Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-03-17

Leaf in the page Of cSceanvo proceedings. Ia 1929
Gen. Ja,ksnn succeeded an executive that he pro-
ncnnccJ lavish in expenditures. in 1910 Mr.. Van
Buren, vacated ms scat aud h. supporters arc utter
ing msledieiions on the successor for wasIo Of the
peoples money.
lnlS99 here were Ia clerks in the New York
Custom House. receiving annually sll9O62-The
inspirations into The city during that yror amounted
10 S43.000.0OO. In 1910. when Mr. Van Barren
left the presidential chair. there were Ala clerk.
with a compensation Of $50 900. The inspirations
during The year were 62.O0O000. The increase
in salaries 330.93S dollars. The increase in impor.
tarions 100000. The increase in expenses Gr
clerk hire in the Custom Houses IN New York and
Philadelphia, and in the service at Washington
alone. was s434.4T7. and in number 5l2. while
the "a ter had no a ID I onal Sc vice to ptrE,rm' This is
a specimen Of PROTECTION Tor The people. Nor
- this all. During that time there were defilca.
,ions Among The officers of government which oughr
10 have been detected snd defeated by the Prcsi.
dent and his Secretaries. amounting To- S2.76I.2l9.
\ very pretty sum IN The WY OF RI lection
But this was nothing compared with the Efforts
made by the same glorious party TO rEo rEcr the
fNNFAts hutN NeNAlNN 10 leAlN VIC NuEeh 81 ialOF
TO l25 cents per day u { tie amount they had
been yet they were bitterly opposed to a reJuc.
lion OF The salaries Of Officers or The per diem OF
members Of Congress. A. they would make the
price Of labor ono eighth. lhcv OF coarse, would lr
crease the value Of The PAY Of members and COVE m.
ment officers eight hundred PEI Ct or seyen-eiehih.
Of he whole expense of the government. ,hirty.,w ",
] -UH &, L.fF v,s1T,..- q n.rT.-- tI
"a IL such protection as vulIurc, give TO bank. GOV
eriug and devouring Them" Jew, I rhanH t!lce nr
that word" PsorrcriJs
The cfIrt o. make us guilty ola so,ecism in our
Argument will not 30. Il is no doubt true ,ha, the
effect Of the English duties on corn deprcs, our
prices very materially. Experience show. il. anl
shows that The imposition Of a tar in any part Of III,
world where We send grain has tho effect Of reduc
ing our prices. Its not the less true that The efrec
Of tariff on the part Of our government. IL sufi
cienily high and permanent 10 exclude The Englisl
article and induce competition in manufacturing il
THE eousIy. will reduce the price to The consumer
on ninciy-nine articles in a hundred. We do not
consider Il Necessary 10 reciie again. instances il
which he effect has seen as above recited but
candid examination Of facts will prove II 10 any
ono.
The Col has been quite as unfortunate in his al
dress 10 The people as in his rcjoinder 10 US. W
are not a prophet Of the son Of a prophet but ",
can tell as well as most men what has Happened
though we never assume unusual wisdom in telling
The banks. says the Col, are rotten, hated by N,
people and banshed from good society. They mr.
foul s%windling shops says he. in effect. Perhaps so
but II so, why dad his party make ihem,to swindl Il
the community : lie moe denounccs them bu, n,
did not denounce them TO the public, when, rs n,
HoU says, he predicted heir FILL Let us exanin,
how many Of these institutions were fuis,ed on IN,
community by loco focos between 1880 and 1897
since which time very few have been chartered
u we are IN error ia our figures we hope Col
Thompson will correct Us. They arc a. follows
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