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

" EIni Lin
my a tlx-ridden people clamorous for relief,
instead OF following in line with the de-
,laCatiOnS Of every public officer this Gov
eminent has ever had-that when we were
r1llCCtiug more money than was needed
taxes ought to be reduCed-this bill aCtu-
ply proposed to increase them.
1ue msiority of the committee on Ways
and Means realized and appreciated the con-
iition of affairs existing IN the country t.
day, and however anxious they might be
to extend that full measure of relief to Il @
wage workers and the great agricultural
clseses of the country to which they are
Justly entitled, invested capital hgi its
claims upon them. Keeping those objects
IN view, 1t h2d sought fist tDrelieve thee
industIieB by placing on the
free list ~ far "a it possibly could, sucn
articles as were essentially necessary to
them - enable them to compete not only
in their home markets, but in the markets
of the world. Secondly, In the rev,ion
and reimbursement of the various schedules
under the existing tariff to leave ample
duties on all merchandise that could
possibly be imported from abroad in
with our home products,
and to protect our home manufacturers
and the labor employed by them,
and as the beat evidence OF our efforts in
this direction, l can only C)mpere the
average rates OF duties under the existing
tar,tI with what they would he under this
bill II il should become a law, namely, the
averr.e ad yalOrem duties on dutiable
gCsds under the existing t2,.G of A. + 7
cent FL valogem and the average under
the proposed bill of 40 percent. / yalOrem.
This shows reduction under the present
bill equal to - ; r cent. Rd valOrem OF the
$l2. 12D, ,li7.22 iuctiOn duties on imports
under the propoE bill, should it become
a law, So l-9. 5O5 Is are derived from the
article pllC.i upon the free hst, leaving
the sum OF $3l, $50, ,Hil.7l "a the grC'3 re-
duction made or proposed by he commit g
applicable tDall our varied industries, and
yet. sir, the majority Of this House and OF
rommitte are charged with being fc-2
traders.
REDUCE THE SURPLUS.
Since the Secretary of the Tre9'ury h /
resumed the purchase of bonds this month
May the amount offered and purchagId
would not equal even the surplus of the
daily taxes collected from the ! pple after
paying those from the daily expenses OF
the government. The bill now under con
sideration had been framed for the double
purpose OF reducing the surplus and rC
levlng the country, OF needless taxation.
The changes made the majority of the
committee believe Will accomplish the 'e
oh.,nts, but he wished - r. clearly under
stood that the interCs'g of labor had n
~'r.dilv held in view at every stage OF the
proceedings aud that this bill iurnishC
that protection - labor whiChshi OPT D
u-ufs prOfesssd to Give hut to which thell
p1licv had been directly opposed. Tht
eA.ct of the b'll would r. not - rCiuc
his wages, but TO Lessen to him the cost o
the uere> e>sgvigs Of life and II decrease h.,
dependence upon the employer. Extreme
upyertv and liberty never existed together
Starving men and women could not b'
free.
Protection so-caIled would add not {
penny TO the wagewOrker's pay, or Lsyt
one days additional labor in the year, bu
IL would rob him of an undue proportion
OF his earnings, to puTch"Se the neco 'sliie
of lite and keep him trembling depend
ant. since the recent history Of this coun
trv -howed that the tendency OF the pro
| tgrtCt indusu,6g w's towerd c)mblnatlor
I in tIs form OF trust7, under which Pre- Inc
| ticn ws3 arbitrarily suspended, ra SIM
pr,c.. - the consumer and the forcing O
/ the workingmsn out of his job. Monop
DIV. more I, .ible, mere dangerous 10 tn
liberties Of the c)uutIy, more OppIc ave
70 the laborer conuot be imagined.
A RELIEF TO THE FARMERS.
/ Ur1u no cIa-S of orr p. ople did the pres
ent fiscal rlens of our country bear g
| holvirygs uTan the farming ella 9. One
| the strong argument7 that the protection
i-ts made - the farmer We the home m1r
Eet that pros .ction wGs alleged 70 lpSur
for his produce. Il was taIacy a1d
/ nlud, aud intelligent farmers would not b
longer dec,iv, / b" 1t.
Tu,ling his attention to the met I
schedule OF the bill, Mr.. Scott cit. / Tn
CO of the Rigar Thomson steel works, ?
exhibiting the operations Of a monoEol,
dry, swelling the profits OF the mauuiaC
t1rsr into NEST unreasonable and even M
milling figures, whilst adding nothing
the wae.s of labor either common {
skilled, and at the same time restuctln
the market OF the farmer tor h'S produc'
through simply pillaging him upon h
purchasers OF implements and appTe..
He called the attention of the House an
the country 70 the new and natural fore
which. in his opinion, weS destined
rpvolutiouiza, and had already in larG
|Irprta revOlutiOnilsd some departmer
American manufactures. lie alluded
. natural gls. II was used in the Edg,
: Thomson works, but it appeared that Il
, economy of ITS use had not rs yet enable
the proprietors u reduce the price or the
product or to add anything
the wages paid. II wes the cheaPs
and mcst effective fuel ever discovered
invented by man. The world could n
show i's equal What then did the ma
= uE .turers . lOrtunat ly situated rtqu1
r, enable them u Take the start OF III
majestic world and bear the palm alone
Nothing but free raw material, open ma
ketg around the globe, no necessary
-ti,ctious here or there, cheap food, che
!, raiment and cheap blankets.
.- THE NEED or THE HOUR.
Western Pennsylvania, Er,tern On
= and large are. beside which were SON
Il he supplied with this marvellous ageI
o would, IT they understood the clrcul
K stances. exchange the pjtItul cry OF mo
y srhsid , , for the most thriving lnduStrl
Z ON earth. for a laundering demand for Ire
p dom OF exchanges ami cheap supplies.
Contracting the coul industry, which,
'i ne safd protection did not protect, WI
y from and s, eI, he I'D that from pracuC
y ryuericnce of over onc-thiId OF Ct
IL tury in the coal mines of his Sta,
y hath anthracite and btuminOus, he W
ie ipstiied in stating that the wage work
le received for his labor directly and indIre'
IL from ~ per cent tos5 per cent. oil I
Selling price OF the coal at the mines,
pr ogainst the : r,r cent that labor receiy
- M the Edgar Thomson steel works on I
q selling prices on q lot of steel beams. l
\, .--.,.lI,l not ,rntsrt the coal miner b