The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-21
WHAT TARIFF HAS DONE.


Homo Market Banquet.
The following is a small portion Of Gen.
GoGu speech in Boston last week. 1t is
particularly applicable to West Virginia.
SIN 1850 We mined and consumed l6,-
173 400 tons OF coal, in 1880 79,OO5.OO0, an
iucrease Of 4.7per cent. Think of the la
b2r employedin mining and using those.
saw, 10000 900 toms Of coal. In opening
the miner, in constructing railroads to the
mines, ia digging iron ORC and making 1t
into rails for the railroads and mines, in
making chains, picks, cars, dumps, lifts,
gcsle0 and other things, and remember
that gll those employed wer0 using and
paying for the Woofen goods, hats, caps,
boolo aud other articles made in your pro-
tected es.sblishmcnts-and those eBtRb-
lishnenta were consuming the coal so
mined-snd all were making market for
the products OF our farms, Much OF the
coal WA mined in West Virginia-maDy
tons Of Il came from thatsGat0to Boston, we
exchanged 1t and our wool for your man
pisetnIgd srticIes. We wish to continue
10 do 30, But you can't havs free wool
and frss coal and then have protected
wooden and cotton goods. II you under
mins the foundations the structure will
fall. Gentlemen, the cry Of ''rAw ma
terisW ia O gham--a miserable fraud.
There Ia Is no such thing, in the
sense it is used In this discussion.
Out in West Virgiui8, In the great int.
rior Of that State, away from railroads and
rivers, in God Almighty primevsl forests,
we have mountains Of timber, Of iron ore,
of coal. Of limestone. It 70 raw material
now, 40 1t was q thousand years sgo. Our
peo jle are building railroads into that sec.
tion--ale opening up mines, constructing
furnaces and mills-penetrating the vii.
derness. They would not, could not, do
this bnt for protective tariff. The coal
in the mountain, before the mine is
opened, ia raw material at the mouth OF
the mine, on the cars, 1t Ia the miners
finiahed product. The ore dug from
hole in tho ground Is tho ore miners fin.
ishsd article-ths result Of Drawn and
sweat, and as much entitled to protection
az the besutiful articles from your won
drous mills. The tree on our mountain top
IL tie raw material OF the lambeFnan, Hi8
labor and capital cuts 1t into logs, and it is
then the sawyers' raw material; and 90 on
until We find it In the many useful and
beautiful articles contributing to our com.
fort, made by our labor, enjoyed by our
people. Gentlemen, II raw material goes
on tho free list, 90 must the finished ar.
tIcle. You cannot include one and ex.
cluds the other. II wool Is free, 30 will
wooden goods be. 1firon ore Ia free, why
not It's manufactures? II you want Scotia
coal in your millg and factories, why not
let us have English woolens and cottons
in West Virainis2
In 1860 VIC made-think OF it-only 9s7..
$50 tons Of pig iron. In 1880 We made
1885,, l9l tons--the increase alone was
nearly three times aa much as We made in
1860.
In 1860 We made only 255, l07 tons OF
railroad rails, while in 1880 we made l.
20S,302 tons. Yet still We import large
quantities from abroad. In this laud OF
splendid ores, coal and limestone, with
our expert, willing labor, we ought 10
makeit ell. Why not shove up the walls
OF protection little and do 1t. Gentle.
men, would give the American market
to American labor.
In 1850 we hsd-our lRboring people
had--on deposit in our savings banks, in.
sursnce companies and like institutions,
in small sums, individually, to the sggre.
gate OF $253, S02, 129, while in 1880 they
had 90 deposited the grand sum Of s., 627,.
34S 958, an increase oil s., S73, 545, 1929, or Of
095 per cent, Ia not that magnificent
These savings make the homes Of our peo.
pie happy ones, and provide comforts for
the declining days Of those who lsbored
for them, and yet we are told that proteC.
ton does not protect the wage worker.
War has has been declared on protection.
The administration Is marching its forces.
The free trade generals are in command
and all along the line the order is, Down
with protection, up with the banner Of
free trade" They are after protection
now; protection will be after them in
next,
In 1850 our national weRleh, our grand
aggregate, was $l60On,000, 900, while in
1880 It was $4,000 000,0 600, Think Of it;
tho Increase alone nearly twice as much
as had been accumulated from the time
Columbus discovered the continent
down to 1S60-as much twice over in 20 |
years, as in the preceding 1858.
Ahp uuhuu4 ~ WGulhA VI AhbApIh
Ia estimated as: England, $325, 900, 900;
France, 1876, 900, 900; Germany, 100000.
900; United States Of America, 1926. O00,.
900. Every day we add over $4,000, 900,
and the addition to our happiness and con.
tentment knows not enumeration.
Gentlemen Of the Home Market Club,
can Il be possible that the system by
which this. wonderful result has been |
wrought out Is all wrong? Is II as Presi- |
dent Cleveland says, "Vicious, inequita.
BILE and illegical2 viii you tear it DOWN.
viii you be frightened ny the cry Of ''sus. |
plus" by men who never made surplus |
themselves, but who have always been
accustomed to a deficiency" and who |
now wiring their financial hands in politi. |
cal agony and cry: What, oh what shall |
We do with the "surplns2" Build q navy
with it, construct coast defences, improve
our rivers and harbore, pay our debts,
educate our children and pension the
grand army OF manned and veteran
heroes, who by their patriotism and hero.
ism made It possible for US to have q coun.
try and o "surplus." Gentlemen, 1t Is not
short Of crime that your Treasury Is over.
flowing and your almshouaes are crowded
with the wounded and forgotten, decrepit
nnd suffering, Of that once mighty throng