Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-20

average will be good. Take the terri
tory along the Ravenswood, Spencer
and Glenville railroad for instance,
there could scarcely be an improvement,
and the same rule applies generally.
The farmers are not going 90 stsrve, by
any means; on the other hand they ap-
pear TO be thriving. healthy and happy.
Such men as Hon. John Greer, the Arm
StrOngs. and other leading agricultural
ist OF Jackson and ROSne, men whose
names and regulations as business men
and farmers are widely known, say
and tell what they knOw-that the
farmers are not grumbling on account
OF short crops. The average farmer will
tell YOU that he is doing well, and be
will talk 20 you about the tariff, silver,
the Senate, Congress and on other In
portant subjects with an intelligence
AID keenness acquired by thorough
study OF the situation.
There IS good deal Of healthy dis
cussion upon the money question with
q considerable diversity Of opinion, but
when / asked a representative farmer
for his views on the tariff he said;
II am selling my wheat with the fierce
competion OF the world beating down
the price 70 the lowest point, and l am
compelled by law TO buy my clothing,
implements and tools from factories
shielded by law from competition.
must sell cheap and buy dear.
THE ONLY MARKET
upon which can rely for the sale OF the
surplus Of my fields is the great world,
and this market the tariff, to great
extent, closes against me. The willing
ness and ability Of foreigners to trade
with Us Is measured by the volume Of
our trade with them. III we won't buy
their goods they will not buy ours II
they can help 10. We are compelled TO
sell and buy at a heavy disadvantage,
and we are denied even the poor privll-
eye OF an open market for the hard
earned fruits OF our toll, and so it comes
10 pass that our great pursuit, which
engages more labor than all others COM
bined. in which Is invested fully three
fourths OF the fixed capitAl OF the cOun-
try; which here and non, aud elsewhere
and - all tiz,ns is thefonly safeguard OF
a order; which OF all callings Is the
calling, the foundation rock, the
ef corner stone Of our industrial sys-
d, is depressed beyond oil precedent.
unwise laws the channels OF tradd
are choked so that the farmer cannot
find sale for his products. The tax TO
the government, this tribute to monop-
olles pursues US at all times and every
where. II we want 20 buy an axe,
mower or reaper, pillow, new suit OF
clothes for ourselves or our wives; II we
want TO ride on railroads, this tax, this
tribute, iniQuitOus and ubiquitous, &C
companies US ia every zach OF our
progress, permeating every action and
Increasing the cost Of every purchase"
The average farmer has become n
sound tariff student, most OF them
through tribulation and painful ex-
perience.
Next to this all important question IA
that OF politics.
There Is some talk and some ill-feel-
ing over few Of the appointments re-
Gently made, and Senator Camden is
held responsible. But there's much less
OF this sort OF thing than one would
reasonably suppose in view Of the many
Offices aud appointments filed since the
new regime. As a general thing, and
that Is unusual, as any reader knows,
toe appointments meet with approval.
was considerably surprised over the
growth of a feeling, which may be
considered representative, in favor Of
ex.Governor j. 3. Jackson as the
NEXT United States Senator.
The GOVERNOR has been out Of politics
FOR wears, but he has always been very
popular with the people; and, in some
wsv unknown 20 the writer, there
seems 70 Do q widespread, quietly talked
about opinion that the Senatorial tOga
would look we'll on his pOrtly frame. II
thjs opinion had only been expressed at
widely separated intervals, the writer
wopld have thought little OF IL; but
coming as it does voluntarily and spon-
tapeously from all classes and all diree-
tions, IL assumes
A FORMIDABLE SHAPE.
About the next Representative In
Congress there Is more talk, probably,
than on any other subject.
The.aipper. end OF this-the Shoe
strin( istrict-is, without question, 10
md politics, Democratic poll
sies az least, entitled TO the representa-
The counties in this end are Jackson,
6ne. Richie, Calhoun, Wood, Writ
pleasapts, and no man has gone
of either of them into Congress
hin the memory OF middle-aged
smOerats,
Tbev claim to have excellent material
tbat too. goes without saying.
Slessants county has big, genial
n Browse. Everybody ia West
IA knows that splendid Demo-
IA doesn't want the office, it's
Mere can one find better ma
Nv has in Attorney Pen
naterial as can be found
be Union.
Hon. John NJ. Ham
q brilliant orator
+
rs and Brown, and
& and dozens OF
Ter, Daily, Col.
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az attorneys Of
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his party and
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