The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-08

= France, We have never seen the VISION
OF providing IN easy mode for the samC
merchants to come to the United States
= So long as we fail tn do so the balance o.
trade will annually increase against us, II
g Is idle 10 think OF selling goods to man
!. unless you first induce him to come into
your store.
In great haste, yours very truly,
JAMES q. BLAINE,
3 One Of the wittiest speeches (yet very
. solid) made in the Convention was that Of
, John H, Ricketson, OF Pittsburgh. 1t pre-
sented many strong points in favor Of a
. careful revision Of the thrift, showing how
arbitrary rulings and decisions had
wrought great mischief to certain manu-
flctures, for instance the hoop iron branch,
On this point he made the following very
just remark;
II cannot see how jury otaverage intel
ligence, under the instruction of fair
minded American judge, can fail to find
that hoop iron Is hoop iron, whether cut
into long or short lengths, and whether
loose buckles are strung on one out OF
thirty OF the strands in o bundle, or are
fastened with an unnecessary rivet, Lead
has been declared to be lead, whether Ii
comes to this country in the form Of pigs,
or cast into molds wherein We recognize ut
glance the familiar features OF the father
OF his country, or the author OF Poor Rich
ard Invoice II us 'statuarY' tits still lead,"
Mr. Rlcketson closed up his very able
and interesting speech with the following
observations;
Mr. President and gentlemen, we are
here to-day In Convention assembled to
renew our allegiance to the great principle
OF Protection tO-American Industry. We
believe that 1t has accomplished all that lis
advocates claimed for 1t in the early days
OF the Republic, We believe that the time
when II can be safely abandoned is still far
distant We believe TINT the late Pres-
dent Garfield was right when, in defense Of
the Protection principle, OIL tic floors Of
Congress, he said, In the language Of Scrip.
ture, "But II any provide not for his own,
and especially for those OF his own house,
he hath denied the faith, and Is worse than
an intidel."
The Protective system has developed
our great natural resources, and given us
foremost place among the nations OF the
earth. 1t has secured to the country that
result, which is tho object Of nll govern.
ment, the greatest good Of the greatest
number OF our people. II has encouraged
internal improvements; 1t has brldged our
rivers, and given lis iron and STEEL path.
ways from the granaries of the West 10
tide.water, and, iiRpplied In proper form,
to American ships, will ro.Gstablish our
merchant marine. II has fosered inven.
titive genius, until our machinery has be.
come the wonder OF the world. BY creating
homo competition II asCheapenGd Our pro.
cess ofmanufaClure, so that cheap iron and
steel, transformed into agricultural imple-
ments, have llghtened the labor Of our
husbandmen, and increased his crops u
hundred fold. And, finally, II has given us
financial credit second to that OF no M.
tion on theglQbe.
We who live in the older and earlier set
tied portions oil the Country--we OF tho
North and East--are reaping It's harvest.
Let us, In the true spirit OF brotherhood,
SOW the seed OF Protection, and preach It's
gospel to our brethren OF the South and
West; and may they all unite with us in
singing its grand old anthem
From New lIampshIrc's.lCy mountains,
From RlofltaB coral strand
To where the Rocky Ranges
Roll down their golden snnd,
Protection oh, prpteCtlonl
The joyful sound proclaim,
TIL eAnli remOteSt section
Has learned the Tariffs name.
Returning from New York We travelled
with ex-secretary Of War Ramsey, Of Min
nesota--a man Of largo views large calibre
and unusual information on industrial sub
jects. He agrees with the views expressed
in the letter Of Secretary Blaine, that the
people Of the West and South arc changing
on the tarltF-coming over to protection
yiews,-and says that on square issue
Minnesota, largely agricultural as she Is,
would go tariff all tho time. lie said that
American free traders were doCtrinaires
and theorists who followed English scnti-
ment without regard to the difference be-
tween the two countries. He spoke Of n
dinner given by the King Of Belgium to
himself and the late Senator Zack Cham
dler when they were In Europe in 1860, at
which the tariff was discussed. The Kings
plea was for IN interchange OF
Belgium manufactured goods for American
wheat, corn, pork, tobacco, &c. "Yonr
Majesty, said old zack, we do not want
your goods-we want your people" The
King saw tho point, as Bismarck and oil
European statesmen see 1t, that the effect
Of protection In this country Is TO draw
capital and skilled labor from Europe to
u.s. We must increase and Europe
must decrease. So tits written in the book
Of fate. This Is what stirs up so much feel
ing In Europe on this subject 1t Is the
constant theme Of their discussion with
American travellers in Europe. They feel
as II the American market had been lostto
them forever, and the London Times said
last week, in commenting OH the New York
convention, that hoping for change oil
American public sentiment on this sub.
feet was almost like hoping against hope.
THB surveying corps Of the Hempheld
extension are now at work rectifying the
lime Of the road between this city and
Washington, Pa, having finished the sur
vey between Washington and the Mon.
ongahela river They arc down nearlyto
West Alexander. There Is some specula-
ton going on as TO whether the B. X 0.
will now care to carry forward the pro.
posed extension Of the 1iempaeld, seeing
that they have secured the right Of way