The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-28

Of coke. For that II gets 80 cents. Then
for getting and converting the ore, lime
stone and the coke into 1900 pounds oi
pig iron for that work 1t gets $l.57. Then
1t has got to convert that 1900 poundH
ofplg iron into 2,4SS pounds Of steel In.
gois, For that II gets Sl.GS and the fuel,
bltumihous coal, for tho conver.
sion Of the above into 2,isS
pounds Of steel ingots costa OF
cents. For The conversion OF steel
ingots into steel rails thoie Ia paid 81 81,
and for that fuel used in converting
these ingots into steel rails there is paid
DC cents, 30 that 10 the labor involved in
digging out tho ore. and the limestone
and tho incl for converting tho ore and
tho limestoae into steel rails there Ia
paid $ll 10. That Ia all tue labor in 1t,
as we u ders,and II, all the labor ON.
ployed in Iuaking ton of steel. rails,
costs sll 50. What do you think the
same labor would cost In pauper Eng.
land? Jagt make a mental guess. II
coats sll 90, and the difference between
the money paid to American labor for
the mak ing Of a ton Of steel rails as dis.
ting1ishod from English labor engaged In
the zane work, Ia precisely 277l.I0o
cents. Now then here's my lgnres.
That Is what thty wantto protect. Thoy
want to protect that q cents difference.
They want to Go moro than that. They
certainly want 10 do more than that.
They'll have you believe they want to
An n What a. vnn pupnoso 10 tho a..
protecting that y ceuts difference?
What do You suppose2 Thirteen dol.
lars and forty.fOus cents. To protect
thu. q cents difference In iabortiey pu.
cn.G lex of Sl3il can gctnearer ttat.
Ing tho ruth ihaa that. Now then let
me sec II can't hit little closer. Tho
rost OF a ton OF steel raila, including tho
Sll 80 paid to the men who produce
them, The supplies-that Ia, the supplies
used in their production-lepairs OF tho
plant and transportation and The tax
and the salaries OF the officials and the
clerke, aud every honest charge that eu.
ters iuto their cost, makes u ton OF steel
rails O 81 in this country SIS Is. add
to that I 20 per cent proGt--that is
pretty good proft-2O per cent profit,
aud thai would make the rails $50 9l.
In Eur De thn average cost OF ton Of
steel rails is 81 80. ! allow profit Of
s. 500 per cent-just half what |
allow for here. Tha. would make the
ceiling price S25 GO. Put on the Sl3 A
tax and that makes it impossible to get
a ton OF steel rails into this country for
less than S39.0i, and that allows the
man who has the 20 por cent profit in
selling his rails at $50 04 to sell his rails
all tho way 10 $50. The difference in
cost over $40 Oh Is not to pay you that 27
cents difference, not to encourage Amer
ican Industries, but is TO put n bounty
into his pocket. the cells them to-day ior
S33 he isgettin2S2 O6 bounty upon every
ton OF rails that he sells.
Now, Just imagine Mr.. Carnegie acl.
ling rails, and Tor every ton OF rails that
goes out 50. .01 goes in. Isit any wonder
Mr.. Carnegie has enough to live on2
Do you see where the immense fortunes
have been amassad? Now the Ddmo-
cratic party recognizing that difference
Of q cents between the labor cost here
ans ahroad, recognizing the difference
in their cor litions wonld take the price
OF steel rails in th;a country, add on the
profit, add on the difference in the cost
Of labor-ltwenty.seycn csnts,-doub,e
It il you will, thfibble it II you viii, add
that on, but don't add on dollar OF
bounty to the manufacturer, BECAUSE it
all comes back on you.
After he had told about people colng
barslooted, and ragged, and not hayihg
enough t. eat on account OF the Nc.
Kinley bill, ne tlrned bis attention TO
tho proposed Federal elections bill and
yarned his hesrera that in all probable
ity tho fourth OF November would be the
last time ttey would ever cast their
votes as free men.
When he had finished Co.. Robert
White came forward. The audience
began to thin out 80 rapidly that he had
to beg tho cues who were going to stay
Just a minute. He promised to talk
only little bit and on that proposition
induced about half the crowd to wait,
Colonel White: was excited, aud his
face aud head were as white as his hair.
He had been stirred to the inuer.nost
depths of bis soul ct What Mr.. Grady
said about the last chance to vote as a
freeman, and though there waa not
co!ored man in the house, addressed his
hearers as ".My Fellow Freedmen" The
Colonel kept hiI promise and said a few
words.