The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-30
JOHN OEhrEltLlNG, ESQ,
President Of tho Central Glass Company,
WY OF East wheeling.

President Of tho central GLASS Company,
l,H Of East wheeling. ID,
One Of our reporters met with this gen.
tlemen yesterday, and found him very
indignant over the article in the Regiae,
referring 10 bis concern. y ~ ''S Ffs {,
s"What shall say about it, Mr.. Oester.
ling?" a.l5a-l IH, 5Hla. 7iHdc1
&"Why, say that invite the man tina,
wrote It to come out to our concern and
see whether we do not average higher
wages than any other glass concern In this
city. That is all desire to say about II.
l have no taste for mixing myself up In
newspaper controversy. 1t la not In my
line. Just let the man come 10 our house
and examine for himself" .9's
"Did you notice, said our reporter, what
he says about the relative value OF wages
In this country and in Germauy?"
Eyes, and 1t is all stuff. How could a
dollar in Germany DO worth almost ten in
this country? What nonsense! Ia not a
mans living his biggest expense, and do
they not import grain, floor aud meat from
this country? Arc things cheaper after
they are sent abroad than at home, where
they are raised?" -t.1 Ell a.-.,r
But, be says thata Germans wages in.
cludes his board and washing. Is that SOL
No! They live in their own dwelling s
or boarding houSea. And they live in
flats-not In our kind OF d~ellings-but
several families In house. Rents are very
high in the large places. 5l ..,a "
Is clothing cheap? There must be
something, | suppose, in the Registers
statement. ....5r ,.-7s.t
swell now, look at It. The cotton out Of
which their. cotton clothing il made Is
raised here, is it not? The wool, out Of
which their WOODEN goods are made, Is
either clipped from the backs OF sheep
raised on the high priced lands OF
Germany, or imported from Australia and
other countries. II 1t is cheaper than our
clothing-and, OF course, some OF it is
what makes It cheaper? The answer ia
obvious enough. It ID cheap labor-the
low price they pay in tie way oil wages.
Ia that an arguneulior similar policy in
this country? Do We want our clothing
reduced to their standard OF cost at the
expense OF the labor Of the country, ~
Did you notice In the Registers interview
with Mr., G. ". Brockunier, Of Hobbs,
Brockunier 4 Co.. tho remark on his part
that "since the Democrats have been in
the majority in Congress wages have ad-
vanced 10 to 50 per CENT?
Yes, did. ltamused me. Why were
wages not within so per cent Of their pre-
sent standard in Democratic times before
the war, if the fact o. their getting II major
ity in Congress had such effect? There Is
nothing in such statement. The reason
why wages ingl 1853 factories have kept up
and advanced is Just as far as possiblefron
what Mr.. Brockuniergiyes, tits because the
glass industry has 30 ilourished under the
protective policy Of the Republican party
that one concern alter another has been
started, and old concerns enlarged, and
a constant demand for labor thus kept up.
This Is the true explanation Of why wages
are 80 per cent higher than they were IN
former days-in Democratic times before
the war. ..Iy9.4s,!l. ,.55p5a g4, aig-l