Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-16
THE INTELLIGENCER VS.. MR. CAMP
BELL.

BELL.
The other dav the IntcUigencer remarked
that 1.-THE whole tariff controversy turns on
this question of wages The REGISTER
comes back quoting Mr.. A. w. Campbell
as stating that il is a matter OF popula-
ton alOne.n Mr.. Campbell has said moth
ing OF the sort. He did not once mention
the tariff in the letter which has filled the
REGISTER with so much "ghouhsh glee.
Intcl,igrHceE
Certainly Mr.. CAMPBELL did not men
tion the tariff, or designedly write in the
interest Of any political party. He is
out OF the political whirl in this
country, and was not thinking OF
American party politics when be wrote
the Hombury letter Of July 25, which
has caused the IptelligeHcer so much
worry and bother, and sleeplessnesS,
that as last resort it accuses the REG
IsTER Of quoting Mr.. CAMPBELL IN
fairly, "paraphrasing" his language,
and putting words into Mr.. CAMP
BELLS mouth" which he did not utter.
We are willing 10 sacrifice some space,
not so much for the purpose Of
refuting the TptclliJencer's charge, which
those who read Mr.. CANlPBELL'S letter
know TO be false, as to give our
readers chance TO re-peruse
what a really 0rainy Republican editor
thinks Of the question Of the difference
Of wages between different countries of
the globe when be is out Of the poIiti-
cal swim. Here is the portion Of Mr..
CANpBELL's letter in which the former
editor of the IutelBgepcer deals with this
question Of wages:
1 have asked myself more than once since
I have been here what West Virginia viii
be like when she comes 70 have as many
people per square mile as Germany lsay
3I0I, instead of her present population Of
about SO. For instance what will the Pan
Handle counties be Ike when that day ar
rives. The Panhandle viii then be
as p0pu.ous as the Rhine provinces of Ger
many, and will have, as they have, 800 or
$50 90 the square mile. Brooke mas
about $500 people to-day, or say % to the
square mile. la the year nineteen hundred
and -- she will have quite possibly as
dense population as HeSSeC-N Nassau ttOr,
of course, all Europe will continue 10 flock
70 our shores) and the conditions OF lire iR
that ereUt ri'I De much the same as they are
hare. AS population increases with
us iu AmeriCal the ti..age OF the soil must
become more and more minute, thorough
and exhaustive. LARGE holding of
land must give place TO small
and still smaller holdings, and five acres or
three acres or two or even one acre must
become holdings of Importance Hand jp
hand NTH This pressure NJ population upon
the sOH NJ subsistence SgCfrg economies ana
universal tabor must Do the rule The
thing that hath been is that which shall
be- So we are told on high authority
even If experience did not teach rs the
same thing. and the application Of the text
is simply this, that THE thing that hatu
been -and now isl in Germany is exactly
the thing that will be in the United States,
and particularly ia the desirable parts or
the couutrv-suca as the Ohio Valley. In
imagination I try 20 look forward anj pic
tura q parallel between what i see here
to day and what some person, perchance as
vet unborn, vii, see ia the Panhandle OF
West Virginia Each cottager will
till his few acres, and he and mis- wife, his
bows and his Girls viii work long hours on
these acres. snd lriT Tire substantially Ul the
same Cuf iE many respects, ia food and dress,
as tbeJ are jjcNg here On GamGuU, today.
Why not. What's to hinder III What's 10
help 10. Germany is o highly civilized
country; In fact, is famous for her high
civilization, aud vet the toll and the life Of
the masses is Just as l have suggested 1t.
The condition Of The agricultural W7H eS-
pcaI'Jy, and Of UJrt generally Is Tong
hours and poor pap.
And these y0Hg hours and poor
pgy' are precisely the conditions which
would prevail here in the United States,
as Mr.. CAMPBELL says, were this coun-
try as popul0us and the labor market
here as oyer-crowded as il is to-day in
Germany, or any other European coun-
try; and in denying the truth Of this
the TutcJjgepcer sticks its dull knife
between the ribs Of the brainiest man
connected with that inconsistent
journal.
To settle the matter, we challenge
the hlteIj,cpcer 20 reprint this portion
Of Mr.. CA,TBELL's Homburg letter Of
July 25th. together with It's remarks on
the subject.
Place the facts before your readers
as you go, ueighbor, and don't rely so
much oa their lorgetfulness.