Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-16

TIE gentleman from Ohio TMr. McKin,
leyL when he came to answer me, pro.
duced o suit Of clothes which he said WA
identical with the suit of which I spoke,
and which he said could be bought in the
city Of Boston, Philadelphia, New York,
Chicago and Pittsburgh for $40.
have been ct great pains to trace that
very suit, and have followed il back 10 the
manufacturer and procured all the items
Of it's coet. I have got its exact cost and
is exact weight Its total cost was s. So.
1t labor cost wss S1.65. Its weight was 4
pounds and 4 ounces. If required, 80 say
the wool manufacturers, 4 pounds Of WOO
in the grease to make l pound of wool
cloth, then it required IL pounds of greasy
wool to make the 4 pounds and 4 ounces OF
goods. The duty on that wool Is 10 cents
q pound, or 81. 20 for the suit. Therefore
the cost Of that suit without the tariff
tax" was 81 SO. Instead Of that being o $40
salt of clothes without the tariff tax" it
was q 81. SO suit. Now for the protection
Of that suit that cost, with the
wool duty added, S6.6s, there is q
tariff tax Of 40 cents per pound for compen.
sa,ing the manufacturer for the duty he
advanced on the wool that amounts to
81. 20; then there Is q tax OF IS per cent.
for his OWE protection which amount, 10
$2.33, the whole protection amounting 10
"a. 03, which added to the 500 8 makes
$40. II. OF course the manufacturer had
to uudersen the foreign suit, and to do 60
dropped under him II cents, and sold bis
"a. SO suit for $40 with the help Of the
tariff.
These are the facts about your suit Of
clothes. 1 am told that suit of clothes ID
to be photographed and sent nj ss Q cam
paizn document. All I ask Is that the fact
be photographed on the brain OF every
voter that the actual cost Of that $40 suit
Of clothes was less than IS; and that the
tariff made it cost $40 worth Of labor TO
purchase it; and but for the tariff it would
have cost only SIS. Applause on the Dem
ocratic side.1
My friend from Ohio, when referring to
that same subject, said it was the old,
old story" that he had read In Adam
Smith. This reminds mt Of the incident
in regard to the boy who had stolen his
brothers. marbles. The little fellow who
had been wronged went to his mother in
tears and said: Brother has etolen all my
marbles" The mother, addressing the
culprit, said: my SOD, don't you know
you have done wrong? Don't You know
the Lord will be angry with you for
taking your brothers. property without
his c0nssnt2 You found him asleep and
you rihed his pockets. Are You not
ashamed of YOURSELF Don't you know
you have done very wrong9 Don't the
Bible say, Thou shalt not steal'P' "Yes,
mothsr," " the boy replied, ''that is the old,
old story; Moses said that 1900 years
age" Laughter.
Yes, Mr.. Speaker, tits the old, old story.
The story of wrong and oppression. The
story of the strong spelling the weak. 1t
ia the old story that has come down to us
through all the ages. We are commanded
not to steal or to take our brothers goods
by wrong, but to do unto him % we would
have him do unto us. We stand here TO-
day in the eyes of the American people,
and in their name, and demand that the
Government shall stop taking their prop
erty and giving it to Others; shall stop
taking the money not needed for the sup
port of the Government. From every
part Of the country they are calling
upon us for justice. They are appealing
to us for protection in its better and higher
sense. They are appealing to MS to take
the hand of the robbers out Of their pock-
cts and let them have the benefits of their
own labor and enjoy the rewards Of their
own toll; and, Mr.. Speaker, we intend to
do it. loud and prolonged applause on
the Democratic side.