The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-02

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will afford MS perfect q guarantee for tn
wholesomeness OF our meats offered &c
foreign consumption as Is aaywher
given to any food product, and It's nor
acceptance will quite clearly reveal III
real motive oil any continued restriction
ottheir use, and that having been mad
clear the duty of the Executive will b
very plain.
! AMERICAN SUGAR.
The information given by tho secrc
tary OF the progress and prospects OF tn
beet sugar industry Is full OF interes
It has already passed the experimental
stage and ID a commercial success. Tit
area over which the sugar beet can b,
successfully cultivated is very large, ant
another field crop OF great value Il
offered to the choice OF the farmer. Th,
Secretary OF the Treasury concurs In the
Recommendation OF the Secretary Of
Agriculture that tho official super.
vision provided by tho tariff law for
sugar OF domestic production shall bc
transferred to the Department OF Agri.
culture.
CIVIL SERVICE.
Tho law relating to tho civil aerylce
has, so far as l can learn, been executed
by those having tho power Of appoint
ment In the classified service with ndel.
ity aud impartiality and the service has
been increasingly satisfactory. The re.
port OF the Commission shows large
amount OF good work done during tue
year with very limited appropriations.
TIE TARIFF.
! Congratulate the Congress aud the
country Upon the passage at the first
session OF the Fiity.iirst Congress Of an
unusual number OF laws Of very high
Importance. That the, results OF thia
legislation will lie the quckening and
enlargement Of Our manufacturing in.
dustries, larger and better markets for
our breads.IlIs and provisions both at
home and abroad, more constant EN-.
ployment and better wages for our work.
Ing people, AND an increased supply Of u
safe currency for the transaction of
business, l do not doubt. Some OF these
measures were enacted at 30 late pc
Rod that the beneficial effects upon com.
merce which were in the contemplation
OF Congress have rs yet but partially
manifested Themselves. The general
trade and industrial conditions through.
out the country during the year have
shower Il marked improvement.
For many years prior to 1855 the mer-
chandise balances Of foreign trade had
been largely in our favor. but during
that year and the year following they
turned against us. II is very gratifying
to know that the last fiscal year again
showsa balance in our favor of over
SOS. 100000. The bank clearings, which
furnish good test OF the volume OF bust.
ness transacted, for tho first ten months
Of the year 1890 show, as compared with
tho came months of 1890, an increase for
tie whole country OF about 81 per cent,
while the increase outside OF the city OF
New York was over IS per cent. During
the month OF October the clearances OF
the whole country showed an increase
Of 81 per cent over October 1880, while
mi ner cent These f"nrss at aho. w 90 :
Ina increase in thn voInmo ~ hus; "s
was very vanarol thron"hout tho nonn
trv That thia la,aar hrs;noes u tnv i ha;n',
condncteI an a safe and nrofi,a !" S1 has;ss
is shown hv ihs fact therp wara Hoi, 1 iess
failures reported in October. 1890. than
in the same month Of the preceding
nno non ia rI a uantnishea py ABOUT
domestic mercb andise durino he t'I foe.
year was over Sll5,OOO,O00 greater than
the preceding year, and was only ex.
ceeded once in our history. About
sloo 100000 OF this excess was in agri-
cultural products.
Inc production OF pig iron, always a
good gauge Of general prosperity, is
SHOWN by recent census bulletin, to
have been l53 per cent greater in 1880
then III 1850. .and the production Of steel
Nv per cent greater. Mining in coal
has had no limitation except that result
ing from deficient Transportation. The
SSeA"1 AGothnohJ 40 Li!aV lauul Id every
where fully employed, and the reports
Tor the last year show smaller number
OF employees Affected by strikes and lock-
outs than IN any year since 1854. The
depression in the prices OF agricultural
products had been greatly relieved and a
buoyant and hop'iul tone was beginning
to be ielt by all our people.
THE FURRY ABROAD,
These nromisino Influences hawaiian
-, 1870, ''"'e oe.n
10 some aegfee checked by the auTprls-
ing and very unfavorable monetary
events which have recently taken place
in ENGLAND IT, "a orot;,v;no 10 tno,r
that These aid not oror. n arv j 10 ~H nnt
OF the financial relations OF London with
our people, or out Of any dscredit at
Ia ". NO. 10 our securities held IN me mar.
was caused by n Money str;n t'na nsy' ;s
ngland, not by any loes Of value or
credit III the securities themselves. We