The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-28
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With the exception ofsilkS tea, tin, flax
and clothing, imports have fallen off fully
fifty per cent within the past i've years,
while the import ofironIhas decreased to
the enormous extent of n~inety-one per
cent and it does not require avery pro-
phetic vision 70 see that iron viii beone;of
the leading exports OF Americas near fu-
ture. While = portion ofthis decrease is
attributable to the stringency ofthe times,
It'll mostly due to the fact that the cost of
production isdecreased in this countryside,
as to enable our manufacturersto compete
with the manufacturers of foreign count
tries.
Butlthe aboyestablezdoes not tell the
whole. story by any means. We are not
only gaining sure control of our W mar
kets, but We are gradually fndingourfW way
into the markets of the world. The statis-
tics show ameng other things, the follow
ing facts undefth head of eur exportsf for
the last ten years. In 1868 we only sent
abroad agricultural implements to the
amount ofs875sss2, while for the year end
ing the SOthao5June lastEHesents 2,575,-
los. In1s6S we shipped living animals to
the extent of ST3S,395, whiie last year We
sent out to tho amount ofeS5, s44y653.tiIn
1858 we sent, out in the way of breadstufs
S~6s,9s0,997, and last year s1s1, 4,507. In
1858 Resent outh nannfaetaresnhLo1
and Steel S6,3s9,429, and last year S12,0S4,-
os4: In 1868 We sent out cotton mannface
turedgoods to the mount ofgS4Sn,054,
while last year we sent out S1,4S5,,628. In,
the way of leather mandfaethred goods il
1868 We sent out S tt.414,S71, while last year,
we shipped to the amount of S, 077, 659sttIa
And so we might 90 with further quo
tations from the table before us in which.
manufactures to, foreign; countries is SO,
forcfbty shown. The figures convey their
own lesson, whichsisA thatthe collapse in
imitation, and hence in the immense cost
of producing onr goods has given us not
only possessioh of ou1 own home maEketsS
but enabled us to compete IN foreign mar
kets with the othef1hanufactnrihg nations
OF the World.
1sqptnfss / the Hatiohals il DID
disclose uneasness among die 4radkland|
file, and d~isc7Ptept Giththempnagemsnt
of their cause: a bricklayer, who declares
himself "a national. in principleiandbez
lief, " says he finds the ,expensegof main4a
tanning an organizationgreater than heck
pected, and his individual share greater
than he can afford. Always at the meet
ings, 'tthe hat is passed for one purpose or
another" Now it isto pay for the. hall,
again it is to pay the speaker'se5penses.i
Contributions take from what should go to-
the little hoard on which his fanilyamnst
live during the months when bricklaying,s
is practically suspended. He has found.
he must stop attending meetinggss, .. as1he
is one of the kind who won't play when
unable to paylp3ASda lab6ref dalksin
muchthe same way. SH~e'EBegihsto' sis-
pec.thatthe rev party,is much the same
as the o1dpart5es. The active leaders have
axes to grind They get Paidnf for what
they do, and what they do is-generaiiy
Observation-Disclosures G''Thes wholes4hinRs
is run in the INTEREST," OF 4hosegiAEfi0 want
Offices, = says this ohsefvingI dahoEes and
he adds" They pay for the documents
and halls and speakers; they can have no
more of my money! ia SIS 'ssaia
Intelligent wofkingmenj#f ii not long be
deceived. Once they begin to think they
will beiquick TO act, andfths agftatofsH ahdq
self-seeking politicians wiz lose their fol
lowing more suddenly thapthey gained it.
The Contest Ghat b. Coming inwheeIinE
and An other Cities.
The irrepresBible conflict between those
who believe that the system Of public edulI
cation should include in its scope every
thing teachable, from the alphabet to the
highest course of a. national university
and those who hold that onL1ySlenough
should be taught at public expense to pro-
tect the State, as far as possible, ,hom+the
evil Of ignorant voters; has broken out in
st. Louis. The latter have asked an intt
junction restraining the School, Board
from permitting any languageUbn EfgIt
lish to be taught in the public and
requiring them toabolish all branches of
study; outside of the ordinary EngHsht