Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-12

UlIn industry OF such magnitude.
No better illustration of the results Of |
moderate duties or free raw material could |
he pointed to than the carpet industries of
this country. Russian carpet wOols, |
grown in southern Russia, bordering on |
the Black Sea, practically secured, were
largely imported into the United States for |
the manufacture OF carpets To-day, |
owing - this low duty on carpet woods |
and the superior genius of our American |.
wOrkmen aud notwithstanding the higher |
wages paid in the United States, l am
crctibly informed that if five cents per
pound Is removed from DOnskOi and other
crTet wOcls, we can compete with the
world on C,rpet8 and keep our
home market The aim OF the
majority of the committee had been to re-
adjust the duties on woolen and wOrsted
goods so as to enable the manufacturers not
only II pay the same wages they are now
paying but n cheaper goC1s, thus en-
abling them to command the home market,
which they are largely deprived of and to
CDmIete in the foreign one. Free raw
wool and the dutiel proposed on the manu-
laCtures OF wool would accomplish that oh
Iect unless the committee wr9 grevOusly
mistaken. Immediately wool wPs free our
manuluc' urers would begin 10 draw up0u
the markets OF the world tor raw material
to meet :ho American demand. The re
suit would he an advance in wool in for
eign markets, and an advance abroad wOuld
advance tine price here, tariff or no tariff,
Our SHIPPING INTERESTS.
This, sir, is no mere speculation; it il
the known history OF wool under the Car.
cum7tqnc.s supposed. No people, Mr.
Chairman, can he great people who do
not 90 down to the sel in ships With
| longer coast lines than any other nation in
the world, pre- iucing grttter quantity Of
| s6G-Eorne tOnn'gc, II We eliminate coal, we
a-e yet dependent upon other nations for
| ships to do our clu lying.
What hss brought the stata of affairs?
The wooden sailing ship was doomed in
the year l~GO, and the ron and steel ship,
propelled by steam, was destined to sup
! plant it upon eI eIlnonjc grounds. What is
a steel or iron ship, sir2 What proportion
| OF i,t Ol,t consist OF structural iron or
steel beams and how we it possible for
/ the individual enterprise of this country
! - engage in the construction of iron ships
when - el bans could be bought IN
| England for S26 ~ per ton, while the
slme beams c-st3 in the United St"t- 3 3
cents per pound, or SG6 per tom What
hes brought Us - this low state: The
policy OF restriction. Protecting a few
sickly ship yards, we turn out an Ccca-
sional vessel for the cOastwise trade.
WHAT DENUtEA,Y OFFERS.
In conclusion he saio: eve pre here
we the majority OF the Ways and Means
Committee, and Of this lIouse-in deteu 2
of American industry. We alone offer il
protection. We seek alone the indera m
denca aud aggTludjzement Of domUtic
Labor by liherating it from UnrPtural re-
straint1, aud allowing it the undi-turbed
possession aud the complete enjoyment OF
its own earnings. The other side ofyrit-
what a mOnoyoliaed market in which II
buy the nee ,>,arics OF life on the one hand,
and ON the other q labor market subject II
the .pIic- of trCsts.
'WN lah1riug men accept that generous
tenderaud vote with the monopoly party
under coercion OF the employer II they
G., the hidpJus disaster tOre-ren by Jrtlrr
son "a the natural result OF the restrictive
and subsidiary policy will Irsh down upon
Us and the government OF the union will
PASS into the hands of those who openly
propose to prevent it3 powers, and employ
them to plunder the people for their own
enrichment 10 not believe, sir, that
AmulCan liberty is destined to be eXtiu
guished in this ignominious fashion. Sur
viving, "a it has, armed assault, and every
form of intrigue, il will not perish OF TIE
base corruption of subsidy. 1t vii not
( be throttled by mere greeds or smothereC
by vile monopoly
Mr.. Scott spoke for more than two
e hours, aid was loudly applauded as h
!, c1uclud 4. During the delivery Of the
9 spr.eh Speaker Carlisle, pc3tmaster Gen
eral Dickinson, and Aosistlnt Pc3tmasteI
G aneral StsvenF1n, were attentive listen
, eIs. while MIS- Cleveland was in the gal
, lery Tor short time.
Mr.. Gear, of Iowa, Mr.. Debble of Soutt
Carolina and Mr. Houghcn, OF WisCon%n
-. also sTDke upon the Mills bill, after whlcl
q the commit rose and the House ad
/ iourned.