Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-09-09
THE WAR OF JOBS AND CONTRACTS,
ALIAS THE MEXICAN WAR.

liiL w AK tt JOBS AND CONlkAtlS,
ALIAS THE MEXICAN WAR.
We ASK attention to the two articles that
follow:
From ihcN Y. Commercial Adycr,iserl
ENPENSlsS OF POLKS WAR.-Thc en-.
onous expenses of the war with Mexico. got
up toy Mr.. Polk and hi Cabinet. are Justly be
ginning Ia excite the attention aud scrutiny
ct all class's OF our people, who will. in the
end, be called upon ,o loot thc bills Conse-
qurni upon the by-ploy OF the executive de-
raruncni ui goVcrumeu aud IN the course OF
The discussion IN reference iu ihc great extent
ol uuilays necessary % carry ol ,hc war. va
upuN examples have been gwen If the manner
M winch these expenses are grown. An in
stance has come unl,r our observation
We mentioned the tact a lew days siucc.
ihot one hundred wagons. ior the uSr ui The
army "a Mexico, fits ol which werc nIanu-
idcturcd IN the town OF Pembroke, Genese,s
county, by LocOioCu lirm OF wagon makers.
hud been brought tu this c,ty to be- shipped -
For each oi these wagons. we are credibly IN
formed, toe government PAY, $50; - that the
Trends OF the administration la Pembroke
and elsewhere receive 1900 Tor their Job, la
good and prompt pay.
Now let Us see how lar,, an extra sum The
Taxpayers will bc chilled upon tn furnish, to
reward the friends cot the administration.
lhe same kind ot wagon sold To the govern
mcnl Tor 500. 10y tn hundred, are manulac-
'ured AMI sold, by the single one, i'm this city.
al from sixty Ten sixty five dollars So here is
pretty lair amount to be set down under the
head OF 'lavori,iSm."
But more. Good substantial wagons man.
uactured in the best style, aud oi the b.sl
materials, with superior wrought iron axle
trees emf pipe boxes, are sold ia this city a,
50, by The single onc--or where two are nur-
chased $50 each; aud this j. the top of the
market. The government wagons in question
hid wooden aNlctrees. So here again we ha vc
AN complication of the excellence of being
IN i0Vor at court.
But more still. Fifty of these same GOV
eminent wagons had been manufactured for
The Wisconsin and Illinois markets-w here.
alter being shipped 20 Milwaukee and Chica-
So aud charges and commissions levied. they
would meet the competition of wagons man
uiaCtured aud sold in those places-w here
timber iron and labor are much dearer than
IN Iembroke-nlt yiy dollars eoch-thc only
difference IA III article big; tool box and
iecd trough, the extreme value of which
could not exceed five dollars. Comfortable.
Is mot bcingau administration man 4" when
the people pay the billsl
ia addition stiil-a friend OF The govern.
ment' residing in this city, has beea sent i'm
ms wagon Train to Cincinnati, at the snug
lluIe sum ol three dollars per day-and ex-
l''s Tor travelling expenses too, we suppose
TO sc That they arr shipped when lhe same
service would have becnas well aud as prompt
y rendered by any one OF ous shipping houses
alta tenih part OF The cost. But how, in such
case would care have been taken ui another
friend To the war-mukiug administration. at
tic public expense
II Is CALLING 20 all honest men 10 b. com
p'lIed to witness such proniSicy aud cXtrdva-
-uncc, AMI feel conscious, az the same lime.
mat the Suffering portion ot the people have
no r,mcdy Tor the evil. M4dues, and cOrrur-
'ioh rule The hour, ami ID, hands OF justice
arc ned.