The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-11-26

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TAI OASIS OF ONT lhssltutlohs, ana y per
sisted in will as certainly bring about civil
| conflict rs effect fellows c4nse Tsiso1,iv
hu da,,a,,o,ino az ,,aala, ~, ~ NO
- ueoauo,a4's s.'0 os''ioe ooA s',ss : =
Trade can De maze pesslpe N TINS coah-
try, and the duty is as plain to crush the
one as the other.
The courage OF the people should lie IN
voked to confront these two dangerous
issues. They shoald be met without finch
ing, for they are PREGNANT OF great eyil TO
the Nation If the revolutionary ainsofthe
Democratic party are Tot rebuked by the
free ballots OF afree people,
!. s ,t,.s. 1,.ao
! Trade Rourhou iol1rt,.ais are saving that
/ the VdHey VRginddn is clanoring for free
rails (for railroads as y means 81 breaking 1,a
we aregsu piool,o5s " VIZ osl.s
claimed that tba Iirx,i,ia,s "a 90 far 4 con
vert from Protection 10 Free Trade. II
the statement with respect 70 tie p"'gas-
~ MeLe sl9e ~ al' ~ MoG,V 9i'l5 sno"
gainst s,ots,,t ga,t which prevails IN every
nation of the civilized world, and to the
benefit chiefly OF Americans, who are lie
ptincipl hlsTnsuIs 'eiiiohs inf,aihu pus
any s,,eh stand bnt IIo T5,,oi,,ias "a, non
politician monthly publication, which
seems to be more nonlogicalthan non-po-
ilelcaL Wha9
Lie aflicle 70 "ilieia the .t.o''oh'a''is 'e-
lerfeu Was seiy plis'n ~ .ho7o Wy "ioiiee'
70 uhueissaho ". = ai''iiiestt sea.su
'h'1 We aoaeeu ho','ihs " oui eoiis ie,ion
the Dessehiea inoiioto's was ~ uineos e0i-
.iaseilsioi - '''e los 20 isseis' :, p.oeso,
Iion' by eitiiei q oeiece ~ " . sioi'a'iuii u
tnc pa.eh' 'eMs' ele Dsssehisi ''.Ssi I'm.
! pahy mas viisuaiiy S'ileu an iiAi'oi's'is'
patent ailecVins w " siie i.o u .
bearing DISTRICTS Vi Tue eou'h' anu esps-
claiiy OF virginia. ooihpptlsioli III 4Aiiiei-
lean manufactures y one OF me necessary
results Oh Tue protective poiiey' anu ~
competition pfoducts OF We factories anu
furnaces are 1urnlshed 70 the consumers
az Inc lowest possible prices. ! ne besse-
mer company hoids the bessemer patent
Ior the manufacture Oh Steel LOT Wil'ch
noh-phosphofetlc ores are useu, suea as We
nave NOT IN the Southerh states, OF very
httle Oh IL. IL mas purchased ana pock-
eted the basic patent, SO lar as TINS coun-
Try IS directly concerned. ~ this paslc
process phosphofeticofes, such as we nave
IN virginia ana Inc eoulh, can DC used
Tor The manufacture OF steel, ana hence
would be oenefacelon TO Virginia and the
South were II put III practical use. And
to the degree that basic steel could be
made. 1t would supercede the Bessemer
| patents. To prevent the competition III
the two methods Of making steel the
Bessemer company. owning the lSessemer
process, have purchased and pocketed the
basic patents. The Bsssemer process con-
sumes nor -phosphor etc ores, such as are
mined in Cuba and Algiers and brought
here as ballast. The basic process would
/ utilize the phosphofetic ores such as are
found III Virginia and ether Southern
States. To sustain the monopoly IN steel
manufacture. in opposition TO the whole
spirit and purpose OF the protective poll
/ cy, the Bessemer company has pursued
this course
Inc question is how to right this wrong
and break up the monopoly. 1T was sug-
gested by the Va9saaas aud supported by
| Inc YIRGINiAN, lha5 The only way out OF
/ the dltiicnlty- as II affects the southern
ore bearing districts, would be to place
steel rails, sach as are made at The Besse-
mer steel works, on the free list and raise
the tariff on foreign ores that are used
IN the manufacture OF steel by the Besse-
mer process or Tor the bessemef compa-
ny TO 40 WHAT lhey some time ago thought
OF doing, utlllze the pasic patent isy estab-
iishlng steer pants IN Inc southern IRON
ore bearing districts ihls policy was
suggested. IN the aosehce OF any remedy
tor the lnJnstlce practieed upon the South,
IN the patent laws. With them we are
mol snlHclensiy acquainted TO refer to IN
telilgently Our correspondent, lastweek,
assumed that to pocket the basic process
was IN contraventlon OF the spirit. II not
the letter OF the patent laws, as they con-
| tempiated, IN granting raten1sthat they
/ There was No con,nrou;sa or surrender
80 ~ na,;a, - ,ataa+;a, 4,,aa,,aa
:. wy poiioJ " ion - oi'e 'os'e0-
/ lion. On The contrary. the purpose YVES
/ and is to carry into practical effect the
nrotectjon theory in creating camneti-
/ .;on :, tha ,,o,,.saotrro - stoo, 80