Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-02
BULLDOZING
A Correspondent Calls Attention to Two
Very Pertinent Things.

A Correspondent Calls Attention to Two
Very Pertinent Things.
To hs Editor # hs Register:
SIR:-I have very much fear that certain
of our large employers Of labor here IN
Wheeling are disposed to deal most I'M
Justly with their workmen and are ex-
hibiting tendency to deny TO the labor
ing men in their establishments that free
exercise OF the right OF suffrage and OF
political thought and action which they
claim for themselves. 1t is currently Ie-
ported aud generally believed that wsl!-
known firm, employing between twenty
and thirty hands, has been and is exhibit
ing q very unfair course toward their men.
When the Republicans lately turned ont
in large street parade this firm freely
dispensed with the services OF all who
woald take part, and there was no OBJ
lection. On the occasion Of ths Demo
crasic parade Tuesday, men were denied
the privilege of tuning ont, and when
they LETT fer a short time were discharged.
In this connection wish TO call your
attention to the followirg action of a we'll
known Eastern monopoly. Certainly
Wheeling ought to be free from any ten
dency to this sort of thing
THE Clark Thread Company, whose works are
near Newark, n. j., employing l,590 hands, IS an
institution remOccatS should bear in remein-
brance They have used the rascally pay envcl.
opeN to intimidate their workmen and threaten
ed them with loss OF work should they vote the
Democratic ticket On the afternoon oft 26!h
81 October there was posted on the gates OF the
factory and in il, notice from the company 'ay-
ing that on and after The 18th, until further or
ders, the works would be closed all day on Satur.
day. and after p. III on other working days oil
the week. The officers explained that the com
pany had aiken this action on account OF the
Mills tariff bill.
"Thelpresent duty on spool cotton necessity
of every sewing woman in the land-is Ii cents
Der dozen spoOls of20O yards each. and this was
equivalent last year To 53S2 per cent The official
repOrts Indicate that il is Practically prOhibl-
tory duty for the value of spool cotton imported
in iSS7 was only S95 lU7. The nillsbil would re.
duce it to % per cent: the Republican bill would
not Changeit.
The price of spool cotton has been fixed for
long time by combination Of the manufsc.
ture:s AID q | these manufacturers are engaged
IN the same business or illuminating their EN-
ployes This combination is also striving II sup
press competition i'll the mater OF prices. Frint.
ed in red ink the top of the bills Of goods sOld
by members Of this combination, is tbs follow
ing: ,..,.,,
this cotton ut 7 ade Price viz: % cents per
dozen. with not more than per cent. for cash IN
SOdays, or 6 per cent in 10 days.
Tine bill of apOt ner company bears the follow
ing: Selling price for wholesale dealers. %
cents. less percent, 20 days, or per cent. 10
DAYS The person who sends these notices says
that any jOb6Gr or retailer selling blow Ger
tain price fOrfeits his rebate and has his supple
cut off III future. These four brands (reierrnS
10 the cotton of he tour companies in the com
binstionl have worked together this way for
years, always keeping the price just below The
COS. OF impOrts ion of u similar grade.
Competition is claimed as one OF the alleyia-
tions OF Or ptectiOn. Yet here is combination
that strangles competition, under the shelter OF
a duty CT SO per cent on the neceSsir' equipment
of ali sewing wOmen. II is under the SHELTER q
that du'v the work is done And TO 1t Is added
the meaner crime Of the intimidation OF voters
TO 60 FOR Harrison that these duties may be per
petuated.
"DemoCrats everywhere should bear the Clark
| Thread Company in mind. Boycott its prodUcts
to 4 ach it Other Arguments than intimidation 70
control American voters
For the bereit of any person or pHsons
who may contemplate the intimidation OF
voters in any way whatsQsvgr, l will
quote from Sac. of Chap 5 of the CJde Of
The State, as follows:
ANY corporation which shall, by It's officers,
agents, or otherwise, prevent or attempt 70 pre-
vent any voter in its employ from attending any
election or from freely exercising his rlgnt OF
suffrage at any election st which he is entitled
| 10 yOts.. by any thrIat, direct or Indirect eN-
n1eSs or imllie. :, to discharge, or deprive such
voter from his e0 plOyment, or shall discharge or
| deprive sue voter from its employment, because
OF suy vote he may eat, or REUSE 70 cast, AT any
election st when he is entitled 10 vote, shall be
guilty Of mis- iemeauor, and shall, upon con-
yiction, be fined not less than five thousand
\ dOlla's nor more than twenty thousand dol
lars for every such otfsnse, at the discretion OF
The jury." e