The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-13

asked for an increase OF duty from 10 cents
per & pound and II per cent nd
yatorem to II cents rcr pound and &c
per cent I'D yalorem. Both Mr.. Palmer and
Mr.. Whitman made reservations of their own
individual opinions rs to The policy Of asking
tiis much Of M increase, and Il was upon
this point that, they were Quilzed by several
members, particularly Mr.. Oliver, OF Pitts.
burgh, who wanted to know II they
didn't think the country would kick little
on an increase OF duty on woods aud wooden
goods. The Introduction Of request for at
increase OF duty on coarse woods from three
10 nine cents per pound was a mistake, and
ought not 10 bAye q pince ~ tho bearing, III.
usn',ieh as IT ish class Of wool that does not
concern this region, and weakened tho gen.
era! plea on behalf Of "0ho. Penusy lvnnia
mud West Virginia fleece" ms II Is called. Z, II
brought up tho question Of carpet woods, Oh
which Mi Porter was ut home, aud he inter.
sbcrsed s6nte embarrassing questions OFT tho
great carpet industry Of the country. ,iEfii
Mr.. Palmer hold TINT nothing less than 10
cents per pound for wool ns ltisraiscil In this
iihmediatu region'is remunerative, and while
l'e admitted that wool could DO raised for less
ata profit In tho West and Southwest, yet
no contendcd that that WINS legitimate com.
petition, while Imported wool was not lie
put the cost OF sheep for year at 81, count.
| ihe ~ cents per month for fn0.Iths Of pas.
lure ana 10 10 70 cents per month for winter
fodder with cost OF labor, taxes. und invest.
nent INDEED. Therefore y pslinlls Of wool 10
ll'e fleece ought TO bring $240, or 10 cents
per pound. p .1Wm' 10000
] Mr.. Whitman held that uules, the duty on
saxony leece was raised to 100 per ccut, the
growing OF that wool would become extinct,
There WIS very little OF It tuised now, and
| there WIS only ono pure flock In the country,
that OF Chamberlain. Of New York, and Il
was TO be sold out. This wool was only now
raised by a'few old growers o! this region,
who held on to 1t us 4 matter OF pride and
not OF profit US compared with the Merino
fleece colnnion to this region. 5yP
MI. A. Z. Sprague, Of Ohio, read lengthy
paper on the condition Of wool growing and
its needs In the way Of protection, and Mr..
". n. Cowden, OF Quaker City, Guernsey
CO., Ohio, Secretary Of the Ohio Wool Growers
Association, followed with n calculation OF
lhe cost Of winseFlng sheep In his region,
showing that wool growing was far from 4
profitable business. lie stated that his Cor.
sressional district, tho Seventeenth. wus the
largest wool growing district III the country,
anu also claimed tint Ohio was the largest
wool producing State. The latter statement
was CORRECTED by Mr. Porter, who said that
| Texas now held the front rank In this in.
dustry. LElgoI - ~ =, - '"' -
Mr. +. n. Pearson made couipletc
and intelligent statement VI the interests Of
the Pottery business In tho larill, which nro-
vokeu the most enthusiastic praise from the
members OF the Commission. ~, 81 @Il1I7
.lNEa MR. rsARsoS's rArgE. .ual,Ii.h
10 The Hon. TuriT Commission: 80 Il ,,s,.lt,'
GEHrLgMEN-1 am here 10 represent the
pottery industry OF this State. The firm OF
the wheeling Pottery Co.. OF which mn
member, has been IN existence only three
years. but my connection with the pottery
Industry in this country dates from 1878
PREVIOUS TO that time WAS Il manufacturer
o. Stone china In Cobridsc, Statlosdshire,
| England, and tits to bV presumed | know
some little OF both sides OF the question. I
Tie table, annexed ~ the cost OF labor for
The entire product Of our pottery for the first
SIX months OF this year OIL the one hand. and
ON the other the cost Of labor for producing
the same in England at the prices now being
paid there. This we consider the only true
method Of ascertaining the exact amount Of
difference In the price OF labor in the two
countries. The total cost here. rs per an.
mex nexed list, isS27 2S3 70, and in England STA.
~. showing an advance In tho price OF
labor IN this country oyer that OF England
cost Of labor can not be borne with tariff of
only ~ per cent IN Q business like ours
! where labor Is the Ill Important item Of cost.
9Ur labor Is not paid rs high rs many other
branches OF trade in this country where sim.
liar skill Is required. ,3t ri N
As to the quality Of goods produced in
this country, will not insult the intelligence
Of your honorable board by referring 10 the
remarks made before your by lew Chicago
lobbers. No country does or can produce a
finer luslity OF atone china than, America,
aud they know it. This is produced from
materials found In Maine, Connecticut,
PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware. New Jersey. Mary
land, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Ten.
nessee, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and
Illinois NO country can boast Of iiucr not.
terry materials than We possess, and We re-.
sptptlNliy ask your most favorable eonsidera.
ten. = q 49, ~
The speaker then savea quantity of Stats.
ues winch are Of no interest to the general
puol,c' and concluded his remarks suusest-
ing me rate Of duty DO placed NJ ~ per cent
on al white goods and II per cent on deco.
rated and china ware.
After Mr. Pearson's remarks were com.
pleted, the Commission, on motion, adjourn.
ID to moet this morning IL! 10 O'Clock in Phil.
adelphia, for which place they left ut 1
o'clock. -ysn rs f'e4& I'LL ~
The questions put by the members OF the
commission on I'LL interests that came before
them show that they orc body of very in.
lelliseent men, and intent OIL getting at bot.
tom facts. Their stenographer takes down
every question and every answer, and every
written or printed statement submitted is
flied for embodiment in their report 10 Con.
gress. ~ '',hL=g ~. 'spE ~ - .
Among the prominent glass manufacturers
from Pittsburgh who were present during
The session of the Commission, were Mr.,
Jesse :, lippincoLt, Paul Zimmerman, MIR.
Doyle, MIR. kvans, George Swift and Kobcrs
Bryce. -g,s ;,,a $780, s,.'I-s,.,I:- 4 :,
The prominent wool growers we're Messrs:;
!. II: Buchanan, j. G. Pa!mer, j. C. Gis,,
Cal. Beaii, Dr. Dist, VIM. Hammond, WIN.
Virgins and Joe Archer, Brooke county; J,
D.. whitman, Of Ohio county,; ". l.. Archer
and jos Al ld, OF Washington county; Mr.
Tspragne, Of Ohio, aud W. N. Cowdep, OF
Quaker City,o.&t " t:$5'i'.I'tT =
,tsti opening OF the Public Library. MI
The new Public Library WIS opened yester-
d-y morning at 8 o'clock and It's popularity
is assured. It is bound 10 become one Of
Wheeling's lasting institutions. Tho Meas.