There is something of the quality of the camel about our present state (excepting only that we are still unable to go without a drink for such a long time as that animal), for there can be little doubt that, as a community, we are living on our humps. "We are however, incurable optimists and believe that something will come to fatten business again before our hump is finally dissolved. Tt would appear that nothing can dampen our spark of hope and of belief in this city. Even the recent great drop in the value of our dollars—a bump such as must have resounded deafeningly in most ears, and have been heard in financial circles afar—gave a new fillip to our peculiar optimism. Quite a number of folk then said, and, said it with a sound of cheer: "Now we have reached the bottom, and soon we shall be on the upward bounce" Whether this will prove to be true, or whether the bottom we have touched will have fresh quicksands to engulf us further has yet to be seen. eae
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