The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-09
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Development " ...s, ,h.
Great Railway Enterprise"-"y ~.
Texas Pacific and Northern r"c'"e
Should he Completed.
rcol E,a. O. Insst,OlI's Baton 'Pe''h'l
Willie the Government cannot create
pold and silver, while it cannot by It's tat
make money, it can furnish facilities for
tie creation Of wealth IT can aid in the
distribution Of products anil in the distrI'
button Of men; 1t ran aid in the opening
oIDcy territories; ii can all great and vast
.n,etpriscs that cannotbe@rompIished by
Gnply individual effort. The Govern
uent should see to it that every facility Is
offered 10 adventure, enterprise and IN
dustry. Our ships ought to be upon every
Sea; our flag ought to h. flying In every
harbor OF the worlL; our rivers and har.
bols ought to b. improved. The North
cn Pacific Railway should be push
ed 10 completion. In this way labor
could &c Immediately given TO man!
thou,ands Of men, aud in only a
little while homes to millions, Along the
line Of that thOr0ughtaro would springup
towns aud cities, new communities with
new surroundings, md where now Is sim.
ply the wilderness there would be thou.
sand, Of haDpy homes, Tie Texas Incifc
should also be completed. A vast agricul.
IuTai aud mineral region would I've opened
10 the enterprise and adventure Of the
American people. Probably Arizona holds
within the miserly clutches Of her rocks
greater wealth than any other State or
Territory Of the world. The construction
OF lint road would put lie and activity
into n hundred industries. It would give
employment 10 many thousands Of peo-
pie, ard homes At last 10 many millions.
il would increase the mineral wealth Of
the country, open new avenues OF trade,
make il possible for the American people
TO supply eight millions Of human beings
In the republic Of Mexico with manu-.
lac;Grcd articles, would iniusc new life
into tho PROSTATE South; would make
iEe.'c millions Of people forget the preju.
dice Of IailuIc, and would destroy tile isO.
ialign produced by regret. It would help
10 make the people OF the South prosper.
Gus, aud they would Immediately become
paying consumers. The whole Of Texas
would be opened to immigration. Texas,
Il State nearly as large as France, five
hines as large rs the State Of New York
with soil aud climate unsurpassed In The
world, a State capable Of supporting a non.
nlation Ol twenty millions. The ConStruc.
ton OF this Southern road would settle
tue Mexican question. II would also sci.
tie the Indian question in the South. The
Of the Northern Pacific worli
settle the Indian question in the North
saving many millions per annum 10 The
Government. Along these lines there
would DO enough people to protect them.
felve4. Besides, the transcOntinental
commerce Of this country should moi he
y the clutch and grasp Of onp corporation
all sections Of the Union should, a. iar as
possible, DO benefited. ltisol lie utmost
Importance that a line he constructed
lpoN parallel never INSTRUCTED by
now. Cheap rates will come md
y maintained only by connect.
ion. All these roads should bc nm,
IeF tho supervision and control Of
;;oEgreTs as to fares and ircights. We
h9a!d cultivate commercial relations will |
lima and Japan. Six hundred inillinns
l people are SlOwlynwNEinI from a IethaT.
y ol 1000 years. In q little while ihNv
Ill have the wants Of civilized men. md |
merica will furnish a large proportion AZ
&c articles demanded BY these people In
lew years there will be as many sbins
n1a tie Pacific as upon the Atlantic, In |
few years Our trade with China viii Ina
| greater than with Europe. In A few
aus We will retain tho same relation 10
e lar East that Europe once sustained N
T, America Tor centuries 10 come will |
TPly six hundred millions Of peonle
ih tho luxuries and with most Of the |
Stssaries OF life. A country that OK.
eis to control tho trade Of the world |
w nave tho money Of the world. We
We pursued a small, a mean and penu.
'us eounc, DCmNgogucs have ridden
% 9lhce and power upon the cry Of econ.
~ W opposing every measure looking
inc Improvement Of the country hS
lieaStoring to see how Cheaply nothiny
va be done, 4 Government, Ike aS
i'vidpal should live up to'its PRIVILEGES.
should husband its resources, simnIy
a Il may use them, '!