Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-18

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laboras from employment This WA
especially the case in the years 1861, 1857,
1865. 1869, 1878. 1874, 1875, 1876. 1877
and 1873
In 1888 q pretended reduction, but o
real Increase, was made in the tirf. Veg 3
were cut down everywhere in fact sies and
mire,. The great panic of May, 1854,
which all Of rs remember, followed, ieaS-
irg depression for two years. Il.
This brings the tariff history mp to the
p-es~nt tune. We know that the year
,sS7 was uopIe eSeliei for strikes ano
iockouts, depression IN business, stopPage
of production AID the Lowering Of the
wages Of labor 10 ell branches OF oppres-
sivsly pro ec'ed indu.t'y.
We see the results Of q monopoly tester
ing tariff more plainly than ever In 1888.
The reduction in wages and the leDgshen-
ing of the hours of work 10 the most high
ly projected hard steel industry Of Penn
s~ylyanis has been something remarkable
even for that industry, which Is but a sue
cessicn of stril es and loekouts. The grand
combination of msnuis cturars all along
The line insisting on q reduction In wsges
of from 10 to Is par cent. 81
This much for Gsorse Wsalsy's tariff
history. Let rs turn to his next arga-
ment.
His second propcsi ion wss that when
ever the tariff wss the highest, manoi'e,
tured articles produced in this country bad
been the cheapest. He p iuted to WOODEN
xoo6s, which, he claimed, were cheaper to-
day-yes. "a per cent. cheaper than they
we're 10 $780," he demanded to know II
this wss true. how TIE tariff could p"sslolt
apursss anybody. Hon W. L. Wilson bad
said there was a tax of S. on q SO snit OF
Sonlsn clothes. If that wss Sd, then 1t fol-
loved that a COED suit OF wooden clothes
could be bought in England for "a.
Mr.. Atkis n, we suppose un'n' entlon'
ally, m~isqco.es NJ. Wilson. Mr.. WIlson's
s.atsment was that IN a snit rorh $lO
tt e was IS tax, mskjng it cot to the
American Consumer sirteeR dOtld,s. Mr..
Stkinson's statement Is q N anifest bsurd-
ity.
Continuing, &c ,rgs Wesley said the fact
vas that wco!on clo'hing was as cheap IN
this country as in Epgland. He omitted
20 say, however, that the claim that a suit
OF wo,len clothes could be purchased in
his coun ~ for $40 is a bit OF fiction, ror
did he mention the query from a Demo
crat, Published some tine snce In the col
umns cf the R~EGIsTEs, in which the writer
iesired to know what Candidate Mcffi.
would chNge him FIR making a suit OF
clothes from Hsr,i,' cashmere, the wrl'er
to furnish ell materials. The query was
unanswered.
And again, if wooden clothing is cheape
in this coun:ry than in England why are
the woclsn manufacturers kicking for more
protection, declaring thew can not compete
nth the cheap pooIens Of England so long as
thei- raw mat rial IS taxe1? Mr.. Athiu-
son knows this. And what is more, he
cannot and will Lot answer the question.
The fact ia thsre is mighty little woolen
clothing sold in this country. We did not
have the gall to g. up and examine the
tuit George Wesley had on, bat unless he
paid over S25 for it, il was at le,st half shod-
dy. Uoalen clothing is far cheaper in England
n in this country n~irg tt the tex on
oar manufacturers raw material. When
Wesley or any other Republican
s,uuper makes this comparison IL prics
he is comparing English Woolen clothing NTH
American shoddy. Ouc friend must re-
member that we have q Ramrle of those DO
suits on exhibition in this eff e.
P. ooe.dtng, Mr.. Atkinson called atteu-
ton to the fact that the duty on calico was
1! cents q squsJe yard, and yet, he said,
be had gone 30 a Democratic wholesale dry
ycois merchant here in Whef ling, and
that gentleman had ssO vn him calico at
q cents o yard. He wanted 10 know how
the tariff could be tax en- the consumer in
that case. II it was, that manufacturer
must have got his goods made for nothing,
and gvethem away for fun.
Cat nails were then taken up. He said
they we're cheaper now, under q high
ar fl, than they were when there was no
duty upon them at all. Nobody believed
nails could be bought in England for 30
cents a keg, and yet that sum was ell that
vas left after taking eff tn, duty.
In these ca es Mr. Atkinson Uses the
tariff reformer's srEument, although be
know it We shall t9ke MIR. At
sinson's word f il in the ma't,r Of calico
4: d AJAX him why he objects to thu Mills
nil reducing the duty.
We sill know that not an Eugli,h nail
could come into this country, tariff or no
-sriff. In fact, il IS acknowledged by Rs
put lica-s and corroJorated by Mr.. Atkin-
son tina there is NO need Of the tar fl on
as'ls becsuse we make them much cheaper
md bstaer than E q aud although we pay
higher uageS. Aud I'll knocks the bottom
at Of Mr.. AtSinson's gibberish about the
tar II having spyshir G 10 do with wages
Va lNavs it to George Wesley if we are
not right.
Now" said he, 81 II take steal rails
a. snDth.r il!aSra'ion, and l hope the
REGISTER Will publish what say tn thu
world. "a voic.: IT'S rot that kind of q
Jsptr. You'll never Zee it Before W.
to maDufsctrre s.esl rails 10
his country, in 1867, 'he EGgl'sh de-
aad received 1856 per ton. In
1873, after q high t'r:ff had shut out
Eaglish r,il,, and permitted Am:rican
mar ufactursrs to g.t 20 work, and the
price came dcwa to $50, or bat 81 more
than the duty. If the tsrif is a tax, then
opgh. to he able to make steel rails
aere 81 81 per ton
USOTH5 hcSicN cflucuty uiuu U thluh
there was q REGISTER reporter in the
aud foTlorn audience. This IS thu
aane old silly rail argument in which thu
high tax man attempts 10 lay tie great lie
in tee price of rails since they
were first manufactured in this country,
olely to the tariff and iyore completely
Dur astonishingly improved machinery.
And sg,in Mr.. Atkinson plays right
into our hands, showing that the Malls
bill which leaves eleven dollars q ton tex
On steel rlils is ample TO protect that indus
try ont of wolca Mr.. Garage
q million CT more a
year clesr proir. Steel rails are
made in England for SIS; the present tax
IN them is SIT, go that English rails can.
aot be sold in this country, iacludirg
and other cha,g:s, for less than,
Jay, $50. Rails have bsen, and rot long
,g,, either, that high, and higher when
he tsr # was higher, although il cost no
more to make them then than now. Then
he trust was in full control; n Y, how
,vsr, the railroads refuse to buy as those
.xorbraut p:icss snd the trust is forced to
,ome down, slth,cga now 1t is payi"g