The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-24

The Coming Industrial Revolution
In the Wests.The true Remedy Tor
the EXacIions OF tho Railroads.
From tho New York world)
For that part CT the grievance which
thu West suffers in common with the
whole country, there Is reqired differ
emf kind Of redress from that which Is
needed for the evils peculiar TO that sec.
ton. There is no State in which the taDgs
OF these corporations are not fastened upon
the throGts Of the people, like those Of 8
wolf upon the neck of his victim. Rail.
road abuses are tho chief cry everywhere.
What have been the gossiping topics OF
the public press for the last four mOnthsy
Why, the gigantic railroad swindlc called
the Credit Mobiler, the railroad struggle
In which the New Jersey Legislature, the
abuses and bribery OF the former man.
ayers Of the Eric Railroad now undergo
ing investigation, and kindred inquests
into railroad Encouragement and dis
honesty all over the country. Now, 50
lar as the complaints Of the West relate
to the same kind OF grievances under
which we all suffer, they form part of
the wide but as yet unsOlved problem
which will more and more engage
public attention until q remedy Is found.
But that portion Of the grievance
which is peculiar 10 the West, and which
has provoked the so-called railroad war
In Illinois, that arouses the State like q
fire running over Its prairies, seems to US
TO stand on different footing, and to re-
Quire different means Of redress from the
general evil, We hesitate to go into this
TIL we can discuss 1t intelligently in the
light Of the inexcusably tardy figures Of
the last census. These will probably show
brilliant dawn OF new industries In the
West prophetic Of changing relation be.
tween Western agriculture and It's mar
kets. The West, we conceive, is in the
beginning Of an industrial revolution; a
revolution almost as great as that which
ensued upon the completion Of the Ell
Canal aud the opening Of other lines
communication with the Atlantic sea-
board. The West has nearly completed
one cycle OF It's history, and Is about to
enter another which will be even more
splendid and marvellous-a more aston
ishing prodigy Of growth than even that
fertile and favored section has exhibited
for the last forty years. This railroad
wal" Is one Of the throes oil new birth.
The magnificent valley Of the MissiG-
sippi Is destined TO an eclipslDg greatness
from which oil comparison will shrink
and "hide It's diminished head" Il is
blessed by Providence beyond any other
equally large region Of the globe. A soil
OF unequalled fertility; rich and exhaust
less mines Of coal and iron which thus far
sleep as its soil slept till within the memo.
ry Of men not yet old; noble and majestic
rivers, the natural highways Of a COM
MERGE which will eventually burden their
waters; an evenness OF surface which
makes railways cost little beyond the iron
rails and the ties; and, more important
than all, u siGted and winnoWed popula.
ton consisting Of the most energetic parts
oil the strongest races 1.-THE people who
emigrate being always the most vigorous
and enterprisingh these are the advau-
taGes which mark out tho West for IN.
paralleled growth and greatness. No
soldiers quito Cqualled hers in the late
war, either in physique or in the moral
qualities which make men resolute in the
presence Of danger. They were tho
strongest specimens Of strong native
stocks, and accordingly our first consider
able military successes were achieved in
the Southwest. We may safely and conf.
IDENTIFY predict peerless future for the
West, because, in addition to unequalled
natural advantages, 1t has an unequalled
class Of men 10 turn those great advan.
tages 10 account.
To suppose that that widely expanded,
thN wonderfully productive West, teem-
III Bos ii soon must, with unCounted mil
liLaeot people by natural increase, emf
grafton from the older States, and emf.
grafton from Europe, to suppose that the
surplus crops Of this vast, fruitful, and
increasing populous region are 10 be
transported In all coming time to the At.
lantiC seabOard and the great seats Of
European industry, would be wild and
visionary. The productiVcness OF the
West would crowd and choke all the
channels OF transportation and glut all
distant markets ii they were multiplied
tenGold. The true solution Of tho prob.
lem which Just now so stirs and agltatCs
the western mind does not lie in multiply
ing and cheapening transportation to the
seabOard, but in saving that Transports
ton altogether by building up vast divers
flied Industries In the West itself.