The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-23

cure a distribution otRealth more favor
able to the great body Of the people
than was attained in either Of the pre-
yious years OF prosperity, and con-
Regarding tho magnitude Of production the \
ran IN no question. The Yield oi crops, reckon
edln quantities, has considerably surpassed that
Of any preceding year, aud II prices have been
remarkably loWa q ssAp9EA OF eenltesol tIaae,
have been unusually low. From this !! has re'
suited that products have been delivered 70 con,
Sumerl ~ very low cost, and that expenses o!
living have been low, while The prices feAlltel
by iaFnep have been moderate though 4clpGlly
higher n 70 epreVlou4y year ptpTospSFtty-put
Ihelt expenses hRyeBlbo been eldeFed moderate
by the ~Gheapness Of most u the articles ,they
have 10 purchase. The tFansp0rteS and ny
middle Iieu have charged much leGs man 70
other years, aud have made some complaints
Yet The traffic has been 10 large that rAlitoaIp.
report eaFnluRS larger than ever before, though
lang rexPenSes have let them oply modeFA's
profits. Z,
thaa ipsny previous yea, ogt a. IaSa mS Ss !;
Geen eInfbltAnt. The cotton industry hn5 no,
qulIe held ~ maximum production and W
lRS much exceeded ~ output IN pteytqps ys1aI
Of prosperity, while the leather lnn 9o3t nn ny
shoe tndu1lEles have probably ulphssfd " w
yipuS production, and yet have tprnlaRed Nv
duets &c tbs lowest prices ever Known y ~
vnblen indnilFy has been embAEaAsed, y mus
BE- remembered that tho low pElees Ok elolhiH
haye been helpful 70 eOuA2metS, nanisy ,thIt
IndistFy nj pounds Of wool mRnulAeIufed OF !
yaFiS AZ goods produced undoubtedly e4ceel
mn oiiSSI or lks!, tue years ot, previous ll4H
mum PROSPERITY In other bFaulhe4, ipe pults
ny trades, II pot qnile 80 ssuEs , Nall 9 M Y
cedlng year, have lar surpassed Heu pFouu'
} non Ia other years Of prosperity -,
The RyEIeRaIe Of bank cleaEllgHa 0ptRide :
Sow York Will probably exceed twenty tn9I
, Eand millions, against eighteen thpuAAnd mn
IONS last year, aud against leS5 tIRn IoqEIee
thoussnd millions In 1881 or 1852, This doe
md Yet afofds D sure inalcatlgn that the Y
crease has beef. greater .thRa The Inerea,S
population tnelaaIns this ci!Sr , va GaeSt'n \
amount surpassed only In lsS! and ~, Mae
WA Epcculation At New York made . .dlttsI
SuCa Of three thousand 10 iour thousand NIL
Ions Ia the aggregate But 4potheE, gIet
difference exisn, TIE general Level g, pr' 4
4 eyel' Of 1881 or 1852, 30 that tho quantity
producis represented by payments then mad
/. through banks, II sold Of the prices Of thts yea
would not have called Tor payments 81 mo-
? Than atty thousand millions speeniatoh Y
Iudet, At the lowest possible eatlnale, u
! volume Of business reckSled Inequalities
A aflcles mast have Increased fully ". per ccl
Ilnce lssO, The population having ipcEeas'
Next must be Teckoned the Important 70
that, with pElees, aud Hereford tho cost q Hyln
. N least 20 per cent lower than 10 1881 aud ~
i the wages Of labor ara on the Whole hlgher: /,
SOnD branches Of eWplDynelt tHis ~ not '
D fact, but reckoning all classes u! LABOR w
- due regard to the number employed ~ eaGp! !
u average must DO al least . per eent, hlRner W
In either Of tho years named, and, 3 PET "
/. IIa d~lNLFIhulIOu Of wealth has been far mt
hyOrGlle Is thu producing class, The W0iEI
q 1aye received u llttjp lnNIp money, ana IN
mTney has purchased Ut Least y per cent mt
goods than In previous years oi mA&llmNli pI
parity,