Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-03-15

Il is no doubt true that the Hor. Isaac Hill of New
Hampshire has come ont for = tariff. The follow
ing l. sDund sensc; though lis what our Wheeling
candidate for governor Of Virginia would call a &C.
sire To Cypress labor
FREE TRADE AND LOW WAGES
The wages of the operatives ia The Cotton Mills
At Three Rivers were reduced some tea days or "a
fortnight since aud a strike was The consequence
We Imagine ihnt under ihe prcsccI duties, a rcduc-
lion G wages will not be confined to Three RIvcrs.
We can see no hold for ihece being a like reduc-
tipn ~ AL the mills "u tho C1ic1pee River and In
TO mills throughout New England. Our staple ma
n%uiacturors arc bv the present decreasing Taril,be-
ing brought into closer competition with the same
goods brought here from abroad, than they have
heen. aud tlcre Is ouly wanting The blessed free
trrie Of the IIampdcn Post To n ,od the country with
hose foreign goods. Now the two great liens in
The first cost Of these goods are that of ihe.raw ma
teral and the labor bestowed on IL. The cost OF
the former Is about the same TO the foreign manu-
facturer as Il is TO the manufacturer ia this country
bat the cost OF the latter Is infinitely less. Labor ia
Europe is ab1ndaut aud mere than abundant anu
hence the price Of il is low even 10 the oppression
and suffering of the laborer. IL our manufacturer
with the present low duties, or pih no duties at 81
as the Post seems 10 desire. iuIend 10 continue their
mlnuilnturiug, they must be able TO sell their goods
in our markets as cheap as the foreign manu!actu
rer can bring his here and sell them; and NJ they
must m order 10 make their goods equally chear
make their H5Or cost them Us II does the fore igner.
They must be able 10 employ a class ofoperauves
who viii liye1on salt aud potatoes, and work for q
few pennies a day.
The question Of protective duties or free trade is
being brought homo 10 our very doors, and The alter.
native Is even n NV staring the labprng class ia rhe
face Of having their Wfges reduced in order thai
our mills may be kept running. or the mills closed
and themselves thrown out OF employment. Thi,
- Practical free trade. This reduction Of pIses 81
taoor Is the dir0ct result of The Loco Fpcp press and
leaders who with 50 many loud Professions, clam
Ia have taken the interest OF the labOr'ng classes an
der their protecuon.
Hurrah for free Irldci say, the Post, and every
weaver aud spinner, every machiuisi and operative
lu oar mills will hurmh tor II alsr. IL they desire 10
work Cor half Of their present earnings. or have
heir business entirely taken from thcm-,f they dc,
sire to be put on equality with The paupcrs Of En-
rope, or have their present means of living transfer.
red TO foreign workshops. IL IS certainly most pain
iul 20 witness the effects Of L rash aud impractica.
7 hle theory advocated by wrong headed p1uisIns for
political purposes bearing heavily upon that class o
our fellow citizens whose muscles, intelligence an.
industry are their whole capital. As we have sal,
II Is free t-ade in operation: IL Is loco fOcoi,m in il
first Stages. aud lhuSe WIN still persist in beng loo,
focus must be tho last 10 complain.
Springfield Gasene.