The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-11

COlOHtl Fellows tue ulfcCt question Dc'
fore again rose and undertook to defend
the Senate tariff bill. He was met with
Il renewal Of the disrespectfui cries,
which Fellows encouraged by remark
iDg:.
Why, sir; ] only dlew you out to ex-
pose your ignorance!
This was his idea OF courtesy. II met
with response from the crowd in the
shape Of cries Of "Get Out!" Kisses and
all sorts of hoodlcm yells. This, after n
promise OF courteous treatment, dis
gusted all the decent people present,
and at least 4 portion Of the Kissing was
in disapproval OF the crowds disconr-
tesy.
THE TARIFF y TAX.
Colonel Fellows here reached the por.
ton Of his speech which was argumenta-
tive in some degree. lie took Il yard Of
cloth costing 81 abroad, and with u duty
of % cents on it. The Republicans
would have you believe, he said, that
the duty does not add to the cost OF the
cloth.
Here again Colonel Fellows deIiber-
ately misrcpreSented the fact. No Re.
publican ever claimed that the imported
article was not made dearCr by the tariff,
and Colonel Fellows knows it. RGpub-
licans do claim, aud it is Il fact, that the
import duty docs not increase the price
Of goods made in America. Herein the
tariff benefits the poor man in greater
proportion than the rich. The Ameri'
can made cloth is worn bV the
poor man, and there is no tax
on it. A good sui: Of all
wool clothes of American cloth can be
bought in Wheeling for 81. Tho rich
man who prefers the imported cloth un.
doubleday pays the duty on that cloth,
and therefore contributes to the rcve-
nuCs Of the Government in greater pro-
portion than the poor man.
Salt, lie said, was made 30 per cent
dearer by the tariff. The best answer to
this will be found in Mr.. Blainc's speech
in another column. Tin plate, he said,
was not made in this country. This is
true; but il has been, and the tinkering
Of the tariff TO reduce the revenue
crushed out the American industry, in.
GLIDING. one mill ut Wcllsvillc, Ohio, and
by increasing the imports increased the
revenues.
Wages, he said, are not benefited by
the tariff. No protected manufacturer
ever voluntarily increased his employees
wages Tho shoe maker in England gets
less per day than the American shoe
maker, but he gets more per pair Of shoes
made, and the relative cost OF living
tends also TO eQualizo matters.
The latter statement is false. Averages
made up from actual figures show TINT
the man who in England gets 81 80 per
week, must spend 81 50, leaving bal
ancc Of II cents; while in America the
man who gets Sl5 week spends 50 81
and lives better than his English
brother.
AJoINT DEBATE.
The plucky Republican on the speak
er's right again began to annoy him,
and u running colloquy was kept up be-
tween the two for some time, the Re-
publican making telling points and Col.
Fellows responding with glittering gem
eralities, For instance, the Colonel was
asked II the protective duty were taken
of foreign products which compete with
American manufactures, would it not
require reduction Of wages TO the for
eign standard?
Undoubtedly it would, said the Colo
mel, his first frank utteranCc in the
speech, But, he continued, the Mills
bill does not take the duties of, or re-
ducc them so as to affect wages.
A voice. know it does in the pot
teries.
II, said the orator, Protection makes
wages higher, why are the servant girls
geshigher here than in Great Britain ?
His Republican opponent answered,
Because the man she works for has on
account OF the benefits OF Protection an
income large enough to permit him to
pay her better wages. [Slight applause
from Republicans
Col. Fellows-Why is it, sir, that |, a
lawyer, can do hetteri in New York than
across the ocean?
His opponcnent - Possibly because
your clients were worlingmcn and their
wages were large enough 10 enable them
to pay eXtortiOnatG fees. LGrcat APP
plause.
The speaker went Off into n disquisi-
ton on the difference in wages in vari-
Gus parts OF this country; an attack on
Blaine and Carnegie, and gross cxagger-
ations and skillful misuse OF facts. He
spoke over two hours, and he held his
crowd well.