Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-20

prevail By reason of eompetition-snd I'll
non compeg'ye points so and loo, CT eve
200 miles nearer the market, the came PFC
ducts going in the same direction are ottel
charged so per cent. more, and sometime
double the amount OF the longer haul t.on
the Ohio river or beyond it.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Mr.. President, this is not theory. nor i
it the ststemen. OF imaginary cases Ihs
might exist; it is the everyday experience
1t is q notorious fact that men engaged II
agricultural and stock.rsising pursuits II
West Virginia aud other States near tn
Eastern markets, who ship their product
from points one-hslf to thrse.fourths nesrel
the markets, will be inst in the same maj
kets with the same kind of products ship
ped two or three times the distance, com
ing by their own doors at greatly less rates
often as much as one half less. And il
sometimes happens that shippers living IL
these States ship their own products &c
market and at the same time purchase
products Of the same kind in Chicago and
the West and snip to the same market O.
the same time st less freight than il paid
tor their own products almost at the mar
ket gates. ,
In support of this assertion | beg to read
a letter, received only a few days ago from
one of the most substantial, intelligent,
and reputable farmers Of the South Branch
Valley, in my State. | do not give his
name, for the reason that have no author
ity to give it publicity, but the letter ls only
the repetition OF complaints received by
Senators aud Representatives almost daily
on this subject. The letter says:
Il believe you are opposed to the inter
sts,e-commerce Dill. / believe the people
our State are almost unanimously IN
favor of 1t. know Of none who are op.
posed to it, except those who are interested
IN special rates and in railroads.
| will stop here to remark in this con
that | do not know how the writer
could have imugined This 10 be my position
he has been deceived by mlsrepre-
sentaIions, or imsgines that because have
railroad interests in my own State |
not rise to the level of a disinterested
conviction on this important subject. l
have that conviction, and this is not the
first time | nave expressed it on this floor.
But let that pass; that is not the point to
which wish to call the attention of
Senators.
UNFAIR IN WEST VIRGINIA.
The letter goes to say:
"Our people complain very much OF dis
,riminations, it costs Us more 10 get u
from the point named in West Elr-
often as much as double, ss IRON
West. | YVES 10 Philadelphia in
December with cat,l6nen from Ohio and
arther West, who were paying about one-
lalf the rate Of freight psid. buy more
n less cattle in Chicsgo every spring, and
{ costs me 3 great deal more to get my
attic home than to ship them to the sea-
,oard. Our State can never prosper un'
ess we can compete with the West IN
transportation. They gst TO market so
much cheaper than We DO. We would De
.sIteS Of if we were50O miles farther West
own one of the best farms in this part OF
be State, and sm Offering it for sole in OF,
er to 20 West, wher5 ! al get cheaper
ransportatiou and many othess are dong
he same thing and leaving our State.
Now. Mr.. President, why should we leg
slate to perpetuate this discrimination.
pa. effects the great body OF shippers ali
yer the country, instead of providing tor
relief2 | challenge any satisfactory
essou for it. If We are Ia earnest about
,assing o bill that will reach the greatest
wis of discrimination let Us meet the
question fairly and sqasrely. II you limit
be provisions TO the same original point
+ departure" instead OF covering the most
noortant principal in long Srq short
Iauls, it only adds 10 the evils OF the dis
rimiustions complained OF by practically
a~nctioning its most Objectionable feature
Such q Dill discriminstes in favor OF dis
elimination, for it d~iscriminstes against
ghole sections Of country and wonld give
o large cities the monopoly OF nearly all
,inds Of business by reason OF the gusran,
he that would be offered for cheap aud
transportation charges. thus
,rinciols was most eloluentiy expressed
" the Senator from Iowa VI. Wilson
Though / believe he voted against he
amendment then prudiEc. quote rom
he rsmsr ks of the Senator, page 436,
iecoud session Of the Forty-eighth Con
The people Ofthis country can not be
to an acceptance OF
Il ABNORMAL SYSTEM
If forced combination and GENERALIZATION
With which the trans porting corporations
bound their own real or supposed
.opyenieucss the industries OF the country
am glad to feel assured that this 10 80;
or I can not believe that the present ten
to drive the manufacturing indus,
rips and all who employ and are employed
herein 10 q comparatively les !ocaities
gill tend to conserve the best public inter
alta. whether We regard them from the
..tandpoints of moral, material or ps!ticai
consideration, singly or combined. The
.ys,em is repressive aud uniu5;. 4 BODY
,olitic can no more thrive uader q system
ghich con6aes the vital forces represented
)y 10 e~mDloyments, us ousIheSS' "e ""
nerce to a CsS CQinrs than eau q natural
BODY whose life esrrsn:s are oostruc;ed
md denied their normal scno~. : sell
.eliaat man, whose independence and ind;
,i3usUtg assert themselves in his ways OF
ifs. ia always : ~conqueriug force. A
nation thrives by mnlnptis atI2n Of such
uea: i weaksns and dsarfs as thetr HCr-
,ers diminish The rule is not confined TO
Individuals. IL applies to communities as
veil "a 10 men. A self reliant, eaeEcet'c'
eontautsd community 10 9
NATIONAL force. Multiply this force, and
he nation grows in strength, prosperity
,outentment; and so long as these oonai'
ions exist its power will increase ana lie
institutions endure.
Mr.. President, a diffusion OF Industries
will multiply such communities as will give
the results ] have indicated, and this
diffusion will t~ranspiFe SEen2yer the trans
n~ortation shsckles shall have been atElcEeE
the willing limbs Of communities nov
impatient of the restraint which hold them
70 iuae,ien. They want TO move, but they
Tx. r-:enosa the processes Of