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

ncss. compelling us TO seli less. make less and
Jay less wages This is one effect of a low
but the more riinous is the fact that
he smsiler establishments thst protection
10 raise in the Southern and Western
States. and whose propficiors haze invested
all in their buildings. fixtures and supply
Df stock, and who depend entirely upon their
sales to pay their cuncn, expenses. are ruined
II, and cease TO minuhciure: their work
men arc thrown outof employ mrnt. their pro-
becom comparatively y0lneless, anl
tn wagcsof labor iall. as a necessary consc
quencc, there being bit few employers left to
require II. After while, when the iorign
manufacturers have crushed all the establish.
Inenis they can crush, they put up thcir pri-
ces. and we 1nl a mirkct at better prices. but.
in the mean time a large per ccntage on or
sales, Tor the delay, must b. made, By which
the consumer loses aud we gain nothing.
There j. another Gauss. Sufficient of itsslfio
account fora reduction OF price in the manu-
~facturrd goods, aud an advance Of wages 10
the operatives, under "A high tann.. When
thu labor OF IA. country j. protected against
the cheaper fcr'ign labor we prosper. a. labor
constitutes the wealth OF all countries. IL
wages are high all branches OF business feel the
in,igors;ing effects. When low aud la but
little demand, a p~srslysis seems to strike upon
every sPccies Of property, particularly. upon
the agricultural products. because, az a demier
resort. tire operatives and laborcrs thrown out
OF their regular work seek a subsistence upon
a small tract OF land, become themselves seri.
cultural producers sufficient for the supply OF
their own wants, instead oi being consumers
OF Others. From this city went all Glasses and
descriptions of operatives, during the wears
1889 30 and 81. some to small rented farms,
some a. fremcn aud hands on boats. some To
lsboTing ON the highways and public works,
aud some to fishing ia the river and various
other employmcnts in which they made but a
very scant subsistence. II iha, time butter
IN our market was from 8 TO l23 cents par
pound-it DOW commands from l2l TO % cts.
aud other products OF the farm have been en-
HANGED in value in about equal proportion
These same men have now returned TO labor
in III workshops. are able TO purchase The
best the nitrSet aiionis, and surround them
s.lvcs with all the comforts Of life.
The cuyittlists, the mpnict men wen the
only gamers by the depression. as they coult
then command labor at their own price. A
few descriptions OF goods were then chcapeT
than they now are but labor was gone TO the
workshops OF Eurorc, and the people had
nothing tu buy with. The effects OF a low
iaTiil and large importation were ielt IN enoth-
cr WAY a great portion of the community
lost not only their ability 20 bay new goods,
but ,hcirHbiliiy to pay drbt already contract
The country stood upon the brink OF
universal bankruptcy. |,
Now bet IA compare the past we have des-
with the present. Then We bad dull
ssles, heavy stocks OF goods and bad debts E,
now our sales are quick, our siocks light, and
Juf customers pay Us promptly. We have
no depreciation, no heavy charges Of stor
insurance and interest 10 provide for. 1t
therefore. 10 figures 20 show that We
ne able 20 sell, under the prrsent state oil
at lower prices and pay hi. her wages
han before the act of 1872. By TIE passing J
IF that act Tie Cotu,ty Was st upon its feet
aud labor wrcsted from a most rapid
icclension.
To illustrate stu further the effect OF a high
tariff upon glass manufactures, il is only ne.
ceSsaIy 20 10 back To- 1851 and trace the pro.
gfess 81 tlangs dow la iSi2, through the
deCline of duues Al the farper Pc
nai thsso wrI1 seventeen hlut glaSs nbuuiaC- I
tories in operation bat a. the duties reduced
the iges weai 0ut, 20 that in 1912 theirs were
but fave in operation, snd laOSe az short work. |
AZ Wheeling, at P.ttsbnsgb, at Philadelphia,
AZ New York aud al Boston, one after another
was compelled 10 glve up o. diminish VeD
materially rs lgudu1toni nuw every one IS
la toll and successful operation, and the coun-
ny Is supplied az cheaper rats Than ever b.
ior.
We have ascri5ed our present prosperity to
the ranl ActO l 1917, anJ 81 seems 10 us i'm
possible, 0st any one should doubt IL " 30 has
examined our commercial history from is
emvnt. We have come out OF every
period ol great Depression OF trade, and in the
value OF property, by thc aid Of high tariffs.
II we abandon ouI present one, III seems 10 "a.
that ;he experience OF the past tells ~ in Ian
guagc too plain "a BE misuultrstcod, That our
necessities wlll force M Go resort 60 IL again in
The course OF a very icw ycaIs. la Tie mean
time the prosperity Of ,he country will suffer.
Bet 10 return TO tie Immediate subject ia
hand. Our thim proposition il, that. as a
measure oi revenue 10 IS the best policy Of
our Government 10 Increase rather than TO d.
finnish the present duties or glass.
la other Countries the manufacture has al
way met with eiicOumsemcntand protection .
ln England, FOR many years, IL has received a
bounty CA expectation. The principal reason
Tor thus has been, ihai this @srccics OF msna-
iacturc gives d value 90 inQny products, which
are On themselves Of little or no value. In
this country, however, there IS a still stronger
reason for its protection. The United State,
are thr owners ot the ereat mineral lands d
the West. Their value iof sale or Tor lesss
depend, upon the demand Tor lead. Tie ninr
glass manuiactoues are large consumer oi IL
snd " Sufficiently Protected will ~. az leas
oae-htth Of the present product. No gTca
revenue can BE- derived on foreign glass Unle
any rate OF duty bat a Large accession OF Nalu
To ,he minera land of the Buitcd States
; y v n boy the home manufacture. Under a i0-
taTlO one furnace after another would agai
be exiingutshcd, and Tia di;nisutiou in d.
mand los lead used i'm ihis manufacture alor
7 would b. sepsibly felt. The same remark q
u plies to lse sand which We consume from n
!. State of Missouri.
We have already written more than we i
y Landed and ANIl MI uaIf.llD liz a.lhlnri a..