The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-30

ing out of contemplated reforms in the
manner of collecting the tax on distill'
ed spirits. So many millions of CAPT
tai are involved in the illicit produc'
ton of liquors. that league OF the
prominent d:st,llers and rectitiers is
formidable power to overcome. The
Department has, however, in contem
plation plan for the collection OF the
whisky tax will probably be made pub
lie within the coming fortnight. Ii
Commissioner Rollins has the necessary
moral courage to adhere to the pia1,
when it is once adopted, when Is saiu
TO be quite searching, bis receipts VII!
be vastly augmented before the Mex
session of Congress.
The following from the st. LOUIS Dem.
oerat will be read by our commercial
friends with more than ordinary inter
cst lis subject worthy of serious
reflection, TO be read attentively and
Wondered over with more than ordinary
care: 81
The country laughs with an abundant
harvest. Throughout the greater part
of Illinois, this State and Kansas, the
crop already partly harvested, has been
very large; the promise of the crop moi
vet gathered in, not only in these States;
but to the nOrthward is very bright; and
from the South and East, all reports
concur in representing the yield as ex'
ceedingly abundant. Famine is nc
longer feared. Spectators in gram
count their losses, and consumers al
ready rejoice in fall of prices. The
country is richer already, and feels IT.
Some estimate that the crop of 1867
alone would more than half pay the ma
tional debt.
1t is not merely in the actual increase
of wealth that this bOuntifnl harvest
will do good. 1t will rake life easier
for all laborers and consumers. To the
poorer classes, especially, the album
dance of provisions. bringing low prices,
will be peculiarly grateful. But this is
not all. Agriculture is the basis OF all
our prosperity. When that fails, every
thing stagnates. The blood in all the
veins and arteries of business flows
feebly. With bountiful harvest, II
bounds gladly through the pulses, fresh
vigorous, and full of life, the strength
returns, and activity becomes neces'
sity.
Millions of dollars hate been locked
ND waiting for this harvest. Business
of all kinds has waited; enterprise OF
the utmost importance has been check
ed: financial depression has prevailed;
Mr.. McCulloch has looked gloomy, and
the receipts from Internal Revenue mas
fallen of nearly forty per cent. Every.
body was sailing under close canvass
expecting squall. The storm clond
has passed. The Wall street barometer
with rising stocks, predicted fair wealth
er. The sky is clear again, and every
one feels that business must now re-
vive. Confidence, the parent of pros
perity, returns. The farmer receives 9
handsome sum, and puts no small part
of it into circulation at once. The money
starts machinery that has stood
idle; revives trade that has beeL
dormant. The crop, once harvested
must be moved and manufactured; The
great Army of people engaged in trans
porting frcm producer to consumer, OF
preparing the food Tor consumption, al
ready anticipate brisk business
Prices fall, and profits now become pos
sible in many branches of business thai
have stagnated because of the cost o
living. So the magic influence extends
through all the arteries and veins o
trade and commerce, inst as the sunny
glow of the rich wine dances through
the blood, even to the tips of the fingers
until every part of the body feels thu
genial stimulus. And we only hope
that the country, instead Of bending it,
new energies to the work of increaset
production, may not rush madly into
speculation.