The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-08

Special Correspondence,
MOUNTAINS OF GREENBRIER, W.
Va, Aug. alt is over u week since |
left home for rest and rccuperatlon In
the ever health-givlng and beautiful
mountain centres OF this statc-whcre
blue grass grows as green as the shores
OF old Erln-whcre the song OF the fcs-
tive mosquito Is not heard in the land
and tho sportive malarlal mlcrobc cam
not 1--we; neither doth the iiy break In
and bite.
But there is no rest for the weary this
fall. | leapcd from the humid heat OF
the fowiande only to fall into the fiery
furnace OF politics. To land Into II cru
into nfty-ccnt pieces and plenty OF men
unwise enough to burn md blister them
selves In their efforts to keep the fur
mace going. While l am glad TO say
D | have found many gold Democrats
and proud to say that they are men OF
tnhuencc and men OF thought, yet the
bulk OF the Democracy seems to be huff
crazy over that dangerous hcrcSy-trce
and unlimited and independent coinage
OF silver. Strange as II may seem. and
II is q burlesque on sound reasoning and
deep thought, the most radical free SILL
rer men ARE those who will be the most
injured by II. This Is the first fight |
have ever witnessed where the SpoIls
VIII belong to the vanquished-whcrc a
man pays another n premium to have his
own nasal organ smashed by the other
fellow.
Taking It along the Chesapeake &
Ohio railway and l ind the day laborer
a free silver man. He Is to be pitied,
not condemned. FOR he does not know
that the bonded Indebtedness OF the
railways OF this country Is over six
thousand million dollars. payable in
gold, both interest and principle: and
that they employ close 10 one million
men. Suppose that the monetary sys-
TEN Is changed from It's present stand
ard to one OF free silver, what Will be
the result7 The directors of these roads
VIII have to go Into the market and buy
gold TO pay both interest and princIph.
Then what7 They will be compelled TO
accept both fare and freight In silver.
and that silver, every intelligent free sill
Yer man l have mel has had to acknow>
ledge. will be simply worth It's bullion
value. which Is now about 1fty-thtee,
cents on the dollar.
= hlA"u . ollIlhIS .HHIE
Obliged to accept a cheap dollar, and, rs
the states have fixed the rates OF fare,
under the present monetary system, and
take tuat cheap dollar and buy gold
to pay their bonds and interest, there
can be but one result. As they cannot
raise their tariff except by an net OF the
legislature. when It meets, perhaps a
year or more after. and then take chanc-
es of not getting a bill to raise fares
passed, they will have to cut down both
their working force and their wages, or
else close up shop and quit, II they cut
down half their working forces they
thereby throw on the mercy OF the world
about 800 600 men. II they shut down
entirely. what condition would the coun-
try be in? What would the merchant
do? What would the farmer do with his
produce, what would the entire country
do26 Commerce would be paralyzed,
and when commerce Is stricken with
paralysis the whole country is a wreck.
And 1 desire to call the attention OF the
Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore &
Ohio railroad employees, especially the
former, to the fact that the Chesapeake
& Ohio has n large indebtedness OF this
kind, payable. as stated, in gold - an
amount that runs up into the millions,
and II any one doubts this all he has to
do do Is to examine the trust deed books
OF any county through which the road
runs. Free silver would ruin the Chesa-
peake & Ohio, n Its employees would be
seeking employment OF other roads,
which, being In the same predicament,
would be compelled to turn them away.
In the meantime. the manufacturers OF
iron and steel would have to shut down.
Mines would have to close or run on half
time. half wage and payable In half
dollar wa rpg at a m nai n 16ttnr A.. 7 ant,.
81 cite the Chesapeake & Ohio as an exam
Z; pie which is close at home and one that
can be Investigated
Who will be the greater loser under
these conditions? The worklngman.
Even with silver at a parity OF 20 to l
: and over q million Idle iaborers to enter
into competition with all others engaged
In any kind OF labor, the competition
alone would bring down the price OF la
hor tn Is cents per day. You answer
that r silver dollar will be worth one
hundred cents when free silver Is cstab-
llshed. There are many answers to that
y question, but surely n Is enough. When
this government was not as deep in
debt as low. q trade dollar with more
silver In 1t than the present dollar has.
was issued. II, contained the govern
ment's stamp the same as 4 free silver
h dollar would have, but II was nOt backed
by ~go!d-only the governments stamp.
Was 1t worth one hundred cents? It
Was not many years & and almost ev-
cry vnter can remember what 1t was
worth. Only 90 cents when It was first
Issued, because that was the bullion or
commercial price OF the silver 1t con-
ta!ned.
AS silver declined that dollars value
declined until 1t would pass for only so
cents. Is this not true? And did not
the government have to call Il In. melt
It, and colin It Into dollars of less silver,
but backc by gold, and then that dollar,
racoIned was, has been and ever Will be
worth one hundred cents?
The reason silver Is not worth as much
a as gold as simply because Natures God
failed to make as much gold as silver,
and as sure as natural laws govern the
4 seasons, make the grain TO grow and
the beautiful flower to raise Its head
among the weeds, that sure will the fun
damental laws OF Commerce-thc law OF
supply and demand, production and
X over production. govern the value OF all
the commodities of life from n half
Il starved spring chicken ut n summer re-
sort TO the value Of n diamond mine.
As 10 state politics. I find General
" Watts the favorite and unless he Is
strengthened by his lately gained
friends OF Kanawf1, he viii be n0mi-
mated. II II IL 70 their interest 10
a slaughter him, they Will. Or vice versa.
e The same Is true OF c~X-Goyernor VIII
son, who Is by far more popular for
u Congress In this section than Watts Is
for governor, 1t will be a bitter pill
for thrs part OF the district to take u
man for governor and for Congress,
VI hath frpFp KunuNCbp plilnfV Il. phth