Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-16

otopls require and let our owl
people make these wooden goods
and thus increase the demand for tnei
work, and in increasing the demand 10
their work increase their wages. lap
plause.
Sir, the main object in this bill, INT
great central feature, Is that it is o Dill U
De tier the condition and increase the wage
OF our laboring people. lApplause. W
are the greatest manufacturing people IL
the world. We are the greatest agrlcni
turaI people In the world. We are IN
most skiilsd people in the world. We an
the most intelligent people in the Woria
We have the handsomest men N IN
pIettiest women in the world. lLaughte
and applause. ALI we want Is for on
Government to take its meddling 8 on
Of our business. Applause on the Demo
cratic side and cries of That's IL,
That's the peint."1
We say to the Government: Call upon u
people and tell taem hcw,much you want .
support an honest, economical sdmlnlstra
ton. We will give you what you want 10
that purpose; we will give it to you cheer
fully: but We are not going to be standini
around IS paupers, craving the protection
OF political power, when our own intellect
are superior to the intellects of any peopl
on the globe. [Applsuse. We canno
only manufacture ali these wooden goods
but we can manufacture our own cotton
two-thirds of which we are now exporting
10 foreign countries for manufacture, ant
then buying back . large amount of it II
the shape OF cotton goods.
We are the greatest cotton growing
country in the world; we are the creates
or~e-producing nation in the world; we hav,
got all the elements to make Us the creates
manufacturing nation on earth. We car
give employment, additional employment
to all our wageworkers at fair wages am
keep them constantly employed If Congress
will only let us alone. [Great applause
on the Democratic side. We ask you Il
remove ss far as you can these barriers
Let Us have free raw materials that We
may reduce the cost of the product, for the
cost of the product is to determine the
standing OF our goods in the market, and
If we can produce an article cheaper thar
anybody else in the world can produce ii
we will take the market away from them
and hold it against them. [Applause.
Why, then, should not We have all these
raw materials free? Why should not we
put cur manufacturers upon the same
basis with the manufacturers Of other
countries? Why should not we have the
opportunity to contest with them in all
the markets of the worldP Why should
net we demand that this Congress shall
undo the work of previous Congresses who
nave initiated George I'LL, as Mr.. Jefer-
says in the Declaration of Independ-
ence, by Cutting off our trade with all
parts OF the worldr Give us a fair field
and an open fight and that ia all we ask.
TApplause on the Democratic side. And,
Mr.. Speaker, that fair field and open fight
intend to have. Renewed applause.
We are going to have it, and without try
ing to FRY the fat" out of anybody either.
Laughter and applause on the Democratic
We do not Intend to try to debauch the
people with money in order to
buy their votes at the polls. We intend
TO appeal to the Intelligence and the
of our fellow citizens. That is the
great cornsrnerstone upon which the Re
is founded, and it has been found
adequate to all trials in all times In the
past, and it will not be wanting now.
We intend to appeal to their good common
sense and ask for a verdict Of approval,
and we shall appeal to that great tribunal
9th al mistaken confidence that it will
speak for the welfare and prosperity Of
the county. Applause
TIE next largest item is in tin plates,
the amount of reduction being S., 100000
Not q pound of tin plate is made in the
United States. That has been repeatedly
stated on this floor; stated from the other
side IS well as this side. 1t is clearly al
Of revenue. To put tin plate on the
free list does not deprive any man in this
of employment. 1t does not take
. dollar of profit from any manufactures
il the coartry. In order to meet the o n
dition of the Treasury, which is so alarm
ing, We have taken off this amount of 3d.
700, 900 and given it to the consumers OF
tin plate. Gentlemen on the other side
say that ia free trade, toe.
Have you thought how many people are
in tin plate? You will find 1t
in the homes of all your poor people. You
will find all your ~workingmeu going to
tEeir work with tin buckets in their hands
their dinners. You will find tie
manufacturing and canning business OF
this country carried on by the use Of for
eign tin plate. You will lind this aitic'e
everywhere. paying now q duty which
does not disturb anybody at all, but which
is piling too much money into the Treas
ury and ooneesting the circulation needed
10 the channels of business. To remedy
this disturbing condition we propose to
put this S.. zoe, 0O0 back into the pockets
of the poor peop.e of this country. 1fthat
ia fee trade make the most of it. lap
on tee Democratic side
The next ltsm is salt. Salt was put on
the free list for the first time by the meas
ure which Thomas Jefferson took part in
Salt is not q product Of the
skill OF the human mind or hand. The
Builder of the universe has made salt
Salt is in all the multitudinous waters of
the sea; salt is beneath our feet in the bow
els of the earth; God, in His Providence,
has made it for man. 1t Is necessary for
animal existence. 1t ought not to be taxed.
We have put salt on the free list, 90 that
salt may be free for our great psckeries Of
pork aud beef, for our butter makers who
are exporting butter largely, for those who
cura pnrk aifhar for THAR oun naa or for
the market. This removal Of duty affects
especially the North and the Northwest.
1t should commend itself especially to you
gentlemen who represent Northwestern
who send into the market b.
con and pork which we buy from you.
But because q few people are interested in
having a monopoly Of the salt business we
are branded before the bar of the
IS free traders when we
to remove the duty on this article,
and give back to the people this bounty
which God has prepared for them. Zap
on the Democratic side.
Next is the item Of burlsps, on which
make o reduction of 1918, 900. Every
yard of this is made in Dundee or in CAL
cutta, as I am informed. Not . yard of it
is made in the United States. The duty
upon this article brings money into our
which is not needed. 1t is better
that the people who use these burlaps
have this money in the channels o:
business. The Government does not want
it. Money thus unnecessarily placed in
the Treasury is injuring the prosperity of
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