Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-11
1t will be noted that q

GREAT RANGE AND VARIETY
of manufacturing industries have been Sc
lected in the above tables and they include
all the branches referred to by Mr.. Boyd
and Mr.. Everett. Spikes are included in
nails and taeks; car wheels, engines and
locomotives are included III tOundries and
machine works, and axes Of course, in the
class of edge tools.
In 1S1l our population was 2S5, ,594; in
1881 it WAS 32l, 233, or an increase for the
decade OF l24 per cent. 1t will be observed
that with hut two exceptions none OF these
industries have increased IN proportion to
the increase of population. In the major
ity OF cases there has been an absolute de-
cline OF falling of The increase in two OF
the Observation-Disclosures and foundrleS
and machine wOrks-is apparent, not real.
BY comparing the hands employed and
the wages paid il is evident there has been
no substantial gain. The increase in the
value of the manufactured produce in these
two departments is easily accounted for.
The high duty on upholStering materials
and the duty of 81 per ton on pig iron sat
isiactorily account for it. For instance, the
value of the raw material and in furniture
manufacture in 1871 was $40, 7O7; in lSSl
SO, 246: in fOundries, &C., in 1871, $780,
9f7; in 1881, 1914, ,05I
We may arrive at the same result by
comparing the grand totals of all the in-
dustrial manufacturing employment for
those years in New brunswick. In
ISL the total number of hands employed
was s, S,352; total value of production
SIS. 81, ,6S7. In 1SSl-Number of hands
employed, 49, ,922; value Of production,
SIS, 5l2, ,65S. The increase of population
during the decade, it will be remembered,
was l2l per cent. Has manufacturing
kept pace with the increase of population?
The above figures supply a very conclu-
i've answer. As to the cotton indus
try. Prior to the protective policy the
cotton mill at st. John had grown mp on
A substantial business basis. The manu-
taeture of warp was n speciality, and 1t
not only controlled the home market in
hat line. but exported largely TO the
other provinces. After the introduction
Of protection very large additions were
made to that mill, involving the expendi-
ture of a large sum Of money. and new
cotton mill was erected near by at a cost
M $3.50, 600. The new cotton mill Is
closed up. and the capital used in its con-
structiOn is practically lost. The old cot
ton mill, which formerly gave handsome
returns, regret to SAY, became insOlyent,
and very heavy losses were sustained by
creditors The mill is now run rs joint
stock company, the company being the
creditors, and there is q universal wish
that it may succeed.
ASA DIRECT RESULT
of the dazzling allurements protection,
fully s., 900, 600 have been invested in en-
terprises in the maritime provinces, some
of which yield no return, while the bal
ance fear, is hopelessly lost. The money
Invested in cotton mills and sugar retin-
cries is paying no interest TO the Stockhold-
ers / except from this statement Mr..
Gihson's cotton mill at Marysyille, but
Mr.. Gibson is man altogether exception
N. Those interested in the Dartmouth
Sugar Refinery will credit Mr.. Boyd and
Mr. Everett with grim humor in holding
up that enterprise rs an illustration OF the
blessings of protection. That refinery is
in an embarrassed condition and has shut
down its works. 1t is true the ST. John
brass works produce goods In Toronto, but
one of the proprietors informs me they do
30 because they control certain patents.
The unfortunate Londonderry iron works
have been trotted out on many platform
in Canada and grstuitously advertised IN
may Tory newspaper as an evidence oil
the benefeent effects of protection. 10
help that industry we paid duty Of - a
ton on pig iron and give bounty of l.5O
per ton besides on all pig iron manufactur-
ed in Canada. In addition to that the
government railway has carried its freight
at cost or probably less, and yet the pam
pered bantling had to suecumb
to financial pressure and Is now
CRYING out for more protection
I would pay Canada hundreds of thOus-
ands of dollars annually to
PENSION OFF ALL PARTIES INTERESTED
in that particular industry and remove
! the duty on pig iron. Mr.. Boyd and Mr..