The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-20

8 be likely to have on the Democratic pot
. ters OF Wheeling to know the whole
: extent of their cut, that it is probably
& good politics on their part not to print
9 this information.
have here comparison OF the ex.
0 isting tariff with the bill submitted to
0 the Ways and Means Committee. l will
! read the sections:
The paragraphs inclosed in brackets
) are from the Mills bill.
China, porcelain, parian and bisque,
) tearthen, stone and crOckery ware,1 IN
Guiding plaques, ornaments, charms,
vases and statuettes, painted, printed,
| or gilded, or otherwise decorated Tor or.
: namented) many manner, sixty per CEN
tum ad valorem.
[China, porcelain, parian and bisque,
including plaques, ornaments, charms,
WAGES and statuettes, painted, printed or
gilded, or otherwise decorated in any
/, manner, forty-fve per centum nd
valorem.]
China, porcelain, parian and bisque
ware, (plain white, and not ornamented
or decorated in any manner,) titty-tiye
per centum ad valorem.
j [China, porcelain, parian and bisque
ware not decorated i'll any manner;
earthen, stone or Crockery ware COM
posed OF earthly or mineral substance,
printed, enamelcd or gilded, forty per
centum nd valorem.
White granite, common ware, PLAN
white or Cream.colored, lustered or
printed under glaze in single color;
sponged, dipped or edged ware, thirty
five per centum ad valOrem.
All other earthen, stone, and crockery
ware, white, glazed, or edged, composed
OF earthly or mineral substances, not
specially enumerated or provided for in
this act, tifty-tive per centum nd va
loren.
rAll other earthen, stone, and crock
ery ware, white, celored or bisqUe, COM
posed OF earthly or mineral substances,
not specially enumerated or provided
for in this act, and not decorated in any
manner, thirty-ilve per centnm ad
You will notice that the present
tariffs
SIMPLE AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND,
tifty-fve per cent ad valorem for every
piece OF plain goods imported. For
every piece Of crockery decorated in any
manner sixty per cent ad valorem.
In place OF this simple arrangement
they have substituted new classiica-
ton, more complicated, for much greater
opportunity for fraud in false ciassifica-
ton and differentiation.
You will find in the two sections
have read that white ware is sdividcdintO
two sections in the Mills bill, china, por-
celain, parian and bisque ware being re-
duced from 30 per cent 10 40 per cent.
Ills does not affect many OF the pot
teries in this country, but such as it does
cut it cuts badly. White granite, com.
mon ware, plain white or cream colored,
lustercd or printed under & aze i'll sin
gle color; sponged, dipped or edged
ware reduced from 50 per cent to 30 per
cent in part, and from 60 per cent to %
per cent on the other part. This is the
class OF goods which comprise the bulk
falmost the whole may say o! the
goods manufactured in this country.
And this is where the foreign manu-
facturer has put his best work in on Mr..
Wilson and on his colleague on the sub |
committee in charge OF this matter. This
clause, il it becomes Il law, will
WORK a REVOLUTION
in the pottery business in this coun-
try. The cut on the white ware from
55 per cent to 30 per cent is bad enough
chasing decorated goods which now pay
60 per cent in this - per cent is Il per
feet outrage. 1t is entirely in the inter-
ests OF English manufacturers at the ex-
pense OF American labor. And while |
admire the persistent pluck and energy
displayed by my late countrymen and
like TO see them prosperous, still do
not want myself and children to suffer to
find constant work for foreign labOrers.
am an American citizen first, last and
all the time, and want TO see this Coun'
try prosperous.
The balance OF our decorated ware was
reduced from GO to 45 per cent, amended
on motion OF Mr.. Bynum, OF Indiana, to
80 per cent, so that on the class OF goods
we do not make in 9ny great quantities
we receive the slightest cut.
Mr.. Wilson claims that we get admin
istrative charges, etc, which compensate
us in some measure for the cut, but
neither he or any OF his tutors can show
up anything like 10 per cent to make up
for almost reduction Of 0me.ha!f OF our
duty.
Now, fellow pOttcrs, | have tried to
show you in some measure what our cut
would be, il the Mills bill US passed by
this Fiftieth Congress should become a
law. The question now arises where
would this cut come from? You have
heard from the report OF our tariff foe,
Mr.. Schoenhof, OF the great reduction in
selling price during these last few years
and we know that our employers will
not stand the shrinkage, (even supposing
they could do sol without giving US =
pretty hard tussle-ultimately it will all
come from labor (for nothing produces
but labor and every shrinkage OF values
that occurs,
FALLS RIGHT on LABOR.
| would like to say here, so far us for
eign labor in the pottery industry is con-
cerned, the percentagei is now very small.
Taking the oldest Wheeling pottery, l
believe 20 per cent OF the 260 employees
are natives OF Wheeling; so that this is
your fight, and ] hope TINT every potter
In this city will use iis influence in every
honorable way to defeat the ultimate
passage of the Mills bill.
will now close with an extract from
speech by our own General Coil, which
expresses my sentiments in most clio.
Quent Language:
"We must not destroy our protective
system. 1t has accomplished wonders
Ii has pleasant surprises still in store for
! us. 1t has enabled us to perfect our
! grand system of finance, the marvel OF
the world, and has caused our credit to
shine with the sun OF civilization. 1t has
iostered our industries, built up our
manufactures and opened our wilder.
ness. 1t has elevated our manhood, dig
niiied our labor and educated our peo-
pie. 1t has made our valleys to laugh in
5 their gladness, and touching our barren
, mountain sides, has caused the waters
OF commercial prosperity to flow DER all
, the land 1t has made the flag Of our
! nation typiiy all that is great OF human
2 h.