Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-02-04
MR.. WILSON'S SPEECH.
The Able West Virginia Congressman De-
livers an Address on the Tarta'

The Able West Virginia Congressman De-
livers an Address on the TariG.
CANTON, o, February 3.-"The fact
that you are assembled here tonight to
hear the discussion Of this question, after
the strife ofa Presidential campaign, when
the people naturally seek heaven Of rest,
demonstrates two things: it demonstrates
thst tariff reform is a real issue, and tha.
it is still an open question
1t was thus the Hon. w. L. Wilson, Of
West Virginia, and member of the Con.
gre sional Committee OF Ways and Means
began his lecture upon the tariff in the
tabernacle last evening bsfOre the Young
Mems Democratic Club.
'Flash the light down the history of
free institutions" continued the speaker,
and through the centuries 1t is found /.
that the eyolutions and development Of
them has been through
THE CONTINUED CONFLICT
between the people who pay the taxes, and
the government which imposes the tex
During the last year thare was collected
into the treasury as the increase Of the gov
eminent, $3.50, 900, 600 and deducling tha.
received from the sale Of public lands and
from some other Gources, about 1896, 600
was received through the taxes laid upon
the people. And beyond TIE necessi.
ties Of the government there remain.
ed surplus in round numbers
of 1920, 100000 Oar taxes may be
raised by internal revenue upon whisky
snd tobacco, or by tari1 upon the thou
sand odd articles which are brought into
the country 10 supply the nscsssi;iss OF
the people; and put the question 10 any
plain man and he would answer that the
tax should first come of the necessities
rather than from the whisky and tobacco
Whisky and tobacco never gave any work
ingman steady labor; they never clothed
him; they never provided him and his fam
ily with the necessities OF life. Onetenth
OF the revenue raised by the tariff comes
from
wOOLES GOODS.
Upon a yard of diagonal, fifty-four inches
wide and weighing n ounces TO the yard,
the cost of which is 81 -, the tariff is
81 O5; and yet The people who are to be
benefited according TO the trainers OF this
law must pay the tax.
But the most eerious fact is the oyerpre /.
doction that is caused Steady work ak
months in most Of the prominent manulec
tures will produces enough TO LAST q year.
And yet the cry is for more manufactures
to make a market for the agricultural pro
ducts. 1t does not effect them. The wheat
shipped from Ohio goes into Liverpool and
there comes into competition with the
wheat from Australia, from India and
from South Americe, snd the price is fixed
in the market of the world The manu-
facturer is shut ont from cheap material,
and that cute the mechanic of ircm EN-
p!oyment and destroys wages. In one Of
the great mills he visited in New England
he wenr first into the cotton mill, great
structure covering eight acres of ground;
everything was life and hustle and EN-
ployes were busy. Across the naIo"
street was the wo)len mill, emp
ty. quiet, deserted. Upon the
sool there is tariff and upon the
material for the other mill none. Toe
woolen mill has q capacity of 3,OOO,O 600
pounds. Tpe manufacturer said that If
he could bling the material in he would
use / 500, 900 pounds Of it, aud the other
1. 500 900 he would get from home produc-
tion. But the mill Is closed, and the ne
chanic pays high for his cloth, and IS forced
out OF work.
Upon
SUGAR
there is a tsrifl of from one 10 three ctnis q
pound. There are fifty pounds used for
every man, woman, and child IN the conn
try. OF this but 10000 900 pounds are
produced in this country. The raw eugsr
X brought in ard red1ed here. AT New
York sixteen oe the big corporations en-
osoed in this business net together spd
formed trust. Each manufacturer took
stock and board o. eleven trustees gov
armed the business. Some Of the reiineries
ve,e reze1 and Others c,oied, and the
workmep thrown out OF employment be
fore this trust formation. when clfgl OF
sngar arrived the seller found the agents ol
sixteen refaers ready to bid Tor ~ ana
,vber a dealer went there TO buy sugar ne /
fonnd sixteen agents ready 20 compete tor .
,bs ssle and the seller and the buyer got .
Tho marFst price. Now they find bat one
sgent ACE Raw sugar was put down IN price,
"a redned sugar was pat up until II RAD
bsen M raised cent a pound that cent
uo1n5 Do meant 8 profit OF $50, oOO. 900 to the
,trrst What eau the massea DO Wnen
6sbting against q corporation with capt
al "a M Of So O0O. 900, and making Pfott oi
NJ Wilson closed with an eloquent
,eroration contrasting the natural oPPo,-
,nnities of the citizsBs Of this country with
that of the European. There the Work
man man il always a workman, az his fathers
hI ' fore him and the children to come after
S;ao ~, Between him and the noble he
laaats n,n, there il an impossible chasm. The
La the wealth, ease and luxury are
Ian an one side, and toll and poverty upon /
,bs other with u there Is 70 limit. /
Tro.e 1 of bumblest origin have risen to the 4
highest positions in the nation. And that
il NAV el Ways thus continue may money
he restrained ffcm debating legislation.