Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-03
BELLAIRE.

One intelligent glass blower who has
been convinced that Re will be
better off by voting for revenue
reform" is sluTred by the editor OF the
Tribune, who says gas worker needs q
guardian" This willy editor also parades
the fact that "tbe Mills bill reduces the
tariff on steel rails 80 Fer cent" Well,
what if TIE duty on steel rails was reduced
35 per cent, would any industry suffer?
so per cent. would not be tco much. II
the editor of the Tribune will read the
speech made by General Gcff in the Cot.
Wilson debate he will learn frorn Repub-
lican speaker that stetl rails sell in
no county .. S28 a ton. 1T
costs $50 to produce a ton OF
steel rails in England, and by the time
freight, ETC., is paid in bring the article to
this country, another s. is added, making
the rails when in New York harbOr worth
S25. Difference between English and
American steel rails So ton. Now there
is a duty of SIT ton on this product,
from $12 to $l4 ton more than there ls
need. The Mills bill proposes to take 50
per cent. of this duly off, says the Tribune
Well, suppose it does come of? Thirty
i've per cent. taken from SIT leaves still
duty of Sll a ton, still more than is re-
uuired. If there was opfn competition In
the seel rail business like tn are is in great
rsny manufactured products protected
by the tariff, this big protection would
not be SO bal, bat as the matter
stands to-day that wheel-horse Of Rspubii.
csuisw, Andrew Carnegie, has control Of
the rail business of tie United Slater, and
when there is big demand for rails Car
negie puts up the price 10 such limit rs
to exclude foreign rails, which c1nuot g I
in here without paying SIT ton tariff,
So lcng ss steel rails in this country sell
for less than $42 ton, foreign rails are
practically excluded. But you will say
that Carnegie doc not ge. only portion OF
the advance 10 price, IS his WOrkmen are
paid on a sliding scale. True, bat when
there ia boom in prices Carnegie cuts q
slice off of his loaf of protection and gives
it to his workmOn and packets the rest Of
the loaf biuse +.
A prominent Democrat merchant OF this
city aud also a Democrat at Franklin
Station, have received circulars from the
HEADQUARTERS Of this Republicans. Oae
was from New York. The latter was re
turned with the reply THAT this Dsmo
crat is not collecting money to 60 to Ne"
York"
One Of the candidates on the county
ticket had his ticketspriuted at er the style
adopted by the State Committee, and be
, cause they are not in accordance With tE'
views of the Democratic County COMMITTEES
the cry is out that they are illegal.
The report that tie Democrats had
plenty of moreV in this State does not az
, pear 70 be verified. There has not been
, dollar sent TO this county by the STATE
: committee since the campaign opened.
WI. Rolls. who has been in West Viz
GINA keeping colored voters in hnefor th'
Republicans, hiss been home for some days
having accomplished his task.
L. C. Lord, of Cambridge, Jumped from
, aB. & o. freight train near TIE stock pen
Yesterday and sprainsd his ankle.
The Daniel Boont" Co. will show her
this evening. This company carries a bras
: band.
Jobn Mauds will serve free oyster SOU
, from 7 to 10 this evening
The B. so. is strengthening its platform
= at the depot.