The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-20


How 10 Make Times BetteT.sMOre In
duStTy, More Production.s.BuY
LeIS, sell MoEe..The Only Real
Remedy. ,..
Weeopy the following article from the
last Writ county Mentor because it en-
bodiesA great deal Of good sense, and be
cause most Of il sdmits Of general sppli-
cation, The remedy for h ard times IS
what the 4sHtor indicstes-more good
honest work and less buying Of things
abroad. Export more and import lea"
isa rule that faithfully observed will en-
rich any community or country, while
the converse Of the rule leads to incvib-
bic bankruptcy. We cannot have more
to sell without producing moro, and there
cannot be more production unless people
who work now will work more or 10 bet
Ter advantage, or unless some Of the mil
lions Of idle people, living by their wits,
out Of the general store TO which they
contribute nothing, go TO work and be-
come producers. We commend the
Msntar' remarks, intended for the laIi'
tuie oil the Little Kanawha Valley, TO
every county in the State;
There are tight times in this valley,
and the complaint that money IS scarce
comes to Us from all sources, and our own
observation confirms the truthtulness Of
the complaint. The Almighty dollar
Is sought after by 3 large number and
found BY few, and business Of all kinds
suffers in consequence. For the last four
years there has been gradual decrease
In the money In circulation in Wit coun-
~ and throughout this valley, and espe'
ClalIy has It been so at this season OF the
re. +, but now It seems as though the last
dime had about "vamoosed the rancho"
II d evident 10 every thinking man
now that something must be done else the
inevitable calamity Of bankruptcy will fall
UPON our people. And how can this ca
lamIty b averted, the reader will ask 7
Well, We will tell you, export more and
import less, and our county and valley
will Be redeemed. With the abundance
Of good timber that Is In our midst, and
the facilities Tor water and steam power
which We enjoy no furniture, wood rakes,
axe handles, carpenter tools, scythe
suAths, rolling pins, potato smSshers, &c,
should be brought IRON distant towns
and cities, but they should be manuac.
tured here, by which means thousands oil
dollars each year would be brought into
our county and distributed among our
people, who would grow rich and pros.
porous, instead Of becoming impoverished
a. under the present system. We must
help ourselves or we sink.
In all probability there is not less than
one thousand barrels Of Sa!timported into
this county every year. This in the city
Of Parkersburg will cost on an average
50 rs per barrel, which, counting the
freight, &c, to this point, will amount to
over $3.50 alone, per year for salt, that
goes out OF our county and helps impov.
e!ish our people. How are We 10 help IT.
you will ask? Make il a. home. Il has
been made in Writ county, both at Bum
ing Springs and at this place, and we
believe that With little trouble salt water
could be found again in sufficient quaint.
ties 10 make its manufacture profitable.
Any man with ordinary intelligence can
sec at once the great advantage 10 our
county that the establishment Of such 9
mandatory would be; and also the fact
that it would give employment 10 q con-
siderable force Of men. There are great
many other articles imported into our
county and valley that we could do with
out, but we have neither time nor space
10 permit OF our dwelling upon the subject
st length at this time.
There Is another way for Us TO prevent
the calamity that threatens Us, and that Is
for our farmers 10 produce more Of such
things as will bring the cash and bear
transportation TO market, such, for In
stance, as horses, cattle, sheep wool, leaf
tobacco, poultry, butter, eggs, beans,
onions. &c, &c. These are all articles
from which good profits can DO derived,
and they command the cash ST all times.
II every farmer In The county and through.
out the valley could manage TO sell
couple Of good horses, q few head Of fat
cattle, or few tons Of tobacco, each year,
9 material change for the better would
soon be noticeable, and It would not be
long until they would become rich, and
money matters would not be rs they ore,
and the cIy Of "hsrd times would be
heard Of 20 moro forever.
More energy, more industry, and more
enteFDFise Il what We need, and IL Is with