Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-08
[ Dictated. ]


Stripped of guarded language the above
is a notification to the partisan Republi'
can press to use every endeayor to create
business scare throughout the country; an
invitation to make q mountain ont Of
every mole hill," so that fictitious bnsi-
ness reyerses can be quoted from section to
section, for the purpose OF creating . feel
ing of distrust among the people, thereby
paving the way for financial panic, and
CONSEQUENT suffering Of the masses.
The above letter il no doubt but one OF
its class. and the inference to he drawn is
that other circulars have or will be sent to
every manufacturer who can be approached
with safety on such point, and TO every
one influenced by trusts, to furnish the
foundation for these newspaper sensations
Ply closing down their works on account
of the tariff agitation" Every string
that would tend to ruin the business sta
bility of the nation to be pulled, and the
psrtisan press take up the cry disaster, u"
magnify to the greatest point every Incl
dent that would aid the movement, there
by. if successful, plunging the country in
to the slough of dependency, and by the
6ctitious scare cause the ruination OF thou
lands of enterprises, and subsequent hard
ships of the masses through the baletnl in
auenees of financial panic" and all for
the purpose OF political gain.
Was ever before party that would SINK
so low a. this2
The manufacturers have been approach
al on such "A mission there is hardly any
question; in this locality there has been
abundant evidence. When the Cart
wriyht Iron Company, Of Steubenville,
failed, one of the proprietors was begged
by Republican newspaper correspondents
| 10 ascribe the cause to the Mills bill ano
tariff agitation, but he replied ttat he had
''too high q regard for his word, to stoor
N such business" Notwithstanding this,
the report was sent broadcast, that the
works had closed through the inflaence oi
the tariff agitation"
Even in this city, where business has
been a record of unparalleled prosperity
since the Democrats assumed control,
while orders were crowdipg our rOtterles
IN their utmost capacity, and work on ex
tensiye additions to their factories beinl
rapidly pushed, there was some influence
AT work, all of a sudden, in the midst o.
this prosperity, without any visible cause
the proprietors began to draw long faces
complained about the great depression II
their trade, caused by the tariff agita
ton" Ii even went so far that one OF the
large establishments closed down, thu
Republican press took MP the cry
and the country was informed tna'
the pottery business was virtually rum
ed by the Democrats; all worked
well for q while, but outside potteries a.
Wheeling and other points were crowded
with orders, new works began to spring mp
and after seeing thegolden harvest slipping
from their hands, the potteries wer'
quietly started, work on the extensive ad
ditions hurried, the usual annual stoppage
curtailed, and the output of ware up tt
the highest point. The impetus given by
four wears of Democratic rule to the stream
Of their prosperity was too strong to et
checked. : while every effort was no doubt
bent to cause depression in their trade, II
could not be done, sndthe depression II
the pottery trade" scheme has misersbly
j failed.
The latest effort of the dying Republi-
cans will prove boomerang"