Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-05

strength of their own Character-resolution 1
aud Ga pacity, aud by this strength aud that ca
pacity, they maintain themselves do what you
please. Not, Sir, that there is one house in
New England, at this moment, in which The
proceedings OF this day are not looked for with
intcuSest interest. No man rises in the morn
ing but to sec the newspaper. No woman re-
tires at night without inquiTing VI her hus-
band the progress OF this great measure in
Washington. They ask about il in the streets
They ask about tin the schools. They ask
about it every where. And they will take
whatever answer comes, as men should take
IL, and they will feel as men should feel when
they hear il. ] therefore leave, sir; to the Sen
ate. all those conSileUtions-lw will not suffer
myself TO be subjected to the temptation OF be-
ing led away 10y those causes which might b.
supposed TO influence me * turning from them
therefore, proceed to the consideration of o.
ther subjects, in which Sd lar as New England
l. concerned. Ill she have any interest at all -
II - IN favor oi this bill, and against protect
eel interests. Does She mean the les, to cx-
excise her power, little OF great. or whatever
IL may be, IN favor OF those whose inter- SIS
agc menaCed by this billP--No Sir-No. Sir
am now about To speak of the iron inter
cSts aud the coal inlerest-lhe great interests
IN which several OF the States are concerned.
bat which by way of emincncc men are ant to
call the great Pcnnsvlvanian interests; and 50
they are. Massachusetts, is purchaser of
PENNSYLVANIA COIL, and she is a purchaser OF
PENNSYLVANIA iron. She is one of the best
purchasers OF these articles from her Pennsyl-
vanla friends. She will maintain inst sys-
tenn Tor the prosecution OF these great interests
: just as il they were her own. Nay, sir, aud
do not fear that am running any hazar ri at
all, when say that this feeling OF Massacbu-
sets towards Pennsylvania is entirely rtci-
procated by Pennsylvania towards Massachu-
sets. hear 1t whispered about these Halls.
thal there might come some specific for the
the case oil Pennsylvania. That there might
be an amendment moved to sooth Pennsylva-
MA on the subject OF iron aud coal, leaving the
rest TO the desoation of this bill Sir, no such
things can tahe place. Pennsylyania would
not degrade herself by accepting such a boon
Pennsylvania stands, and her Re representatives.
here stand, pledged and instructed to the tar
III oi II. take this occasion here to- say,
thatl am arguing against this bill-this par
ucular DIN, and have not said. and shall
not say non, what other provisions il might
be advisableNi Tor the houses of Congress 10 a =
doPt. And lNave not the least fear IN the
world SIR, that renHsylvania is going TO bend
her proud neck, ~ take boon from those
VINO are inilictilg thAs severe measure Of dis
comfort ana distress Upon the country; that
sue VIII Just take SV to herself and turn
her back upon her lriclRs. There i not a
Pennsylvanian who wouloSonsent to s,ch
thing. Wsll, now, let MS gNlo these iuonor-
tant subjects OF the iron trade ,sud coal tr,d,.
OF PenBsyfvsnia. ''""'
/ II is very we'll known that Penns,lv,pi, !.
very rich IN mineral wealth-that Ia,t IN
England, Pennsy lvauia, considering her son-
nection East with the Atlantic, and west VIA
the Mississippi, and then considering her
mineral productions, is natuTell the richest
spot OH the lace of the globe. She has more
means OF supporting population than any
country known of in the world except il be
| the south end of the Island Of Great britain
Now il is known that il is thirty years since
the making OF iron in Pennsylvania wasa con
siderable business. The present duty on iron.
by the law OF 1912, is S25 per ton of plain bar
iron. The .sasaposos -siaiv - 40 per cent o,
at Liverpool at this moment is IS or $40 per
ton. The amount OF duty therefore would be
hall the present duty, SIP so per ton.
will read the clause OF the bill with res
pect To iron, Tor IL is worthy Of being read
Iron, in bars, blooms, bolts, loops, pigs, rods.
slabs, or other form, not otherwise provided
Tor, thirty per cent" Here is one general as
sessment OF duty OH iron, and by this bill all
| products OF iron are on a level-bar iron and
manufactures raw material and they are
put upon the same level here and paving the
same duty as every manufacture of iron down
10 penknives and TaLors and needles The
manufacture IL no more protected than the
raw material. Now what is the effect of ths2
There are. proprietors in PENNSYLVANIA who
hold great estates in iron mountains, which
are called royalties" They sell The ore AT
50 much ton and they by this bill are pro-
'ecied 50 far as the bill goes against the for
eign raw material of bar iron. But their TAX
Is Just as great as that ol ore.
The persons concerned i'm the successive
subsequent stages oil the manufacture, the Ia
bor there IS not protected at all. The pfopr-
etor OF tie mountains he who sells the ore has
this protection such as tits, against th. Eng.
lisll proprietor, but the manu- iacturcr has no
more. That Is TO say lbe protection does not
SO on according 10 the quantity OF labor whioh
Is wrought in, or act ording to the increased
value which labor has wrought the raw mate
rial. This law therefore is as suppose con
trdry to all iormcr laws. Ii there be any like
II hope our attention will be called IT,. Let
as see how the law of ~ stood on this point
/ Mr. w. read the provision of the act oil ~. |
liy that law the duty is increased just as the
manufacture increases.
Let me direct the attention OF the Senate
to extent OF capital invested in the iron trade
OF Pennsylvania. mir. w. here rad several
extracts from the Report OF the Convention
which assembled in Philsdcl phia on January
9th last IN pursuance OF a call from the Iron
and Coal Association OF the State of Pennsyi-
vania," showing that more than one hundred
per cent additional capital had been invested
since " in this trade; and that in furnaces
Sc, 100000 bad been invested since that
time.
/ need not 30 through these statistics, Mr..
w. continued. But thus you may see what
is the iron trade OF Pennsylvania. Can il
live under. this tariff The people Of Penn.
sylvania SAX the powers that be, to- suspend
the execution OF this sentence upon them, ill
this be considered; and il is a mere matter OF
figures IL is matter OF truth notwithstand
ing the richness Of the Pennsylvania mines