Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1877 — Better Off Than Germany. [ARTICLE]

Better Off Than Germany.

The United States Consul at one of the leading industrial centers in the German empire is now in Washington. He says that he is surprised to find that the business, depression of the United States is not near as - great as in Germany. The information obtained from the newspapers before coming home led him to expect that he would find a much more deplorable condition of things here than abroad. He finds instead that

business in the United States is in a prosperous condition in comparison with the German empire. The effects of the commercial crisis there have been prolonged and aggravated, he saySj by tlie uncertainty of the political situation. It is feared that the Russo-Tnrkish war may involve other countries than those now engaged, and the excitement in France leads to renewed, apprehensions of a conflict between that country and Germany. There seems to be no immediate prospect of an improvement in business interests.