Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-07
Mr.. CRAVEN PRYToN,
BY THOMAS WALKER. At Sbadwell.
ID. w. X. POISAL.
An Old Wheeling Citizen Writes from Lam
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LANCASTER, PA, Sept. 3.
To the Editor ofme Register:
SIR:-No doubt you will be surprised TO
hear of me being in this city, but such Is
the case. / have been living here for near
ly five years. l Am foreman Of tannery
here, and must say like the city very
much. 1t is clean and very healthy. The
only manufacturing done here on large
scale are three very large cotton mills,
employing hundreds Of hands, principally y
women and children, who work eleven
hours day. The children getting from
81 so to $500 per week. The women,
some are weavers. who make on an aver
age Of 81 90 per day, with but little free
dom, as they have to be on the minute TO
20 to work, and it seems TO me, when /
think of old Wheeling and her iron mills,
that those cotton mills are more like 0
prison. These mills employ some labor
srs who work for 90 cents
and $1.1O per day for eleven hours
work. How is this for high tariff Penn
sylvsnia2 But wages are low here oil
around. First class mechanics are work
ing for 81 and % per week. With the ex-
ception Of house rent, Wheeling Is cheap
place TO live. II 1t was not for the.lStuation
I have would stay here but q short time.
presume that you know that this 10 the
home of James Buchanan. visit his
tomb frequently, also the tomb Of
Thadeus Stevens. III were anything Of o
writer might write you considerable about
these two great men, as have heard Q
great deal about them since came here.
suppose you would like TO hear some
about the politics Of this great county, said
10 be the finest In the State for agriculture.
Well, TO tell you the Gods truth, /
never saw it's equal. This county gave
Gov. Beaver 10000 majority. There Is Q
floating vote here that has 10 be bought,
and would like to have the Hon. John
Sherman 10 come here on cleo
tion day to see the free ballot and
fair count here, Is il is not -
far of az Texas, or even South Carolina.
I saw at the last Mayors election men sell
their votes from 75 cents to 81 per vote.
I did not have Q vote here for President in
1884, but have one now, and an only
q hard working man. shall vote for
Cleveland and Thurman, and do all In my
power for them. II the workinRmen Of
Wheeling and my own native State-West
virginia-will only read and look into the
facts instead of listening 10 that candidate
for Governor, Gen. Goff, they will vote
the straight Democratic ticket.
lam glad to hear that my old friend,
John o. Pendleton, has been nominated
for Congress, and every Democrat in the
district ought to vote for him, - I 70.
member we'll Of my eighteen years in
Wheeling be stood BY the party in every
extremity, and wss ever ready 20 lend Q
helping hand. wss pained 10 hear of the
death Of Hans. Good and z G. Cracrsft,
men who took the tyrsuts hand from the
disfranchised and helped to kill that regis
trstion act, that none but Republicans
could register If the g. o. p. could help IL.
You can bet dollars TO dimes that Harri-
son will not get $1,000 majority In this
State. Blaine got $1,000. The colorsd
troops here are fighting nobly, and II you
do as well in good old West Virginia Gof,
Harrison and monopoly viii Be left In the
distance. But have no fear Of West Viz
ginia. think the voters there are intelli.
gent enough to know thst tariff Of 40 per
cent is not free trade, and ths raw material
We admit free only keeps our factories
moving. am now working on Spanish
hides that are admitted free Of duty. We
can tan them here and ship them back to
England or Spain and make nice profit
And yet our butchers here are not kicking,
for we are exporting more leather In one
year than all Of Europe imports In Ave
years. These are fscta / will DOW Gloss.
Give kindest regards TO Captain Porter
Smith, Tom Darrsh, Dr.. Baird, Sr., and
in fact any ons yoa think ! know. Mail
me the WEEKLY REGIsrER fos nix months
and forward me- bill. / want 10 hear whst
Won are ell doing. D. w. z. PoIsAI-