The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-15
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/ THE WHEELING CONVENTION
Csmmunism RampRui-war ON : III,
FARMERS. Miners. Manufacturers, Fro
dncers and nil Ilonest n Lnboreis-
AAEnrinhism Nh AVIS lis Head.
70 ne Editor u TIE Intelit0encer. " IN '.5 ri
slh: I veribly believe that II the people
endorse the nomination made by tkf
Wheeling Convention twill very Beriously
injure the producing clasata It will bs q
triumph Of drones over The working bees,
a triumph Of tho thoughtlera, triumph
over the farmers and oyer honest labor,
and II will be a terror to all capital now
seeking Investment In this State. A State
that haa within It's limits greater undevel.
oped wealth than any State In America
All We need Is capttal-all We need Ia to
inyite capitalists and protect their rights,
and We muat remember that of every SIS nut
here by capitalists, 81 goes into the pockets
OF our own people. If a 3sFgt ea9g1
The Wheeling convention has endorsed
and approved Governor Jackson's tax law.
This ia plumber oil all tho farmers, miners,
manufacturers. II has endorsed and az.
proved the decision OF oar Court of Ap.
peals imposing fine on, and claim to the
right to imprison the editor OF paper ior
q criticism on that Court On tho decislon
Of the Court ! have bat little to say. II it
was illegal am sure 1t was an error OF
Judgment II 1t waa legal, then no man
as editor, writer or speaker has the right to
criticiss our courts unless in courteous and
carefully guarded language. The con.
yention has done more. It has en-.
doraed MIR. Wilson's war on the rail.
oads IN nominating him for Governor;
It has endorsed his attempt to "trip the
goose that lays the golden tgr;" 1t has an
doysed the railroad bill in nuduced by MI,
Wileon In tho Legislature in 1881, passsd
by the lower house and killed by the good
sense o. tho Senate-a Democratic Senate
Mr.. Wi!aon appealed from the vote Of the
Senate to the town boys jackson ring)
and .puny attorneys at the Wheeling con-
vention. They granted his appeal, and
with the aid Of Governor Jackson and his
lax law friends nominated him. for GOV.
ernor. :, 7.y6 ~ ~ az
want to do no wrong to Mr.. Wilson. I
don't want him and his pceition and
the Governors position to ruin the State
or stop her march 10 power and wealth for
q minute, to injure our industrial classes, or
any others. They must be- ,a3pht 10 re-.
spect property and persons, and to make
no war on either, or the contract or implied
rights Of elthtr-for to do 30 Ia to make
WEI on civilization. This railroad bill ia |
too long to copy in full. make extracts:
Journal and Bills, House Delegates 1881,
House Bill No. "A: f 60 1.1f ~
For transportation OF coal Of every kind
Tor any distauce exceeding Is miles and
not more than 30 miles. two and two .teuths
cents per ton per mile; so miles and not
over 100 miles, one anu ei8ht-ten!hs cents
per ton per mile; 100 miles and not over
lou miles, one and four~ten.hs cents per
ton per mile; l50 and not over 200 miles, |
one and one.teuth cents per ton per mile
200 and not over 800 miles, eicht-tenths Of
one cent per ton per mile; 800 and over
800 miles: seyen.tenthB Of one cent per ton
per mile" s5.i.g.} * 4. .9;335i'77si - n
Hence, lor 80 miles coal would be charged
per ton Sll0. per 100 miles 81 so. 4 Let us |
see: A coal operator on Davis Creek, SAY
60 miles from the Ohio, would be charged |
per ton 81 o.; from Armstrong; Greek, say
30 miles, the change would be 81 e. per ton, !
Don't you see this would give the Davis
Creek coal a monopoly Of 81 cents per ton.
And yet Dir. Wilson claims to be an anti. |
monopolist. jjTll||lss 53 sG&% 2s'I7"'a
Take the Central Ohio Railroad, over
which, when it reaches the Upper Kama
wha coal field, vast quantities OF coal will ]
go to the Ohio river and the lakes. The
Poca coal is, Fay forty milea from the Ohio
eaat OF thiR, and MIR. Wilson's bill to the
Ohio per ton is eighty eight cent?; cost
from the Kanawha coal field gay seventy.
five miles 81. IS. A monopoly in favor Of
the Poca Coal OF forty.5even cents per ton.
In this is well illustrated every provision
Of Mr.. Wilson's ill-advjssd bill. Is the
kanawha coal TO be shut out from the
market and the Poca coal to nonopolizs
it. How do the coal msn and the coal
miners, how do the people Of Charleston
like the idea Flow do the Elk River
people like Mr.. Wilson's plan to iorestall
the Elk River coal and shut 1t on. of tha.
western market? For neither the Elk
River wood and coal would come passiug
down for the Northern market II We Let
Mr.. Wilson and his railroad laws alone,
Special legislation is not Democracy. Tools
in the hants Of the unskilliul, law making
in the bands Of the prtjndiced or adyen-
turous are dangerous Things.
Again. The bill Coca on. For the trans.
portation Of cakes, iron ores, pig iron, rail.
road iron, uaiia, castings, iron msnutac-
tured which can be tended in 20 900 lbs
cars, limestone, frebrick, clay, logs and
lumber slaves, tanners bark, hoop poles,
petroleum. and ell other oils, grain, -four,
ealt, shipped BY carload, twenty.
| five miles and not over 80 miles,
two and two.tenths cents per ton per mile;
! 80 miles and not over 100 miles one ana
elght.tenths cents per ton per milf; 100
and not over 100 miles, one and fye.tenlhs
cents per ton per mile; $50 and not over
200 miles, one and two t n.hs centa per
ton per mile; 200 and not over 800 miles,
nine tenths of one cent per ton per mile;
over 800 miles, eeventh.tenths OF cent per
ton per mile. Let uB see. The distance |
from Richmond to the first coke ovens ia !
say, 800 mi!ea. Cost oil transportation $2.70
Toanother coke oven $50 milef; cost Of trans. !
portation s. As. What absurdity, mono.
poly, for coke furthest from the market :? |
The Bare for the other items named by |
MI. Wilson's bill, ior say 100 miles, pig iron
now worth sGy $l5 per ton, cost oftranspor.
tation " q; iron ores worth 81 per ton,
came cost. Railroad iron worth Si5 per
ton same. Nails worth SO per ton, same
cost. Wheat worth S33 per ton samp; corn
worth lees. same. Flour worth $50 10 $50
per ton, came cost. Flour from Hunting.
ton TO Charleston by this bill wonld bs
charged lO}e per pound, from Cincinnati
25c per pound. sm inform ed the charge
now is 20: per pound frsm Cincinnati.
Every provision OF this bill is violation
OF our charter contracts with our two rail.
roads, or what ia more, as to the Chcsa.
peske 4 Ohio railway, to take advantage Of
legal bubble under this clause in the
bill eyerything named would have to paw
Tho po y, a fraioj,t ratep ubafhor 1rorkh : IN