The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-25

as an economic fact, when we remember
that sinCe 1861 the great body Of North
western States under the inspiring lnhu'
ence OF protective tariff have In turn de-
yeloped an enormous aggregation Of manu-
featuring industries. Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, are no
longer devoted to agriculture solely, but
have mass OF manufacturing industries
larger In aggregate value than all the
manufactures in all the States olthe Union
on the day Mr.. Lincoln was tiFst inaugu'
rated.
And yet another comparison may be
made, still more embarrassing to the Tree
trade dOctrindirss aud more difficult for
them TO answer. While the American
Workmen in nine States, working under
o protective tariff, have over q thousand
millions Of dollars in savings bank, the
vastly greater mass oil Workingmen in
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the
whole United Kingdom, all working un..
der free trade, have less than four hundred
millions Of dollars in the aggregate both
in savings banks and postal banks. These
figures and these dollars are the most per"
suaslye Of arguments and the conclusion
they teach 10 so plain that the running
man may read
THE LABOR QUESTION,
The leading feature In the industrial
field OF 1885 and 1885 is the discomfort
among the men who earn their bread by
skilled and by unskilled labor, Uneasi;,
ness and uncertainty are found on all
sides; there are wise aims among many
and with not few there is aimlesaness
with its inevitable result OF disappoint-
ment and encouragement, The man who
could by any prescription remove this
discomfort aud az once restore harmony
and happiness would be 9 philosopher,
patriot and statesman. The man who
Processes 10 be able to do 1t will generally
prove TO be q compound OF emplriciSm
and ignorance. But in the end, perhaps
by toilsome paths, with many bIunders
and some wrongs, no one need doubt that
sound and lust and righteous cancellations
will be reached. Perfect tree:om to test
the virtues and secure the advantage oil
organization, to exert strong power
through combination, are certainly among
the common rights OF all men under q
republican government, Labor associa-
tons have the same sanction and the
same rights that any form Of incorporation
may assume-subjeCt, as all must be, to
the condition that the persons and prop
erty Of others shall be respected, 1t is
well for every Clti2sn OF free government
to keep before his eyes and III his
thoughts the houored maxim that "the
liberty OF one man must always end where
the rights Of another man begin"
have no new nostrums to offer for the
cure OF labor troubles, | have no QuaCk
remedies to propose. am firm believer
| ia the efficacy Of the protective tsIia, and
| can look back with serene satisfaction to
my record in Congress as never blolted by
single vote that was not friendly to the
iuLeresta OF American labor. lneVer pro.
missed anything when | was a candidate
for q public Office, and now us a private
citizen have no temptation to latter any
man or state anything else than the sim
pie truth as see the truth. 1t Is in this
spiri! that offer some suggestions which
seem to me worthy Of attention under the
existing situation Of the labor question.