The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-11-16
[Communicated.l
Iron Recrowned "King."
CLIFTON FORGE, VA, Nov.

CLIFTON FORGE, VA, Nov. Is.
Mr.. EDITOR:
Such was the verdict OF Tuesdays cy-
clone, that swept free trade, its twin
brother, Tariff for Revenue only from
the face of this continent; the 53rd Con
gress dare not modest the Mckinley law.
the 54th, ah it will be intensely Ameri-
can and for American labor against pau
per foreign made goods. Last fall the
laboring man concluded he wanted a
| change. He got it, but at the expense
| of every interest that affected the pro-
gress of the country, dethroning king
Ironn and its consort (coaD by far the
greatest element in the Industrial field
of America. or the world, as to that. The
| natural consequence Immediately fol-
| lowed this blow at our manufacturers.
Capitalists withdrew their financial aid;
manufacturers banked their fires or
closed down entirely; England began to
horde her gold and swell her American
securities way up in the millions, to help
her manufacturers reap the harvest the
Democratic policy offered them. Away
went our credit, creating patio in the
midst of birth of money; creating want,
poverty and tramps without number
with our fields, orchards and gardens
groaning under the weight of Gods pre-
c1ous gifts
As last falls vote struck down the
king and it's Consort"-Iron and Coal
-decimating our prosperity, to the same
degree will the recent cyclone establish
credit and confidence in our country.
No party after such a rebuke would dare
to lay violent hands on our industries.
Business men North and South recog>
nize this Longdale, Low Moor Iron
Gate, Goshen and Covington's iron mas
tiers and the coal barons of West Virginia
are reveling in this pleasing reflection,
and will act upon it, no longer looking
for soft place to fall, when their bust
ness was turned over to English Iron
Masters and, Novia Scotia coal barons
and their pauper laborers; they will be- 4
gin life anew, their faith strengthened
in the great industry. One such scare in
life time will suffice for the most ardent
thirst.
No country, county or city will enjoy
the fruits of this victory as our Clifton
Forge. The Iron King and it's consort,
Coal" stalk in our midst; the one
abounds with ets as no where else in the
one half the aoorld's product, our little
city in the midst of the whole, her future
cannot be measured.
We will soon see good results of this
victory; our position; our crnde and un-
told wealth exciting the admiration and |
attention of the Nations capitalists, our
own G. & 0. railroad in lieu of curtail- |
ing expenses, bringing out its idle motive |
power to carry this ''kingn and 'consortn
to the marke of the world-then our |
mountain city will bloom as a green bay |
tree, with progress for her flag; Long
Dale, Low Moor, Glen Wilton and Iron |
Gate Iron against the world" for her
motto.
Let US honor President Cleveland's |
day OF Thanksgiving as the day of our
deiiverance from the great scare of free
iron and coal, or the death Of our king" |
We are saved in spite of ourselves, by |
the same hand which struck us down |
last fall, the laboring men of the North;
therefore, greater the reason for our be-
ing thankful on this coming ThaDksgiy
ing day ###