Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28

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ments for their production, oil owe. m
country. Town, down, down, went ste
rails, and labor was plenty, wages goo
aud laborers lived like decent men, aud
the price went down, and manufscturin
establishments sprung mp, We weat o
building railroads Now, If the tarif-iss
tax what ought steel rails cost to-day
You can bay them in Liverpool for $50
| ton; trsnspcr tation, commission and prof
ia estimated BY siatisticians ct IS ton
That makes SOS. The tariff is SIT
Twenty-Five and seventeen is forty-two
How many tons do you want at $2s
[Arplause. The tarifi'-a-tax. Zap
piause.
Take calico. What is it worth? What
did it cost under tariff for revenue? From
1e47 to 1860 it wss IL to 18 and 20 and
"a cents yard. What is it to-day? Five
CENTS. It sells over in Eogland at 5 cents
transportation, commits on and profit foot
~ cent?; that makes cents What i:
the tariff duty on yard of caGco? Five
cents. Seven and FIVE make twelve. FL
sell you q million yards at s cents yard.
The tarif-is-a-tax, don't you zee? (Chesrs
Take salt. My Democratic friends cay
it costs too much to-day, on account Of the
tariff, and yet salt Is cheaper to-day than
it ever was. What does it bring now, q
barrel? Sixty to seventy cents. You can
buy it over at the salt works at ten cents
bushel. 1t is worth IL cents across.ths
saa; 9 cert, to brip2 il over is IA; cent
for commission makes IL; the import duty
is e12 cents. Fifteen and twelve make
twenty-eeven. I'll cell you all you wal I
at ten cents. The tariff is-a-tax! Cte:rs.
THE MORE TAX THE CHEAPER GOODS.
Why, al these articles have been cheap
ened and brought down in price, and VIII lie
the consumer has had the benefit. the re-
suit hes bean to greatly bsu.fit the labor
ing men-to furnish employment to t1ou-
sands and hundreds of thousands and mil
lions of my fellow countrymep. 1t has
broueh. c,ntentment to ) our firesides, and
has furnished that wherewith you have
fed and educated your children, and YET
our Democratic brothers would tear down
the oSective tariff system and give rs q
tariff for revenue only. Tfere is not q
laboripg man within the sound of my voice
who is interested in revenue tariff; not
one. 1t will not increHe manufacturing
in this country. The idea Of revenue
tariff is to beg The foreign manufacturer TO
send his goods to the United States, in or.
der that the United States may collect a
revenue from them. Applause.
Now, LET'S look at the Mills bill again,
and see what it proposes to do. Let me
ask You, in the firt place, where ere my
fellow cit;z ms who asked the Democratic
Congress and my distinguished colleague
to give us the Mills bill. He will tell you
that bill is in the interests Of the laboring
man. challenge the laboring men bsfo!e
US to tell me of one laboiing man, or OF one
labor organization in the United States
that asked for ths passage of the Mills
bill. "a voice: "None."] Democrat CT
Republican, where is the lsboring man
that peiitioned the Congress Of the
Uuited States to pass the Mills bill?
There are some of these men here. Did
you petition for the passage Of that bill?
Don't you know your own busi:ess? fit
is to your interests for that bill to pass,
why don't you say &c? Why not ask
Cor gcess that the Mills bill pass? Of all
the labor organizations in the country, not
o single one asked the Congress- of the
United etasos -by petitie-a 20 PasS tho hill
Not one; and that's not all. What OF the
establishments of my
country2 Tell me what one Of them 30
petitioned? The foreign manufacturer
who sends his articles to this country,
wanted it passed; tie importers wanted 1t
D Used. But the American manufacturer
and the American lsborer did not. We
piled up Petitions upon your committee
ceiling high, demonstrating with You az inst
it. sent them in myself from my own
aud the other States of this country, but
it was no use, and if statements made in
Congress are correct the only persons who
were heard ON in the Ways and Means
Commitse-the only persons who were
permitted to present their case-were rep
resentativss OF the sugar refner!es and OF
the great sugar importing houses. The
eugar trust could get hearing, but the
laSoring msn of Wheeling could not. Ap-
plause. The foreign importer could get q
change, but ths home manufacturer had
the door banged in his fsc'. [Applause. J
ORIGIN OF THE MILLS BILL.
It has been stated, and not denied, that
the sugar trust was heard. It hes ben
said By some of the Committee that they
were there, and that after they had been
heard the Committee changed the sugsr
schedule. How was il with your indus
tries here in WheslingP How were they
treateip They objected strongly to the
original Mills bill. The Democrats in
West Virginia were very much alarmed
when it was reported, and some Of the m
went down to Washington in hot haste.
There were Democratic politicians and
distinguished Democratic citizsns In
these committees, and Democratic editors
as we'll, and my friend here has q realizing
sense about that Laughter They said
This bill as reported, will destroy the in
terests of West Virginia, and play havoc
with the Democratic vote in the State. T"
The Committee went into secret session,
and made q change here and change
there. They Lad, in all their wisdom, de.
cided upon making certain reductions in
the schedules for glass, and earthware,
and china, but after the Democratic edi'
tors and the Democratic Committee went
down there, they concluded that they
could make charge, and they gave you
five per cent. better rates. met some o.
these visitors myself. They came to set
me. Applause They said-bnt I'm moi
going to give them away. If they'll keeI
still I will, but if not, then I'll blow. Ia
voice: 'Let her go"] They said the indus
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