The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-20
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GriIrci Nos. rs and ~ Fourteenth n rect.
AFuRriiEn REPLY
To Mr.. Z. N. Turner by Our Parkers.
burg Correspondent.
,lE 5a PAREEnshrpo. Jnlv 10 1900

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Elton Intelligence q 3 4; e !! z 4,
In n former letter attempted to show
that the principles Of protection fos,ered
our agricultural interests, in reply to the
bucolic Mr.. Turner, who has attempted to
show, In several communications In the
1SrELLlorscEn, that free trade Is the great
panacea for all the ills that the farmer Is
subject to-that 1t will I'll his graineries,
cribs and barns, and shield him from frost,
drouths, and cyclones. The statistics which
used don't seem 10 suit this free trade
neophyte. He finds fault with them and
INDUCES In such unanswerable arguments
q as "bombastic drivel, stuff" and such
delicate adjectives as arc common TO The
inexperienced polemic when lie has been
driven into a corner. The statistics used
were not the latest, rs did no, have them
at hand, but they arc reliable and official
statistics. ! do not wonder that our free
trade advocate finds fault with them. tits
qnite natural. In fact, the free trader does
not thrive on statistics; they are the red
flag Of his destiny. They beat him ut every
point, and when finally driven ut bay he
hurts the crushing argument at them "bom.
bastic drivel." Our Harrison county friend
wandered far enough from his normal cor
dition the other day to quote figures;
but true TO the instincts Of the genuine
Tree trader he was compelled 10 bunch the
whole northwestern territory against the
State OF spindles and factories, TO give his
argument the substance OF strength. And
when We come to boil down his figures, and
ascertain just the relative influence the nine
digits have upon Mr.. slime mathematical
cerebrum, We find that he has "bi,ten off
more than he can chaw,"-pardoA the prov.
iucialism. In 1850 the great State OF
illinois, with her boundless prairies and
her innumerable reapers and mowers, pro.
duced fifteen and two-thirds bushels OF
wheat per acre, while Massachusetts,
ground TO the earth by the cruel tyranny OF
a protective tariff, her people oppressed
and her agriculturists outraged; her bloated
iabores reveling in excessive wages
wrung from the clammy brow OF the pro-
ducerof wheat and rye, produced sixteen
and two-thirds bushels per acre. What an
outrage; the philanthropic Turner must
dive deeper down into his vocabulary than
"bombaslic drive" if he expects to check
this overflow OF naughty statistics, and give
our inhospitable shores the full benefit OF
the benign influence Of free trade.
Blu, do not intend to embark further
in this discussion at this time. Mr.. Tur-
ner has waded beyond his depth, and he
doesn't appear to be good swimmer, and
We will excuse the discourtesy OF his
language and charge it up 10 the lack OF
experience and the lack OF information
upon the theme he is talking about. 1t is
quite evident that he started out with the
idea OF taking tilt with live
editor-vaulting ambition sometimes takes
queer turns-so l will turn him over 10
you, dear editor. Treat him tenderly as
you would dollhouse plan, in cyclone.
Turner must be nursed. S,