Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-25

20 establish a commercial union to free
the West and South Of the alleged dom
nation Of the East in business
affairs. The proposition was sent to
Gov. STONE, Of Missouri, to call con-
veRtien Of all the Governors and dele
gates TO be appointed by Governors OF
..all the States west Of the Mississippi
and south Of the Obi rivers, and on
line parallel Herewith. "
The petition went on to say: eve
consider the present an auspicious time
for a concerted movement TO bring the
people Of the West and South into such
united action as will protect and foster
interests which are naturally allied,
and to free those sections from the IN
just and ruinous domination Of sec
tlon which is largely Influenced by
European policies and methods"
OF all the Western Governors to
whom the New York World sent tele-
grams asking for expressions Of opinions
on the subject, only three boldly IA
vored the scheme, and these were Gov
errors STONE, Of Missouri; LEwELLING,
Of Kansas, and PENNoYER, Of Oregon.
Thus 10 will be seen We only have three
crazy Governors in the States. There
will be no commercial division, not
for some years to come. The writer nor
the reader will not probably be q
witness to such a state OF affairs. 1t Is
only mild kind Of secession, which
would develop into full feged govern
ment division Of the country, II there
we're more men Of the Kansas and Ore
gan stripe.
II these wlld-eyed and hair-bralnei
governors had happened to be hold
Ing down similar oerths in the South
aud had promulgated such ideas, which
every intelligent reader well knows,
point to a disorded brain, what howl
would have gone up from the Republi-
can press Of the North. The calamity
tariff howl would have been drowned
in the general hub-bu6.
A WARNING TO THE DEMAGOGUEs
Just at this time, when the Republi-
can press is daily preaching about the
hard times, and charging every evil to
the fear Of what a Democratic admins
tratlon might do with respect to the
tariff, the expression of a high tariff
man Of reputation, ability and honesty,
on this important subject is timely, in
deed. 1t knocks the wind out Of the
deceptive argument OF the miser-
able partisan papers, who beget fail
ures, instill timidity, and bring ruin to
the door Of the merchant and manutac-
turer, and misery to the home Of the
workingman.
To the individuals, eroakers and news
papers whose special occupation, it
seems, has been for the past month,
to try 10 build up party upon the pros
trate form OF business, the remarks OF
THOMAS DoLAN, President OF the Man
uiacturer's Club Of Philadelphia, Re-
publican, Of course, and a strong pro-
tectionlsts, are commended. His own
language is;
81 believe that the depression is almost
wholly due 70 the silver policy. If the
a 30 40 vic n ilnm0-
CRATES, why was 10 not manifested last
NOvemberl The people knew then as well
as they know now that IL was within the
power Of the new administration TO repeal
the tariff laws, vet no uneasiness was felt.
In fact, in the wooden business everything
went along sWimmingly until the lst OF
July. Orders came in good and strong
for fall goods. The situation was like this:
manufacturers had the benefit of the Nc
Kinley act, which kept, out foreign COM
petitOrs. while they were able 20 buy raw
material at lower prices than during the
previous year. Conditions were thus tav-
orable, and with the good demand every
thing was prosperous until the silver
craze upset the country"
He asserts also that the depression in
the iron trade is caused not by fear OF
tariff revision, but by over-production.
He warns his own party of the probable
consequences OF a foolish scare policy
and takes a hopeful view Of the future:
at appears to me that il is entirely wrong
for the Republicans 10 keep harping away
upon the same old campaign tactics. The
Democrats have fully three years in which
TO right matters, and if the RepuoicgSs
insist that the present depression IS du-43
fear regarding the tariff, when business
becomes brighter the Democrats will
claim all Of the credit and assert that bet
ter times arc due to whatever changes in
the tariff laws they may have enacted.
This country is just as rich as it was six
months ago. The harvests are bounutul,
the needs Of consumers are just as great,
and as soon as Congress enacts the proper
laws 1 look for a complete restoration OF
confidence which will cause the tide Of
prosperity again 10 sweep over the land"
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