The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-23
our Dover Letter.
Correspondence Of the Republican.

VI inc hepuDicaus
.And the blind receive their sight. and
the dumb speak."
Taking walk through our town on
Saturday evening accompanied by a
3rme or who ie Democrat and lives
within few miles OF Dover. my COM
panlons attention and my own, was at
racted by the crowds OF people on our
streets going to and coming from the
'arious stores, and on approaching the
tore of the Cowgirl Drug Company,
which for the holiday season Is stocked
tull with "brlc-a-brac" and other goods
uitable for presents. we observed it
'rowded with happy faces, and six
clerks with the principal OF the firm
waiting on tile crowd.
On passing the jewelry stores OF j.
Frank Alice and Col. Boyle, and the
fancy stores OF d. Montgomery. Jr.,
and L. A, Marcus d Co., we saw a similar
,tate Of things. Whereupon NV com
|panlon remarked, "There is no dlspnt.
ing but diversiiication of Industries,
so that every person OF whaeever taste
or capacity may find work he can best
do, and that all kinds OF necessary
work being done and all products ex-
changed at home and consumed as
nt ar the place of production as can be,
IL the only way to make town or the
country permanently prosperous.
Now, here" said he, what would
he the appearance of these stores on
this Saturday evening were 1t not for
Richardson d Robbins the Dover Ma
chine Shop. the Hosiery, the Chambers
Packing Company and the Button Fac
tory2 Why, they would be as In times
past with their lights turned down.
fewer employees and those employees
leaning with their elbows ON the coun-
ters talking to one or two loafers to
kill time. But this being "Sllvery
Saturday at the establishments Ihave
mentioned, the stores are all like bee
hives.p
Il cannot understand" added he,
what system of political economy or
social science Senator Gray believes
In, when he says, as he did say in tine
Senate Chamber, when speaking
against the Mckinley bill, that Labor
is not thing to be created. and that
the establishment of manufactures is
begotten OF the avarice OF capital and
tend only to increase the opportunity
OF mlllionaires to become richer at the
expense OF the plain people OF the
country. ...4
MIR. Higgins was the true friend of
our State and county when he advoca-
ted an American market for American
goods, and thus the people of this
country are getting their eyes opened
as to their bestinterests and with those
who advocate and promote those in
-terests.
Mercantile interests OF q commun-
ity are an essential feature and law
yers. and other professional talent is
to "a town. The merchant
brings us the commodities of COM
merce but the manufacturer opens a
permanent Investment for capital at
remunerative rates, gives employ
ment TO the laborers and enhances the
values of all farm products in the vi
cinity and hence to find such patri-
otiec landowners as Joseph r. Whitaker
and prudential landowners, like John
Il. Nicholson investing capital and in
every way possible encouraging our
local Industries.
Whilst others, whose dutyand privi.
lege IL Is equally with those gentle
men, take little or no interest in our
local industries and fritter away their
time and enerRy in connection with
such frivolous organizations as the
Farmers Alliance endeayoring to get
cheap transportation for their pro-
ducts and free ride" for themselves
just in proportion as n people pro-
mDte and encourage domestic mechan-
ical arts and manufacturers will ma
tion be prosperous at home and pow-
erful abroad.
Beneath the shades in Longwood
Napoleon said. "Great Britain conquer.
ed me, not with her swords, but with
her srindles; with her spindles she
subsidized all Europe, and here aHn. -
England reared the throne OF her En-
pire upon Coal, she made Iron King
and Cotton Prime Minister. She sur
rendered the sovereignty OF the colo
nies when she could retain them no
longer, but by her capital and our de-
pendence and folly secured the con-
troll OF our productions and our mar
kets."
George Paris Knight, one of our
Common sense farmers, sold and
delivered in our town to-day IS tur-
keys, for which he received in cash 800,
being at the rate OF 10 cents per pound.
Mrs Mary Foster. who was so badly
burned week ago. died last night
from her injuries, at her late residence
on Division street.
w. L. Kellum Is still confined to bed
with sickness, and Frank Rowan, son
of John s. Rowan, is home from Phlla-
delphlA, sick with la-grippe.
Visitors to our Episcopal church,
yard sarcastically ask III tie spirit of
her worship, which inclined us up-
wards Of ayear ago to erect monu.
mentto Caezar Rodney, has all been
spent, inasmuch as column then
erected stands without any inscrip-
ton.