Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-03-07

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r'en or pow prosperous unpropeFous and you can
, as gcn'icnsn have supposed. the relation
OF dco.o and credi,cr thus Diminish the resources
Of fhc debtors wi'hou: crash wasso ,ai ic.os,,oa
sneh as hns never been experienced. Sa,rosc mani
mas purchased $4,000 worth vi property a, prc,,nr
ps:c.s and gwen his bond fr il Won re,lre lis vaIu,
one-asI and IL is worth $4,000 How is !, ooss,hl.
'na' with resources thus roirccd tnos .,eb,. capl
over pay
But SIR you cannot maintain q state of things sach
as has been supposed You my embarra,s and dis |
'res w. - yos have done. but this bill will In Inc end
our no such advantages rs are anticipated for the
planters The theory contains in itself principle
nat viii defeat the end view Co on sir NJ Won
please and 20 cgisiaic bring the co;inn plan.
ers the extraordinary profits anticipated At the c,pciso
on Tue other branches OF industry how long will il De
osfore that pursuit will be overloaded with compc,i
lots ' the market will be inundated with coiton and
ITS price fall just in the ratio You have stimulated its
pr"oueson' Down IL wl-down il must b. the
laws OF trade. come to level with the fall Of other
productions And what will be gained by The whole
Nothing--absoluiely nothing. except that il
VIII take more Of our labor and Of oar pro-
tons to buy foreign merchandise; our gain viii ,urn
internally INTO loss Ths is capable think Of dem
onsraio on. II IL does not already Sufficiently appear
ont have ma lime TO enlarge. interesting and aprom
incni IN the subject
What motive can We have sir 10 rcduee ,ay.s and
me va'rc of properly When did the sun ever shine
upon tailoring people 50 blessed h,se ofour coun
try have been The history OF the wnrld moves
nothing more certainly. nothing with clearer demon.
'.Hnon' than that where wages lowest. there i
me greatest poverty and suffering there the condition
OF the leborer 10 fcrorn and wretched there is
me least mora and Intellectual culture and there our
race Is sunk into the depths Of political degradation
Incapable OF raising iisc that lofty Gle, lion attained
D; free, enlightened people, capable of cuverning
neh own affairs IL tends TO the opposite Of every
hing dearest to fr the descent win carry with !,
not only weges. bot all the high qualities which ft M
q be what we are-ffec and. inde pendent This ia
heienf answer 10 all that be said upon the sub
ject.
But sir. much remains to bc said. must drnw 10
close, as my ohe-t merely to n,tice some lteJ
ing remhrks OF Senators which have deycloped the
new and extraordinary doctrines OF this Admin sra-
iion. was anxious vindicaie The rights of the
great mass OF the People who acquire their support by
iabor and whose interests laying tie base of all
pr ssery. have all times and ON oil fitting occa
SOM, esporscd and maintained with whatever of ah
ny possess. In this, have tak,n grca, and sim
cere setsfieton believing il be the great end Of
our ircc government and the only means Of sus
aining II. In The name and in behalf OF That great
powerful. and enlightened class Of my flIoy-czens
Of whom have the honor 10 represcni
enter my solemn protest ngains; the doc rrics here
aivanced-snd # my voice could reach them IN their
dwellings their shops and the decks of their yes-
seis would eahor them not 10 ne dcluded by false
theories leading them TO ruin hut 70 rorse up their
energies and. al the ballotbox manifest their ind gna
ton at all attempts 10 Cypress tktm by ci nnishisr
heir business and taxing their labor enrich Others
would entrear them still and he rnnde such
us they see the distressed and loborers
| Europe and Asia.
NOTES
Ihc statistics referred 10 in the remarks OF Mr. Dav
are cont ined in Porers Progress o The Natons an,
Wade's History OF the Middle aud Working Classes
Two recent md respectable authorities relying for the
c'1rec'ncss Of tho facts contained in the following e.
tracts CHI fly upon the collected hy IN. British
| Gov'rInen
These developments show the farmer and all other
working men the condition OF the vo king classes in
| Europe, md upon what limited means the; sabssi--
u Is ihis class OF men with whom they TO run the
race OF cheap production. and conse ny Of ooars
ana "fetehed existence for the causes which
reduce them 10 hopeless penury will produce like re.
sllts hrr'. liza f.w pence day viii not mort n,n
ihereit Will fail TO do il here The Intelligent wo
ng man of The United States will pause before he
cipiiaies himself into sach rTeirievahle Indebtedness
10 ei e,pen the products Of labor. He will INQUIRE
i whether II tends 10 elevate depreSs kis raceie-
her the privileges and hopes of freeman ore utterly
deinsive and end IN retracns his Steps 10 the dsgra.
ded condition from which we all believed we had es.
capped. In his descent from his present conmanding
position he may We'll carry with him these reflections
SIT down IN despair. and spurn all The dazzling theor,s
of sclfgovenmeni ilusory if they leave him 20
soosist on The humble diet. and TO graphic with The
saterIngs' Of the msI desolate portion OF mankind
wages m ffanoe-Calas common lab,rcrs I'D
per day with bolrd and without dwelling Ioul, ne
d.. per day do do; Nantes Sd per day do do Mar.
settles IL 10 I'd per day do do. The food in some
dsre 'o1'ss IN rye br. sd soup mnde of mill,
cakes midc Of Indian corn. ao1o aad ten some ssh
PROVISIONS and veg stables rarely if ever butcher
meat In Others, wheaton bread. p made with veg
eia0es and lille grease lard twice day. poia,oe,
or o'h"r vegetables buf seldom butchers meat
SEeie1.-Tho daily wages of a skilled agriculturisi
are "a or 81 while the nnsklled obtain no more than
81 or ~. and board themselycs Agriculiurrsts in
the southern provinces live upon salt fish and potatoes
form heir food.
Bararia.-Laborers paid al the rate Of 81 per
dsy in the country. without board.
Befyirn--A skilled artisan may earn in summer l.
~ iois Sd; IN winter from l0d to Is ID; unskilled
half No much without board, live uoou rye broad M
Iaioes and milk Agricultural la5orers have less
Germany-Dsnizic laborers ~ TO I'd per day with
out beard Mulhburg I'd per day dc, Hols,eih III Der
day Dc.
Netieriands-Souih Holland laborers 81 10 I'd per
day with hoard North do 20d per day without board
sniwerP Cd per day do; West FLANDERS os 10 los por
day with board
hoiy,-Tnest, laborers I'D per day without board;
DO 81 with board; Istra Sd to I0i per day without
board do I'd 10 Sd per day with board Lombordy 4
10 81 per day do; Genoa Sd 10 81 Der 5ay do and
w'ihsui lodgings Tus any 81 per day without either
Sarmy.-ln 1897 q man empl ,yed in MS icom
working very diligently from Monday morning 10 Sat-
urday night. from O'Clock in the morning until dusk
and even at Zines with mp his wife assisting him
IN finishing and taking him the work. could not posi-
by earn more than 20 grosehcn (ahout 60 cens) per
week. Nor could one who had three children aeed
~ years and upwards all working q; the loom as well
rs himself with his wife. employed doing up the work
earn in the whole moro Than 81 weekly
Nargdt'on.-Beiween and England this Is placed |
upon footing Of equality at advantages 10 orr nay
igalor' being abrognied Ifany interest can bear di.
rect competition THIS u the one Bun let N, Soc An. |
result a. set down by Mf. Porter In 1921" ,,ys
tbs winter. the proportion Of British vessels which
entered The rors Of the United States was 7 per cent
compared with the American tonnage employed In The
ore'en trade u the United Sfaics, while. in s35 ha
proporion was increased 10 - yer rent The actpal
numbers IN each oftho years from 1921 10 1895, have
boen as follows
British. American. British American
loar Tor Tons Year Tons Ton,
1921 551s5 765O9s 1929 s6337 s7294g