The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-20
TIE REGISTERS DRMAGoGI.
Seeking to Array Capital and Labor Against
Each Other.


Seeking to Array Capital anu LhDor ABuhhA'
Each Othor.
To he Editor Of The InteligHeer:
sIR:-While differ with you in re-
gard to the propriety of publishing the
names Of those Democrats who, dissatis-
fed with the administration Of OIr. Cleve-
land and his Free Trade theories,
have concluded to vote against the St.
Louis platform and the Mills bill, l am
not surprised that the Register should
endeavor to array labor against capital
in its endcavor to stop the tide or flow
of voters that seems to have set in from
the Democratic party 10 the Republican
party. The Register has not learned that
the American working man OF to-day is
not the ignorant field hand OF thirty
wears ago. Those who have toiled up
through these years and, sad it may be
to confess it, have not realized their eX-
pectations, whose accumulations have
been naught, even these know that pro-
lection has not made their condition
more laborous, their paths in life less
pleasant. They can find other causes
Tor their lack OF wealth. Why is it that,
born in the same house, raised in the
same neighborhood, breathing the same
atmosphere, q family will produce
healthy and unhealthy members? AS
we'll try to match the leaves
OF the forest as to give reason for all
this, but any man past forty years oil
age, and yet dependant upon his own
labor-that is, one Of the poor men, who
ia poorer now whilst his neighbor Is
richer, can see opportunities neglected
that his neighbor took advantage OF,
Perhaps he can remember, too, when
this same neighbor has said to him,
Let us put few hundred in this en-
terprise, it will pay" He refused, the
neighbor made his investment and II
has made him much OF his wealth. 1t
was not that he, this poor man, did not
then have the means-he did have it,
but his judgment dictated another
course. He made another investment
that did notsucceed.
/ much mistake the intelligence and
temper OF the American workingman II
he allows such damagogy as is evinced
by the Register and kindred sheets to
influence him TO vote against Protection.
Some times there is a Divinity that
shapes our ends rough, hew them how
we may; but let US be willing to with,
hold nothing from our more favored
neighbor, Just because he may get q
greater portion of it than We do. II 1t
benefits him any it will benefit us some.
In the same manner we may argue that
II Free Trade will injure the capitalist
lessen his profits the Register says-so
will it lessen our earnings in like pro-
portion, and who is best able to endure
this reduction2
No, Mr.. Register, convince the work
ingman by sound reasoning II you can
that when the era OF Free Trade is es'
tablished he can buy the same amount
Of goods with his wages at 70 cents
day that he could buy when he was earn
ing 81 so per day; and after the factories
Of England have closed our factories
that these English people will not put
up the price OF their commodities, in 70
yenge for the long shut-out they have
had, but for decency's sake don't ARA!
labor against capital, for one is as neces
sary as another; their weliares are in
terwoven in such manner as to be in
seperable. A WAGE GARNER
Wheeling, ". Va, July 10.