Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-04
TIE TAKIFE.

Tie amount Of Warrington matter pub
lished in Tuesdays REGISTER was 50 large
tba: it may be, the most important IN the
lot was overlooked By the hurried reader.
The REGrs1Ez refers 10 Treasurer ACGvL-
LocH's report. That part which refers to
the tariff especially significant and full OF
meaning AS it comes from true blue
Republican and Is endorsed By Repubh-
can President, there can be nothing Demo
cratic about it. Below the REGIsTER re-
publishes the Secre;ary's recommendation
becsuse Of its Importance and 10 insure all
readers the opportunity Of carefully reading
this public document
Erfresi from Treass-ss's ESPof.
The allimportan; question that press =
itself upon the public attention Is, hoT 50 81.
the country be relieved from the plethora Of
manufactured goods. and how shall p,ethlrl
hereafter be prevented2 Il is obvious TIA,
our power 70 produce is much in excess o.:
the present or any probable future demand
for home consumption. The existing lrjE.
cotton. and wOollen mills, if employed a;
their fun capacity. could meet in SIX mon IS
perhaps in a shorter time-the home De
msnd for 4 year. Il Is certain, Therefore,
that unless markets now practically clO'ed
against Us are opened; unless we can 81 re
in the trade which is mOnOpohzed By "a,
roDean nations. the depression nov so
severely felt viii continue, and may Dec Jmc
more disastrous.
The Question how shall our foreign trade
be increased is the question which nos
cones to the front ard demands pr)nP;
and careful consideration. Hanufsc.l.srs
are primarily interested, bat the whole
country has stake in It's solution. Ia lis
investigation the tariff viii necesSarially be
involved, inasmuch as tie relations between
it and our foreign trade are so close that
they cannot 0e considered Separately,
but il need not be involved excep.
so far as it stands in the way OF
international trade 1.-THE duties upon raw
materials sre an obstruction, those duties
should be removed. If the duties upon
other articleSare an obstruction, they should
be modified Whatever may be required 10
increase Our 70. eign trade, whether it be q
repeal or modification Of existing duties,
should be demanded by the manufacturers
themselves. How, then, shall the intOrma-
ton required for fun under
starding Of what stands in the
way Of an increased expectation Of
our manufactured goods be obtained? II
may not be proper for me to offer advice on
this point but 4 cannot forbear to say that
1 can see no better means than By the ap-
Pointment Of 3 Commission, composed Of
men not welded to the doctrines Of free
trade or pro;eclOR-fair.minde3 men, who
would prosecute the inquiry thoroughly,
eomprehensibly, and imparrially.
Tie Golden Club IS the channel through
which TIE free-trade sentiments Og Great
Britain fed expression. aud vet, az a recent
meeting of the club, the following language
BY one Of the prominent members Of Parlia-
ment was eheersd and sPPsaudej
MANY persons seem to think that the eE-
feet Of the reduction Of the protective duties
in America woald be to enable US TO food
the United States with our productions
For a short time probably il would give a
stimulus to our trade. but in the long run
the effect Of il would be to cheaper Ameri-
car productions, and to increase the comps-
tition Of America with Us IN other parts of
the world. We should have to meet that
competition. We should find the Ameri-
cans very serious competitors, and We
should have in this country to throw aside
many of the bonds which fetter our indus
Try.
The present condition Of our foreign trade
is not as folly understood By the public as It
oGght to be, or there would be greater I'M