Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-27

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and the probable disgrace that would fol-
( low a PoDulfst success ia Alabama, as they
followed a like result i'm Colorado.
The desire for secrecy. as the World
says. shows that these New Eng
land Pharlsees have still a
sneaking sense Of the unprinci-
pied nature Of their proceeding. The
discovery Of their plot affords another
example OF the truth that the moralIst
in politics is always a subject Of suspl-
cion. Bot more important than this, it
shows TO the people OF Alabama and
other States the danger that confronts
them. The revelation Of the New Eng
land corruption fund viii probably set
tie the business with KoLB, but the
Home Market Clubs campaign Of cor
ruption will not stop there.
THE OPENING OF THE p, 81. ST.
The formal opening Of the Pittsburg,
Morgantown and Fairmont railroad was
the subject Of quite a celebration in
Pittsburg yesterday. The party Of dis
tinguished West Virginlans, which in
spected the new road, was given an
ovation in the Smoky City, and
several interesting addresses were
made. They are Of interest to Wheel
ing generally and particularly to Wheel
ing businessmen who have dealings in
central West Virginia. EI-Gov. FLEM-
mes address will be found in full on
another page. 10 outlines the under
taking az length in all its details,
promises and prospects in the Gov
ernor's plain, modest, but none the
less eloquent style.
The REGISTER is under the impress
sion that the West virginians in their
Pittsburg addresses were largely "taTy-
ing" the Pittsburgers, though the road
certainly opens a great aod immensely
rich territory to- Plttsburg enterprise,
which will be OF great benefit to Pitts
burg merchants until Wheeling steps in
on equal terms. The statement made that
Wheeling has simply sold to this section
Of Central West Virginia without buy
ing anything in return is not logical
since the coal, coke and lumber inter-
ests Of Central West Virginia Will find,
Notwithstanding the direct connections
opened up by the completion OF the
p. ~. and It., that Pitts5urg will do 10
better 70 proportion than Wheeling.
Central West Virginia will sell little
coal, or coke to Pittsburg which gets
these products in her own territory near
home. aud the extent Of Pittsburg's
lumber market is not apparent
The new road will, however, make
Pit5sburg an important distributing
point for the products Of West Vir-
ginIa's mines and forests and TO a con-
siderable extent divert trade now pos
sessed by Wheeling merchants to their
competitors in Pittsburg. The extent
Of this loss 20 our local trade, however,
viii be small since Wheeling merchants
have long sold ia Pitts5urg's territory
and been eacroaching upon il year by
year by virtue OF the superiority Of
their goods.
Nevertheless, the advantage which
the new outlet gives Pit,sburg over
Wheeling is great enough to demand the
serious consideration Of Wheeling bust
ness men, The key to the situation
which the latter have already I'm their
possession is the projected Wheeling
and CouusllsyUe road. With that
Wheeling would not only reap equal
from The new road
with P.ttsburg, but capture a
large and rich territory 10 South
srn Pennsylvania that is now practi-
caUy a stranger TO railroads and the
drummer Tbebu.lding Of the Wheel
ing and CounelIsylIe road would place
Wheeling more than even with Pitts
burg iu the new deal and be, besides, OF
iuestimabIe value TO our manufacturers
who must now get much Of their raw
material by way Of Pittsburg, and are
at a disadvantage by reason Of this
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