The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-13
IARRErl's s0HEME
OF a Department Of statistics-His p
sition ON the Iariff.


has the following: President jarrett talk
ed freely and frankly to reporter last
evening upon many timely topics connect
ed with the labor question. The following
was the conversation in the main:
at has been stated that you left the
Knights Of Labor in order to ally yourself
with the Amalgamated Association"
"The statement is correct"
"May ask what were your reasons for
leaving the knights?"
.I have no objection to stating them. l
stayed with the Knights as long as could
found, however that the branch Of the
organization In the town 10 which then
lined was drifting into the handsol certain
ambitious parties who were converting 1t
into political agent. Thsn got out"
"The question Of proposed union Of
labor has been much bruited. Would
you object to explaining in general terms
what is your idea OF such iederation?'
l want federation Of every trades
assembly or trades union in the country to
combine together for mutual protection,
for the common good OF all. Ihave no OBJ
lection to the Knights Of Labor, or the In
dependent Knights OF Labor, or the pres
ent Federation OF Labor, or any other labor
league, but l want confederation that will
embrace them all, into which each can
come upon q common basis"
"Do you hold to the principles OF Uriah
stephens-frst to organize for proper
wages, and then for proper education?"
II do, most assuredly. ! am what is
called compulsory educationist. Every
child should be educated"
.'If this grand federation is formed, or
can be formed, would you be in favor Of
the setting up Of an Independent party in
politics?"
ii cannot see the advantages to be thus
gained. II is my belief that the wants OF
the workingmen, so far as concerns the
present, can be administered to by an alli-
tance with one or the other Of the existing
parties. The experiment OF a labor party
was tried in the Greenback1 abor party,
and cannot consider it as having been
successful"
BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
"Will you explain, please, the nature and
functions OF the Bureau Of Statistics which
you have been for some time seeking to
have establishtd?'
"With pleasure. I want a Bureau OF
Statistics, or a Bureau Of Manufactures, as
YOU may choose to call it, set up at Wash.
ineton, that shall bear such relation to the
manufacturing industries OF the country as
those now existing between the DEPART
ment OF Agriculture and agriculture itself.
The yastness OF the manufactures OF this
country Ii not properly appreciated. Why,
last wear 5000, ,000, 900 worth Of finished
material was turned out This Bureau OF
Manufactures should gather complete sta
tistics relating to manutactures--spch as
prices OF raw material-oi cost OF producS
lion, OF manufacture, rates OF wages, value
OF tiuished products, relation tf wages to
profit, ETC."
"But have not those functions been
already assumed by the Csasus BureauY
"They have not. II il not enough that a
dry collection q figures sh0uld be made
and published for nobody to read. What
/ want is department to go into and thor'
ouRhly investigate the subject go that
when desire tO know what certain class
OF goods cost, for manufacture, r,their sell.
ing price, OR the schedule Of the employees
wsges, I may hAye an PnIhoFitstive !oun'
tain Of information. Wag 8 should be
regulated more In conformity with some
Just schedule"
~ presume this new department, almost
at the outset, would come in contact with
the tariff laws as they now exist Z"
Exactly, that's the point. To make
proper tariff there must be the requisite
knowledge regarding these matters OF
which have Just spoken. ItisimDoGaible,.
for instance, t. FIX y jnst aud proper tariff
ppon tin plate, until it shall be known and
appreciated what 1t costs to make tin plase
aud the other details eonneSted With us
production"
THE TARIFF QUESTION,
"You ATE 10 favor Of pro.eeiye tariff,
are you mop a,
workiugmen Of this country want, Is tariff
that shall do away, as lar az possible, with
the importation Of manufactures It is the
exports that GaaqId be stimulated.
Everything tina. this Nation Haeis, pr4ctic-
ally speaking, can be manu- iy nrtG Yithin
Tia limits There is no need oIgOing ont
sIde. 10 this way the YOrkirgnsn can be
guaranteed living aGges, Tia Bureau Of
Statistics, Of which havs spQstp, would
exalninsia.0 tho sui c! from beBlnnlnS
70 end"
dWhat particular ilnnDst duties IN the
4 revised tariff are distaslelul 10 tha 4 i.ocia.
tion and 10 your" asked the reporter,
After studying q moment, President Jar
RAFT repliets "rhoSs sp0n Iin plate, cotton
uSand "4ad win Why up; upon thestr' ppr.ssd The
reporter. - ,r...l.
this country under the exlsting tariff, othel
than nj loss, provided the Yorkmen art