Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-03

Eve years ago, t, II pr cont on come
things, and 10 IA per cent. on otneis.
TIE TARIFF AND WAGES
He stated that the great proportion OF
strikes, ETC., were in the highly protec-
ted industries, and proved it to the satlE-
faction of every one present, He SAID tre
lihe:ality Of employers would be mucn
for the iaboripg man, and 8 high tarin
would do much to aid the employer in ac-
ysrcing the condition. Of his workmep,
were he dispo.ed to do ii, but to bring
about a sub.tantisl gair to the workman.
Iwould not give ons well-organ'zed iapoi
union for all the protective tariffs that
were ever made. He proceeded to give 3
reato on for this. In the sumner OF 1881
there was great drouth along the Ohio
and Kanawna VALLEYS, and the cities OF
Cincinnati and Louisville and others de-
psnding upon thtir supply Of coal from up
along those rivers were threatened with q
coal fam inc. The price Of coal went up 70
35 and 40 cents bushel, ard stimulated
by these high prices, the Kanawha and
Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads
attempted to supply the demand: They
went to work hauling coal VIII
all their available cars, bot could not
dimin ish the price bit. The miners along
the Kanawha had been getting 2t to q
cents bu.hsl when coal was selling at six
cents. Now that it had gone NJ, they
Thought they ought TO have little more.
Tire boys kicked, and they succeeded in
gsttiog the price of mining sdvanced-to
how much? To the magnificent figure OF
3 cents, and that only with the under
standing that whsn the river opened again,
the price was to 60 down to the original
figures. Here was protective tariff en-
forced by Nature, but to no purpose.
Wages were entirely independent OF the
tariff. Wien labor was scarce wages
were high, and when labor was
plenty, wages were low. The labor in
the high protected industries was paid the
lowest. The colored bod.carrier in New
York got 81 day, while the man who
handled SIT q ton protected rails on the
docks worked fer $1.75 day. The loco
motive builder at Patterson, N. j., got
$500 a year; the man who shoveled coal
into the furnace got $3.50 year, and the
engineer who run the engine, an entirely
unprotected industry, got 81 600 q year.
He took up Goff's favOrite steel rail- aud
calico and salt arguments and literally had
fun with them, while the audience yelled
its keen delight.
THE FARMER.
Passing on to the taX-ridden farmer, be
welt with eloquerce upon the hard row
the agricultural had to hoe. Every other
interest had its friend in the halls of Con-
press, but the agriculturslist had no one to
see that he got justics. He illustrated by
the selling price and cost price OF ptoWs
aud reapeIs and mowers, how the farmer
was bel in the interests Of monopolies,
and said the Republican high protective
policy held the farmer down, while the
monopolist ekinned him olive.
He riddled the claim Of Mr.. Golf and
other Republicans, that the foreign i'm
porter pays the tax at the custom house,
and made On illustration with his hat,
which caused his audience to break forth
into ringing cheers.
He compliments tbeyourg men of the
country, for the activity they were dis
playing in the campaign. 1t was a prom
isipg sgn Of tie future of America. From
this he took up the record of President
Cleveland, and outlined the rapid
rise of that great and honest man
with q master hand. He touched up
James G. Blaine in tiue style, and his
rapid review of the European trip Of Sir
James and Sir Andrew, was received with
shouts from his hearers
In conclusion, he said:
II have faith in the aspirations of man,
as have faith in the providence Of Goo.
When the flower fades We know that IT
will bloom again; when the leaf falls,
we know that it will be put forth
again in the bslmy air of coming sprir g;
and when the body dies, We know AMI
believe that there is resurrection beyond
the tomb, and life to come. We have
lived, thank God, to witnts, the advent OF
that man who, like an angel, has rolled
away the stone from before the door of the
sepulcher and opered the way for Democ.
racy to come forth, unstained and unfair
nished and resplendent, to enter into the
promited land and partake freely of the
be sings of everl astiug lif,."