The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-15

one and all must have lell hlshly gr"'l'ieu
with their success US amateur actors and
artists. They certainly have reason to
congratulate themselves.
Plenty Of Money and IL Low Tariff
The editor OF the Steubenville Gazette,
after copying the lugubriOus account re-
Gently published in the Parkcr'burg
Times as to the depressed state OF trade
in that city, goes on to remark that an al
most similar condition Of things gspTcvniIs
in s,cubenville lie then briefly explains
the cause OF such Il state Of affairs by
adding that contraction OF the currency
and high protective tariff did it,"
The English OF this last remark,
properly translated, is that il the United
States government had only kept the
volume Of currency up to about where 1t
was during the first year OF the war-Say
TO nine hundred millions; and II We had
never had protective tariff enacted, or
had put down the one We have to u much
lower basis, then, in that case, everything
would have been lovely, and the goose
would have hung at the prOperclcvntion.
This il brilliant idea. 1t shows that
the author has profoundly pondcrcd the
present financial situation. a truly
nice country this would be with n hun.
dred millions or two added To the exist
ing volume Of paper money, and the
tariff put down to zero. We should then
see everything that il sold in the city Of
steubcnvillc, from tin cup to cooking
stove, from paper collar to n suit Of
clothes, from jack knife to n ton OF pig
metal, imported from abroad. And the
explanation Is as plain as the nose on
any body's face.
No country that uses deprecated money
can buy raw material or hire labor in
competition with countries that use good
money. The difference is anywhere from
ten to a hundred per cent in favor OF the
good money country, a1 our own eNpc-
riencc has already shown. The only pos
sible way to cQnaizc advantages Is to put
on tariff that will cover, as near as
may be, the difference In the purchasing
and producing power Of the two cnrrcn-
cies. Unless this il done the deprecated
money country Is bound to be swamped.
The good money countries Of the world
will invade It's domestic markets, and sell
to It's customers, right at their doors,
cheaper than il can possibly supply them.
So that il the editor Of the Steubenville
Gazette wants to see this country sold out
at auction to the lowest bidder, just let
him persuade his Democratic friends to
put in force his programme. England,
France, Germany, and all the rest Of the
world, would rush right here, like air in
TO vacuum, and ill us mp at once with
every thing that we had credit enough to
buy. And we would not have any credit
to speak Of very long either. A very short
time would clean Us out most ciIectunlly.
Then would come n lively state OF affairs
for StCubcnvillG. The town would hard.
ly sell for enough to pay It's taxes. We
would have all the panics that this colln-
try has ever seen rolled into one.
We can tell our friend Of the Gazette
what is the matter with SteubenvilC. II
Is the same ailment that aillicts the whole
country at this time to greater Or less
extent. The New York Herald published
"parable' few days ago that states the
case 40 clearly and fundamentally that
we will reproduce It for the benefit Of our
neighbor. 1t reads ns follows:
"NatiOns are like families and individu.
ala in this and other respects, that when
they have danced they must pay the I'D.
uIeF' suppose '''0 'uAu W ''''' "'' ""'
by long course Of skilltully directed in
dustry and prudent investment acquired
on o.,o,o os arm, ma ibo, oi A ~ s,ow.
"' e''I;, ,,,,,,.''. ~ :, 49,. r,.. -
art or Willlam D. As'or' lnen suppose
that one day, in n fit oil Indigestion, he
should set fire to one.tlliri Of his houses,
lov vwo,,o nuor,er of hi, forms md lcovr
n:y,,,,a. 10y r. ,ns,,or nncnittvS,aI gnnnoso
U'Ie, ill.,, so M % ~orkmen n lnrg" nrirr for
III III ~ y Jc,,rMctton o"1 n, thc .ome
,;no @ hos;rnins IN i've nj mn cytrnyogant
s",o s IiS'"ji Thcn sHnno,c when tbe
ut " ~ ,i".,suciinn and ,Iilnnido,inn VIVA
corniotS WGSn bc Ind setiousIy imuaircI
III lnt,uro and hi, Income bo shonld
sndjSnIv ,ok" II into M; bcad To
eTerntn n grrnt uumber of magnificent,
bni nreiiess md unavoidable imnroyc.
mems. mo.,ly in Tho oiltlyinv and Inoccu.
nicI parls If his estates. buiiIipg new
md 81 Spensive toadt whicb lend nowhere
and erecting costly houses for nobody's