Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28

OIL Qt6 raw mooCtAoAo' .ar -,
howhss this ..oombioation o. farms VII III.
ga? What has its iofue ice Deea1 ~ ~
the tariff on the raw materisl built 10 .ne
v,el growing indus Try? Has the talln On
tb MANUFACTURED ar ticle II ased AMI mrn'
aimed d ,urisbing wool maaufa ,tu'ins IL
du ,tris.? Nay, verify we 90 through Sns
voI n anufacturing district, OF the Esss
and we find idle mills on every h:nd'
employees locked out, and wheels laie
Ths buy hum of indu t.y either q e,ns
resound among the n st oil, or as pess DEL
a few m onths in the year. The LABOR Is
cheap wagss is chsap, and yet they DO not
nrospsr. aid why ia this, You ask. An, l
tsll YOU, my friend, it is because ths talia
nricss of tier raw materials puts them ~
a disadvantage and Hat4 2 impossible
for th m 20 compe'e WI faragn compeA
t,rs. prolonged cheers
FREE Wool MAKES GOOD PRICES.
Wool mar ufscturers know the reason OF
this depression in trade, and they are not
bowling about the Mills bill going to IN
lure th,ir industry. Why, shortly aitet
President Clevelaud's message was WIT.
tan. the WOODEN Manufacturers Club OF
PIN, de'phis came out in strong letter.
and in that lie ter they said, 'The tax on
WOOL operators to keep down the price
TODAY we don't manufacture moro tna1
OF 9 half of the wooden goods that Is needt q
in this country, 30O.0O0,G 600 pounes sre
mn,rted annually. Unless we get lee
staple wool. to mix with our home WOOL
we can't compete with foreign manu'ac'
turers, we cant even hold our own makess,
our produces is limited, QUE ma 1ufactu:-
ers restricted, and our demand for h'me
wool, and the price We ere e1abl ID 10 pay
is re1ucted."
Nv fir ends have hal s>me experiences
in Investigating this question. l went In
to a wooden mill in Connetitus, and tht
mill owner told me that if the Mills bill
should become a Jaw, he would boy
|, SOC, 900 pounds Of home wool, 1t 1t dld
not become q law and he did moi
get his foreign mixing wool free he could
only buy 500, 900 pounds Of home wool
This is the way the Mills bill would In
fluence the wool industry. 1t would give
the manufacturer cheaper foreigo mixing
wocls. His products would would DO en-
Iarped: his market widensd, and he would
have use for and bay that much more
home wool. Great applause. Ste, my
friends, how this policy has worked IN
the past. From 1859 to 1860 we had
practical by free t-ade In wool in this coun
try, and tbs price went mp IL Gems q
pound. IA vo!c, how many sh yep did WI
have. A.
Before Mr.. Wilson could answer the
parties who had introduced him 50 otter
took up tine cry and bsgan Ceiling for Col
and Harrison. The II ,iss and confusion
were Sd great that hs he was unable u
proceed.
OUR SHEEP INDUSTRY DESTROYED BY TIL
PRESENT TARIFF.
How many sheep did we have then
Twenty years ago we had forty million
head Of sheep east of the Mississippi river
To-day we havs less than that number
This tariff policy that was to do so nu;i
fog the wool growers has driven the Ameri
can sheep growing industry west of TIT
Mississippi river, where only cheap lands
and minimum of expenses enables it Il
become a highly remunecative pureu!t
Great applause
Give our manufacturers fiue wool AM
they defy the markets Of the wo. Id. Thl
sap nior labor, superior machinery, and
superior int diligence, will not only max
cur own clothlrg cheaper, but they vii
60 out and
! Before Mr.. Wil:oa could complete tn
re ltence, ths mob Of boojlums locstst
near the stand Interrupted with shouts
bowls and derisive laughter. In spite 0
the interruption. the speaker continued
although he could be heard only by few
They will 60 out, he said, and ho'd thei
own against any and every competitor il
any and every maraet. Now, my friends
You laugh at the idea of til, worlds mar
ket. d. yen know what they are? D
you know what we sell therein? The far
mer sells his wheat in the markets Of tn
world, the raiser of cattle sells his csttl
and the pork packer sells his meat in tn
marke's of tbs world. Oar manufacturer
of ayr. cultural implements 60 ont AMI e.
them in the markets of the world; and 9,
l tell you and ! tell you without fear tina
Gen G off or any one else can successfully
deny it; take the tax off of raw materials
take the tax off of our raw wool, and on
manufacturers of wooden goods will 20 on
and compete with any and all in the mar
kets of tho world. [Great applause.
CHEAP GOODS TAXED ALSO.
Now, my friends, shout cheap wooler
goods. There are some people in this an
dierSe who have been at,rruptipg me and
callin9 fer an explanation Of Col. Harris SIS
suit. They think can't handle that sub
jec!. l will tell thess. iaterfupters alb: u
so-called cheap WOOL. 1t i, not wool, but
shoddy. There are seven woolen mills in
Come cticut, within q few miles of each
o.her, into which goes not bile Of wool
from year TO year. They uss old rags, and
they make shoddy. [Applause ] As long
ss a rag can bs found they pick it to pieces
over and over again and thus make cheap
wooden goods. know nothi ug about Col.
Harris So suit, but do know of another
famous Cheap wcolen" suit that for q few
brief moments occupied conspicuous po-
sition on the floor of the House of Repre-
sentatives. M.jor Mckinley brought
that ont there and he s,id il
cost $1,000 and was warranted
all wool, and he made great point on this.
Mr.. Mills answered Mr.. Mckinley, and be
went to the troubls Of tracing back that
suit He shu:tsd up its pe1igree, as you
woald say, and fund that its original COS.
was little over S., and the tariff pus 1t ur
to $l041. That ended Mr.. McKiIl vs.
f nous suit. Lsughtsr and applaus'
My follow cltizsns, I want to impress
up,n your minds this one fact. aud that is
10 tbs words of President Clev. land, that
1T is condition and not theory thst
confr,nts u.s." Weave fghtir 8 TO Ieiuoe
tsxa,ion tax alton that builds up grfa,
monopolies and makes 6 eat increase in