Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-03
rHE NICARAGUA CANAL.

Whatever may be the result" says
the Manufacturers Record, ''of the
work OF the present Congress, however,
much business may be restricted by IN
necessary delay In the tariff fight, and
whether wise or unwise be the final de-
cisiOn, the good work Of this Congress
will countsrbalsnce its bad if it puts
iato effect the laws which will make ID
possible TO begin the immediate and
active construction OF this canal"
While we 90 not care to so quite so
far as this in urging the importance of
the building OF the Nicaragua Canal, no
one who will take a moments survey OF
the map Of the Western Hemisphere
will dispute our contemporary when it
adds:
No other enterprise, not even the vast
colonization schemes bywhich Great Brit
ian expects 10 open up 10 the civilized
world the Dark Continent begins 70 meas
ure in influence upon the destiny Of the
human race and upon the worlds trade the
opening Of a highway between the Atlantic
and the Pacific Senator Morgan has Just
IL STYLED this 1.-THE browning glory OF this
wonderful nineteenth century" II is dilfi-
cult 70 adequately portray, without being
accused OF the widest enthusiasm, the
marvellous change that must inevitably fol-
low the construction Of this canal. No
other great commercial enterprise which
has ever been put through in the history Of
the world has had more tar-reaching ef-
feet than the Nicaragua Canal will have
when il shall have been completed. Its
construction must revolutionize the carry
ing trade Of the world; il will unite IN
closer development the Atlantic and the
Pacific coasts of our country and vastly
stimulate interior development; IL will
give 70 our country more Of the vast COM
merce OF the East-a commerce that has
enriched every nation that has ever con-
trOlled IL; 10 will open wider markets for
the products Of our factories and farms; il
will create throughout the entire country
a growth far surprising in magnitude the
wonderful change wrought by the con-
struction Of the first railroads across the
continent from the Atlantic TO the Pa
cihc.
Great as will be It's effect upon the en-
tire country, and vast as will be the
wealth created by its construction, the
South especially, as the Record points
out, will reap greater benefits than any
one would dare attempt to portray. 1t
would centre az the south Atlantic ports
and in the Gulf OF Mexico a foreign
commerce vaster than we can now as-
preciate. Ii would open markets for
coal and iron and cotton that would give
increased value 10 every acre Of coal and
iron property in the South, ana in
creased prosperity to all its agricultural
interests.
But greater even than these material
benefits, our contemporary truthfully
concludes, would be the blessing that
would result from such a development
As this in the way of breaking down the
barriers that have so long helped to sep
arate the two sections, the North and
the South. 1t would unity the people
OF this country and leave no possible ex-
cuse for the existence of sectional
cranks, either I'm the North or in the
South, who, unfortunately, are now
able to secure some notorietY. With
increasing prosperity, with the widest
possible development OF the South,
which, as the late Judge KELLEY once
said, would mean "the enrichment Of
the nation" there would come union
Of business interests greater than we
have ever had, aud with il a destruc-
tion Of all the petty malice and hatred
that now sometimes finds voice.