Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-25
LET'S BOOM THE OLD TOWN.


The Register has proposed to our
business men that the present is pro-
pitious time to do something for the
advancement of Wheeling. We made
the proposition in good faith, and will
do as much as the next one to bring
about some local prosperity, One of
the best ways of doing this we can
think of, on the spur of the moment,
is for the business men and manufac-
turers of the city TO draw a little
closer together, agree upon some pol
icy which shall have a good effect upon
the entire community, and then put
that policy through. The Chamber Of
Commerce, exclusively composed of
business men, is a convenient vehicle
for shaking things up little, and
there is no time so good as the present.
Monday morning we suggested a few
things in this general line, and the
proposition has not been received un-
favOrably by business men. We hope
to see something tangible grow out of
it, and the Register will fall in with
any reasonable suggestion, and will aid
and encourage it to the extent of our
aDiiits-.
The Iitelligencer has been good
enough to second the motion of the
Register, which is we'll But that pa
per has also seen fit to lug politics into
the matter which is not well. 1t has
also found time to read the Register a
Caudle lecture, which amounts TO
nothing. The Intelligencer is for pO-
litics first, and for other things second.
And as long as it or any other paper
makes politics its chief mission in life,
the general good of the community
will have to stand aside, so far as that
paper is concerned.
The Register had no thought of poll
tics in its proposition. 1t has no
thought of politics now. We are for
business. and enterprise and push and
the good of the community above all
things. That is where the Register
and Inteligencer differ. And We not
only differ there. but we differ on other
things. as we have in the past
For instance. to quote local history,
the Register was in favor of the Bridge
and Terminal enterprise from the
start. because we saw good in it, The
Intelligencer was opposed to it, and
said so. and it also said. at that time
that Wheeling had railroads enough.
But the proposition went through and
the Register was on the winning side
We have been on other popular and
winning sides, before and since, and
the Intelligencer belongs to the class
Of also rams" Let the Intelligencer
drop partisanship and non-progression
once in a while and get into the swim
A word as to the Intelligencer's daily
drivel about prosperity. The Regis
ter is free to admit. and we DO it with
ont an effort. that the skies are
Frightening a little, here and there
We sincerely hope that it will become
general. and no one will rejoice more
than the Register if it shall turn out
that way. But for whatever blessings
of that sort We are enjoying. and for
whatever hope we have of benefits to
come. We thank God and not the Re-
publican party. Providence has given
us bountiful crops here in America.
while causing a shortage IN other re-
gions Of the earth. We are blessed
with an abundance Of fruits Of the soil,
and the ready market which awaits us
abroad has stiffened prices on bread
stuffs. given the farmer something
like an ADEQUATE reward, made the
railroads and steamships busy, and
done good in some other ways. But
10 say ludL lIllS result UNIV - A4NiiA q"
Republican political success, or from
the enactment of a Dingley bill is the
merest twaddle-the worst of hypro-
crisy and deception. What business i'm
provements we are enjoying come de-
spite the Republican party and the
Dingley bill-not because Of it. Any
thing Of the same nature which will
come to us in the future will come the
same way. and through the determine
ton Of the nation to shake OFF the leth-
argy which has possessed it and to
awake to action, to business and to re-
newed life.