The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-21
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Iliuatrnting the Danger Of n chnnge--A
Word to Young Men. I'd

IllnAtrntlng the Danger Of Chnn9o-A
Word to Young Men. va
to he Elitor Of te faisiltgenter. n u i x * \
Sln:-The late Mr.. s. H. Woodward in
lis leisure hours delightedin story telling,
among others he used to relate one TINT is
apropos in tho matter Of change the
Democrats are clamoring for MS they have
been since 1854. " "a m 54S
As the story goes n company OF mer..
chants In one Of the seaport towns OF
Massachusetts,, Ind one vessel under COM
,nand OF captain, or skipper, MS they
arc called down East, who could neither
rea,l nor write. lie loaded his vessclwith
such articles OF merchandise rs the Yankee
merchants designated him TO carry, sailed
into foreign ports, disposed OF his cargo,
keeping the proceeds in q great canvas
bag. b, =f5' d
Upon being questioned as 10 the OK
penses Of his trip he could tell nothing, he
would only point to his canvas bags, shy
count your money gentlemen, and see If !
have not made you u good profit on the
cargo you gave me. Tie result was salts.
factory, the skipper made many voyages
with like satisfactory results.
But time made changes in the company.
The older members dropped out, their
sons taking their places. They considered
such Il method as q loose way OF doing
business, they must know the amount re-
ceivcd for the cargo, the actual expenses
OF the trip. SO they could tell whether
they were deriving all the protitthe vessel
afforded. The oldskippcr was discharged,
n man OF method and n safer cargo was
put on board and voyage was made. The
vessel returned, the new skipper handed
in to the companys Office neatly written
report Of his voyage, every dollars worth
OF the cargo was accounted for and every
cent paid, Us the expense OF tho voyage
was shown in the report. The young men
were delighted. This is most satisfactory,
they said, before taking time to read the
report. Az they reached the final, how
ever, they discovered the absence OF bal.
ance Indicating profit, and their coun-
tcnances underwent u change. The pro-
ceeds OF tho sale wore accounted for but
the canvas bag and it's contents were
wanting. 1t TRANSFERRED that through ig.
norance OF the route tho vessel should
have taken the new skipper had failed to
reach the ports his cargo was intended for
, Young men Of 1884, this story Is only mp,
plicablc to the Republican party as fur it.
, general result. Our shippers have moi
been ignorant men. Every dollar OF the
revenue collected by the National Govern.
ment ~ plainly shown in the custom
houses and revenue Offices OF the country
Every expenditure Gun DO traced and
satisfactorily explained. The canvas bag
or bars OF gold and silver within the
Treasury's vaults show full well that oul
grand old ship has made successful voy'
ages under command Of Republican cap.
tains from Lincoln to Arthur. Why
should We risk change while the Repub'
J llcan crew serves us so well?
!. The action oil the Democrats In Con,
grcss last winter plainly indicates into
what parts they would carry the ship oil
state; that action plainly shows them
pledged to open ports to all foreign com.
petition. Our local Democrat may tell
you he is not free trader, but the parties
are stronger than individuals. Grover
Cleveland himsefitis clearly proven adj
vocated the passage Of the Morrison bill,
and had he been in Mr.. Arthur's place I
do not doubt 4 majority great enough to
pass that bill could have been found. The
power OF the President to veto it prevent
ed some votes being cast in its favor. "a
; Young men, make no mistake. II you
think the industries OF tho country will be
advanced by open ports or by mere
nominal tariff for rere,,ue erclusirelv, or
by such protection as the Morrison bill
would have given had it been passed,
then vote for Cleveland, Hendricks and
Reform. On the other hand, ii you think
the capital and labor Of this country should
be protected against any possible compc-
tition with the ill-paid and ill.ied labor
of Europe, then vote for Blaine, Logan
and Protection. 1860.
Wheeling, ". Va, Od. 20,