Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-03
FOR TARIFF REFORM.
ACTIVE ADVOCATES B R0RBTHBWAlSA AND
NgANS COyElTrSS.
R.gssleansoa The Commit Badly Split UP-Rssds s
Pledges 70 The New saglaad Nanniaenrs-
They Dsmaat Free Raw Materials
Rugrg Dsc.Nanons

S.s.1f Tflr,rcr '0 'lf ke1tstr.
wAsHlNeroN. d e., Jsnusry The
R.publicans Of the Ways end Means Cum
mit,es ore no, getting the comfort aud en-
eoorassmsnt they anticipated from the
t.ra hsarings Ga the contrary the re-
psated demand Of manufacturers for free
raw materials is creating CONSERVATION in
Republican rasks Manufacturers who
oppo.ed the Democratic ticket at the last
Presidential el ction have spDeared before
the committee and boldly declared that
the admission OF raw material duty free is
ss.sptisl 10 the continued prosperity o.
,os,v industries o, course Chairman
Mckinley caaaot understand this ehvDge
ofoo.nion. and hs seeks to srgue some Of
,hs claimants for Tree material out Of thsir
,o.i,ion. Bat better tXperietcs has
5sr,onstrs.ed the sound policy Of the last
Dsmocrotc platform, snd the men woo
r.al.l, ,shat is essential for tneir lusnie
,.sif,rs srs not to be- csj 1led into any al
.,i-.;on that could be used against them
REEDS REFORM PLEDGES
D,,;og m recent SpeskeTship contest,
when Mr. Reed vas assaiied upon seVefai a.
i..s5 week and vulnerable poiats, be made
. .5sfsnse as to soms Ot the coarges, ont d.
-srssiofd silent concerning the allegation
49,, bs was ia secret leegue with Ne"
r.,lsrd m.nuisclu.e.s % bring about the
- o. duty on certain raF materials.
~ Red gs- not I'M position 10 deny
bst w,tbou. iriori0g bis pfo'pacis. de
- e,-p9ire lsrgeiy upon toe solid sup.
r,,t M Nes E9slsni, and Mr.. Reed bad
bssn compelled fo make pledges IN order
fo secure srd held that support. lhs
ambition CO Speaker Reed extends
hegerd the boundaries OF the Stale ot
Maine He iondly imagines that be may
each the White HOUSE. Reed is not lack
ing h. -eli-couceit. He regards himself
asa greater msn than Blaine, and thia
omen rivalry has pioduced ill-ieeling be
tween the two. Reed has not conceal d
his opinion OF Bisine's bluEders. he nas
criticised The Secretary, iuumaliog tha'
he Reed would never bungle away
chances that Blaine bad.
REPrBICANs DIVIDED AMONG THIN
SELVES.
Now coming back 10 the Ways arc
Means Committee, while the expression
Of Chairnau Mckinley imply that the X
nnhlicaus will concede 81 the increase
asRed for in The tariff, there are others whl
will act differently when the time comes
Burrows, OF Michigan, tof instance Gee
not hesitate TO say thsi some Of the raT
materials used By manufacturers II thh
co,otrv -honid be placed on tbs free lis
D.pe'ey. ci Msiae, IS a friend o
the Speaker and was pat on IN
Ways and Meaus Committee 4
aid i'm carving out tbe policy aud fulfilling
the pledges Of Reed Tuen there ar'
P.vss. of N-e York, aud McKenns, o
Csltorais. WHO are likely to be governt'
hv the Speaker 10 is needless 10 state tna
tbe Democratic members are IN foil sccoI'
a. 10 the policy to be adopted. Severa
Republican papers have asserted tea
Flower. of New York, does not agree wit
bis colleagues, but this is falss. Mr.
F.osei .ciofmtd the RE6IsTER correspond
ent to day that be is an earnest and sineef
believer 10 tariff geio.m, and that he agre'
with his party associates on the committee
VERY SLOW WORK.
Up 10 the present time ;he committe
have msde 10 resl progress IN the iorma
tion Of tsrif bill. At the outset the I'D
ministratiye features we're considered AM
now the committee hss entered upoI
Wholesale heariBgs There is no tellipi
how lopg tbess may continue. In tn.
mast the vsst msiority Of persons present
inc Themselves 20 be heard have PLEADED
for higher duties on the tariff features il
sbieh they we're respectively interested
But nov il is different. Such men as i )
Rent President Of the Pennsylvania IroI
and Steel Company, and Of the works 81
Steelton. near Baltimore, urge the fIee ad
mission Of iron ores.
ARGUMENT FOR FREE ORE.
brief filed with The Committee b
SAYS "the demand for free ore can nov b
presented from o commercial standpoin
which cannot fail to convince al fair
minded persons that immeasurable bene
fits 20 cur country would follow with0u
working harm to a single interest which i
legitimately connected with the prOduc
tion Of American ore, iron, or the product
proceedirg theTelrom.n He says that onl,
ore for the manufacture q steel is im
ported and thers fore there Is absolute al
sence Of competition between foreign ore
and the non steel ores Of this country
lie says farther that there are large De
posi,s Of quasi -Bessemer ore in Virgins
aod that bis works At Bait more could us
100000 tors OF il annually, but that
must have the imported ores TO mix wit