The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-13

Growers Association in Philadelphia,
last week, Hon. John CoYode made a
speech, which we give below. Mr..
Covode, after some preliminary re-
marks, snid:
We are now entering on n new career
as people. We see not only our man
ufncturers, but other parties, equally
concerned in protecting the interests OF
the country. Let me cull YOUR ntten-
tion to this important faCt: Unless the
manufacturers receive additional pro-
lection, and high degree of mercan-
tile and commercial prosperity Is main-
tanned in this country, it will be a mat
ter of impossibility for the Govern
ment to collect revenue enough TO pay
the interest on the public debt. rAp-
plause.l According to the report made
ut the late te,meetingOfthe Iron and Steel
Association at Cleveland, by Mr.. Nor
ell, it appears that the American man
ufncturer engaged In the production of
railrOad iron is pnying more taxes to
the Government, directly and indirect-
ly, than is paid by the importer of for
eign iron. This will not do. rAp-
plnuse.l 1t will certainly bring dis
tresss on the people of Pennsylvania in
very short time. More than One-haIf
of the productive power in the iron
making districts is now idle, and this,
49,
veterans have just come home from the
wars to seek industrial occupation.
[ lApplhuse. This state of atTitrs we
must have remedied. [Applause.l
There seems to be some little conflict
of interests, apparently, between the
woOlen manufacturers and the wool
growers in the United Stntes. This is
altogether mistake, and mischievous
mistake, as the history of tariffs in all
ages and i'll all countries will fully de-
that when the manufacture
is brisk; tile competition of purchasers
Will always insure to the producer a
good market and remuneratiVe prices.
The interests of the two classes are nlu-
tunl; they are identical; and the pros
perity ofthe one is theprosperity Of the
other. tApplRuse.l
railways enures directly to the adVuu-
tage of q country to project its industry.
The manufacture OF cloths in all conn
tries, dnting back to the twelfth century,
when IL gave such astonishing prosper
ity to Florence, has accumulated wealth
in whatever country has protected tho
capital and labor engaged in its CleVel-
opment. England for scores of years
had enjoyed, through the policy of
George III who strOVe by all means to
foster the manufacturing interests, nl-
MOST monopoly of prosperity; at all
events the lions share of 1t. hut with
y
States, waking from their lethHrgy, have
adopted the same policy, and their de-
Neloplnent in material wealth hns been
truly astonishing.
see before me several gentlemen
worth their hundreds of thousands, ave,
their millions. Many of you are appa-
rently masters of the situation, and
might for Il long time Withstand the eff
feet of foreign competition. But in or
der to do so you would have to main
tain n low standard of prices alike in
the raw material and i'll the labor ms
you would have 10 compete with the
Interior commodities landed at your
wharVes to be thrown upon your mar
kets.
In England, fifteen or twenty wears
ago, wOOlen rugs would only bring "a
por ton. Now they sell at .RiO per Ion,
And why is this2 Why ii is because
they have by their shoddy manufac-
lures been able to work them up and
sell them to the people of the United
tlemen here wearing fine cloths impor-
ted from abroad, little know the pro-
portion of worIl-ouG woIlen rags Tint
enters into the composition Of these
fashionable fabrics. 1G
II is our fault, and only ours, il our
interests are not properly fostered and
encouraged. ] see before me the repre-
sentatives of the great iron, steel and
coal association OF the United States.
Those interests, and all other interests
requiring protection, have the power of
making president and cabinets and
members of Congress. No president
has been elected without the vote of
Pennsylvania. (Applause.) We hold
the balance of power here But Penn
sylvania has been cheated into voting
for men who, while professedly devoted
to her interests, have had no higher
motives than their personal RggrandiZe-
ment. do not think we can be de-
celved again if we are careful.
ltiS lamentaDly true that there are
more politicians than statesmen III the
land: Still, when candidates for high
political position fully appreciate the
strength of the organizations here rep
resented, they will be certain to respect
them. You, gentleman, have the pow
er to demand, the right to demand that
the labor interests of this country shall
be protected against the pnuper labor of
other countries. (Appluuse.)
q A struggle is before us upon the uues-
tiOnofia protected policy. Tllat Dues
tion Will assume IL more formidable
character when reconstruction takes
place, and the Southern States re-
turn to Congress with nm increased
representation. 1 have had occasion
during the summer to examine this
the South, and know that very large
majority of the Southern delegation
will come in hostile to the protection of
American labor and the payment of
the national debt. II is very easy to
perceive that such u policy, obstinately
and successfully adhered to, must re-
suit in sllspending the payment of the
interest on the debt.
Reconstruction, in my opinion, is go-
ing on too rapidly twill requiretime
before the people are fully ready to be
reinstated in. their political rights. NY
information from the South for the past
few days, particularly from Louisiana,
is anything but hopeful. A bad condi-
tiOn of affairs prevails in that portion
of the Southern country. "A terrible
persecution is going on in some locali-
ties against the openly avowed Union
men and still more terrible persecu-
tons are being waged against the fami-
lies of the freedmen who have taken mp
arms upon the side of freedom and
Union.
These States, failing uponthe doctrine
of State rights, and controlling labor in
some form, as they arc determined to
do, ut the same time that they are send
ing members to Congress hostile to the
interests of Northern labor, and to the
payinentot the Government debt, may
in the future, occasion much. ellibai
rassment.a Undoubtedlo they will take
the first occasion to unite with a party
in the North that will be ready for the
sake of political power, to favor their
schemes. 4ie sgi 80 .'5tI
ARE THEY CONC 9-We refer. render
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Fragrant Sozodont. 1t will at once ar
rest decay and prevent what are now,