The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-26
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, z. Ghat ton OF determined and rec
tognized Value may be uliiye rsaIIylem
: PloSyed, In order to obviate the mistake
and nisappre tensions that now Occur
from u failure to express the particular
kind of a ton to be used in 4 business
transaction.
: mere IS, however, astrenn6us oppo-
u sItlon 70 change i'm SONS localities fol
) the following reasons s5 y =
y J.. The labor and confusion incident
4 upon the change from accnst omed meth.
4 ods of. calculation and theneSta blished
D schedules of prices to different methods
and schedules. % iSriTzs MI
| 2. The difficulty Of reGonciling those
parties now disposing of values upon
!, the basis of 2, 240ibs. per tom u receive
Z the prpportl onate reduction in price for
\ q ton. of 1000 MS. tiL3 4 q 4tif q 4
ii i The report was referTe6 10 assbecial
} committee on weights and measures,
composed of gnmes I. sl}ennet, ESQ, OF
pittsburgh, y. Kinney, Cincinnati, %.
and j .llfies IL >. ss
on motion tho Char appointed the
following gentlemen comnitteef on
resolutionH: IN - ll - 10 ~ d
~ John N. Kennedy, Of Philade dolphin,
Isaac Jones, Pittsburgh; Geo. Worth.
i Buffalo.
Mr.. Kennedy then proceeded to en-
large upon questions presented in the
| resolutions in an able speech of half an
He said to him, the most dangerous
"sign fthe times' is the insiduous but
energetic effort of free trnders to secure
/ the funding of the greenbaclkS into in
tterest paying bonds. They would thus
bring us down to what they call re!
sumption OF specie payment, which u.s.,
IN. effect, TOrSiJ6jeetiO5l 10 Great Britain.
\ This is a question of great interest to
/ the West. The West Is destined to be
| both rich and powerful; either with or
without commerce. 1t is already the
Imperial power; yet the accumulation
of capital can be but an ilnportantstim-
illus. Our Banking System, is excel
lent, the most. magnificent of modern
times: Weamust look out, however,
that its operations are not tempered
| with and directed from their true cham
nel-that of sustaining the Government
Into that of free trade and bankrupt
cy. Greenbacks are the best currency
in the universe. 1t is the preliminary
policy of our opponents to make orr
bank notes and greenbaclls canal in
value and permanence. They would
fund our greenbacks into bonds, with
draw the greenbacks from circulation.
and thus leaye the banks at the mercy
. .
The Secretary read a humber of LET
tiers, from which we quote as follows:
From the Hon. B. il. Wade: stAIy fear
is that our Government securities will
be taken up in Europe, to an enormous
extent and be paid for in goods ofyiill.
deseri pians of foreign manufactures,
which, coming in competilI on with our
own manufacto cries viii, II fear, beverly.
disastrous, If not destructive, under our
present tariff, which is not half al HIGH
as ii shonld be ON most articles icons,
yersed with tl,e Seore llIIy atl the III
iJec6 OF the tflriti. lie admit ted that the
rate of duties Were not as high as they
ought to be under the present ciroum-
stances; that our internal tax on man
ufactures operated in favor of the for
etgn manufactured, and that the tariff
should be correspo ndingly high. i
hnye no doubt that n high protective
tariff alone can save us from bankrupt
| cy and repudiation.' . l7
From General Schepck hWithout
dilnhng on the subject, j will but say
that / believe the true and safe national
policy for the United States is to keep
up a protective tariff system; and /
think that in no part of the Union is
this policy to be more vitality felt for
good than in our great interior States
of the Northwest. I would cherish the
manufacturer, and bring him, as the
steady and reliable consumer of agri-
cultural products, close to the farmer,
that the Interests of both may be mutu-
nlly benefited"
From Henry q. Carey: at is not
probable thatI shall be able to go to
Cleveland; but will give little adj
vice 10 those who do go, and that is cir
calate one hundred thousand copies Of
an article in yesterdays Iron Age, that
have just read. The man who wrote
u understands, the question, whoever
From the Hon. Hugh Mccullough:
| 81 have the honor to acknowledges the
receipto of your favor of the 10th inst,
enclosing. a circular from the Society
Tor the Rroteetion, &c, and a letter
from the Hon. John Sherman. / shall
be pleased 10 receive, from time to time,
any pamphlets,or articles that may be
published by the society on the subject
ola Protective Tnftff." - saifs ai
! Mr.. j. N. Kennedy, of PHILADELPHIA.
offered and read the following reso1u5
| tons: y. si2
WHEREAS, MISREPRESENTATION, desiring
to place It's principles and purposes
plainly and squarely sbeEore the mutton,
| hereby declares ss-i If 81
That whilo they admit that they, as
| they believe. are absolute compelled to
make united efforts to sustain Amari-
| can industry, and hence that their
| prime incentive is one OF, self-intereSt
while claiming for Themselves neither
more nor less of patrio Hsm than that
of their fellow citizens, do, mt the same
time, distinctly and emphatic ally am
4 nounce that they ask nothing as R'clnss
4 interest, but will meet the question
4 simply upon its broad merits, as it
effects the general welfare of the coun-
try; therefore @
I Res6LUed, AS the sense of this Con-
Eyention, that whether a revenue policy;
SECURING to American labor the posses
sion of the American market, will or
Twill not tend to specially benefit par
4 ticular interests or localities, it is in the
Judgement of this Convention, a fnan-
Ecial necessity, which cannot be mate
rally disregarded, that tho revenue
lduties, or foreign imports be now so
Egrnduated MS viii etfectually prevent
Il the continued European drnin of our
i gold in the future $3.50 .lf-.ii - =,
4ResoLped, That while the Convention
i disclaiI1s any intention or desire to
sleXptess a definite opinion on the moot