The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-20
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The fnct that we have so vast an
amount of short paper, nearly l,OOC
millions, maturing within the next
year and a half, and that it must be
either paid of or funded in long bonds
which bonds for that purpose must not
fall below par, gives confidence to all de.
puTtments of trade in an easy money
market. Greater activity than ever Is
therefore predicted for the opening sea.
son. The general aggregate OF bust
ness even now is immense. Labor will
lie in better supply and production Will
lie greatly increased. The 'conservn,
tive tone of the Treasury report tends
simply to henlthiulize business. While
its general policy is approved it is not
seen that the Secretary can do anything
more for the currency thnuto go against
expansion. Contraction is not in his
power. Business men see and under
stand that great creditor like the gov
eminent must OF necessity support IL
condition of things vital to its credit
such as ready facilities for business
among the people in order that they
may pay without pressure the neceS-
Snry taxes.
Real estate hns inflated less than INV
thing else during and since the wal, 4 we
except choice building sites in the cities
and towns, and also excepting choice
farms near business centres. or course
we except also tho oil lands. II is
thought that the present improving
prices for lands in the West indi-
cate better general prices for farms
next year. The increase in taxes Will
compel Rn advance of itself. But there
is steady demand from people of
small means, especially European i'm
migrants, for our Western lands. An
Eastern paper notices that those who
have saved u thousand or two dollars
during the war constitute n very large
class, and that as n general thing thSy
are buying homes for themselves in the
West, determined to start life hereafter
ON their own hook as tillers of the soil.
Within tho last few weeks we have
answered good many inquiries
about West Virginia lands-their quail
tiles for farming purposes, especially
for grazing sheep. We notice n(lispOsi-
ton among the farmers of Washington,
Beaver and Fuyettc counties, Pa, TO sell
their high priced farms, and to remove
with their stock TO this State, where
good sheep lands can be had for so much
less. One gentleman informs MS that
he considers our hills in the interior the
better even than the sixty and seventy
dollar soil of the Panhandle and the
adjacent counties in Ohio and PennsyI-
Hnuia.
Away from tho oil Juror, and there
are n good many places away from il
nowadays, lands are as cheap as ever
in the interior of West Virginia. md
they are certainly quite as valuable.
We have no doubt that we have the
choicest sheep country in tho Union.
Not only the farmers OF Western Penn
SylVuniR but of Vermont must soon
realize this fact. We expect the growth
Of wool ere the next census to show a
larger increase than any other branch
of business.
Foreign immigration at New York is
commencing ON scale grander than
anything we have ever known in the
past, II is believed that next year will
sec movements 10y Wholesale from the
old countries ON the continent of
Europe ms well as from the British do
minions. The fame of America is now
perfect and complete among the labor
ing masses OF the old world. The re-
beiliOn and slavery have both persisted.
Our institutions are freed from every
reproach. All men and all opinions
are free. Our country is great and It's
SOIL Is but thinly populated. The on
pOrtunitieS are liInitleSS TO ncuuirc
comfortable support. The contrast be-
tween us and Germany, France or
Ireland, Is striking to the ewes OF tho
Immigrant. An acre of ground is moi
such II precious heritage in his inarinn-
ton when he sees that we give our soil
away Tor the more asking. The dense
populations of Europe will find their
future homes among us 10 am extent
never dreamed of in the past. UencC
the increasing value which lnust iDo,,;