The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-22
THE AIR IS FREE.
Everything Else Pays Tribute to the Little
Kanawha.J acksonInn Navigation Cor.

EsNETylHluk AalhCA IVY '" tAh0 Asa'tAS
Kanawha. Jacksoninn Navigation Cor
mOrnnt.
Special Correspondence Ofthe IniellidsncT.
ELIZABETH, WRIT COUNTY, w. Va,
Oct. 2O.-I arrived last night in the
beautiful little village of Elizabeth,
which uestles like dove in its nest sur
rounded by the crimson crowned hills
and watcred by the tribute.taking Little
Kanawha Navigation Company's river,
to which every citizen, old and young,
handsome and homely, pay tribute for
everything they eat, drink, wear, and in
fact everything but the air they breathe,
md Dclliker and the JaCksons would
collect toll on that il they could induce
n Democratic Legislature to charter such
n corporation. Do the citizens of Wheel
ing and those along the Ohio river know
what it means to pay tribute Tor every
thing they need in daily lie :?
II not, and they wish q little
experience in that line let them settle
in this valley. 1t means that every
pound Of groceries, every bale OF hay,
every plow, machine OF any kind, and in
fact. everything received in exchange
for their produce, timber, &C., must pay
an exorbitant tax to the Iacksonian Nep-
tunes OF this corporation. This Is not
all. Every railroau tle, eNcly slM.Ios'
every bunch oil slaves anu every pr9uuIc'
ton they raise or mahulIctutc must aiso
pay an enormous tribute oelote y can Nc
gotten into market; IN the hl4peF antI
tic business alone 1t IS estlMated seVerai
thousand men IN me counties o. Oai'
houn, koane ana WlrS ale etnpIoyeu'
They toll all summer long IN getuns
their products 10 the creeks anu rivers
and before they can nave Ehp PfiVl!ege OF
TeaOhlnGa ready anu cash Market WIN
sometimes $2,OOO,Ooo worm 10. o. TIMBER,
&C., they must pey alluost tl'e Naltuu u
their labor to TINS grasplng company;
They have been mlstreateu, apuseu anu
insulted by the executives Oh tne hunoE'
oily, and have had no APpea, eEGep! V
the owners themselyesi me pnlleu
States Court and the Circuit court were
represented by men VINO soWneu Tue
corporation.
This state OF Affairs not only altGctt
the timber men and steamboatmen, Dn'
also the merchant, the farmer and the
laborcr all along the beautiful valley O
the kanawha: NO one wants to hny
any land on this river. 4here Is no IN
lucement in nature nor prospect II
business sufficient 70 overcome the IN
furious effects OF this Jacksonian ten
tacled majority, and perhaps there
would not have been Tor years hau
not been for the fact that one o. th'
corporation resigned bis ludgshlp IN or
der to get into Congress, where he VII
never get II he depenAs upon tRs vote
Iof the people Of the Little kanawha va
ley in Wood, Writ Calhoun, or on its tnp
utaries in Richie or Roane counties,
have carefully and consclentlonsly inter
viewd manycltizens ana riVernen on WI
subject, and i have not YET found TWEEN
ty who will warmly espouse ms cause
and not many more VINO VIII vote 70
him. The river men are now appeaIin
:. to Congress-or will at It's next session
to take charge OF this stream, ana J, y
ask one OF them to vote Tor one OIL y
owners would be to deil3erately lnsHI
him. In Writ county alone am tol
that this navigation monanoIy VIII gu
Jackson out OF at least ld9 Democrat
votes. The counties oil CaihoIh an
Roane are similarly situated, ana tner
is not the least enthusiasm LOT NM o