Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-09-12

theswar, we believe we are within bounds
in saying that the war cost Mr.. Brown
little short of 5, 900 i'm short, there is
not a feature which constitutes a MAN, in
which James NJ. Brown will not tuuoru-
bly compare with Mr.. Willis.
H'he Democrat and NgT. SIorTeu.
The Democrat Of last week of course
attacks Mr.. Morren. whom it calls the
great Iron King, alleges that he refused
to pay the puddlars and helpers what
they claimed, that his estimates Of the
cost of iron are all too high. that paner
Of course knows all about such things)
that the present tariff affords abundant
protection to the iron interests, that the
whole is a scheme to make consumers
pay more for iron and put bigger profits
in the pockets ofmanufacturers-i short.
if we understand that paper at all, it is
opposed to the greatest interest in this dis
trjct, which requiring n large capital, is
well known to be the most precarious
business that money can be invested in.
lfthe Democrats reasoning is worth any
thing, then a Iaboring man. mechanic,
clerk, and all other employees in Lewis
town ought to get as much or nearly as
much as similar persons do in Philadel-
phia, and our iron works, mills tanneries,
machine shops, merchants and others
who refuse 10 pay such wages, are greedy
people, "coining money from the sweat
of poor mem" Ii is just such stuffas this
that has kept down Lewistown, and we
might say Mifflin. county. Present ex-
perience is proving that we have an album
dance Of iron ore-that property hereto
fore almost yalueless is proving source
Of wealth IAN instance OF which we may
give in the recent by Mr.. Lewis Owens
Of a barren ridge Of 40 acres for $1,000, -
that to develop these treasures and give
an impetus to business, trade and popuIa-
ton, we but need just such Iron Kings"
as Mr.. Morrell; but what men of capital
will come here to invest hundreds ofthou-
sands of dollars in an uncertain business
when they are told at every election that
they are oppressors Of the poor, greedy
men, &c? SO far a. the strike at Johns
town Is concerned, and which is not sta
ted correctly in the Democrat, Mr.. Nor
rell clearly proved that taking the differ
ences in metal, rents, and cost of living,
the Johnstown puddlers We're making as
much, if not more, than the Pittsburg
and that they had no reason for striking
is apparent from the fact that they were
making from 500 to Sl25 per month, in
the meantime obtaining goods at cash
prices on credit, if desired, and a full pay
ment in money at the end OF every month.
Meddlesome people however interfered
with just such cries as the Democrat pc
riodicaIly raises about ''the sweat of poor
men, F." &C, and the consequence was that
these men lost the best situation they had
ever held.
That the works in charge of Mr.. Nor
reIl are not yielding such great profits as
the Democrat would make its readers be
lieve is evident from the dividends, which
have averaged only six per cent. for sew
eral years; and when we consider that
millions are invested-that from 5000 to
1000 persons are employed and punctually
aid-thatforeignc competition is constant
Iy eudeavoring to overthrow and ruin
such worlls-such a per centage is a re-
enumeration so poor that a National
Union or democratic speculatorn would
sneer at it.
We are perfectly willing to take the
issue the Democrat and other papers in
this district are raising, and the contest
therefore is to be
Johnson, Miller, Willis, Banks, Ross,
Kearns, McEwen and Butler, and
Down with the Cambria, Free
dom, ,Glamorgan, andal other
Iron W Orks, Closing Of
Ore Banks, Deprecia-
ton of Mineral
Lands, and
Discharge
OfIhOu-
sands
of
LabOTers,
AGAINST
MOrrell, Brown, Wharton, TrOxelI. Glass.
Shull, Mccoy, and Wakefield. and
Sufficient Protection to the Iron
Interest so as to enable own
ers TO pay Good Wages to
WorkingmeninC Cash,
Developing the
Mineral Re
sources of
Penn
syl-
Vania,