Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-29
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
HENRY wATTERsoN TALKS GENERALLY
On the Fair Prospects Of the SoDth---lteas
Of vatioqs Men on the Steel Nail
and Its Great Future.
PITsBURG POINTS PssTNeNTtr PUT

con, the editor Of the Louisville Courier
Journal, stopped in this city for an honr or
two one day this week on his way to New
York. BE is q short, thick set rather good
locking gentleman, minus his right eye,
which detracts very much from his general
distingre appearance. There is nothing OF
the suob about him either in the matters OF
dress or OF conversation. He is the most
beautiful and skilliul manipulation Of Eng
lish on the American press, and his talk Is
nearly as pure as his writing. He talks
rapidly, clearly and to the point. Speaking
about the somewhat noted contest for the
positIon of Commissioner of Internal Reve.
nue. between Thompson and Miller he said;
There is a general impression that the selee-
ton of Miller was triumph Of the Randall
influence. This is oil fudge. Randall had
nothing to do with the appointment OF Mr..
Miller. He did not turn his hand to induce
the President 10 select Mr. Miller. Randall
backed Judge Ruckner, Of Missouri, who
was one OF the Southern members who stuck
TO Mr.. Randall for the Speakership as
against Carlisle. In Kentucky we regarded
tie contest between Mr.. Thompson and Mr..
Miller as one between two very capable men
ard accepted the issue in that spirit.
Thompson is
Bright, Companiouable,i ioVable
man. Popular, talented and courageous,
he is of course fayorite with his friends,
who did all they could TO compass his ap'
pUintment.
People throughout the country hardly
understand the merits OF the recent TIP OF
Mr.. Randall AID the controversy between
his friends aud myself consequent there
upon. The last lime saw Mr. Randall he
threw his arm around my neck and sitting
| on a sofa we talked for an hour and half
TIE next ,hirg heard from him WAS that
he was operating with newspaper man in
/ Kentucky, who Tor the last ten years has
imagined that MS chief object in life is to
obliterate me When Randall came South
and visited Louisville ell route, he was
entertained BY The Board Of Trade, so-called,
which is a very small, in fact very iucon.
siderable local concern This was carrying
the war into Africa, or ken'ncky, il you
please. had the choice OF three things
either 10 remain silent and allow the world
to misconstrue and misinterpret my silence,
or TO participate IN The proceedings OF
banquet that was gotten up TO humiliate and
N mortiiy me, or to fight, and fought Ii was
a sort OF trisugu ular contest.
The Buddipg south.
Mr.Watterson spoke very hOptiui'y OF tue
| South and Southern prospects. With the
removal Of the incubus OF slavery came
spirit Of indepvndence aud ssIIrehance.
| Capital was LACKING, but that defect is being
overcome gradually and grandy, and With
| the progress OF Years will come new era
for the South Cotton and sugar will not DO
the leading products. Coal, iron, nails,
glass in brief tic leading products Of the
North, heretofore regarded as indigenous.
will be produced more chsaply and -Plenii,
fully south Of Mason and Dixon's line than
north of it. Already Alabama is vieing
with Pennsylvania, and to day pig iron can
be delivered in Pittsburgh more cheaply
from Alabama lkan irorl the great furnaces
of Penpsylvania The S0uths development
is as vet only ipcipient The treasures Of
the southern t,rDiuii of the Appalachian
ranges and their foothills have lain con-
cealed for generations awaiting the hand OF
energy and The resources of capital, and
| they arc about 10 come Before the Let day
| of January, A. u. 1900, Pittsburgh will not
| be the greatest iron manufacturing city OH
the continent, nnr will Wheeling be making
two tifths Of he nails that are made in
America.
| The New IRA.
birmingham, England, that "city Of dark.
ness, will have in Alabama n nsmesake
| that in all essentials will more than rival its
| English prototype. OF course none Of this
progress will be accomplished by the resi-.
dents Of the South OF and by themselves. They
own the land, but they are nearly all without
neaps to develop their ore beds, coal fields
ard limstone qusrries The manufacturers
Of be North are sending their sons South
o locate and, in The course of a ieS years.
70 become tier most deadly competitors.
The questioned rsrlf NJ Wa,teTson svadsd.
IT, hoped iha' Presidcn, Cleveland will be
sble to urdersandirrIy Craspit There
are pbrtv ideas az aide vsrianc" on the
subject that must be hnrnonized.
The Last 20 Come In.
Alexander Iaugb!in, president OF the
Lnughlin nail company at Martins Ferry,
| said 20 me day or tao ago: Next week
We shall be forever done with pudding. We
| brgin then the exclusive manufacture OF steel
| NILS We have been little backward in
coming to this deter minati5n and have
rally been al times doubtful about it. but
rnw that we have concluded to 20 into it,
We shall 60 lEe lerg;h and do no more
boiling. II We can get things ready We
stsll be making steel nails next week.
The Eject In wheeling.
Mr.. George Dean founder for the Jouc
I ton Iron Company at Mingo, in the course
! Of q general dIscussios OF the aspect OF the
STEEL nail situation. said Monday afternoon
last: lone thing that the general manu-.
| facture of steel nail nails will accomplish
will be the destruction Of Whselipg's proni-
neI c az q nail making centre. For years
Wheeling has enjoyed the prestige Of
! making The finest nails 10 the world. These
rails sold themselves and de6ed competi.
ton. The characteristics Of steel are such
| that they will allow no mill any advantage
over another in their production and here
! after The Wheeling manufacturers will be
compelled 10 compete with eli steel nail
mskers. ] zee no necessity for the steel
nail
Mr.. =. J. Hearne, general manager OF the
Riversids mill, has contracted with A. W.
Walker, OF this city, to bald for the River
side Company, plate mill IA BY l3S feet
at Benvood. This mill viii be made en-
tirelY Of steel and will be completed ~ soon
as the work can be done. The Riverside
Company is making the steel at its Ben
wood plant for the structural work.
Among the Wheeling men in this city
this week were Alexander and Samuel
Laughhn, Ms;or Loring. j. d. DnBois, z.
J. Hearne, W. H. Harden, c. T. Hubbard,
J. C. Brady. J. r. McCourtney and Capt.
Hiram Adrigr. Yucas.
BEkWooD.