The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-12
SEES A BRIGHT ERA AHEAD.
Thos. p. Grasty Talks Upon the
Tariff Situation.

sProau anu popular interest In inc eX-
position CD terprise, Mr. Thos. p. Grasty
said yesterday that he believed this
section woul within twelve. month be
in the full enjoyment of q prosperity far
sounder and more substantisl than was
Witnessed when the "boom" Was at its
zenith.
~ Confess" said this vol. known in.
dustrisl writer, "that in December.
when IL looked As il the Democrats had
all turned Populists and were going to
repudiate the time-honored traditions
and principles Of the party, ignoring the
doctrine of "a tariff for revenue, with
incidental protection confess at that
time l felt that the outlook for the
material progress OF Virginia and the
whole South was az blue as indigo.
however, now that the Populistic spasm
has about spent itself. now that the
rank free traders have discovered that
they cannot have their own way as fully
as they expected, and since the much
villihed conservative Senators have
given notice that they will resist any
industry destroying tariff legislation,
and thereby lifted the bushes. men OF
the country from off the tenter-hooks of
uncertainty and anxiety, am finally
profoundly convinced that new era Of
desirable development and general bust.
ness and industrial activity is about TO
set In all over the country, and, first of
all, in such favored spots as that Gov
cred by the twenty or thirty matchless
counties OF which Roanoke IL the natu-
raj and established commercial empo.
rum.
There is an unpre cedented interest"
hot
tested in securing thrifty farmers from
the North, Northwest and Europe, and,
at this very moment, plan is being
worked out by number of tho most
enterprising men in the South to per
feet strong central organization to CO.
operate with local associations in bring.
ing Southwark the class of home
seekers the people OF this country desire
to como and settle among them, and
whom they stand ready to welcome SO
warmly.
What do think of coal and iron? |
think that coal and iron will be ade-
quately protected or 1T will be impossi
bic to pass any tariff bill whatever. If
the radical Tree traders refuse to meet
the views of the conservative Demo-
cratic Senators who belong to the Sam
Randall school, then tho resultant cen
sure for failure to reform the tariff will
fall and very justly, on the pig. headed
demagogues and fanatics who have set
at naught all sound Democratic doc
trlne in order to curry favor with voters
who lean toward communism, and who
are Ignorant alike of their own and the
countrY's real economic needs These
favor-currying demagogues are utterly
devoid Of either patriotism or philan.
thropy. They have lost all sympathy
with American workingmen, and, for
tho sake Of gaining, by trickery and
deceit, just one more term in Congress,
they would not hesitate to throw into
the deepest distress thousands of Amer.
lean laborers, whose sufferings and the
sufferings Of whose wives and little
ones are not for moment considered in
the calculation.
"These wretched politicians arc advo
eating free coal, for instance. not be-
cause any one Except the shareholders
in the Whitney syndicate) want it, but
because such phrases as free coal,
tree iron have certain popular echo,
because so many of the people have
imagined that free coal meant cheaper
fuel The people Of Virginia, however,
thanks to the intelligent, honest efforts
OF such papers as THE ROANOKE TIMES,
the Lynchburg News, and both the
Richmond dailies, are beginning to find
out that free coal will be bounty,
both pure and simple, to Canadian
corporation, SON @ Of whose shareholders
are conspicuous American politicians:
they are also beginning to realize that
free coal will not cheapen tho fuel, but
make it dearer, that instead of stimula.
ting ompetitiOn it will stiflo and de-
stroy IL.
Of e
all over Southwest Virginia, delegates
to the exposition convention, with whom
have conversed while in Roanoke,
not one favored free coal or any rcdnc-
ton Of the duty which would lower the
wages of our mines or trainmcn
"'nt tho duty on Canadian coal is
not going to be cut lower than The
duty which Canada now imposes on
American coal going into Ontario In
telligen New Englan manufacturers do
not want Nova Scotia coal because
they prefer to retain tho market for
their products voucnsafed by activity
in our American coal regions.
" There is, however, need Of constant
and sleep!ess vigilance to combat and
connteract tho stealthy movements Of
the tentacies Of the Whitney octopus
which is now busy with its work of
corruption and destructio at Washing
ton"
New York's Senate CongratuIates Hill.
Albany, N. Y, April IL The SEN
ate has adopted the assembly resolu--
ton congratulating United tates Sen
ator Hill Oh the stand he has taken on
the tariff bill.
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