Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-17

Ohio or West Virginia, or sugar men Of
Louisiana; would not levy tariff OF
tax to favor any industrial class, or t.
favor business industry. Let every one
and every industry look out for itself
Let every tax that fsvors the business
industry Of the country be abolished.
In answer to Boteler, OF West Vir-
ginia, Sumner said. "The Western
farmer is in the same position now that
some of the colonies were TO Great
4 Britain, who were not allowed to make
hat or q hob nail. They paid the
tariff. go -, -
Boteier said in their travels they had
found the farmers, particularly those
living nesr the manufacturer, infaSOr
Of the tariff; they were prospecting.
Sumner-That is the favorite Struck
farm" argument.
| Boteler-And we find many of these
growing into large favor, and new ones
appearing near the great manufactur-
ing centres.
Mcmahon ofN. Y.-Does the manu-
faeturer pay anything to the farmer?
Sumner-No;' the farmer pays the
tariff for the manufacturers-but the
manufacturer does not pay the farmer
anything. ~.
McMahon-How of sugar, rice, wool,
barley, etc.?
Sumner-Well, yes; the manufacturer
does pay something on these and u few
other articles, ..
Kennar-The South has held to your
theories for long time; she is now 60
ing to manufacture herself and wants q
tariff.
Sumner-Yes, at her loss.
s Oliyer-At New England's loss, may
be.
Kennar-Formerly at the loss of the
South.
Sumner-Better that there would be
no New England or no Louisiana than
to have tariff in this country.
Kennar-Why, you would not blot
out New England?
Sumner-Yes, and Louisiana, too.
Kennar-We tried to get out hard
enough, but you would not let us out.
Sumner-l meant better have no
South no North, no East or West.
Kennar-That is old. We have heard
that before. We mean business, and
want something new. l am a South
erner. Was born and raised in the
South. You people have lived at our
expensive long enough. We propose
to go in for q tariff, and share the living
with you.
These sallies produced much merri-
ment, rather at the expense of Prof
Sumner. AT the close of which Mr..
Oliver, of Pennsylvania, asked the pro-
fessor if Yale College was not protect
ed" by endowment until she could
stand on her feet.
SumneT-Oh, see your point. There
is no comparison at all.
Oliver-Well / was inQuiring for in
formation as much as anything else.
Yale College stands among the first.
Many of US send our sons there to
have them educated. We take an in
terest in Yale, and think that much of
her present eminence is owing to the
protection" of which you so readily
See the point.
The Professor had colored up during
the process of Mr.. divers question, as
much as to say, "Well, if we teach that
doctrine over at Yale College, Mr.. Oil
Yer and his friends will not send their
sons there to school," He looked at his
watch, seemed to grow uneasy and
bowed himself out. The members of
the Commission individually thanked
him for his thoughts and views on the
question of tariff
The industries then passed in rapid
review before the Commission. The
sOrgum sugar industry was represented
by Mr. Potts, of the Rio Grande Sugar
Company. Mr.. Edgarly, of New York,
wanted the duty on the much-decided.
upon cotton ties altogether done away
with, after which Mr.. Cyrus Fider, of
the JOhnstown Iron Works,
replied briefly to Prof. Sum
ner in the interest of protection.
Mr.. Elder spoke in an off hand way.
like business man. He had heard
the same doctrine often. 1t was the
same old "English Free Trade" doc
trine, and might do as scientific dog
ma. put in Practice it entirely failed,
and IN the existing state of mankind, 1t
had no place whatever, and he was sor-
nv to hear of such doctrines being taught
in our great institutions of learning.
The professors, he was sorry to say got
their ideas on political economy from
English free trade writers. American
writers we've entirely ignored. Henry
Cany Baird was never mentioned. He
had stepped into an iron store this NOR
ming, and was show letter written bya
student of Williams College to Mr..
Swank, secretary of the Iron and
Steel Association, which he would read
when closing, as a reminder of how our
sons are educated. The professor had
given a mass of associations in q logical
way, and had he been questioned fur
Their he would have said that his theo-
ries were not taken from facts, but were
simply logical sequences.
Mir, Elder spoke slowly and briefly,
ana alluded to nearly every point Of
Prof. Summers address, and in closing
read the letter above referred to from the
college where MIR. Garfield received his
education. The student said he heard
or was taught only one side, and asked
for some work on political economy.
In their library of over $1,000 volumes
there is not single work ON polltical
economy, except those who favor nee
trade. No place for the works OF that
eminent American, Henry Cary Bard.
Students having works fav ring protec-
ton had them taken from them, etc.
There is no country in the world
which is worked on the free trade
theory. Nor can be. England does
not except, as it works 70 her.interest.
After MIR. Elders address numerous
others were heard until late in the
night. The National Association OF
Wool Growers, and the National Asso-
citation of Wooden MANUFACTURES nave
held their say off until the last moment.
Both of which will be represented on
Monday. The wool growers will be
represented by Mr.. Markham, of Avon,
\. Y, secretary of the National Wool
Growers Association. He will ask for
the retention of the present tariff on
wool.
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