Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-10
.sA.r II Y MORNING, FBBlUARy y, 1855
Home Trade.


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: u &, Home Trade.
/. We have often wondered why i was that while
Al! our citizens seemed 50 intent upon securing
avenues Of ttsYel 10 dis'an. points and distant
States they should 40 frequently neglect tho eseiy
day means ID their power, Of securing oil Of what
may Le properly called home t'adc,' Thelo Is no
city In ,he country that can furnish better iaci''
ties, or more attractions, or stronger inducements
70 purchasets, for all the staple sIIicies consumed
by The surrounding county. Dty.gooas, groceries
Of all kinds, hardware, cutlery IL fine everything
whieI, The country merchants and farmers, and
county consumers generally consume. Now
wha, We sugges, is that our people have not made
sufieientelfjfts 10 obtain and retain this ,fsde.-
We know merchants in ten or fifteen miles Of this
city, who rarely purchase IN this city. They can
purchase here Is cheap as any place else what
ever.
We need only refer to tho efforts Of single
hoasc to show WHAT'S practicable. Messis. Lo.
gan, Baker e. Co., established tobacco house
here W, shor, time since, The then members
Of the fin were strangers here, yet they now com.
aud the entire trade Of this section Of tic coun.
,.y. They haze always The best Of the Kind, so
that they cau furnish to The trader everything that
he ueeds. They have made The necessary eflot! to
sseate, trade. and once secured, The quality and
prie ., ,het s,,iclea securea and reains Il. This
q, as /. should be. Nov, in other departments. It
Is JUS, as easy 10 do .hesame thing. The effort Is
alI that's necessary. WHY is |. that county
merchants frequently 60 to Pittsburgh TO purchase
dry goods and g.occie7, when at half the distance
they can reach Wheeine7 !, Is moi that they can
purchase chcape. there than here. Certainly our
gtocors can, and 10 sell as cheap as a. Pittsburgh
They impos. ditec! ftom New Orleans ami the
seaboa.d, AMI they can sell cheaper. So as to
our ioLbng houses. They can buy in the Eastern
markets, and It ctss them no mote 10 place teir
iroods on the counter than !. does nerchanl in
Pittsburgh. So as TO our dealers in shoes, &cp
and In fins Ia every other branch OF trade Theh
as 10 our home manufacture, no one doubts for al,
Instant but thu. VIC can soil on the best terms, Tor
the simple reason that we can, and 20 compete
successfully with tIem in lereisn markets, Tho
feel 10 that proper cfEoas aEc not made 10 tHns
.A,3tJde, tothe consideration fine buyer. Le'thenl
be bu; once made 10 unlcrs!aai .let |. is 10 teit
iattre,t 10 purchase here and here they will come.
trLcte ere hundred methods OF doing this, which
viii stsecs. themselves 10 tho render, and VIC
canno. but insist, tia! while zee can seA ehtartr
all these arlcea,it Is our own faul,we do no.
command al this uade.
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~ Tic Nexr VIRGINIA lratsL,TuRE.-We ATE
cal to see tia. The press Of the State is beginning
to call pubic attention to the great extent end 'm
pjfiaace OF the duties which will deyolse upon the
mex, Legislature Of Virginia. As the Richmond
Examiner justly remarks, ait rarely happens
tho. 50 many questions OF oyershadowlng conse.
ouence atisc In the same legislative body, as will
present themselves 10 the next Legislature OF Viz.
gnis."
Some OF the questions which will demand lis at.
ien,ion are as follows: Tie cha.tcrs Of the old
banks, which will then have 10 be renewed, Il
they are to be allowed to 50 on; the question OF
State flo incs; the action oi the Boa'd Of puoi'c
Works in The ma,tet Of the sgeney Of So lden,
Wihets l. Co; The extension Of ihe great Coyins.
ton road To Ohio, and IN conneSiQn herewith, the
VICIOUS prosecution OF the James River canal,an
improvement, OF more Importance to the future
welfare OF Virginia, than all tho o,hels she iaser.
It made combined; TIC completion Of the present
railroads OF tho State, which, IN their present un.
On shed condition, car neither pay DIVIDENDS nor
increase 10 any great extent, the tax.payns power
NJ tho people; the election Of the United States
Senator, &C., DC.
This Press OF vifginia can do no better service
10 the old State than 10 keep before tic people the
iu,mense and Overwhelming Importance Of send.
i,e lhei, best men 10 the next Legislature. Any
community that, in the nex, election, permits Il
self 10 BE- governed In the selection Of it, nsen,s,n
that body by any other standard than sepcflor la!.
ent and iitne!s for the no', will do crlevNus IN.
jury 10 the Commonwealth, and ina.os suicidal
stah upon It's own interests. Mere pafllsans anu
tricky denssogues shoal for This once al least
be given the 20 by, and men OF practical chataclct
and habits, be sen, 10 grapple with the great re
possibilities or next winter. The hfsl linen OF We
State, II en- whose names ate usually mentioned IN
connexion with Congress, with The Cab net, with
Foreign Missions, and Tue Presidency, ought 10 be
willing 10 accep, mex. winter The humble post OF
legislators ot the sake Of bringing IN safety, ,h"
NOS. tryinr crisis that Virginia 10 which they
owe 80 nucIl, and which has right TO their bcs.
ser ices.
This il ono Of those cases IN which ofi:e may
be honorsuly sought, because sought by such met,
as we isve indicated, !! involves duty without
pctaonsl reward lie, each county and scnaiot'a!
district In the State look out s ffs! citizen, aud
appeal 10 hin, BY his love ond loyalty to Virginia,
TO servo in the next Legislature. Surely, GIea,
men, who ought also 10 Ue great patriots, cannot
DO deaf 10 such an appeal. 10 VlfgiUias better
days. her most illus,tious sons, her Matshalls,
Msdisons, Aonroes, randolphs, &c., did not die.
dain 10 serve the Stale In Constitutional Convcn'
tion, nor do WI believe that were they living now,
they wonld hesitate ~ come forth ltOnl lltr dls-
niGea re,reraen., and lend a helping hand IN tue
gieat exIgency tha! is before us.-Rieh, Dt.
Pooa PoL1sp.-T. has already been stated that
consequence OF tho enormous expense OF tho
PRESENT European war, the Emperor Of Russia hos
ordered heavy imposs 10 DO laid Upon the Polish
provinces, which few Of them will DO able 10 pay.
The contingent, 10 be psid from the Polish t1e'su.
" is Increased 100000 Of silver roabes. VIVA,
the former contingent wus we have no means OF
knowing, but how great Tic whole sun, must be
our readers may Judge BY the statement that to
meet The demand the land tax will he increased
oil. fold, payable in twen,y.fouf instruments. The
local authorities affirm that The lHoptieots will
M, e ahle 10 meet this demand In ice rs many