried this has a familiar ring it might have appeared yesterday in any one of a hundred publications probably something like it ft did but the particular quotation comes from harpers weekly dated october 10 1857 seventy tour four years ago there have been other depressions in our history there will be other depressions no doubt in the future they will be survived exactly as those of the past have been survived and the length of time it takes us to come out of them Is dictated bythe tear fear 0 or r courage of our people sif it they attack our institutions put government in competition with will business sanction exor bant taxation 1011 rouches cles and tax deficits it will take a long time dut but if they live normally do their best to carry on oil their work and uphold upheld sound and constructive tive governmental policies POIl clos depression will give way to normal conditions with the least loss and suffering the manufacturer PT |