Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-02-25

Noed much lime aud study to THE SUBJECT ~
protection. wiiha view to sustaining the tariff
OF 1912, aud in,i lie b, all a careful inyes,iga.
,ios.
In the several Flint Glass establishments
ian the United States. as Ne learn from the
returns received from Ia, and The estimates
Of the other two. there an construed materials
s- iollows
20l 900 Bush. American Bi,uminous Coal
$4,000 Foreign DO do
$500 tons Anthracite coal
S,666 Cords wool
1855 tons sand
o56 /" Fire clay
$40 iron
e0.i0o los. BomI
3.6l6, 900 " Missouri lead
2.s75, 900 " Pearl Ash
272, 600 " Sal, Peic
loo ,on- straw
473, 900 slaves
27o.0o0 hoops
400. 900 Boanls
-, 500 lbs. Arsenic
G,5oO Manganese
e200. 900 worth OF Brass, Britannia and Tin
Trimmings.
The cos, of ,hcsc articles to the manufac-
,urers is not less than $500. 600. This gives
employment, directly OF indirectly, FOR por-
tion Of the time. 90 a large part of the popula-
ton Of the Union. The n%sjority of glass. as
web as other manufactured articles, are now
made in New ENGLAND, or the Northern aud
-. ST.. k.t .Al- "a ,.r.r sv,.all ,sarfInn
OF the above immense amount OF minerals and
products is drawn from lhers. They are
mostly from the West and from Pennsylva-
yania and Virginia. giving labor and wealth
TO thousands OF miner, sgrlcUltuTtsis and 9th
or produccrs.
Coal forms a heavy item OF the expense OF
manufacturing CLASSY and the mining II EN-
ploys hundreds OF Pcnnsylyanians, WHO con-
snmc largely ct the agricultural products OF
the State, paving for them with the same mon
ey received from the glass manufacturers
Wood m from eyey fam sand rom Mis-
souri aud from Pensacola. Pearl Ash from
the farmer, and 80 on Though the list OF ar
,icles. all gi,iag the means Of living and
wealth TO a vast number OF Individuals, who
consume the products OF the farm, and are en-
abled to pay Tor them by the labor nus af
fonied. II, IN the reduction OF the tariff, you
give TO foreigners, instead OF the manuiaoiu-
rcrs of ouT own country, the manufacture Of
our glass. you reduce the labor of thousands
who have never seen our establishments. an
withhold from the farmers around them th'
competition for their products, which the!
now offer.
Nor is even commerce neglected IN the be
storal Of patronage in the manufacture o
glass. The articles which ar uaelin It's man
uaciure require a large amount OF col,iwis'
lake, river aud canal tonnage, Tor their Trans
por,aiion TO tAc vaious manulac,osies. W,
have made a fair calculation 81 the amount q
tonnage required. and we find that for tn
transportation % hos m8teuJls so the point
OF consumption, allowing ior those situate
at or near each furnace, 10 requires Che occa
sioual employment Of j7,5ij tons, and iha
this by avcpge Of lime, is equal 10 the con
slant employment OF 5,393 tons. To thi
must be added nearly as much ior ihe trans
portaiion Of the article made TO The points q
consumption, making ia oil thc constant EN-
ploymsnt OF 10000 tons Of oosstwise, lok,
river, and canal tonnsge IN ihis comparative
~ small department Of home industry.
The present duty cn Flint Glass j. highl
protective. aud ON some articles amounts =
most too prohibition. Yet NC think IL 81
osp,ible Of positive demonstration that Il
effect Of high duties upon Glass, by the tar
disi2. has been:
LIST. To reduce the price 20 the cousum.
81. To increase veTy considerably, the "
ges OF the operatives.
RI. That as a measure Of revenue u Is
t~s, policy % Inc government 90 increa
rather than 10 diminish the present duties.
La supper, Of our first proposition. it
simply Necessary go prove the tact that RI.
Glass ware u lower Do~ IN price than IL v
previous 10 the act ~ 1919 and ,hen 60 ~,
why the effect has bren TO reduce prices a,
present timr. In order TO DO this We ri
t~iow tie factory Puoos of-D,ne OF llc lead.
articles 10 our own establishment, and oil
60 show that the reduction has not been 10
In its character q list 81 prices in the heayi
establishments IN New England, befof, q
after the iaudoflsl2. We have taken th
that have not varied in form o. character.
nng he period ior which ibc pnccs are Civ
assuring you that they constitute a fair exs
pie, from ilis almost uumbehess varieties
Gus manufacture, some Others Of which hr
fallen In price more, aud Others less, al.