Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-28
PROSPERITY BOOMERS
Taken TO Task for the Nonfulflment OF
Ants-Election Promises.
To the Editor Of the Register.

Ante Election Promises.
To the Editor of the Register.
WESTON. W. Va, August 25.-We are
informed by the gold bug press that pros
perity and general confidence are circulat-
ing throughout the length and breadth
of this fair land of ours and that all the
promises made just before the election
by the g. o. p. have or are being fulfilled.
Our own gold bug papers tell us Of the
prosperity just over in The next county
and of the great business that has sprung
up In Wheeling. Pittsburg and other dis
tant and remote points. And when we
read the Wheeling Inteugencer and other
gold bug papers we find that prosperity
a. IN our section ana our rsvsl,.~
rejoicing and wallOwiug in the good things
brought about by the forerunner Of pros
perity, such as a good wheat crop, and
a scarcity or short crop in other coun-
tries We are told about wool selling for
25c a pound and calves at $1,000 per head
and cattle at &c and &c per pound, but it's
always so far from us that we can't or
don't feel il: and when We refuse 10 ac-
knowledge that we feel the effects of any
such a brute, the G. IS. papers break out
afresh and say we are calamity howlers,
and are soaring HONEST capital and
keeping honest investors from investing
their money and thereby using honest Ia
labor-these same fellows have been for
the last four years yelling, bowling. yelp-
ing and whining Calamity, Calamity. Ca
lamity. until in this section during the
last campaign every jackass was braying
Calamity, Calamity, Calamity! And now
they say the calamity bowler is detrimen-
tai 10 the best interests of the country.
Strange. indeed they were too dumb to
find this out sooner.
In this section those who fought so hard
for an honest dollar and chance to earn
it. are now trying to bring about what
they term or call General Prosperity on
wind. telling the people of the good times
that are TO come and how their pockets
will i'm the near future be filled with nice.
big. round. shiny gold dollars, and citing
them TO men just over in the next county
who are in a booming condition, and lay
it all on to them gold standard. They for
get to tell Of the many who are living ON
the slop barrels of the public institutions,
such as the insane asylums, penitentiary,
etc. In fact they seem to forget every
thing. even the promises they made just
before the election.
The claim is made by these eX-calamity
howlers that business is looking up-this
we cannot deny. for if business all over
the country is as it is here, It's impossible
for it TO look other than up-beIng on the
fiat Of its back and too weak and feeble
TO turn over. True, our merchants are
busy. very busy trying to collect overdue
accounts and keeping the flies from blow
ing their bed-sores, caused by Longing on
the counters since prosperity and general
confidence made their appearance.
The fact is. the condition Of our people
is worse to-day than ever before. Money
is scarcer. and the eN-calamity bowler
scared the farmers, or IT least many of
them. into selling off all their stock cat
tie. sheep. etc, and now they have no
money 20 replace them. Providence has,
indeed. been kind and has blessed US
beautifully and abundantly with the ne
cessites OF life. and therefore hay, corn
and oats are plentiful and nothing TO feed
so OF course there is no demand and no
price.
The only true forerunner Of what is
really to come was eXemplihed a few days
ago by the West Virginia and Pit,sburg
r. R. This company took an active part
in the last campaign and had their agents
out tslling what great things their en-
ployes could expect If Mckinley was
elected, and what terrible things if Bryan
should be chosen. They promised through
their agents TO raise the wages OF their
men and give steady employment. They
erected a big arch over Main street. Wes-
ton. covered with evergreens and beauti-
ful flowers and placed upon it in big let
ters Mckinley and Palmer. and then az
ter getting the crowd well filled up with
enthusiasm and other questionable stuff;
loaded down their employees with banners.
such as Keep Your Eye on the Paycar."
Don't Monkey with the Paycar." An
Honest Dollar and Chance 10 Earn L"
and lot Of other silly .nonsensical stuff:
and compelled them 10 march and parade
the streets of the town. We'll they are
now paying the boys off according 10
promise. Prosperity seems 10 have
struck them pretty hard and they want to
divide il up according to promise, so they