Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-17
TESTIMONY CT LOsED.
The Weary ysasds srIass ofths Tarif
Commission Over. 81
The / asst Witness Examined at Philadelphia
Yesterday, and the Hard Work s
Of Preparing a Re- $50 Z
port Begun.a
WHERE THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN.

PHILADELPHIA, October 16.-The members
of the Tariff Commission to-day ended their
public session. Having visited over twen-
ty-fiye of the principal, cities East, West,
North and South, and heard testimony from
nearly two thousand prominent manufac-
turers, ers,agriculturistssn and producers OF every
known article which has counterpart in
the countries across the ocean, they have
now concluded their preliminary labors
and tomorrow will repair to New York
City. There their real work, beside which
the mere hearing of testimony is child's
play, will begin. They have from now un-
til the first Monday in December to exam
ihe the great mass of evidence they have
received, and from it
Deduee System OF Tariff
which they can recommend to Congress,
The strongest imagination can scarcely
conceive the mass Of written testimony In
the Commissions possession. Every per-
son who has been before the body has, oe-
side an oral statement OF the needs OF the
particular industry he representa-, submit:
led paper. These papers are some OF
them bulky, and others brief. They are
re tplete with statistics, and, if no other data
were obtainable, they would be OF them
selves sufficient TO compile census, whlch
would include every article upon whlcn
there are dutiable revenues. BY them
selves
These Papers Fill Two Chests,
each of them four feet long and 2 wide, and
they are independent of several thousand
sheets of stenographic writing inscribed as
the words have fallen from the witnesses
lips.
was Long Brench, where they remained
three weeks. Thence they visited and heard
testimony of the tariff needs OF the differ
ent trades in Boston, Rochester, B9nHo'
Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Clncln-
natl, Chicago, Milwaukee, st, Paul, Mime
apolis, DesMoines, st. Louis, Nashville,
Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah, Charles
ton. Wilmington, Richmond, Baltimore,
New York, Pittsburgh, Wheeling and
Philadelphia. In this journey the Com
mission has
Travelled over 1000 Miles,
and not one day, except Sunday, have they
Leen idle. "The tension has been very
great" said Judge Amber, of Ohio, yester-
day, 'but we have as hard work before us
in asserting the testimony and making out
cur report for it. The majority OF the
papers received will be printed in Wash
ington and sent to the various Congress
men" The Judge stated also that the
duties in which he had been engaged had
demonstrated this country's possession OF
greater resources and possibilities in the
future than ever he, who has travelled ex-
tensively, had any conception. In the
South there was a
Growing Sentiment I'm Favor OfPrOtec.
tiOn;
in fact. the demand for a protective tariff
was almost unanimous all over the coun-
try. In Des Moines and st. Louis there
were the greatest number of dissenters. In
New England, where free traders would be
supposed to be numerous, he was surprised
to find the manufacturers also anxious Tor
protection. He mentioned that many in
teresting facts had been developed by the
inquiries of the Commission, and one OF
the most remarkable was that Minneapolis
last year ground more wheat than Chicago,
which 10 supPoeod m he the grain market OF
the West, If not of the East, handled III tue
same period of time. He also said that the
larger sentiment was for
Specific as Against Ad HalOrem Duty,
the fluctuations of the markets, and the
chances existing to undervalue goods, ope.
rating against the latter Though none OF
them desire to anticipate their reports,
there is not much reason to doubt that the
commission will recommend not only a
protective tariff, but specific duty in each
case where 1t has shown that such is neces
sary to foster the growing industries of the
country.
Messrs. Mcmahon, Porter and Oliver went
to New York to-day, and the other mem
bers dined ont with their friends. 1t Is
computed that the inquiries of the com
mission will cost the Government fully
$4,000. Each member receives $40 day
and expenses, and when they submit theil
report to the President their duties end.