The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-10

E.jf WHAT IARlFF REDUCTION WOULD DO. N +
"a slight reduction Of the present tariff
would shake our industries, throw men out
Of work and cause Distress" continued the
witness. i"It is my opinion that at this
time the, tariff upon the iron industry is at
the minimum. II any change is made it
should be m increase. I am fully aware
that there are gentlemen upon this commit.
tee" he continued, G.'who will say, as
Ergland did when she established TARIFF,
that when We cannot manufacture as
cheaply as other countries we should close
our factories and 10 10 farming. Ii you
will call 10 memory the preaent condition
OF Ireland you will not follow .EneIand's
advice. There the people farm You all
know the distress that prevails in Ireland.
Famine and pauptrs characterize the coun-
try every two or three years, and we are
called upon for charity" 81 Z, X. W.
He epcke Of the fact that Turkey had
abolshed pro-, C I've tariffs, and her manu-
factories had been ruined. There was
nothing that affected labor more directly
than the tariff. When tariff was reduced
there was an immediate reduction Of wages.
1t bad been proposed by the majority Of
the committee't 10 abolish the tariff on scrap
iron and old rails. He thought that would
quickly ruin the workmen on that work.
1t would encourage, alao, the use Of scrsp
iron, which was already tho cause Of many
disasters, like the breaking cf bridges and
railroad rails. =. ~: ,s.. ,-55,.l "a, 4.
4 y woRIlSGMEN IN FREE TRADE ENGLAND. q
\ Mr.Kelly. (Pa), the father Of tariff in the
House, questioned Mr.. Williams on the la.
borers Of England, and brought out several
other points which proved the deplorable
condition Of workinRmen in a FREQ trade
country. Such thing as fruit was eeldom
seen among the English laborers, and they
scarcely knew what vegetables we're. Z Pie
and pudding and similar delicaces were
seldom indulged in. They were compelled
10 live niggardly In every particular. They
live in little houses, strung along In rows
like stabl.s at an American county fair
ground, and their lives arc miserable. He
produced schedule OF prices OF provisions
IN England, and remark, d that he had no
theories. hut actual experiences. t X z,
MIR Mi|ls, ~of the committee, eai that
the statistics Of gland and tho figures
furnished BY the wllr,es were contlad.c.
tory. 4 \. s. u a n, f "a aA Vi is3tz
i5fl'don't know ANYTHING ahcut your bis.
tory ard your statistics" said The witness,
s"but do; know that the lSborlng men ,ci
tmtrira are head and shoulders above
those os England" rs "a
Chairman Morrison b. gan to qnole Eng
lish laborers TO prove ,llh, they we're greatly
advanced III their condition hy fee trade
| lII"Nov, ! can xnlain that, "gsai,l The wit
ness. "Ihelahorr's Of England IRE slaves
and arc, controlled in their u'Al, lnen,s by
these who. employ $thnm. Iitli-y certify
70 prosperity they 10 mn speak the truth
as as know. ;Ttry state irltly;"3f
y - TIE SITUATION i xAcTLr lt3! 2!
| Mr.. Hiscock, m.lnbtr irrn Nsw York
and protec.ionis', asked the witness i
1. there was not a vast difference between th
application Of free trade 10 England whealr,
j there was not asptlicient amount OF manu-