The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-15
TIE WaisrExiAu GALLERT.

You recall tiat delicate tracery in "The
pooi at the Breakfast Table" which Dr..
Holmes peysonilies under the guise OF the
"Member Of tho -Haouse." And perhaps
Z you have not forgotten The passing refer.
ence TO IAN Act entitled and Act to make
the Rich poorer and the Poor richer"
Something OF that kind YVES necessary
because in the fullness OF time the country
had started heSdlopg on the down grade.
am quiet sure tina. l have discovered
what 10 the matter with us-why the lew
rich grow richer--lhe Vuuderbilts and
Z Goulds and Jim Masons-and the many
poor poorer. 1t is 4 discoyery for which
claim no credit, rot having had to undergo
tho torture OF chains or scant sub
siateEce 10 come to it. In fact il
confronted mo in q newspaper,
And here it is: "a broadcloth dress suit
I which costs $50 in New York costs only
So in London" At last the hideous truth
i 10 not stop to probe 80 happy dig
coyery-the scorching truth is out thu.
ever sincb the hard-h.ted working men 0.
America stopped killing each other and re.
stunned the gentle arts Of peace, they hare
been paying $50 for their dress suits to
build up 4 irotected aris.ocracy.
Fl X
There wns time when I thought I saw
I, soms good III protection, but lean not
longer DO privy to tho plumber OF my coun.
trymen. Wha.! Is an American working
man to DO forced into a $50 dress suit
claw.hamm'r and all, when his rival ia
London can buy Two dress suits 10. that
amount and haye enough left to take box
at the opera l sac very plainly now why
it is that the British workman gets richer
every year while we toilers on this side the
great divide draw the scant usury Of poy.
erty. Give rs q chance to save SIS on
every dIesS suit, and we, too, shall begin 10
grow rich With characteristic enterprise
we shall buy more dress suits per CAPITA
than the Brilisli--a3 We eat more meat and
consume more OF almost everything else
We shall, II need be, organize vas! coopsr.
alive concerns Tor tue buying sud selling
OF dren5 suits. Take oil tho tariff and give
us our dress suits on equal terms, and tho
memorable commercial activity OF Holland
in the days OF the tulip craxs, or O! our
own laud III the later day OF Mor,ts Afui.
ticaulis anai! be as shadowy dreams com.
pared with our now.born dress suit indus.
try. gty-lI
z II England will sand them to us as fast
as We will hny them the docks Of every
port will be crowded, British shipowners
shall bs made glad, the importers OF New
York will bs more ready than ever to con.
tribute to our caS1paigu fuIdg-iu short VIZ
shall have entered upon such a time 81
prosperity ny tho country has not seen,
For the foregoing reSsone l move you, sir,
tina. our Senators in Congress be instructed
and our Representatives requested TO use
all honorable means to establish the SD
dress suit industry, that the American
workman may be placed on an equal foot
ing with tho pauper labor OF England.
81 fs53sgs n Il y X VA, iiyY
81, A few days sinca was on a crowded
railroad train. A man entered pretty well
laden with a big sachel and packages in.
numetable. He was a kindly looking man
and L thought saw in those packages
Thoughtful remembrances for the folks at
home. Every seat in tho car was taken.
One ssat had only one passenger in It, but
she was using 1t all. She sa. on the outer
end, but tho space between her and the
window was piled up With her traps. She
was very busy, not seeing the man with
many bundles; therefore she did not say,
"Slr, here Is n cat."-Bnt the man with
many psckugea, having stood five minutes
in the aisle aud been banged about rather
yiciousy, dropping some Of his many pack.