Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-21
"A POTTER"
Replies to Mr.. Davison's Gard In Yestsr'
days Register.

Replies to Mr.. Davlson's Gard In Yester.
days Register.
To the Editor Of The Register:
SIR:-Ah, there, Tommy! truth hurts
In your issue, Mr.. Editor, Of to-day, Mr..
Dawson invites, or rather challenges, "a
Potter" to come out under his own name
(which is not name to be ashamed of
and discuss the tariff question with him.
"a Potter" does not desire any such noto-
riety as Mr.. Dawson has gained lately, nor
was it his intention of doing so at the start.
But perhaps "a Potter" knows more about
the workings of the tariff and its effect on
wages than Mr.. D. tries to make the public
believe he does.
Now, will Mr.. d. please explain to the
public, and not try to mislead them,
wherein he says any practical potter would
not have any difficulty in placing "A Pot
ter" in his proper position after reading
his article. Now want him TO make bis
case clear in this respect or else say he
can't. Why did not Mr.. ID. tell his
audience ON Saturday night how often
during the last twenty years the tariff
on queenswa'e 9 has been increased and how
often wages has been reduced, and If the
tariff is higher now than at any time dur
ing the twenty years. and ii wages in
all the branches are lower now than ever
they were. Now do not mean to discuss
the question of tariff or protection, which
was not the point objected to in my ar
ticie in Sundays issue. did then and do
yet object to him making any such
comparison Of wages between the English
workman and the American workman on
that basis when they are not paid BY the
week at all, but by the piece or dozen in
stead, by which any person Of ordinary in
telligence can easily see that after all 1t de-
pends on q workman's own ability and
speed the wages he is to make during Q
week. Mr.. Dawson says he has worked
in a pottery the last twenty-seven years
l suppose he is like good many othesi
he went to work before he went TO school,
and consequently never got much OF an
education, which perhaps accounts for the
difficulty he had in reading that other fel.
lows manuscript on Saturday night. In
fact sometimes they 90 TO work before they
are done wearing petticoats.
"a Potter" is not so far of about that
compensation business either, for he knows
of you being offered the formanship Of the
clay shop which you have recently accepted,
and which had previously been filled by a
man after your own style and principles,
but who, before he accepted q job under
you, tried to get . job in East Liverpool in
order to escape the humiliation. And
again, your position is an unenviable ono to
a man that has any spark OF unionism about
him, and right here let me say that was
very forcibly struck with the great con-
trast between Mr.. ID. and Jarrett. The lat
ter at least started to speak from working
mans standpoint and 30 continued for
time aud used some strong language in
reference to unionism, while Mr.. ID.
said never word in regard TO
keeping up wages by Trades Unions, Of
which he used to be leading light,
| locally, but in which he soon outlivsd
his usefulness; nor he did not tell the peo-
ple what he said at the last reduction oi
wages which took place after the last in
crease of tariff; he declared there and then
he would never vote the Republican ticket
again; he said whenever tariff went up
wages went down-and now he takee tht
stump in IA yor Of higher tariff, which, fol-
lowing the old rule, would bring anotheI
reduction of wages. Now want Mr.: D.,
during all his experience under Q higf
tariff. 10 show Us one case where there has
been an increase of wages under an in
crease in tariff, and will show Of many
reductions. II is o poor rule that don''
work both ways. Come again.
A POTTER.