Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-29

u,osucslon here with the cost of produc-
ton abroad, you have put our people on
.Ssir fses; and when you 90 beyond that
sou are builiing up monopolie3 and trusts
ySst are the greatest dsngers that ever
,oeuaced this country.
Where you find monopolies and trusts,
,ou ste thsse endssvoriag to drive out Ia
: hor and thus lessen the field for labor. We
could take all the raw mstslial of indus
~ and hand il over to the American
wo,kingman; and as more employment
means more and better wages Cries,
NO. sir."1 shall prove it. Gen. Geff
bas admitted than when there is more de.
msnd for labor, he gets mora wsg;s, and
IA mora independent man. ] am Eos
only fighting for better wages, but for
stasdier employment; / am not only fight
mo for light taxes for the American work
;pSmap, but am fighting for his personal
Independence. That is tie graf issue
;, sfter all. It is not little less taxes and
little more employment but it is his
nsrsonsl msnhood and Independence.
non wsnt to be man first. Cry, Got
that twenty years ago." and cries Of steel,
wool. iron, and for Goff.
Fellow citizens, let me talk moment
m this wool tax. believe that too many
Of the burdens of this government rest on
tina farmer. ] believe it is q shame that
nearly all the burdens of this government
rest on what we consume. The laboler is
taxed on nearly everything that he con-
sumss, while there ars monopolists, and
people that buy luxuriss, amassing large
fortunes, and yet go free Of taxation. II 1
could have found one point where the
farmer was bsnsfitted by the fax on wool,
would have been favorable to tart on
wool.
But q tariff on wool Of twenty per
cant. when uRwashej, and thirty and
forty per cent. when secured is not
right, making it necessary for our peop'e
10 pay such taXss On this woolSn goods
that Gel. Hast wears, or shoddy, which
ever il Is Laughter, and reply by Mr..
Hart lost IN the confusion Fer all this
high tariff, th:rs is not business in this
country lass prosperous than the manufac-
tursof woolsn clothing. Two-thirds Of the
mills are idle.
TIE TAX ON WOOL DOES NOT MAKE BUsI-
NESS PROSPEROUS.
Here is the tax on wool that makes nsces-
sary this high prize for wooden goods. Yet
there is not business in this country that
is less prosperous than the wooden indus
try-that is the mandatory of wooden
clothing. have bsen in the great mills
Of the country aud twO-thirds Of the ma
chinery are idle. The wool raisers' bust
mass is depressed. When the President
issued his message the manufacturers club
sent ous reply TO it. Now, we all know
that while We consume SOC, OOO, 900
pounds Of wool Per year, we only raise
500, 900, 900 pounds, or oas-half. l went
into the great mill at Lawrence, Msss.,
that had a capacity for all the wool that
West Virginia was capable Of raising, and
the mansgsr told me- it was running at q
less. The demand for wool, he said, was
becoming greater, and the psople want
chsspsr clothing. Do yon know, fellow
citizars, that the tax On bIoadcloth 10 so
psr cent. end the tax on cotton goods so
per Ceat? What is the result OF that?
First, it don't do any gOOl to the factory.
VS. had free wool from 1857 to 1860,
and the p:ice of wool went up four
cents per POUND. In those days We had
20, G0O,COO sheep east of the Mississippi
river while to-day we have less than tina
number. Cheers, followed by delistVe
bowls and Interruptions Now, nay
friends, let me spexk. When We gel ffes
wool we can Start our woo'el mills run
mig. We can give employment to our
labor and tie ST., 1000. 900 worth Of goods
bought IN last year, We can make
ourselyes- Turn to Mr.. Evar's and to Mr..
Blaine's reports and you viii find there is
not much diff rance between the wages CT
the wooden workers Of Europa and the
same class of mems wsgeJ in the Uti'e1
States. Cheers. We cannot only make
our own clothing but cell them in the
markets of the world. lCEears and ap-
plsrs followed by continued interruptions
preventing Mr. Wilson from speaking II
we can get free raw materi,l we cam o. only
make all cur own agricultural and other
implements, but we can sell them in the
markets If the world. Here the disorder
became disgracsful and forced the speaker
to stop Now, do you know that these
ordinary cheap suits you buy are rot
wooden goods; they are shOddy.
WOOL THAT IS NOT WOOL.
A man told me in the House that between
his home and certain town in New EGG
land near which lie resided there were
seven wooden mills aud every one OF them
shut down. Now, that is what we can do
in the wool lire. When we get free raw
materials we won't have to pay oo1bls
price fer suit, such, for instance, as Col.
Hart has on.
Col. Hart-"Nos when you get it for
So OO.n
Well, 1 don't know anything about Col.
Hart's suit, bnt if he got it for So 90 he
did vel. Maj. Mckinley exhibited 8
$1,000 suit in the House Of Representa-
tiyss. Col. Mills started ont and looked
up the pediges, as it were, of that suit,
and found that the original cost was Only
$500, and the taxes alone forced it up 70
$l04l.
REPUBLICAN GREE TRADE" CRY En-
POSED.
Now, fellow citizens, want to impress
upon your minds what You already well
know: that these gentlemen are not deal
ing fairly with you, and when they say
the Mills bill is free trade bill they say
what is not true. It is, as President
Cleveland said, q condition, rot theory
that confronts Us. We are fighting to gel
rid of unnecessary taxes, not those that
are existing for the sake Of keeping out
foreign competition, bat those that build
Up tfo.e great monopolies and this system
of centraliz ID wealth In this country.
These gsntlems an talk aboutou greatly In