The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-23
BETTER TIMES.


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An Interesting story In Regard TO The
"a Wealth Of the Future.
American enterprise inthe struggle fol
supremacy in the worlds market has beer
handicapped by elk serious drawbacks
These are, lack Of means transportation
high rates Of interest on capital, high rates
81 marine insurance, carelessness In pack
ing, waste OF material in manufacturing
and an omission to make concessions
to the local prejudices Of outside bar
barians. -e.a.a., I.. ldftsir ,..ra
Agood time will probably como when
these will all beremoved, ahdthen adieu tc
communism, pauperism, half.time, over
production, and al the other real Of i'm
aginary evils OF the day. Kearney will
become a bloated bondholder, schwab will
own 4 brewery and supply beer to the
Bayarians,. Chinese cheap labor will be
welcomed by It's whilom opponents turned
manufacturers, greenbacks will advance to
a premium, gold will be nuisance, sub.
sides to steamship lines will be regarded
with contempt, audmany other equally
incredible things from the present point
Of view will come to pass. .t. IN =,
Meantime, Yankeopluck, even with all
the odds above mentioned against 1t, Is
making a gallant race, and is fast closing
upon its antagonists. This 81 especially
true Of tho past few years since 1875. d
Taking the figures Of 1857 as basis;
we have advanced at the rats OF x, Uov,Ooo
in two yetrs. Our exports today are
more than double thoseot 1850, In which
wear there was very heavy export trade,
The one article OF cotton alone amounting
10 over 500, 900, 900, more than twice the
cotton export OF 1855. In the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1878 tho increase over
1S77 was nearly s65, 000, 900, or about III
per cent and this Notwithstanding the
Greatly lessened demand for war material
consequent upon the cessation OF 'hostiit-
The possibilities OF the future are enor-
nous. To say that our progress promises
N eonal that Of the past three years is TO
cia;m loo little. The least We may look
for win DO an expansion on tho compound
Our div goods are superior to those Of
England, and are preferred wherever they
arc entered into direct competition with
them. Not I'd put too fine q point 1t,
English cotton goods are composed OF one
nari cotton and three parts clay or other
filling, while those manufactured here are
without makewcight oiany KIND. AMER.
can iron Is naturally Of three or four times
the tenacity OF English iron, and so on 10
tho end Of the list. -. -, .,,.
In variety and excellence OF raw mater.
ial,. no country on the face ofthe globe can
begin to compete with US. European
mechanics bear no comparison In skill OF
intelligence with ours. '''' N'-
An American win turn ont four times
the quantity Of work that's German or an
Engiishman will do in the same time. and
he will do it much better. Wages and the
price OF living have become SO reduced on
this side Of the ocean that in+many instan-
ces they are lower than in Europe. We
have the aid OF an unlimited variety Of
labor-saying machinery, great deal OF
which is not known abroad, and nearly
all in use there has been imported from
th;a country. irul i'.' 2iliHI-1f - HtlL
a German gentleman informed the wri-
ter that, wishing recently to Establish @
branch house in his native city, Berlin, he
employed the carpenter who has the pat
ronape OF the court, and is therefore sup
posed 10 be Of exceptional skill, to put up
for him a wood and and glass partition
similar TO those used IN counting; houses
in this country. The Job occupied slx
weeks, whereas here six days would nays
been sufficient. All the mouldings had to
be made by hand with clumsy, old.iashion'
cd tools, and the workmen seemed to DC
mere machines running in groove, and
ambitious only to accomplish as little in q
given time as possible. W. =
An American lady in Vienna, in hur'
~ 10 catch train, went into saddler 9
shop-trunk stores are unknown there TO
order strap for her trunk. She was told
that II could not be made in less than
day. In New York, suppose there were
none in stock, special machine would
have turned 1t out in two minutes, lncid-
ants might be multiplied indefinitely to
illustrate this branch ofthe subject.
Every American who has ever travelled
abroad can furnish several from his per-
sonal experience Should proof be need.
ed that all that has been said Is true, 1t
NAV be found in abundance In the
columns Of the English newspapers.
There arc filled with complaints o.. Amer:
can competition and consequent loss Of
trade. One paper : the Britah ,AGi--.ells
Of n house II, birmingham which is man.
ufacturing yankee pattern household
sundries, such as cgg.whisks, nutmeg.
graters, etc." and placing them on inc
market as American goods. I'm another
We learn that several extensive paddock
makers in the South Statfordshire district
are 'busy at work upon an order for pad
locks upon fayorite United States pat
Term" and American manufacturers are
warned 10 Immediately register their trade.
marks in Great Britain under tho now
treaty. Could any palmer acknowledge
ment OF defeat be given than this?
In all American EXPORTS including
Observation-Disclosures the foundation OF the
Renublic, three commodities have stood
forth prominent in amount and value
Cation. tobacco and cheese, and q these
cotton has been tho king. Yet will 1t DO Pc
loved that in 1884 on American snip
which carried eight bags Of cotton into
LIVERPOOL was seized on the ground that
80 much cotton could not be the product
OF the United States? ~. A..
In the fiscal year 1850, during which the
largest crop was raised and the greatest
quantity was. exported, l7o7,,eSss65, NV SSs
pounds were sent abroad, over l,265, 0oO,'
DO going to Great Britain. .......,,
Tobacco to the amount OF S5,U9o poun 1oS
ne : al s AZ sent abroad 9,52O, leS hogsheaas,
equal sS to IS, 100, 1000 pounds, 70 trans
port this vast product would. 1t is esttniatT
Cd, require iOio5s ships5c carrying 500 o hogs
heads each, or ayearty average O. si6 YES res.
al Of that capacity. WIN somebody put
that ii in his pipe and smokeItf ..t.,.a,
Il Last year, according toitho official report,
of The Commissioner q the Internal
Revenue, a greater quantity Of manutact-
urcd tobacco and more esa lo ana aSD
-, .,,;as Ia aSnoYtation than during any