Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-22
TIE TRUrH Is MIGHTY.

following:
To ne Editor Of Gls IRlsl o Rcfr.
sIs-In the wheeiiog REGIsrER Of this morn.
| ing an attempted review of Mr.. Atkinsons
speech on the island Is printed. In when toe
writer displays a degree o. ignorance or dlNhon-
eS:y tha; is yery remarkable in paper making
pretense 10 honest, intelligent management.
Aud lie winds up his lengthy article
with this:
| The purpose Of this communication is TO shoT
! the urieliabiIity o. Democratic figures as usad
| by the REGIsrRR, upon which, with other SUD-
| cts conns cLed with the tariff, We shall prooa
| bly, have more 10 say in the near future TO the
people Of Wheeling. Z. l.. r.
| B,LlGi,s, o., Oct. Is.
From this p:e'sce and conclusion we see
that Mr.. PoosSIAN has completely demol-
iIhed the REdIsTEg's criticism Of Mr..
ATKINsON's s1eeG h, leaving rs without 3
leg to s.acd upon-Mr. ATKINSON hims ELF,
however, it may bs remarked p'renthetic-
ally, did rot take this view of the matter;
bat of course Mr.. p, who wants to repre-
sent Bellsire in the Ohio Legislature, is a
bigger man than Me-. ATKINSON, who is
striving to represent the Frat West Viz
gina district in the Fifty-6rst Congress.
But, Notwithstanding this terrible rebuff,
the REGISTER, which isgame, will eldeavor
to prove-wal |, rot TO mirce words with 3
great man like Mr.. PooRMAN, we shall
en5esyor to prove by figures thGt Mr. P. is
q tool, or, to uss Nc. PooRMAN's own
words applied to the REGISTER, displays
q degree of diahonesty that is remr rkable, "
we mag aid, very remarkable. In short,
we can show thst every figure prin'e1 ny
the REGISTER is correct. The REGISTER
said tie tariff of 1898 levied dutils syeEag-
ing 81 per cent. Mr.. POORMAN says:
Under the tar Il OF 1872 the net imports-f.es
ant ftgiGbls-frOn all countries amouutel IN
1921, the first full year under the operation a
that tariff, TO Slf6S7 9i9 and the duty collected
was 81 Syg, i73 w, or more than !VGea per cent.
up:n the fetal imports.
This, not ID mince words, as we said be-
fore, WITH a grIat asn like Mr.. PooEMAN,
is a lie. Tbs revenue for the yelr 1871
says Nr. P, based on the value of the free
and 6uiiable" imports ives more than fit
teen per ant Ths truth is, ~ Mr.. p.
knows, II he took thu tO7ble to look the
matter up, sha. the average PSF cent o.
rtv=nreI yielded by thu tariff CT 1898 in
the year 1891, upon the free AMI dutisble
Vcois, Wa, az tie REGISTER stated, s.!
Der cent, but upon the torsd schedules
amounted to 1854 psr csn'.
So it ia throughout Mr.. PooRNAN's
whole article. which we have not the
space to 20 through here, nor is it of suffi-
cent importance. He boldly takes the
De c:ntage of revenue estimated upon the
basic OF tbs taxei goods alone and declares
that h estimates them upon the free and
dutisble ,ode, or rice rsrSa as it suits his
purpo,e Ard lis only purpose is to make
Republicans believe that the REGISTER
speaks falsely, which is the purpose also
of tie Republican Managers in Yves Nr'
sin;a, for they fear, aud with the best Of
rsasors, that if Republicans read the Rec
IsTER they will vote the Democratic
ticket. There are Thousands of RapCb
cans, howeyer, WHO rsad the REGISTER
aud hundreds of them take the trouble 90
investigate the tariff question f,r them-
selves and these know that tie REGISTER
alters the Truth.
Mr. PCOBMAN says:
Inlsl3 The Imports amounted 10 sl9I57, 135 and
the duty to Sl3 Z2i,6& p, which Is equal 10 en-
average duty Of 6903 pr cent, hs h:gh:S: Grrd9s
n he history ~ hs country.
This sort Of logic il on par with thst
of tine InteRigencer, which not long ago
compared our extraordinarily high tariff
which, however, is bat 47.l0 per cant.
with that of England, whose tari amounts
to over 50 per cent. on dutioJ!e goods
England has about two dozsn dutiable ar
ticlss on the tariff list, while the United
States have about 1000. IfC.l P. c!lls
TIE tariff Of 1918 "the highest average
tariff in the history Of the country" he
must also FAY that England has ths highest
tariff in the world. But, ell the same,
Col P. is rauting over Ohio declaring Eng
land free trade country, and 81 she 10,
practically, and 60 would the UUi!ed
States be today if she had never alter d
the 69.O3 per cent, tariff Of 1873.
We would inform Col. POOgMAN that
his method of computing tariff is not the
REGISTERS method. We uoaN also in
form Col p. that his methoi is not the
honest method.
Bot as wo remarked above, Coz. PooR
, MANS only purpose is 20 fool Republican ms
into believing thst the REGISTER does net
speak the tu.b.
The IatelligeRccr and all Of it's igrorart
little followers through the State, and Col.
PooRMAN's little sheet, the Bsllai.s Trib
wae, over The river, are inct ssently ysll're
that the REGISTER is "a liar but not one
Of them has dnsrersd single argument. OF
prorcd single mieraRce false, that has ap
psarcd in the REGISTER this campaigns.
They cannot do it.
1t is not tie policy Of the Republican
party iu.t now to kOre,tly disc1ss the
tariff issue; it. organs sndstumrers simT ly
howl free trade" ard you're lisr,
and irdustriously misquots figures ard
men.
They can do nothing else, except throw
up their hands, for they have the wrong
SIDE of tie argument.
"STEvE" ELKINs sah Friday night that