The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-06
COR HAULED OVER THE GOALS.

GOT HAULED OVER THE GOALS.
A week ago the Kanawha Gazette,
paper printed at Charleston, contained
an editorial article in which it stated that
the people of Ksnawha county do not
raise the food they eat, Notwithstanding
there are twenty-three acres of land to
each inhabitsit, and the land, it
said, is of fair average productiveness
and much OF it remarkably fertile. II
went on to say:
"kanswha county embraces some 7OO,-
600 acres of land, and its population Is
not exceeding 10000, Yet with twenty
three acres OF land per inhsbitant, we an
nusly import thousands OF dollars worth
OF meat and bread to feed our people, and
for 8 long time there has been no In
dustrial enterprise that has contributed
in profits, one dollar towards payln &
for these imports. The mining and
manufacturing operations OF the county
are not more than paying their way, and
are fortunate if they are doing that. we
buy from, not only the neighborlng
counties, but from Ohio ard Kentucky,
bucon, beet, mutton, lard, butter, hour,
corn, oats, hay, beans, hominy and ali
kinds OF fruits. Is IT any wonder, then,
that our country at large is in debt, ana
must 1t not be expected that we Will not
only continue in debt, but get IN deeper
and deeper yearly|
We copied the above, and expressed
regret that we were bound 10 accept
this picture as true, coming from the
source it does" but we added that we
were loth to believe there is a commu'
nifty anywhere in this State SO completely
varabondish as the Gazette describes the
Kanawha community rs being"
Whether true or false, the people OF
Kanswhs did not appreciate the Gazette 8
picture and accordingly they proceeded
with their little bundles Of nitro-glycer.
inc to make splinters OF him. Having
put his foot in it the first time he does
not care to strike back at those who at
tackled him, SO he soundly bolabors the
REGISTER for copying his article. Il
tina. mode of getting over the difficulty
will satisfy his readers, we shall not OBJ
ject.
But when the Gazette undertakes &c
excuse the shortcomings which 1t has
charged upon its own neighbors by
pointing to "Ohio county, which gets tar
the largest portion OF its subsistence from
Ohio and Pennsylvania, whilst it ia;
thousands of acres Of productive land
within its borders, which have not been
brought into cultivation" 1t will hardly
avail. Kanawha county, with an area Of
twenty-three acres 10 each man, woman
and child, imports annually thousands o.
dollars worth of "bacoI, beef, mutton
lard, butter, flour, corn, oats, hay, beans
hominy, and all kinds of fruits" accord.
ing TO the Gazette, and yet "for long
time there has been no industrial enter
prise that has contributed IN
profits one dollar towards paying
for these imports. " Ohio county, with &
population OF $4,000 or $4,000, has an
area of but $4,000 acres of land-about
three qusrters OF an acre to each inhabi'
tant, as against twenty-three acres IN
Kanawha. AS in Ksnswha, all our peo'
pie are not workers in the SOIL many OF
them are miners, mechanics, toilers in the
mills and factories. These men buy
their food, not from some far distant sec.
ton, but from the farms and gardeners OF
the vicinity-somc OF whom may live IN
Ohio or Pennsylvania-and to whom we
sell in return groceries and clothing.
and farm implements and household
goods.
The comparison challenged by the
Kanswhs paper is unfortunate.