Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-01-18

73 votes for President in Congress-
means for Senator in Congress which
being q minority. over all dem others,
/ declares John Sherman duly elected
Senator in Congress. - /
a Democrat, after the convention
adjourned, introduced resolution to
change the name Mueller. to Mule
The fact IS, the strategetic gentlemen
have been fairly beaten in their own
game, and, they are only taking this.
mode Of working OF their surplus vex-
alton. go - - 80. ,.,tr.
Fer the Belmont Chronicle. ,-,f rl-isi
!. We noticed with great pleasure an
article in the CHRONICLE, under date
of the 2Ist att, entitled belmont
County Interests. !" We are anxiously
and earnestly hoping that the invita-
ton therein given may call out q sen-
eral response from the classes interest,"
ed in every quarter of our noble Coun-
ty. We have said the classes interested;
bat this includes every citizen of the
County, and dhis expression is only
used to give the idea additional force
and to attract special attention to the
following iRterrog atory. Who of the
citizens of Belmont County are inter-
ested in the development of our re-
sources, both agricultural and mineral I?
The only rational answer is, every one
who is interested in his own welfare.
To develop the resources of the County
means to populate and enrich the
lCounty-to increase the consuming
class. agriculture speaking and there
| by open an active market for the hOrti-
Icultural products of the farm at home
to bring into our limits to be expended
in our midst millions of money in the
establishment of factories, and to open
home market for our wool and other
new material to- be manufactured at
home and from which our own wants
are supplied, thereby insuring good
price for what we sell and comparative
cheapness for: what we buy. When
manufactures. are est ibiisheds : artisans
/ come to work them, increasing the con-
suming class, which increases the de
mand for farm products which, in turn,
increases the demand for labor. If the
dartisans are taken from the tarims, there
is proportionate decrease in. farm Ia
tborers and an increase in demand fol
4 farm products and the decrease ol
hands will be supplied from abroad;
consequently, it will be seen that fac.
i tories increase our population without
throwing any one out of employment,
land increase the consuming class and
the market, and enable farmers to pay
better wages to hands. The money for
the establishment of manufacturing in.
terests, the money employed IN pur-
loh oil nan Vrnofaufol onH in
Eating the factories is all circulated Ia
our midst. The grand advantage that
1--we possess over New England lies in
lneeded, successfully operate our factor
les, supposing them established, excep'
perhaps the artisans; and they hunt the
factories. We can,produce the raw ma
terial and our fertile soil will produce
the living elements in abundance
While the artisans dig our minera
from their subterraEean hiding places
> and manufacture them TO supply the
, wants of the farmer and the tradesman
1.-THE farmer tickles the soil with his hoe
: and produces the vegetables to supply
: the wants of the manufacturer. The
wealth of country is found in what j
3 'iproduces and the market open to re
ceive the produce. Let US demonstrate
to the world that we can produce--tha
we produce and the market aeiH hun
US. We hare factories of no mean pre-
Il tensions, and the market is hattering
indeed, for their productions. Taxation
becomes lighter on all classes as man
: ufacturinginterests become established
because itonlyr requires given amount
with some variations, to administer al
economical government, hence, only |
fgiven amount of money, must be rails
ed each year for government purpose
with perhaps a slight increase conse
3 lquent to AN increased expenditur'
i caused by increased dsrescurces; and tn,
: manufactures with their ramifying in
3 fluences are the increased resources
land also are found to be a handsom
4 increase on the tax duplicate in tn
e eIform Of Real and Personal; and, Will
! this is true, it is also true that lands an,
] other real estate are rated higher ant
: will command more in market. AC
g lcording to recent statistics, the ap
: praisement of personal and real in tn
g lefty Of Bellaire, in 1861, wa
: s257 40; but in 1871, it amounted t
! 81, ,005, ,009, Ian increase in real estate II
I. ten years 433 per cent, and of persona
t an Increase of over 800 per cent, or
t total increase of taxable property il
] ten years of 422 per cent. Bellaire j
rapid lyIbsc comingk manufacturing poin
7 and this accounts for this rapid increas,
: of wealth as well as her steady increas
] of population. :, If we had at hands sta
l tistics of Martinsferry and Barnesyiil
g and other mann featuring points, w
|, have no doubt that they would show
: like increase in proportion to manufac
o turing interests. Here is an argumen
}. that fncredulous stoics and critics cal
. not rebut, because it Is established b,
4 palpable facts Manufactures buil6
\ Railroads and other thoroughfare
T making a transit and transportation
; easy, safe, and rapid. If we had man
ufactories established on Wheelin:
: Creek, representing a, capital of threl
! millions of dollars. private enterpris'
: would soon furnish means Of transpor
: tation-St. Clairsville, we conceive
i would soon be in possession Of he
!, lbraneh Road. Those three million
9 would constitute nucleus for million:
: more; these factories would be tn,
r nuclei for towns ann villages, and so OF
0 throughout the mineral regions. Rail
g roads hunt transportation, furnish tn,
J. produce to be carried, and private en-
:. terprise will find means to carry it. w,
> believe the manufacturer instead O
: being favored is favorable. He put.
i money into the pockets of all classes