Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-16

! utterly thrown away and wasted; sugar re.
fused to be nouIished, the little infant was
dying, there wa not o ghost of q chance
for It's recovery, and the reason they
wanted to throw il aside wss that it had
ceased to prosper, and they felt justified in
slaugttsring it. (Applause on the Demo
cratic side. Now, acting on the principle
Of their WI philosophy, here we have
found that the fax, hemp and juts bust.
ness, thst for years we have been nursing;
that for years, with all Of the paternal care
and tenderness that could be bestowed
upon it, has not prospsrsd, and lie passing
away; it is dying, it soon must depart;
and hence I repeat, in the light Of their
own philosophy, and learning the Lesson
from that side of the House, we took II
and put it on the free list (Applause on
the Democratic aide.
Another thing-we have taken opium,
$46S, 900 worth Of medicinal opium, a
medicine for the relief of the sick and the
suffering, not an ounce Of it grown in the
United States, and that also we put upon
the free list. But they do not want free
opium; it is whisky they want; they re-
fuse opium altogether. [Applsuse On the
Democratic eide. Have we endangered
any n industry by this change? Have
we hurt anybody L. there a business en-
terprise in the United States that will be
harmed by it because We give the people
cheap medicine. and of the best kind. for
the suffering, sick and perhaps the dyingP
And ye. they demand that the duty shall
be put upon opium, too, because by releas.
ing the duty it might be considered q step
in the direction of free trade"
Well, what nextP We hsve got cotton
ties on the free list. The duty collected
on these is $121, 600 annually. Nearly all
these cotton ties are made in foreign coun-
tries, as I am informed. They cannot be
made a. cheaply here as in other countries
and brought here with 35 Per cent dnty.
That was the rate prior to the tariff Of
1888. That rate was retained in the tariff
Of 1883. There was some gentleman on
the other side who said cotton ties could
not be made at 35 per cent, and proposed
to increase the duty iu order to keep ont
cotton ties and give u manufacturers the
right to make them; but Mr.. Morrell, the
great living father of protection, refused to
disturb the duty Of 35 per cent. on cotton
ties. The consequence ia that it is q mere
revenue duty, and the revenues are not
needed, bat they still continue to come,
and the eurp(us revenues continue to in
crease. The result is that we get $121,-
600, not needed in the present condition of
the Treasury, and we propose to help to
relieve this condition By removing the duty
to the extent Of $121, 900 IN cotton ties.
Yet, because VIC do that, We are called sec
tional.
My friends out through the Northwest,
have You ever realized TIE fact that 10 a
very Large extent your prosperity is de-
pendent upon the prosperity of the South.
ern planter Have you ever thought that
it might be well to enable these pJor peo-
pie to buy more horses and more mules
and more hogs and more Of your bacon
and lard and -four? For years and years
you have been sending these things to Us
as the chief coneuraers of your great prod
ucts, and we have been enabled to pur-
chase them from You by the profits VS.
make on the production of cotton. Bot
Just in proportion as you overtax your
customers to that extent do you cripple
their capacity to buy; for Just in proper
ton as their capacity TO buy is crippled,
your capacity to sell is crippled.
We have bristles, STA, 900. These We
put or the free list to help manufacturers
make brushes and give more employment
to our people and give them better wages
These bri1tlss, l am told, though l do not
know whether it ia true or not, come
chiefly from Russia. They have a certain
quality of stiffness which makes them SUI
perior to other kinds and better than any
that can be produced here. AS l say, we
have put them on the free list. Does that
injure any industry? Who is burt by such
an arrangement Not one. And yet our
friends on the other side turn up their eyes
in horror and say, here is another evidence
Of free trade that we are forcing upon the
people. [Applause on the Democratic
siGe.
And then We ONE to the aIti lie Of
currants, Zsnte, or other kind. These
do not grow in tnis country, eitner. They
come from but one spot on the whole
globe. Ny friend over there (Mr. Cox
knows where tcey come from. He has
been on this little island 10 the Gulf OF
Corinth. 1t has q peculiar climate and
soil solely adapted to produce them, and
with temperature and otnef conditions
that make it possible to produce taem
There alone are they produced, aud they
are brought to this country and placed
upon our market. W. propose to put
them on the free lit. 1t does not disturb
q SINGLE laborer employed in the produc-
ton of currants in this country; not n
None Of them are grown here; lone can
be produced here, and yet cur friends on
the other side cry out again, Another
evidence of free trade" You must tax the
people in their food; you must tax the
people 10 their clothing; you must tax
them in their implements Of labor, and it
you want anything free, take q free drink
of whisky. IGreat laughter and applause
on the Democratic side.
Here is lumber. We have put it on the
free list to shelter the people in the north.
west from the terrible and Vigorous climate
of that region. We Democrats say to our
poor people IL il time for you to be consid-
cred. Prior Congresses have released the
taxes on banks, the tax on domestic man.
ufactures, the taxes on railroads, the taxes
on telegraph companies, the taxes on eI-
press companies and the taxes for buying
and selling exchanges. Ali the wealth OF
the country has been released, now the
Democratic party is again doing blu ,iness
at the old stand and says We intend to
hunt the men who are living In sod houses
and give them free lumber. Applause.
Well, we found ostrich feathers with a
tax of $25.O7. There are 10 ostriches in
this country. This is not yet an infant in
dustry 10 the United States. 0striches are
not found on the Western prairies, nor in
the Northern woods, nor along the Gulf
coast, but our ladies want to wear the o.
trich feathers sometimes in their bonnets,
and we do not resd the money, and why
should we not let them come in fres2
When we again inaugurate Grover Cleve-
land on the 18th of March next we will want
all tie ostrich feathers to sdorn the hats
and bonnets of our ladies as they join in
the procession and keep up with the band
wagon. tApplsuse
have been told, Mr.. Speaker, and I see
evidences of it, that my poor scalp is mark
ed IS q trophy TO sdorn the belts of those
who receive the sole benefits ofthe tariff
that my head, too, is doomed to the basket.