The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-19
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o...en,.tiye Waddell, Chairman oil
t1oa.e Committee on PostOfices and
" 'ts po,I., Yesterday submitted to the
f.,. r.. po..ofice Committee his report
ssa,n s.'rD,prins the bill approved by the
,5so.. 2%o. Committee providing for two
,..,' .., mail steamship lines between the
y..i,r, State. and Brazil. The bill will
I,, S,oarb, beiore'!he House at the earli'
81 Opportunity ,..,, 81, 5.
". M n nut this bill through. 1t is the
=, an ,b.. we have noticed that seems
/, i. gotten up in the real interests oil
n. ooun,ry. No intelligent Congress-
=. -, e,u tail 10 perceive that the great
l4' I,., ,oI the country is an outlet for our
',,nla. manufactures, and that whatever
,,.,, no to US the markets OF South
ln.,ics, and for that matter OF all other
,,onl,i.s, upon an equal footing with
s,s., manufacturing nations must tend
NJ, the Ieaden weight OF depression
|i,ou all our industries.
Tbo.. either in Congress or out ot it
,boIook to the passage Of the Silver Bill
n,g,re. for all the ills which op'
|...,. trade, will find themselves sorely
I;,,oDoin,ed. There must be other and
|,i.. legislation to render the renOnetiza'
|,ioo Of silver of practical benefit to The
|,,pntry. The enormous increase oil
|Droiuc.ire power which grew up under
4. protection afforded by high tariffs
Js,io, the war, when the government
yr not only u consumer but a swift de-
|,,to,ef, far surpassed the consumptive
Do,.t Of our people under the most IA
,o,,ble conditions Of peace. To reduce
n,oIuc,ioa 10 the fair COnsumptive ca
n,,i,y ofonr home market, ia in effect, to
,dou, the theory oil the survival OF the
su.,,, or, at least, Of the financially
strongest, thus consigning to the wall one
b, one our manufacturing establishments
until supply and demand are in equi'
noise. onr capacity to compete success
| |iully with the world in the markets. oi
,be world whenever we have equal facill'
tie. for expectation Of our manu-
f.s,urel products needs no demonstra'
| lion b.yond the fact that our cutlery, our
cotton goods, and many other products
ell .lv4ntageOusIy in the home markets
ot England and other countries. Recog'
ni.ing asJthey7must that the revival ol
American manufacturing industry de-
pents upon increased facilities for reach
glhose markets which offer the greatest
plr1nlasrs, not only as non.producers ol
the goods we send them, but in the char
Nlsr Of the commodities which they have
to .ell or trade to us in return, the pro-
posed bill cannot but meet the approval
ot both Houses OF Congress.
Brazil ia a wonderful country, both in
extent Of territory and IN variety OF pro
dncls. la people are active and enter
pti.iug beyond any Of their South Ameri
can neighbors, and yet we have no com
nunicalion with them save by a round
shout way. The same committee viii
also reports a bill in favor Of establishing
4 Steamship nail line from Galveston
TeIu, to Vera Cruz, Mexico. Heretofore
most Of our dealings with Mexico hav'
been on the Texas border, and have no
been Of a pleasant or profitable character
yst Mexico is country with which We
ought to have a profitable com@ercc
Indeed that is what we ought to have
With all the South American States, ant
he bills about to be presented are th'
Droper stens towards the desired end.