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

liVm hlSsand ls made lrOni ORES or PIG cop
per obtained in Chill, aud IL the proposed du-
y ON raw copper be exac,cd, nearly all that
NC now get from Chill will sent to England,
ant being there manufactured Into sheathing,
wilt be sent TO the United States, thus giving
TO English vessels the benefit OF transporting,
and to English manufacturers the profits ol re
hung aud rolling. the raw mltcTial, besides
dcpriving rs OF our best market Tor the sale or
exchange Of our domestic cotton.
Ii Is estimated that the CO pitalnow invested
IA copper manufactures in the United States,
Il about one aud hall millions of dollars,
embracing live refining and rolling mills, aud
employing Il large number cot workmen. Hith-
erto THESE establishments have struggled, un-
aided by Government, against the superior all
vcntagcs oi Engl iSh aud Welsh manufacturers
and wc now only ask Tor them continuance
ol thc same Iccdom ol competition. We ask
no privileges OF special protection. II the
bill referred To become law, these must be
CLOSED, OF continued under ruinoas disadyant-
ages.
The navigating interests thank you for com
petition, bat let II b. a state of competition.
Do not proceed ia cduyias out duties in
such sort as To put down the whole American
p'oduci, using none but the manufactures OF
hugland Tor their shcathing OF your vessels.
WIZ read another paragraph from the peti-
item
ave have thus shown what will be the ei-
tects oi the proposed duty,-the impolicy of
the principle involved 10 not less obvious
Without entering into the hackneyed ques-
ton oi free trade aud protective duties, we
may freely aver, that IL il not the intention of
Congress TO tax the citizens OF the u. States
Tor the benefit of loreigners-and yet such is
the operation OF this duty. We tax a raw ma
terlsl, which we want Tor manufacturing ppr
! poses, and we charge our manufacturers with
That Tax, al at the same time we allow foreign
eIs To manufacture that material AMI send il
to Us free OF duty. This il bounty Tn for
eisners. aud tax upon ourselves. What
would be said of tn: policy of England, were
she To tax raw cotton aud admit cotton man
uiacturcs free of duty2'
Well, asked Mr.. W. is that not exactly
what wc are doing, Thcic is another article,
white lead-with respect to which the same
policy Is observed, aud on that subject have
received the following letter from very in
telligent aud respectable quarter in N. YoTk:
WAsHIEGrog, July 18th, 1916.
! Hon. TNIEL WEBsTER-Dcdr Sir--RespeCt-
Ing the proposed duty on white lead | had
tn honor OF bringing to your consideration
! on the evening oi last SATURDAY,, as YOU then
ed statements, which, when you come to
speak on the Tariff may be matter that you
can make use OF in opposing the bill
! The capital invested in the manufacturing
mills OF white Lead in the L. States may a
mount To about G2,250000. Almost one
thousand men as laborers are employed in the
business and about AZ 600 400 lbs or 600 600
kegs lead, all the products of the Illinois aud
Missouri mines. The present duty is cents
per lb. the proposed duty 20s, which will be
equal TO or at most | 20,l00 per H. The
AL 10 a -
inferior 10 that produced in any other country.
IL has attained its present goodness within the !
last three years, owing principally to the en- |
enlargement given By the Tariff OF 1912, |
wllch has induced tue investnpeut of lssae
adslit.saal capital in the msnaf-efsre OF IL \
article, thereby creating great competi iont
amongst the manufacturers.
For your information lwould state that the
price oi Peru white lead in oil in 1920, at
winch time there were but two factories in /
the United States, was twenty-lour per ct /
per Id. Since tAat lime il has been gradually !
declmesbin pfice and at the present moment
is only worth 6lc.
Perhaps there is no article imported into
thus country, In favor oi which the p.eiudice
is 50 strong as tina, of English white lead
notwithstanding the duty of four cents per
To-, considerable quantities are yearly import
ed, and sold at profit To the English manu-
iacturers. 1t with the present duty the A
mcrlcan manufacturer can merely sustain
himself against the pr9Hdice existing in favor
ot the foreign article, should tie duty b. re-
duccd to Tour per cent, what but total ruin
TO him would be the consequence.
Commenting the subject to your good Judge
ment, remain with great respect, your ob.i-
dent servant, joins LAlDLAw.
50 much Tor that article. NEF. RstsisIsnt
there - ono manufacture, just beginning a.
mougst us OF such an Interesting character To
{ the labor OF the country, aud the agricultural
employment OF the country that | beg To call
II 10 tlie pagtIcuar attention OF the Ssnatc-
( IT - that article which they call mousseliue
de laiuc, a wooden fabric Just commenced I'm
, this country. IT has been a matter of immense
import iof some years past. Now | wish 10
state the facts connected with one of these
commencing establishments There was no
manufacture OF this article before the ,ari0 of
~ was enacted, the manufacture of this arti.
Gle began In several OF the middle and eastern
States. Among The rest, withina few months
or at least within the year, manulactory o(
THIS KIND has bccn attempted TO be establish
Ell al Manchester New-Hdmpshire near th,
residence OF my Honorable friend from that
State, on my right (Mr. Cilley) II procced,
on the basis OF large capital. They ask for
no new protection. They can maintsin tben-
selves under the tarill Of ~. Now what is
ih' consequence ! have a statement from
The agent conducting that establishment: and
! beg to lay IL betofc the consideration of lie
gentlemen Of Ohio and Pa He saws before
There as any expectation that this dill would
pass, they bal sent agents into Ohio pnd the
western part OF Ia. 10 buy wool-that they
proposal to buy annually FROM $500 600 10
5)1OOOO worth OF wool I'm those states. and
f. perhaps IN the western part OF New York.
suppose that Is OF some Importance 20 The wool
growers OF OHIO, Pennsylvania and New York
/ Wh,n the news got TO New Hampshire. that
I tus bail as 10 now stands here had passed che
House OF Representatives. iliese agents were
directed not 10 buy another ounce. and tbey
/ nttcr viii buy sn0iherouncc, until they know,
I thit this bill cannot pass.
Wei, here is another petition, ora paper
in ihc form Of petition respective another