The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-26
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z. That alton of determined and rec
logIilzed value may be universally sem
II p1IoQsyeQ, IN order to obviate the inistalSel
anu mtsappreh tensions that now occul
from failure to express the particnIal
KIND OF tonito be used in q busines,
transaction. -
I.L There as, however. d s;tfentibi,si onno.
sttton to change IN Sb1i6 localities fol
the followfng reasons; i!3Pss
!, Z L Iae LABOR and confusion Incident
upon tlle Shange from accusto toned meth.
tods OF calculation and the esta bIished
! lschedules of prices to different methods
land schedules. III = iI5 y t11'Iitf N's
2. The difficulty of reeonciiine those
parties now diSpoSing of values IInon
! the basis of 2, ,240tbs. per ton to receive
INC, ,proporuonat reducti ion in price for
4 q ton OF 2,OO0abs. ~ q s8iF I g :
4 The report WAS referred % a.sb6eeiaI
4 committee on weights and measures.
composed of James /. liennes, ESQ. OF
i11ttSburgh, ~. Kiuzey Cincinnati n.
4 y. ToHnsendf Phi hii1fle ih, q. .B. Stone.
4 Int !. ,liles 5, Issez
/ ON motion the Chair appointed the
/ following gentlemen committed on
John NJ. Kennedy, of Phfl6deIphia.
I Ghairman; s.. Blair, Pittsburgh:
Isaac Jones, Pittsburgh; Geo. Worth.
Ington, CleVeland; g. F. Wadsworth,
Mr.. Kennedy then proceeded to en-
large upon questions presented in the
res0l unions in an able speech of half
houraa nt i4E - ) = f,if3
He said to him, the most dangerous
sign ofthe times'' is the insidlio1s bnt
energetic effort of free traders to secure
the hlnding of the greenbacks into in
IIeresD paying bonds. They would thus
bf1ng US down to what they call ia-,
sumption of specie payment which Is. ;,
IN effect, fe7Su6J lection TO Gredt Britain.
This is a question of great interest to
the West. The West is destined 10 he
Doth rich and powerful; either with or
without commerce. 1t is already the
.lmperiat power; yet the accumulation
OF capital can be bnt an inportant slim
ulus. Our banking System is excel
lent, the most magnificent of inodetn
nnes. WermuSt look out However
that its operations are not tampered
with and directed from their trne cham
nel-that of sustaining the Government
Into TINT OF free trade and bankrupt
cy. Greenbacks are the best Currency
in the universe. 1t is the ptelfnfnury
policy of our opponents to make our
pank notes and greenbaclIs equdL in |
value and permanence. They would
fund our greenbacks into bonds, with
drnw the greenbacks from circulation.
ana thus leave the banks at the mercy
of our enemies. aEt 3. fEf |
The Secretary read n number of LET
tiers, from. which we quote as follows:
from the Hon. B. j.. Wade: "4fy fenr |
IS that our Government securities will |
be taken up in Europe, to an enormous
extent, and be paid for in goods of4iill' I
OF. foreign manufactures,
which, coming in competition with our
1annfnPfnrinC will Ia 4
disastrous, If not destructive, under our
present tariff, which is not half as high
as II shonld be on most articles, I con-
Ieer 81 ifet tslit HE dfifIra I'd b,,
rate of duties were not rs high as they
ought to be under the present circum-
stances; that our internal tax on man
ufactureS operated in favor of the for
eign manuiactIiref, and that the tain
should be ebrrespo ondingly high. 1
hnYe no doubt that n high protective
tariff alone can save us from bankrupt
cy and repudiation.' -
From General Schepck :; "Without
dflatng on the subject, i will but say
that 1 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
ofthe Northwest. I would cherish the
manufacturer, and bring him, as the
steady and reliable consumer of agri-
that the interests of both may be mutu-
ally benefited.
From Henry G. Carey: "It is not
probable that / shall be able to go to
Cleveland; but will give n little adj
vice 70 those who dogO, and that is. cir
culate one hundred thousand copies of
an article in yesterdays Iron AGe, that
have Just read. The man who wrote
| it understands. the question, whoever
he may be. ~ li4 90 - = y = ~
From the Hon. Hugh Mccullough:
ST have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your favor of the 10th inst,
enclosing a circular from the Society
from the Hon. John Sherman. 1 shall
be pleased to receive, from time to time,
any pamphlets or articles that may be
| published by the society on the subject
| of n Protective Tariff. ~ -
Mr.. j. NJ. Kennedy, of Philadelphia,
offered and read the following resolu5
tiOns: 4i-- -.y+ !.
! sWHEnEKs, association, desiring
4 to place It's principles and purposes
plainly and squarely before the nation,
I hereby declares - 9s q l.,as
Tint while they admit that they, as
I they believe, arc absolute compelled to
make united. efforts to sustain Ameri-
can industry, and hence that their
! prime incentive is one of self-intereSt,
/ while claiming for themselves neitticr
more nor less of patrio oism than that
4 of their fellow -citizens, do, at the same
time, distinctly and en1phatically an
4 nounce that they ask nothing as a class
4 interest, but will meet the question
simply, upon its broad merits, as II
effects the general welfare OF the coun-
try; therefore
4 Res6LOed, AS the sense of this Con
lvention, that whether revenue policy5
4 securing to American labor the posses
sion of the American market, VIII or
Twill not tend TO specially beneht par
Judgment of this Convention, finan-
4 ciaI necessity, which cannot be mate
frially disregarded, that the revenue
i duties; or foreign imports be now so
EEraduated ds will effect tuallS prevent
fithe continued European drain Of our
4 gold in the future. i'5lg,
a ResoiBed, That while the Convention
} tdiscIainls any intention or desire 70
; -leSpfess a definite opinion on the moot
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