Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-26

is lust the other way, and over high pro-
lection. so far from increasing the wages
of laborers, but creates monopoly for the
manufacturers. without increasing the
wages of labor. For the wages of labor Is
a relative thing. For if a dollar q day
will buy as much in Europe as Sl.oo a
day will buy in the States, then tne
European laborer is quite Us well OIL with
the Si.0O s the American labOrer with the
81. so day. And this is very much the
case; and the cry about the pauper laoor
of Europe is a very doubtful matter.
The tariff should be so regulated $50 en-
courage manufacturing in the vast int
rior. where dwells 40, 900, 900 of our peo-
pie. But it is so shaped rs to enable the
Eastern manufacturers to monopolize
everything, and cripple every enterprise
in the South and West. In this wise,
mono other thugs, the cost of manutactur-
ing is a large item in starting a manutactu-
nv. The tariffon this machinery is very
perhaps fifty per cent. II machinery
| was let in free of duty it would greatly
stimulate manufacturing in the vast IN
terror. The Eastern manufacturers know
this full well, and hence the heavy tarlfi
on machinery. And thus SO far from en-
couraging manufacturing inthe vast lnue-
| Nor, the tariff cripples us n keeps us
down. all for the benefit of the East, n
leave us to pay freight both ways. Inns
is not all. The Eastern manufacturers, to
maintain their monopoly, are absolutely
scheming to let in the raw material Tree
ofduty. There are many whimsical pro-
visions in our present tariff made to suit
| New England) to build up the East at the
EXPENSE Of the vast interior. This ln-
iuStiee should be corrected. England
lets in the raw material Is well Is human
/ food free of duty. Why? Because she
| cannot produce it at home cheap enough to
enable her to compete in the worlds
market with other countries
But we have produced the raw material ID
unlimited quantities. The policy OF Eng
land is wise for her people and grows out
of her conditions and necessities; but II
it does not follow that IL
would be wise for us. England Is so
conditioned that she must depend on
manufactures and foreign markets for
them. We can not. We have demand
enough at home, aud three State can
among them produce everything necessary
for man. We are made up of some forty
nations. called States, with unlimited free
trade-a world in ourselves. Let us see
TO il that the few States in the East, who
have, by every conceivable form OF sharp
legislation, piled up all the money drawn
from the vast interior in their own vaults
and banks, be compelled, by fair legisia-
ton, to give to the vast interior a chance.
Let the South and West look to their own
interests a little and so shape legislation
that the free trade between our States
shall not be used for the monopoly and
wealth of the East, ut Il cost, for tarltt
laws have been made by these Eastern
States. and they are chuckling over our
docility and our plumber. Now, when
ANYTHING is said about revising the tariff,
they raise a great hue and cry, and
make all sorts of charges. OF course,
gentlemen, you are loaded down with
money taken from the vast interior OF laws
of your own making and everything that
may ever tend to prevent you from further
gorging yourselves with our plumber Is
very wrong indeed, will win the country
to be sure, but we will look into your
WAYS and tricks all the same.
Your champion, Mr.. Blaine, is telling
the people that the wage workers have in
the saving banks 81, 900, DOC, 900. Will he
please come Il here and tell our farmers
and farm labOrerS how much they have i'll
the saving banks? Give Us all n chance.
JOHN 5. SWAMI.