Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-31

coming free irOm The dictalion that hns too
hong characterized IT, and pleasure in the rafecro1
that by the process recommended the west will
ultimately obtain Justice at the bonds Of the govern.
menI.
THE wEST-A HOME BUREAU.-There !.
nothing moro important To the leg Islatur aud man
uf business than 10 Understand we'll the resources Of
the country.
"a has he en- a fault, however, common to u,. n, n
on. that have not known enough either about
our taue OF the real capabilities .! the land. Hence
obs, our legr, ave halls often the grossesl
ignorance aud have consequently the worst Kind Of
legislation on the most important matters. Hence
too. does the legislation degenerate often into n
mere party movement Yet, if right information
spread abroad. and The people, rs well as their
representatives.. understood what the common. busi
ness interests Of the country required, ii is clear
that we should he troubled tar less Than we are
with these difficulties.
And unfortunately The West has suffered most
from this ignorance and tins unwise legislation Its
growth has been rapid. the increase Of its trade
~ s'upendOus, that our people home md our
fricns abroad, have not yet realised the extent OF
e.ther. A writer IN the National lnIelligencer
commenting on one point of tins subject, mak,s the
following siartliEg statements with regard to The
population Of 1ur valley:
In 1890 no Stale had been erected in this valley
OF New York. Pennsy lyana. and Virginia, pnpu-
aIiin then only los. SOS; not equal 10 that of
Bediordshire IN England. la 1890 IL contained two
Saies-ropulaii0n 3S5, 647; nearly equal To that Of
Cheshire in England. la 1910 il contained three
Sict's, population l.099.l6 nearly equal To the
West Riding of Yorkshire. Ia 1850 il contained
SIX Sales, population 22I7 46I; nearly equal 10 Thai
OF Scotland. la 1880 it cuniained nine States opu.
laIon 3,672,f79; more than that of Scotland and
Wales. In 1910 it conia iRed eleven States popu.
aion including that OF the western sections of New
York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. & 434 749; being
more than that Of Scotland. Wales. both The Cana.
das, all the British West India Island and
the West riding Of Yorkshire.
And no, less wonderful has been the increase Of
our commerce, and the facilities of commerce The
Merchants Magazine rates whole tonnage IN
1917 at $500 tons, and, Us our older readers well
know, trip TO New Orleans. or New York n fhnt
time, occupied weeks. We had only a few Steam
Boats and the best Of those such as The Cincinnati
aud Gov. Shelby, required a large portion of the
season 10 complete their voyage beiw cen tins and
the Crescent City What change since theni In
1851, The Tonnage, on our waters. amounted Ia
tbIriy-HiHe thousand tons, lS42 10 over 100 900
tons; there being at the first perIud. $50 steamers
and AT the last mentioned, $50 steamers, averaging
200 Ions, floating upon them, And the time of ira
vel reduced between Cincinnati and New Orleans
To SLY days! N much Tor the wo of thirty years in
lhc young West.
Bat what ad has Government extended To the in.
ternal commerce which mas 50 wonderfully increased
our country! What pains has IL taken what effort
made ~ ascertain It's extent, its pecultrues in
short, the statistics connected with it. aud knowl-
edge o. which is essential To O right national le.
gislaIion with regard 10 ~ Meusuring a thing by
ats value, We should say that nothing,
had been done; the first step CeTininy has been
lakeni Tor, Il called upon at this time. state the ex
tent Of The commerce of the West, 1t would not be
in the power Of any officer OF Government To do il
WIN that KIND OF eXucuess Whch ought 10 exist n
these matters. Tie truth Is. internal commerce
has been neglected. Il has been lelI in every way
TO lake care OF Itself Congress. and The country
have REGARDED our foreign Irade The most import
ant, and Legislators have lupked las they ought &,
hive done, and ought 10 dO) us support rs one of
The great means Of our wealth nnd strength never
drenmIng' often. indeed, sneering when the idea was
suggested that the internal commerce of the Mssis.
sppI Valley, and the interests connected with
II, were equally worthy the national AID and sinner.
ihlendence. Who does not remember the sarcasm
Oi John Randolph, when "A petition wa presented
al Washington. asking appropriation for the OHIO
RiveH Who is tot familiar with the objections
continually made by members of Congress To all smi.
lar petitions let Them come from what quarter Of
The West They mayl
This ought not 10 be- The people in This valley
are not narrow IN feeling restricted IN view; they
VIII support whatever may rghIfuy cllIm their aIJ;
the navy, the army, building vi fUrs the sea coast
and improving haIburs there. the erection of lphI
houses, aud Whatever may project build up our
oregn commerce. all these things they will sustain;
but IN turn, not as favor. but as a righf they de-
mand that the same spirit should be manifested IT,,
wards Them, and Their internal home trade in every
legitimate way, upheld by the Government of the
country. We have had enough Of the beginnings Of
Improvements on theT Rivers, and Of that pIIfu do
ling out Of IrIhing sums Er this or that work The
day has passed for any such trIhing with what il as
much an American Western interest and we
claim now that a system, broad enough to cover
whatever our commerce may require, should be u.
dopied. 50 as % secure adequate protection 10 The
lives and properly Of our people.
Aud Tor this end, we hope The Press and People
OF The West as we'll our brethren at the East will
urge the necessity Of establishing. at Washington
whai may be termed q HOME BUREAU, The duiy Of
the head OF which should be, 20 consider and report
u, on the Internal Commerce Of The couYiry 50 that
we may know, with accuracy, every Thing connee
Ted with %. Gueso work, or lJOse leg islation on
such subject. should not be tolerated We sI,ould
know exactly where We stand; the amount Ct this
commences IFS expenses, its losses, the causes Of
these exposures nnd losses; and how these causes
may be best removed. But how can this be done
now RIVER cities send their memoria Il containing
valuable suiisiIcs; the people on the Lakes do The
same hIngi intelligent men here aud there write
about The natter but there is no one mind linking
over The whole embracing the commerce oTnlI Iaris
OF our valley. and understanding the interests ( all
'hese parts or yet graspIng the might increase oil
Trade which IL even just beginning 90 no
developedi aud This mind cannot nutho,iiorivsIy
exert Itself. until me haze, az Washington. a DeD,yL
UeEt Uhich shaH be deUoted 70 his subject
FIRE At TORONTO.-On the IOb ms,
destructive fire took place al Toronto The KIM
Allied tavern destroyed. wiki much of ~
neighboring property. The Toronto R,nse, s.y,