The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-10
rARIFF ANp rum PorrERIRs.
A Reply to tho ReGi.tCt's Comments of
Recent Date.


East Liverpool Tribune.
To the Editor Of the Wheeling Register
sIR:-For Information, want 10 ask you two
questions: II II Is true as Mr.. W. l.. Wilson claims,
and you seem to approve, that there is virtually no
reduction In duties on cTGeEery, Why NEEDLE VIVA
| II at AllY
Second, Your party seems TO be making an
effort 10 reduce the surplus. WIll there not be
more Cfockery imported, and consequently more
received If there Is any reduction In the duty
Yours, CRoCRERi.
To this tho Wheeling "RegIslsr" edi.
tolially replies:
"The members Of the Ways and Means Commit
tee did not 90 at the matter In the dark, on the
contrary they had the fullest light
YeP, light from the importers. Not a
single workingmGn OF manufacturer has
been CoDBulted. On tho contrary, the
Democratic majority IN tho WEy5 and
Menus COMMITTEES absolutely refused to
allow Mckin!ey's request tot q heafias OF
workingmen interegtUd.
They have had all the data Obt4Iuable, and to
their aid they ctlled the experience OF umeI'
| Gus other gentlemen, familiar win the subject
and AlSO tho practical knowledge OF others I'M
medlaIely CONNECTED with the industries oil the
country"
They hive obtained their data from I'M
portelg and enemiea OF tho manufacturers
arc wc:L l.SeE!srt4Aigls' the notcriously
false and ludiCtous reports OF FREQ trade
Consul schoeDhof, as the StahortBhire
poLterie9. 'r''
THE changes that were made arc In the nature
Of 4 simple revision Ia the interest OF the home
manufacture"
No, not home manufacturers, but EGG
lish manufacturer, where Schoenhon 10
kept on Government pay, to send Tree
trade reports to the Treasury and Execu'
tive departments, for these tariff doCtors to
get out their figures and free trad0 physic
"Brieay, the operation OF the changes made ~
this tariff In 1883 have been found 70 promote iiRud
Oh the Government and on the home industry, 90
the changes We're stricken out and the tarih sin ply
restored 70 the old basis, which does not mean
reduction, by any means"
Look at the old and new rates given in
another column, and it will DO Rosn they
are not restored.
"The home manufacture would be aided and no
home Interest hurt by the placing Of some OF the
raw material on the free Hat"
Don't cut figure! American potters
don't AJAX it--preisr homo materials? Why
our Braudywiuo Summit clay to-day coats
more money than any English clay, duty
added, because it Is the best clay in the
world. This reduction OF duty on Clays 10
Just "bsit foE the pnwaTy. It don't
catch potters.
"As 10 a second question: Whether a reduction
Of the duty would not increase imports and thus
swell instead Of reduce the revenue; that Is more
easily answered."
Yesl Of courue it IL. Any school boy
ought to know that 1t will increase the
revenue, though increased importation.
every REDUCTION made In the new bill I, one
that the American manufacturer can meet and Sill
keep out imports. II means reduction III the
price to the consumer but not an Increased i'm
portatIOn from abroad, American manufacturers
are still amply protected BY tGriH that Is stu
high. As an illustration, we shall take toe stgel
rail industry whose protective tArin hGs met WIN
the largest reduction In the new bill"
The illustration don't Iis. We are talk
ing about Pots-not steel rails.
Assertion OF theIo miuIoDIires that the reduc'
tlon must come of lRtOr Is Is silly as II Is false
We doubt not that the greedy mohopolIstS VIII
make the tariff TN excuse for proposing reduc'
ton Of wages, but all the men have 10 do Is 10
stand together for their rights aud not one penny
will COME of their wages, neither will any mills
close down."
Dirty demsgoGiBm to catch votes. Too
thin, Mr.. fancy, you are pretty BhreTd,
We admit, but the hook Ia not hidden.
III this bill Is passed 'Crockery' will receive
better and more conclusive answers 10 his qnes'