Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-13


+ sailed into New York harbor They were
loaded with fresh mackcrcL one Of these
schoouers was a Canadian vcssel-th other
7 Am American Before the Canadian could
unload his 500 barrels Of muckcrci be was
I REQUIRED to pay duty ~ - on each odrrci
for the privilege % competing with our own
fishermen JOB fhe New YORK markets. The
American. OF course. was not req uirtt to paw
auv duty Vow. ~ the consumer pays me
arf dufy Che Canadian must receive Tor
DIS maescrcI - more per barrel flan thc
American. ls This correct nr false
The fart is fte Casadlan received $40 "a
barre. for Dis marEercl. which a. precisely
f1c amount fhc American recciFed inr n.-
me uriae heur fixed by Che American
market Vow. fhcr did The Canadian take
away with h'm $40 "a harncl or 4, barrel.
Cor BIS pruluct Every man who has as
much srusr as "a pccWcc knows tnai Pc
would take oulv 81 a barrel win him. De-
cause De- and not fhe consumer. bad to pay
fde tariff iltv az e. "a barrel, Or The privi-
. ieer of Che American market
We coufc.. to not being on very in-
umatc terms with che '-peewce." bat If
the .peowee~ ha, uo more sense than
io be taken ln by such an illustration.
W. have uo desire 90 form a closer I'M
umacy with 30 Tor purposes OF intel
lectual Improvement.
VIII Mr.. ATKINSON please step upon
the stand and again inform ms how
much the Canadians barrel OF mackeral
costs before the customs house officers
levy on ite
Eight dollars. Very good.
How much does it cost after passing
l the custom house?
Ten dollars. Very good.
Ifit were not for the duty it would
cost but -, would it not, Mr.. ArEIN-
son?
Yes, but then, the American fisher
erman couldn't compete
That's all very well and possibly
true. Mr.. ATKINSON, but We are
now speaking of who pays the
tariff tax, the Canadian fisherman or
the American consumer. If it were
not for the tax the American consumer
could buy his mackeral for : barrel
from the Canadian. With the tax he
must pay SO. SO, Mr.. ATKINSON, does
not the American consumer pay that
- tax. and not the Canadian fishermen
who simply adds il on TO the price Of
his barrel of mackeral?
You had better step down Mr.. ~,
and consult your ''peewec" again on
this point.
There is a great deal to Mr.. ArElN-
SONS speech, which we have not space
this morning To consider. He does up
the tariff in an colors, from the brilliant
and startling yermillion to the sublimely
sad and sombre drab, winding mp with a
quotation of standard poetry beginning:
Sail on, thou glorious ship of State;
popularized by McGUFFY'S reader.
But perhaps the most poetic and soul
stirring portion is that which the intcl-
igcncc's telegraph editor sub-heads "A
Picture Of Wheeling's Industries"
which begins;
Mr.. Speaker. not long ago I stood upon
the summit of Wheeling Hill. IL was 10
O'Clock at night The scene before me was
indescribably grand. To my right, across
the magnificent Ohio, as she swept ON nm
her evcr-yyandering way % the sea, flashed
the flames from factories and FORCES as they
kissed the skies Down through the thriv-
inc city of Wheeling the Nail City of the
Vest could hear the rafting roll Of ma
chinerv. and could see the bright flames
belching from the tops of tall chimneyS,
which have given that city first rank
among the manufacturing cities of the con
tineut
II might Doe pertinent To- ask what on
earth the honorable gentleman was do
ing ON the top of Wheeling Hill at 10
o'clock at night. but We shall not in
quire into that; If any middle-aged gen
tleman wants 10 risk catching his death
Of cold by roaming about the top Of
Wheeling Hill at 10 o'clock at night,
that is his business. The scene from
there is certainly "mdescribably
grand" especially the indie
scribablc part, which could
better De described perhaps, in day
light when it could be seen. We have
only one criticism to make upon Mr..
ATKINSON, POLITICALLY stirring deScrip-
ton. That about the magnificent Ohio
sweeping i'm her cver-wandcring course
Co the sea is an right. and so is that
about the flashing flames from fac
tories and forges kissing the skies;
but what sort of ear-Tumpct
did this honorable night wan
derer use 70 'hcar the rafting roll
Of machinery" at 10 o'clock at night
from the top of Wheeling hill? True,
the crematory may have been i'm opera
ton at that time, but that is one of our
non-protected industries. and this Con-
gress would not be Interested in the
question whether its machinery ratified
and rolled. or not.
The next time Mr.. ATKINSON makes
a night journey to the top of Wheeling
I Hin he should take a dark-lantern and
policeman along and beware of watch
dogs. A night-glaSs might be Seryicea-
Bile. too. But we would advise Mr.. a.
TO make his next trip in the day time.
SCIENCE or HALLUCINATIONS.
Almost every person has had some
time during his career, to a greater or
less extent. mental deviationS, common
/ ~ known as Authorizations. These in
dividual manifestations are frequently
recited with fcrvor by the favored ones,
but like ordinary dreams, Fictitious
and full Of contradiction, seldom have
much weight with others not in sym
pathy with the cause, unless there are
certain coiucident features or contem-
poraneouS dates TO SubStantiate the
story. And it is a singular fact. that
while the great body OF scientists have
for a long time contcudcd that these
phenomena were due to natural and
physical causes, or to the deluSions of a
a. sr-.,