The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-22

yesterday, the labor in our factories is as
much pauper labor us that OF any coun-
try in Europe.
OF course Frank Hurd will not be in
vited to say to the people OF Wheeling:
II l can make n better contract with
Mexican, or a FTenehman, or a Cana
dian, or an Englishman, than can
with an American, / ought to have the
privilege Of doing it.
This is the logical outcome of the
Democratic position to-day; but Mr..
Hurd stated it too frankly.
All tSese are Democrats, and yet Col.
Fellows and Mr.. Kenna and Mr.. Wilson
and all of them tell you mo Democrat
wants Free Trade"
viii they send here Mr.. Mills, the
patron saint Of Democracy, who has
made one or two speeches elsewhere in
West Virginia. Well, scarcely! Mr..
Mills is the man who said in the House
of Representatives:
Our policy should be to take the small
est amount OF taxes we can by customs,
and We should gradually decrease the
amount until our customs taxes come
alone from non.competing articles en-
tering our custom houses.
That describes British Free Trade,
pure and simple.
Also, Mr.. Mills is the man who has
said:
"Wealth, prosperity and power will
bless the land devoted to free men, free
labor and free trade"
Perhaps Mr.. Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, will speak in Wheeling. If SO
perhaps some Democratic wage worker
will think to ask him, Are you the man
who, when approached by q representa-
tive OF the industries Of this section
when the Mills bill was before you and
the other gentlemen of the Ways and
Means Committee, said to him: "li
you come, sir, to advocate reduction OF
the tariff, we will give you all the time
you want. Otherwise we cannot hear
your"
If Mr.. Breckenridge is honest, and
says, II am the man." perhaps the
Democratic wage-worker will remember
tho answer Of Col. John r. Fellows to
Mr.. Bailey at the Capitol rink recently;
"If," said Mr.. Bailey, "the duties on
articles with which American manutac'
turers compete were abolished or mate
rally reduced, would not that necessi'
tate reduction of the cost of production
in America, and would not that reduc'
ton be made in wages?"'
Undoubtedly, yes, "said Col. Fellows,
with unwonted frankness.
Perhaps the Democratic wageworkers
Of Wheeling will even bear this peril
nent question and this frank and signiti'
cant answer in mind when they go to
heat Gen. Golf and Mr.. Wilson debate
the tariffissue next Saturday. Put Col
Fellows, Democratic orator, against Mr.
Wilson, Democratic orator and candi'
date, and ponder.
Perhaps even when Judge Thurman
comes to Wheeling on October 80, the
Democrats interested in the industries
OF Wheeling will bear in mind this I'M
willing admission of Col. Fellows, and
with it take into consideration the words
Of Judge Thurman at Peru, Indiana, last
week, reported in the Register OF Friday,
rs follows:
Henry Clay was called the father Of the
American protective system. He did not
make such arguments as that. He said
protection was toencourage the infant
indus ries OF the country. Well, Clay
lived long enough to say that infant had
grown be n man and it was time to stop
feeding him with bottle. 1t has been
forty odd years since that infant became
fof age, and think myself it is time Tor
him to shuttle for himself.
II this means anything, it means that
the time has come to abandon Protec-
ton. Workingmen, arc you ready for
that?
Ii it means anything, it means the
time has come to abolish the protective
tariff. Judge Thurman, Democratic
candidate for Vice President, with the
casting vote in the Senate, if elected,
says it is time to abolish protective du-
ties. Col. Fellows, an advocate OF Judge
Thurman's election, sent out by the
democratic Committee to instruct and
enlighten the people with his silver
tongue, says that if the protective duties
are abolished or materially reduced, it
will be necessary to reduce wages.
Workingmen, are you willing to reduce
your own wages? Do you desire to re-
duce your own wages? II you do, Dem
ocratic orators and the Democratic press
have written it SO plainly that the way
faring man, though fool, may not err
therein.
Young Mrs. HlninG's Trouble.
/ Tho 4ro,,L1a NIrq JnnasE R1ninn Jr