Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-10
THE IRON CITY.
The Tariff Question and Its Effect
on Pittsburs Manufactures.
Judge KelIey's Position-Why He tavofs
Abolition Of Internal Revenue-The Nc
KinIey BnI-The Monongahela
Bridge-SmaII Pox Garfield
Memorial Law School,
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

Specia, Correspondence Of the Register.
.pIrrsBtuGH, Pa, January S.-rittspurgh-
er5-lavc awaited the reassembling oil Con-
gress with considerable anxiety, the source
of which is found liz the mingled lear anu
hone with which the evident intention W
disturb the tariff is rcgarded-fear that the
change may not be beneficial, ana nope
that il shall be. The composition OF the
Wavs and Means Committee is regarded as
very favorable to the manufacturing inter-
este. With Pig Iron" Kelly IS chairman
Randall rs prominent member, and Er-
rctt TO look after PittSburghs interests
PENNSYLVANIA ought not TO suffer. The
spccch delivered by Judge Kelly ut the
New York Tariff Convention has been very
widely circulated in Western Pcnnsylva-
MIA, and has been the subject OF much
comment il will hc remembered that the
Judge very strongly urescd the abolition oi
All Internal Taxation
and that the whole revenue OF the govern
mcnt should be derived from the customs
and duties alone. The proposition 10 do
away with the tax on whisky, aS might be
eXpcCtcd meets with considerable oppoSi-
ZION. but when convinced that the aDoli-
tiou of this tax makes more secure the
duty ON iron. the old Western Pcnnsyl-
yania Presbyterian swallows his conscience
and is willing TO let the people have cheap
whisky. The argument is this: take away
the revenue derived from internal TAXA,
ticn, and from necessity the government
must maintain good customs and duties On
iron and other important articles ol import
| in order to derive sufficient revenue 10
| meet her current expenses, and there being
no other source from whence She can derive
revenue these duties are made more per-
manCnt and secure.
| The tariff is such a very delicate matter
| ,oLandlc, and important industries OF ih'
| country have been 50 often injurcdby Con
| rrrSSiona tinkering, that manuiariurrrS
! look with dread At the uncertainty attend
| ing any proposed change. SAID wen
| known manufacturer 10 me, lew ua!'
| since:
change in the tariff is Il very desirable
thing; yet so fear that injury may result
| TO manufacturing interests from lhJuH-
cious legislation, that / would almost be
willing 10 rest matters - they are
The Mckinley Bill.
| or the many measures proposed the bill
introduced By Mckinley, Of ono, is re-
| ccived most fayorably by our IRON men.
| That proposes tO fix duty on articles uh,
| classified ut a rate not less than that clarEci
| on the material from which the unciaSsi-
fed goods are made. Heretofore the Treas:
| urv officials have regulated the rates si
duty on manufactures not otherwise pro-
yiJcd for. Many OF their decisions have
worked great injury To the manufacturers
of certain articles. notable among such de-
cisions is the cotton tie case, also thc
Hussia sheet iron case. The latter decision
affected only w. -. Wood ~ Co., OF Me-
Kccsport. that firm being the only makers
! of plannished sheet iron in tins country.
The MonOngahcla Bridge.
Some time ago | wrote you concerning
the fight between the river luGn and thc
| |! Monongahela bridge company, O. ":.cI
DR.. llostettcr ls President ana prlhripntt
| stakeholder. At that time an order OIL
court was issued to compel the bridge com:
pany 10 raise the structure i'll course oi
erection ten feet above the line their plans
= called for. The result OF this order was
storrage OF all work on the bridge. Dr..
4 Hostcttcr says il is his intention to take an
I appeal to the Supreme Court and II he iaiIs
TO have the order VI the lower court re-
, vcrscd, to then repair the old bridge anu
+ leave it at the present elevation. at wh,ch
il is most serious obstacle 10 river traffic.
Disgustcd with this childish nonsense the
river men have quietly gone % work and
/ raised a company among themselves for tho
| erection of 4 new bridge, and yesterday Il
charter WAS granted at Harrisburg 10 tho
! South Side Bridge Company, which, pro-
| poses 10 build bridge across the Mon0n-
1 gahela river at the foot of Grant street, one
, | SQUARE above the Hostetter bridge. In the
, | argument for charter, before the Cover
| nor the new company was opposed by at
| tOrneys for the old bridge company and Tor
| the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The secret
| of the lattcr's opposition is that they would
| like TO build a railroad bridge To connect
| them with the Lake Erie road at this point.
| The ground Of the bridge company OPP
! position was that the granting OF a charter
| involved the violation Of statute pro-
| hibiting the building of bridge
. | within 5000 feet OF another. Governor
| Iioyt remarked that the statute referred 10
has been repealed and granted the charter
as prayed for. II Nr. liOstcttcr does not
come To- his senses pretty soon, the river
men will actually build this bridge and tho
patent medicine man will find his old
structure Of no value 10 himself or any one
else. The very serious Inconvenience of
low bridge, and the large business interests
with which it would interfere j. shown in
the statement that for the year 1881 in tlI"
single article Of coal Si,EG, ,2Gb bushels
passed through lock No. !, on the MDn"n-
!;ahcla river. for shipment To lower river
ports The handling Of this was greatly in
tcr!crcd with and some Of it lost on account
Oi the present bridge.
Smallpox.
From fifteen u thirty new cases ol 'inall
vox hay, been reported daily for tins city,
and Allegheny for the past two weeks, AMI
the people are AT last becoming really
alarmcd Although the disease has been
declared epidemic in Pittsburgh by th"
National Hoard Of Health, no movement
has been made toward stopping III" mails
or guaranteeing the city, aS has been
done in the case Oi several smaller cities.
The Garfield Memorial LAW School.
Soon after the death OF President Gar
field and while the veins OF al nrat strong
will sympathy for the afflicted family, III
diguatiOn tDNa-d th" assassin ana ratflDI
ism for their country 50 previously
wrongcd, a proposition was male 70 per
r,tI,arr the memory OF our second mar
iyrrd President in this city, by establish
ina las school, in connection with our
Western University, TO be known as the
"G,ri.cld Memorial Law School As the
rltional blood cooled talk Of this college
almost ceased, but the project has nov b'ciI
revived, and 1t is proposed TO carry IL
through. 4 number OF the leading Ih,hi-
bers VI the bar have already PROMISED ID
make lilcral contributions for suci pur-
pose. and in day or two Chancellor Nc
Crackcn. Of the University, VIII MAKE
personal cal! upon the mcuberS "i thc bar
and others for the purpose ol IcttHS thc
. movement well uador way. such s'hpoi
is needed in this section % the country,
more Of anY consequence being nearer