Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-13

all but assured Us, and with the prospects
of ready market viii, no DOUBT come
capital 10 set the wheels in motion
Soft our coal and iron industries Ian
/ guish, If millions Of our people are reduced
! to fdleness and want, we have &C least the
satisfaction Of prosperity and happiness
have been conferred on Canada. We have
lonly 20 cultivate a truly philosophical
frame of mind aud we may yet fOregather
with contentment
Those regions which are more deeply
concerned than any other Of the Appa-
lachian, or Atlantic coal fields, produc-
ing steam Goals Of the higher class. are
first, Beck Creek, Broad Top, Clear
field, 10 Pennsylvania; Cumberland, In
Maryland. I'm West Virginia, the b. x
o. field, the New River field, on the G.
g. o., aud the Pocahontas. on the Nor
folk and Western railroad; and OF the
above, the great fields Of your own little
State need the duty most, for the rea-
son that a larger percentage Of the out
put of the @ & o. and Norfolk and
Western Is more dependent upon New
England trade than any OF the others
named. and have a Logger and more ex-
Densive railroad haul 70 reach their
market than any OF the others. These
are the local natural conditions which
Jut West Virginia steam coal producers
% a disadvantage in marketing their
Goals; aud the Wilson biz now proposes
further unfair and unnatural
burden by giving 70 New Eng
laad an open free market on Wool,
coal, lumber. sugar iron ore, ETC., the
principal staples produced iE the south,
compelling the south TO compete with
foreign and pauper labor, giving fur
Their unfair advantage TO New England
by ad valorem and protective duties on
their machinery and manufactured
merchandise favoring the high class
skilled artisans aud mechanics or New
England. who work In warm comtorta-
bic houses, caring double the wages OF
the struggling classes Of the south, aud
further granting 20 New England dou-
BILE benefits in free materials Imported
from other countries 20 use IN manu-
features, and taxes protecting what she
makes. and laying uDOE the south double
burdens by forcing all Of her staple and
DriDciual products ia a free market
without the Incidental protection given
in the Wilson bili 90 New England, and
having little or no manufacturing inter
ests. compelled 10 buy the highly pro-
tected articles made by the New Eng
land manufacturer, or % buy foreign
goods or wares with duty added. Ana
vet the South, whose interest will De
ser ouslv affected by this monstrous
uropOSitiOn, is called upon 20 show her
true Democracy by sustaining the Olii'
because the leaders IN this tarin issue
are willing 20 sacrifice the business OF
their own section in order TO carry Out
tleir political vagarieS. As a Demo
crat. speaking for DemocratS-(and by
the way, there are about as many mines
on New river owned by Democrats as
Repubicans. and the Republicans are
NOT alone in asking that simple Justice
be done the West Virginia coal opera
tors)-we do not ask any special legls-
Iative favors. we are willing 70 grant
others what we ask for ourselves, tut
Ne do Insist that every man and every
business interest is entitled TO receive
his or its share of the Incidental oene-
fms ip framing tariff bill for revenue.
DO not compel some 20 struggle under
free trade with the world and give
taxes. with lbs incidental protection 20
others. Wipe out all the tariff laws
and give the whole country free trade;
or divide no the benefits fairly between
all. regard less Of man or party. You
seem 20 regard the coal operators OF
zour State a set of ignOramouses, who
do not know what they are doing, but 1
think they know enough about this sub
iecr not 90 be- misled by such statistical
rubbish as the following, which is
copied from your article;
COST OF COAL PRODUCTION.
The United States Consul General at
Harfa, mas made the following report 10
tbe Department of State, which has Just
been issued from the Department az Wash
ingtOn.
In compliance with the request Of the
Dspartmeut 4 enclose a statement showing
the cost of mining coal IN Nova Scotia and
shipping 10 20 the United states, prepared
bv Nr. III. R. Morrow, of Halifax, who is
considered the highest authority.
Cane Breton coal 40 Mines ports, which
are au within - miles of the respective
Per ton.
Screened ~ VJ
Run NJ mine .......''-'''. ---.-.-...' gu
These are subject 10 a discount Of cents
a ton fo- 900 ions and over 10 cents for
5.uOJ tons and over, and 10 cents for 10000
Pietou coal. shipped at Pictou, about If
teen miles from the mines;
Per ton.
Screened Acadia .-.-....................- - %
u anNAI . ..s.s.