The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-25
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;,Y.otl, their press and politicians, ure the
Ditter md unfelentinpN onnnnertS Of the

pitter unu unrelentingS opponents OF III
Improvement OF ouri Southern and Yves.
ern rivers, and from them has come tn
catch word, Trout Btrea,ns' ''and tn
great steal. This "Trout stream catcl
word thcy, apply to our rivers, and III,
great steal they apply 10 every appro
priation made or asked for for our rivers
While they coolly ask the Government |.
bayand improve the Erie canal II Mr.
Cleveland Is elected, he will owe Iii
election to New York, for he was pu
forward and forced upon the country b,
TINT great State for : a purpose. Th0
purpose Is apparent. 1t was 10 foster
supremacy Of New York from tho stand
point Of mere politicians, 6lIe will not, he
dare not betray the policy rof the poll
ticians OF that State. lie will throw nj
the moral force OF his administration
against what his people are pleased TO cal
Trout streams" and the great steal" fol
this reason. Every river, improved, ns
they think, takes trile; from New. York,
and reduces her power. and supremacy
THIS Objection does not apply to Mfr.
Bl;lainc. So great is this New York in
ii!ucncc that Mr.. Arthur,a Whig or Rcpub.
ii!can, or whatever you may choose to cal
hin, under that influence, vetoed the bill
appropriating many. millions Of dollars to
our rivers. l do not propose to put the
South or our rivers at the mercy Of New
York influence, her politicians and .yenal
arrogant press. Had Judge. Thurman been
nominated; should have voted for him,
but he was sacrificed TO tho demands OF
the New York politicians and Of a do.
ludcd, over-renched South. : Ist 5!53
81 oun FOREIGN iroLlcY. 4, 3. i$3-
Upon this question l do not know the
policy Of either party! 1t is not definitely
announced, nor could il be. The country
knows the general views Of Mr.. Blaine.
But it does not know tho views Of Mr..
Cleveland. Mr. Blaine is. admitted to be
n man .of great intellect, a statesman
thoroughly verscd III our foreign relations,
bold, generous and of enlarged views The
country knows nothing of Mr.. Cleveland.
All we know about him is, that he was
mayor OF Buffalo on one OCCASION, and be-
came Governor ,Gf New York in -consc-
quencc OF u split in tho Republican party
ol,that State. This aud nothing more.
For this reason l.tiink' it would be more
prudent. to trust the management Of our
foreign relations and policy with MIR:
blaine. r.ther,tlan with the untricd and
unknown Mayor. OF Il city or Governor ofa
Stute. Tho power OF II President and his
cabinet iii our foreign relations is very
great, greater, perhaps, than that ,of any
potentate in Europe. This is n flct and it
isnccdlcss to deny II. I. "a 4
: .q3. TIE TARIFF. r. r. -sl.' 'tsS
The tariff is the great question for West
Virginia, Virginia and the South. The
time may come in the progress OF christian
civilization when the nations OF the earth
will allow that free exchange Of their pro-
ducts which the lovers of man so much
hope for, which contributes so greatly to
the comfort and happiness Of all :, This
would hush the sound of war and might
unite the family OF man in universal broth
crhood. Until that time does CONG, We as
q people, must shape our policy to suit ex-
isting facts and conditions. IN atlyuiorcm
tariff onull imports is the true dostrinc of
philanthropy. But:wey are oif,r away
from it now That we must discuss it, il at
asl us 4 theory. The true question for us
to consider is, what is the best for our pres
ent condition as one Of the great powers Of
the world. II we import say SlG0, ,G00, 900
OF foreign products in exchange for our pro-
ducts, it's manifest that this 100000 ,000 is
gone out the cOuntry.S7I Ii this sum were
exchanged for the products OF our own
country 1T is equally lyelnaniicst :. that We
would then have the $4,000, 900 for the
construction Of railroads, Improvement OF
rivers, for factories, machine shops, &C., for
the cultivation Of .lald and the q en-
ploymcnti OF labor. A protective tariff
would keep this money in he country and
we, as Il people, ,.woul lbe that mich rich
er..a This would secure for our people tho
manufacture Of gools;and the;protluction
OF raw material, such as; coal pironI copper,
cotton, wool, ctc.H!iWould z it, not
be bc;terE to keep this sl0O,O0o,OCO in
our own country for our@ own use
at a cost Of. says2SlO, on, COO added for
tariff than send it ont Of the country? For
wemust remember tllat5tli;s Sl6, ,O0O, 900
would remain here and must be- used in
some way. The effect oi-protAc,ive tar
i'll is TO cause the manufacture ofwhat VIC
need in our own: couitry,as well rs tic
productions Of many things out Of the
earth and soil which would otherwise be
produced abroad, with money or its equiv
alent scntg OF 2 the country. Competi.
ton among ourselves has brought the
and products OF our own coun.
try, so low that we, have every reason, to be-
lieve that our Z: products tsIaAiIlt t.;be,
about Is, cheap foreign products In the
near future. ss. 80 q;
]. 81 Is EFFECT IN THE SOUTH. z
The effect Of the csentprotectiyc tariff;
together with 50 many new railroads re-
Gently. Constructed in tile South, >has
opened: up and developed. vast fields Of
minerals before unknown or ,innoticed ii
the comliIercial world, and greatly reduced
the cost Of al, transportation, opening new
on Il largc. scale. Tor our products.
In consequence; ;oi this, foreign and North.
ern capital has been largely invested in
the South, seventy millions since /: last
january. and the fact hits been made iat.
parent that We cun manufacture all things
made OF iron, wool, cotton, &cy$cheapcr
than thcy'can be made; in the Northern
States, and many cotton goods cheaper
than they can be malein Europe. The
Southern people from this ci,use;,i,,st very,
soon become a powerful, ,seli-stst;sining rich
andprosperous people sand coftbis gcner-,
alton may liveto see theempire tint comes
from manufactures and commerce trans
ierrcd south OF the Ohio.$$Is it wise or pru.
dent t.under this state Of facts to make such.
radical changes incur tariff laws us now;
proposed x%our. Democratic politicians?
1tllink,not:sSSS know'not. h Notwithstand-.
ing this state Of facts, ,9in Congress last
winter the Democratic party introduced. a
biIlt make ratlicai and sweeping changes
in the tariff by greatly reducing it
They went further They advocated so
radical and dangerous d change us to: put
on 'theS free list tobacco; woo, iron, coal,
copper, sugar md several o.ller products,
called. raw material. The object of the.
measure, 2 inspired ,hy-tiic slircwdness aud
mistaken policy Of commercial New York,
her merchants, importers and Emanniac:
'iuct,lrcrS and many Eastern manufacturers.