The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-23
PROTECTION
Continued From .E'ir,t Iagt.1

lNouuH"td FROM ftN Pdgt.
| twelve yen,s For, ,oa-. - M -
| Il has had ihc p,oo;,,s uaio VI anls uhe
control of the sareto 'T n, aiiu 'Ho year.
Il haa had Tho amnio., nnnS., .n.s iuit
correct tho avis oi uh,., orp9..an'.y !e
icon,ttainei eanec;.ttn H. ~ 'on 1,,a
reducing ta.e,ion VII n wv h,. matter o.
result? Dnr;nr iii, ,;ras ! peen the
reyjsed tho ta,itr nma , .a,,'n " ahs hoyei
nue ONLY s.vcn ni,I; ill., s ~ Jai sae RYE
Repuhlican nartv s;noo ~ , G T. tns
control nj ,ha Ijonsa ILL., nio,d 10Y, lNs nhd
ltuTinp this lima %;, Iontn ssnls, anu
special bons, has cove " t.s,r naHts "ny
dnced tayation thsoa aI , ,o,mMa anu re.
OF dollars and ,he new ,a,iaIaa Iii VII
10 thia snm sSxtr ,n mm ' law "a" Will aud
| 'oA' "'''''
-, Tin rLArE INDUSTRY.
The Democratic party has perslstentiy
opposed pro,ec,iu, the fin nlo,s ;pd,s.
-, ~ nj. .o.s, w. ~" i'''e 'huus'
o;ros,..",, w. az ~, '"' 'as' sesS'oh
~ oGus'u S INC l'epupiicahs put I'm on
~, ~ Iee iis', anu advanced tho duty on
.ih pate no mat inns industry may he CO.
s,st.' anu eais. up IN The United
n ,rhe, ~. ~ must 20 Kept IN mind that
s Snn' wv call III plate - made largely OF
s sme., y. IRON. no wen iounded argu.
a nens CAN 90 maze against the encour.
asetnsiIt Vi !his INDUSTRY. we produce
sene .i 20 make ah psaso that Eng
~ anu aoes' except me TN; then why
s,vuiu W. not auniit TN lfeo and manu-.
iraI', ,he IN plate lor our own people2
iouay tne onltGu states consumes moro
t.h pi"t1 nun all the rest oil tho world.
~ uIe inst twenty-five years We have
oosIs t. u.soS,y ~. manufacturing pur'
posss iouf lhiftidn toos, or eight billion
pounus 2, .ln p!ate' ior which there has
ouen paia, outside OF duty and freight,
oIe' '!ltee nuhafeu millions OF dollars.
Win ~ coulu nave Deen made in this
COUNTY,, 'n'ee hundred millions dollars
saveu' ahG lhirty.hve thousand people
en ta en'posn'ens ~hope annual wages
ns ,niu 'ia'o oeeh tWehiy'ionr million
uoMn's'
VIZ consumed 1887 year three hundred
.nG NV, .ons Oh TN plate, on which We
pau "la u tr Mu'y OF ABOUT seven million dol.
.a's; Inc u9ited states now pays thir.
ty-thtee million dollars il year for tin
piaee; II VIZ could manufacture two
hundred anu nifty thousand tons OF tin
piate, IL ID estimated we would consume
IN oolng 80 about eight hundred and
uIty Thousand tons OF iron ore, three
nunured thousand tons OF limestone, one
million I'VE hundred thousand tons OF
coal anu COKE, three hundred thousand
toA9 oil pig IRON, hve million pounds OF
ieaa, twenty-five million pounds OF sui
ptluiic acid, eleven million feet OF lum.
per ana twenty-five million pounds OF
Nn; Every article named, except tin
ana leaf, can be produced in West Nir-
ginia. Inc number OF people neces-
safiiy employed IN oil the operations OF
TN pate making, aud those dependent
upon lhem, would amount to three hun.
uIed thousand. These three hundred
thousand people, allowing they con-
sumo only twenty-five cents day
which Is too low an e6tiMate), would
make their consumption for food, cloth.
Ing aud shelter amount to twenty.eight
million dollars per year. In 1878 1 8
nlato ,ndnstrv in th;s onrn,rn hm, az IL
Engllsh. producers, under trust, re-
lucy u. .ne pt'Ce from 81 10 2o box
ceeded The establishment T ~ 't tb;a 'i in
dustry in the United ftates will mot
only provide labor for the wage earners,
Gas VIII infsely increase ihe consnmp'
tioN VI iam iisa'et'ats anu ial'li pfouucts,
s Wy eiensine iafser demand lor me
s s,Ln3,, anu IA the 6 enu mus oene11 the
" WV: fouh.Ty. Enee es.apilsheu, the
p,tI ~ VI M M piaIe, ,"ouSh ~ may Do high
az n'st 'ihe steei rails, wire naiis, DAT
r .,uI.a hna many oInef pto.eeleo prouhcist
uHTsr hsihe composition VIII % grad
uanS ieuueeu, uhl!l IL can DC bought
Sne1pet c .nan Tue price we nov phy Eng
la laiu e'iahse W sh!, ~ Tue lace Oh thls
ShomlnE, tne 'De.loefatlc nempe. OF
MI ns,S W;,,o nun L. luz nssonu uistrlct;
~ ~. ; Ison, nas uniformly :oppoSeo
snts tnu9s'i ~ ne uttacheu ~ ~ us
speecnes n natpour county anu al uaf-
G ,"i, a'.a ~ ~ n uoans so ne oppessu tug
~ T.. inei f't S uis' As's lof loss aii
NV p'o"ue'' VI LIS y" IL s'"'e'
SHIFTING INTERESTS,
,u,o., .,; :. o. r,
AZ :he '"s' sesSioh OIL congress the
Republican party brought in two bills
10 encouras, shipping. Il is admitted
on all sidcs that this interest needs an.
oa,,..,.a,.a.. p.i..a .La sH a.
cou'aselleh'' heiofc tne war Inc
United States had about 10 per cent OF
International trade which was carried
IN American chips; now they have only
II per cent. Our people have been
frightened by the word Subsidy"
while England has gone on substituting.
Its largely through her encouragement
to shipping that England isabfs to con.
troll the commerce Of Asia, the East In.
dies, and South and Central America,
which We are now trying to win from
ho-. Our exports and imports for the
year 1889 amounted to nearly 10000, 1000
tons, on which We paid freight to the
amount ofabout S200,600,G06 OF which |
the people OF the United States received
about IA per cent, the foreign ship own.
ers the rest, or about 100000, 900.
We have in our trade about fifty