The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-06-05
LOGICAL SOLUTION OF A NLW
QUESTION.

QUESTION.
The solution of the complaints ofthe west
ern farmers, lies deeper than the question OF
cheap transportation. 1t goes down to the
grouad work of the adjustment OF the labor
and industrial pursuits Of the country. The
effects of the war are just being felt, and the
remedy required to properly regulate trade
and distribute the industries, with uniormi-
ty, and re-adjust the substantial interests OF
commerce., is not in the rates of freight from
cast to west. The revolution through which
this country passed. was portentous. 1t was
not onl, the settlement Of a disputed point as
to political economy, but it plowed up the
labor system of the South, in which was In
voved the prosperity of the east and vest
The abolition of slavery was the sevevest
blow that was ever aimed at the mauufactu-
ring interests of New England and the farm
ing pursuits of the west. New England be-
gins to feel it, in the suspension OF her man
ufactories and the west realizes 1t ia the &C.
emulation of millions of bushels OF cereals,
without a market for them. What is to be
the result Of this radical interruption OF the
channels of trade, and the consequent change
in the application Of the law Of supply and
demand? To protect themselves, and to
take advantage Of the munihccnt gifts OF ma
ture, the West and the South will have to
= enter upon manufacturing enterprises. The
South. particularly presents advantages In
this respect unequalled. She has the water
power, and the raw material, and she is IN
herself market What she fails to pro-
duee, she can draw from the grauaries OF fhe
west by the natural channels oil commerce
the great rivers that bind the two sections
together, and the canals now In process OF
: construction. The west will have to turn
her attention to manufactures, and cease to
be exclusively a farming section. Before The
war the west and the south Impoverished
themselves to enrich the east. The east de-
manded tariff for protection at the expo nsf
of these great producing sections. Now thu
order of things must be reversed .he ives
and the south will clamor for protection
when the eyes of their business men are full,
,eued to the fact that their substantial pros
perity lies in the establishment Of manufacto
ries, and the east will demand free trade
VI zen her capital has been transferred to NOR
INVITING fields of enterprise and the seat o
her industries has been located in the South
The crumbling walls Of her colossal beehive
of labor, the decaying timbers, and the noise
less shadows of her silent looms and wheels
will tell of the effects of the war. SLAYER,
abolished, emaoci pated the South from thu
stagnation that sat upon her energies by rea
son of it, and her wonderful capacities for tn
encouragement of all the industries will draw
to her the very capital and energies that .nav
made New England the abode of wealth an
ease.
The solution of the difficulties of which tn
farmers of the west complain does not call S
much for cheap freights, and certainly no
for free trade, aslt does to an enlightened un
derstanding of the true relations OF commerce
No spasmodic effort will adjust the derange
ment growing out Of the terrible disruption
Of the war. 1t will take time to regulate r
dustiiey that must aft, CT the destiuies {
sections The interests of the W est and Sout
lie in manufactures. They are in close proz
unity to the raw material-they are nearer t
the growing market for the consumption 0
the articles manufactured-the can boil
produce aad manufacture, seli-dependent il
everything, aud eventually become the rich
est sections that ever the sun shone upon
A wise craftsmanship would have suggested
to New England the perpetuation OF SLAYER
as the means Of her own commanding wealtl
and prosperity. Its destruction, however
through the persistent efforts Of New Eng
land phianthropists, is destined to prov
both blessing and a Judgment. 1t has re
suited in the freedom of the slave from phys
ical bondage and the freedom of the Scut
from commercial slavery. In this it vii
prove double blessing. And the judgmen
will consist in the faulty that prompted thu
killing by New England of the goose tina
laid the gold en- egg, for her enrichment.
Already New England and Eastern Capt.
tai is becoming restless, and seeking new av
enues of employment. There is scarcely da
that we do not hear of some of her citizens ira
versiug the South, looking for the most inviting
fields of investment. Capital is controlled
by profit There win be nothing to proven
it from locating in Virginia, if our peopl
are wise, and invite it by the cultivation Of
catholic spirit. Of acknowledgements thei
narrow, contracted sectionalism, and rise t.
the full appreciation of the wonderful oppor
tuuity chat lies before them.
The rcstlessness of the farmers Of the ives
his been the occa sion for the most affection
ate coz uctt.n5 of party leaders, and would
be.leaders, who are without party. Thes
aspiring patriots are trying to solve the difa
Guilty by pointing out its true solution in thu
tariff question, and that it is necessary to pro
tect their interests by demanding free trade