Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-09-26
WONDERS NEVER CEASE.

SUI; 50 tude lot over quarter oil a
century there has been no salvation
outside Of its unreconstructed polit.
ical dogmas. Lincoln and Grant,
and every republican leader down to
the present. have been denounced
and traduced in its columns. Every
Republican measure in its eyes has
threatened the social and religious
fabric OF the country. Its constitu.
ton was goddess, its education was
godless-everything not reflected in
its narrow visioned Mirror was god
less and destructive Of liberty and
justice. 1t picked at the Mckinley
Bill like a vulture at its prey.
Grants Methodism and Harrison's
Presbyterianism caused its con.
science many sleepless days aud
nights. Postmaster, General Wana.
makers religious interest in Sunday.
oOuOoAo mas oScu SOuECo VI COu"
slant worry, though had he been an
infidel or a skeptic the government
could not have withstood its anathe.
mas. Like all religious papers it is
incapable OF argument, but its weap.
ons are sneers and snubs. Could
its influence prevail in this country
America would soon become a nation
of old women far below the level OF
Canada, Mexico and Spain, Involved
continually in snarls and engaged in
constant war with liberty education
and progress in behalf of the power
and wealth and rule Of the privileg
ed classes Yet the Mirror and its
class pretend to be progressive, lib.
erty loving, American journals. We
never could see them in that light.
1t is either their way or no way -
their government or no government
their education or no education
their religion or no religion; their
Heaven or no Heaven outside of its
pale of belief and practice. No won.
der, then, that we are surprised to
find the following in its columns
While there are serious doubts OF
being able 20 paint the devil as
black as he really is, there can be
no question that the Mckinley bill
has been in some respects uuiustly
censured. Perhaps the most EN-.
phatic distrusJ of this tariff measure
is located at the south, where free
trade theories predominant, the rel
ic of slavery and Mr.. Calboun's pro.
paganda: But that section of the
republic may benefit in unexpected
ways by the Ohio statesman's for.
INFLATED and adopted commercial re.
lations. For example, the McKin
ley bill has, according to expert ties.
timony, virtually destroyed the to.
bacco Industry of Sumatra and com.
PEELED transfer to the South. AS
this trade envolves S50,000,000 a
year, it is an enormous gain. Su.
matra planters and manufacturers
will, it is SAID, be forced to move to
the South in order to conduct their
operations, and several of the South
ern States are admirably adapted
for the growth of this staple. Again,
despite the doubts aud sneers OF
some revenue reform newspapers,
notably the Baltimore Sun, the TIN.
plate industry is about to assume
great proportions in this Union, and
the Monumental City takes a promi-
nent place in this enterprise, which,
it is computed, will eventually save
about $4,000, 900 per annum to our
country. The South will share in
this prosperity in two ways. First
of all, it is the opinion of geological
professors that tin abundantly exists
in North Georgia, Western North
Carolina and Virginia, as we'll as in
California and Dakota. North
Georgia is one OF the grandest min
eral regions in the world, as well as
one of tue healthiest aad sublimest
in natural scenery. The Alliance
legislature of that State, instead of
voting against Confederate soldiers
homes and wrangling over commun.
istic theories, should practically con.
slider the undeyeloped wealth of this
eminent domain. A second benefit
to the South will be found, inciden.
tally, in the establishment of tin.
plate manufacture. In this depart.
ment palm oil or tallow has to be
used in the process OF timing. The
latter is Objectionable, and the for
mer made at a distance. Cotton.
seed oil will be just the proper sub
stitute, aud movement should be
inaugurated promptly for its intro.
duction. In this connection, it does
not seem TO occur to the Baltimore
Sun and other presumed anti-mo.
nopoly papers that hitherto one of the
closest monopolies has been the for
eign tin plate syndicate, said to con.
sist of three Englishmen, one Ger
man ard one Frenchman, who abso-
lutely dictated the price. This syn
dictate has been demolished by the
Mckinley bill, and field for indie.
pendent industry opened in the
United States. The United States
will, in the near future, lead in tin
plate production, the world over,
Just as this country has no rival now
in steel manufacture. The McKin
ley bill, in general OF special featur-
ures, may, and no doubt is, open to
criticism and subject to remedy, but
it also has decided advantages for
the general welfare.
The Pulpit and the Stage.