The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-17
NUMBER 49, OCTOBER

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other. but tits FOR the benefit Of ala
policy that Injuries no American inter-
est. but promotes them ull. 1t tis only
perfect when universal. a nd 1t Is true to
this principle only, that the Republican
party advocates Its restoration.
How They Used TO Talk. %,5
The way your orators used 20 tnlk
toSyou was as II the tarift was q good
thing for The Ohio farmer and laborer.
but a. positive detriment TO the West
virginia farmer and laborer; us ,if 1t
could benefit the miner OF flPennsylvania!
out in1ure the miner OF West Virginia.;
as II the wheat and grain grown In Kan;
sas Or the best product of Nebraska
would grow rich by It's operations and
the cotton and sugar p,anterp OF Texas;
and Louisiana become Impoverished
under st. Time and time; again you
have heard them declare that while pro-
lection might be a good thing for New
England It was q curse to the west and
south. You know better now after hav-l
Ing had three years and q half expert,
enee under partial free trade, Infva!n!
did Republican speakers and papers re-
monstrete against this madness, but OF
no avail: md 80 the people gave It q
trial. With what result2 It not true
that partial FREQ trade has injured us
one and all? Is It not true that partial
free trade has injured every interest
and every industry In West Virginia? ?, [,
Have not the people and tho government
grown q steadily poorer under its de-
structive opsrations?E Have not both
producer and consumer been injured? :?
The southern, in common with all the
other states. eteadily advanced under
the protective system, IL there was q
difference between them and the north
ern states, and Il was in their favor
steadily every year from 1870 70 1890,
simply because their resources we're
greater and their development more
general and rapid. ;, : AZ q q
% THE CENSUS OF 1890, AND OTHER
RELIABLE REPORTS SHOW THE
GREATEST GAIN 51NHTHE SOUTH
OF ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY.
AND HER ENORMOUS STRIDES IN
THE DECADE FROM 1880 TO Z 1880
MAY WE'LL ADMIRA-
,TION N%ANDiPR1DE. I5DOUBT IFEA
SIMILAR EXHIBIT OF SUCH RE-
AIARKABLE ADVANCEMENT TO-
WARDS COaIMERCIAII AND MANU-
SUPREMACY OR THE
ADVANCEMENT AND UPLIFTING
OF FAGRICULTURE CAN RE SHOWN
/, ON ANY OTHER PAGE OF, THE
WORLDS HISTORY. Is y.
In August, 1855, eight years ago, ! de-
l!vered an address before the Chautau-
qua assoclation of Atlanta. Ga.. In
which ! endeayored. to point out to the
people Of that and other southern states,
the great advantage It would be to their
material interests to sustain and advo-
cate the protective policy and in that
connection cited the statistics OF the ad-
vancement Of the south under the Amer
ican protective system as the best pos
slble argument for its continued en-
forcement. s
Remarkable Progress OF tho South.
Imposing as has been the progress
from 1870 to 1880, the growth Of the south
from 1880 to 1890 is still more remarka-
bic. and want TO call Your attention to
some particulars Of 1t. According to
the. statistics quoted BY. General j lanes
,Longstreet, in a Republican speech at
Augusta, : Ga. On the 9th day oflthe
present month. he. said: Between 1880
and 1890 the true valuation (pot the ns-
sessed valuatlon) of real and personal
property in the south increased from
81. Gal 600 900 to 81, ,614, 900, 900, O gain Of
sS,S00, ,0o0, 600. Of 80 per cent; while the
blned only gained $4,000, 900. or an in
crease of only 90 per cent. The value Of
farm property. In the south In 1880 was
s2.3l4 900 1000; In 1890. SO, ,lS2, 900, ,000 gain
OF 81 per cent. The Increase In farm
values In all other sections was about 30
per cent. In 1880. the south had $a57,-
1000 Invested in manufacturing IN
1890, she had s653, ,99ss, 900, "a gain OF i156
per cent. While the gain of the entire
country was about 121 per cent. The
yalue OF the manufactured products Of
the south In 1880 was s467 7,}5i 900. Z In
1880 1t was 3917. .5s9. 900, q gain OF over 100
per cent. In 1880 the factory hands In
the south received $75,917. 900 in wages.
In 1890 they received S222 lis, 900. In 1880
the south had invested in cotton manu-
featuring s21 ,976. 900; in 1890. SCI 100, 900,
and now about 10000, ,000 In 1880, the
south had S3.500.0o0 invested in the cot
tonseed oil industry. 1t has now more
than sS0,000,000 SO INVESTED. The rail-
road mileage of the south has been In
creased since 1880 more than q, 900 miles,
at 4 cost in building new roads and In
the improvement OF old ones, OF over
81. 600. 600, 900. In 1880 the south made
$4,000 tons of-Dig iron. In 1895 It made
] ,702, ,0SS tons. In 1890 the So,rt}l's out
put OF coal was 6.000, 900 tons. n AT pres
ent It IS at the rate OF 50, 100000 tons per
year. s., i.s3 n n Il
This. my fellow citizens, all occurred
after the so-called Crime of 1873" when
the FREQ coinage Of silver was suspended.
No other sectfdn OF this country. no
other section of the world made such
progress as the south made between 1880
and 1890. AND DURING ALL THAT
PERIOD WE WE'RE = ON a "A GOLD
BASIS. ONE DOLLAR AND ALL OF
THEM iEQUALRTo THE BEST; AT
THE SAME TINEJtNE Z WERE UN-
DER RA;PRoTEcT1vE vE,TIARIFF POLL
CY3THAT ENCOURAGED OUR OWN
DEVELOPMENT iAND THE n IN
TuRES. q e.
e DO you want TO turn your backs upon
this policy, men of West Virginia? a Do
you want a return OF sthnt prosperity
which you so signally enjoyed from 1880
to 1890. (Cres of you bet we dont").
Then. my fellow citizens. the way to nc
compliah that Is to vote for that party
not for the indlvldual-bu to vote for
thai party that has always stood for
protective tariff and believes in protect
Ing our own as agalnst all the world.
This, my fellow citizens, mas been the
principle of the Republican party from
the beginning. t'belIeves. thatthe bus
iiness OF this country must be done with
dollars that are worth 100 cents each In
every states0f9the union, and n.every
part OF the Civilized world. We do not
want n cheap dollar any more than we
want cheap men. we no more want free
silver than we want free trade. We
want good money and a protective tariff.
and then VIC want our votes. OIL the 3rl
OF November. TO tell the whole world
I.,l. IL