Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-07
reform.
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pie who use tin all over TINS country o.
700, coo, they propose to increase it to $l2,-
OOO, GOO That lie what they call protec-
ton. But whom does it protect. There
is nobody working in it here. There is
not a pound of il made here. whom,
then, does it protect? They say that John
Jarrett wants to 90 into the business, and
that John is an infant industry; that
therefore, il we will raise the duty lilo
cents per pound they will keep out this tin
plate, aud John Jarrett will establish him
self, aud then he will soon get to be mil
lionaire, like Mr.. Carnegie, and have his
castle in Scotland to 90 and spend the sum
mer in, John is q great man in the Repueli-
can party. He is like q good many other
infant industries. A hundred years ago
they thought little tax of or per cent.
would encourage these infant industries
Mr.. Clay said once that three years would
be long enough to enable them 10 get on
their feet, and then nine years more was
all ne asked. Here We are with Tammany
celebrating centennial, and those infants
are yet muling and puking in their nurses
arms. Laughter.
| THE WOOL SCHEDULE.
Nov" said Mr.. Mills, "the next thing
we put on the free list is wool. Well, you
are not raising sheep here in New York,
reckon. A man recently wrote me that
the Republican party thought heap more
or sheep than it did of man. Laughter.
They are always telling the people how to
keep from killing sheep. They ought to
have high tariff on dogs in some coun-
tries. But all we want TO know about
this wool business is how we can get wool
enough to keep our operatives employed
making clothes for our people, and give
them steady and active employment with
increased wages. You live up here in
rigorous climate in winter, and 1t stays
cold a good many months all along the
northern border. You wear good deal
of wool and good deal OF shoddy. We
only raise 265, OOO, 900 pounds of wool in
the United States, and it requires 6OO, OOO,-
900 pounds to elothe our people every year.
The Republicans demand that the duty on
wool be increased, and have got bill
pending before the Committee on Ways and
Means inst now to increase II so high that
none of it will he admitted into the United
States. They have got duty now that
keeps ont nearly all the finer grades, 80
that even cheap carpet woods have been
made into clothes with shoddy. What ia
shoddy? 1t is old rags picked up in the
street, made into cloth with little admix-
ture of wool, becomes rags again and Is
again made into cloth, and one mahuiac-
turer told me he recognized the same piece
coming back to him for the fifth time, to
be again turned into cloth. What would
you wear if the Republicans had their
way and all wool was kept out, leaving
only half enough to clothe you? Wear cot
ton, l suppose. Well, think the best
thing you can do is TO wear out the Repub-
lican party in the North. Laughter and
applause We admit $44, 900, 600 of WOOL
len goods into this country upon which We
pay an average duty OF 6 per cent. II we
would let this free wool come into this
country untaxed, all our manufacturers
would 90 20 work to make that wool into |
cloth. 1t would require more than one
hundred thousand laborers in the industry |
in this country, and wages would 90 mp
instantly ond regulate the wages of ell the
other industries here.
MODERATE REDUCTIONS.
'Soap is another thing" said Mr.. Mills
'Ws put that on the free list, soft soap and
hard soap. Soft soap ia one of the great
instrumentaIities of the Republican party
to propagate their faith, and you may re-
| member Just after the election OF 1880 how
subsequent President of the United
States, at dinner at Delmonico's, comp!i-
mented Mr.. Dorsey for the manner In
which he used soap in Indiana. The next
thing we will put grease on the free list.
1t takes grease to mix up and they can use
these two in Indiana to their hearts con-
tent and after it is all done the old red
bandanna will get away with Indiana.
Laughter and applause.
Then take the dutiable list" said Mr.
Mills. The average rate to-day by exist
ing law on dutiable articles is $47. 10 on
every 500 of goods imported. The aver
age rate as arranged by the Democratic
| measure how much do you reckon it is
They say it is nearly free trade. You
would think, perhaps, 10 per cent. or ID
or 20 or %. tits 40 per cent. The reduc-
ton is from AZ to 40 per cent. The
Republican Tariff Commission said we
could reduce the duties 20 to 20 per cent.
and benefit the people and the manufac-
turers. And yet we have only reduced it
| from AZ. 10 to 40. Does that look like il
was going to hurt anybody? A voice:
| "No."1 Take earthen and glass ware.
| The average rate of duties by the existing
| law is SO per cent we have left it 46. 10.
Does that lock like free trade? On metal,
iron and steel, what do you suppose it is?"
asked Mr.. Mills, looking about the vast
audience. 1.-THE main cry about free
trade comes from these people from Phila-
delphia and Pittsburp. A voice: That's
what's the matter"1 IL comes from the
steel rail steal. Laughter. You would
suppose that we mad ruined these people,
and what reduction do we make? 1t is
40 II under the existing law, and we have
made it 3S.0S-S2 SO reduction on every
500 of duty.
"As far az steel rails are concerned, the
present tariff, which has existed since 1871
Is As per cent We reduce it to 40 per
cent, which is higher than it was under
any other tariff in this country. In 1872
the tariff was only 81 per cent, and the
war tariff was only 81 per cent. So our
duty is higher than the duty levied when
9, 600 900 men were in arms, yet the Re-
publicans call it free trade.
Then there is sugar. They say We ought
TO have cut sugar great deal more. The
question is, how does it affect the man that
buys the sugar and pays the tsxesH He
is the fellow that am after. Cries Of
"Goodr'l want to lay the burden Of
taxation as lightly as possible. Sugar we
fiud at ~ Is and leave it at SO ~. That
is about the heaviest cut, with the excep-
ton of wool, that we have made, and the
heavy cut with wool is because We have
put il ON the free list. In the cotton
schedules the duties are $39. 80 by the ex-
is,ipg law on every 500 worth Of cotton
goods imported into the country. What
do we do with cotton? We leave at SSs "a.
Ia that free trade? tCries Of "No, nor
ON vol and woollens the average duty is
So 8, and we leave it at 80 40, and We
leave the manufacturers in q better condi-
ton than they were before"
Mr.. Mills then read letter he had re-
eeived from q large wooden goods manu-
fscturer, showing in detail how much bet
-. ~ 4 --s..ld ha &c tina Tariff hill ha-