Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-16
WHAT 1T HAS ALREADY DONE.

Mr. WHEELER, of Alabama, in an eX-
cclient speech in the House the other
day on the Mckinley bill, quoted some
notable instances Of the effect OF that
measure since it became a law.
The United States produce about one
third Of the manufactured articles Of
the world: one-thlrd Of its coal, iron ore,
pig iron. finished iron and steel, and our
natural progress is 50 great that IA
few years We will produce onc-half and
and I'm 20 few more twO-thirdS. Yet with
but ono twcnty-ffth OF the worlds pop
ulation. how. Mr.. WHEELER bcgs to ask,
can we continue our progress without
selling our excessive products in the
markets Of the world? Yet the Mckin-
lev tariff is rapidly eurtailing and cut
ting Of such foreign markets as we al
ready have. "Aleady," says Mr..
WHEELER. retaliation has commenced,
and countries which are our natural Gus
toners are putting prohibitory tariffs on
American products. The papers are
profuse with kilograms from foreign
countries % that effect" He quotes the
case OF Seeger. Guernsey 4 Co.. Of New
York. who have been supplying the Mex
lean market with American goods, who
have been compelled by the Mckinley
hin to desist and open a branch eStab-
lishment in London to supply their Mex
lean customers with English goods.
But the most startling Of the facts
which Mr.. WHEELER marshals against
McKinlcyism are those gathered right
here i'm the United States, telling
OF increased prices and reduced wages.
Ever since the passage Of the bill the
mails have been loaded with circulars
from importers and manufacturers, an
nouncing the Increased prices, aud al
most simultaneously the telegraph wires
bring their tale OF reduced wages,
strikes. lockouts. tight money and BUSH
ness failures.
Two hundred employees OF the Otis
Iron and Steel Company, at Cleveland,
have received notice OF a reduction of
wages. At Lousdale. n. j., November
e. the cotton weayerS received notice OF
a cut down. Yet before this their
wages were less than the English weay-
ers for doing the same work. They
were getting l6Se cents in Rhode
Island. while the English weavers
were receiving - cents. a few days
later dispatch from Jetfersonyille,
Ind. said:
ON account OF the Mckinley bill in
crossing the price of materials, the Ohio
FaIs Car Shops have lowered the wages OF
body men IA per cent on coaches.
Two weeks later the st. Louis Rcpui-
De- said;
The CHICAGO pancr which was only the
other dav "A warm advocate of the Ncktn-
lev bill now prints "s0mc reductions OF
WAGES under the Mckinley bill and shows
that ,,.,,.
I. The spoilers in the Mcrrimac Mills
hive had their pay reduced - cents per
duced. and there is apprehension OF a gcn-
cral "cut down IN WAGES.
= The armature winderS of the Ihom-
son-HOustOn Electric Company, at Lynn,
Mass. have struck 10 resist reduction OF
81 Seventy girls at Ashland. Pa, have
omit on account of a reduction oil vases
q The Cleveland Maileable Iron Works
reduced wages las week.
The Philadelphia Record also tells rs
that
A reduction OF cents per 100 to spooling
Urls on the Merrimac corporation has been
announced az Lowell, Mass.
The st. Louis Pos;-DiSpttch says;
The Mckinley duty Of IS per cent, on fur
hats and 90 per cent on silk hats mas not
nrevented the eighteen hat factories OF
bSrbnrv. Conn. from locking out over 500
hatters and 1000 girls employed Ia 'he'F
trimming departments.
Attention is also called TO the 80 per
cent reduction in wages in the largest
protected concern in Mr.. MckINLEY'S
district Just after that gentleman'S de
feat. These things have naturally been
followed by strikes with all their atten-
dant evils. saws Mr.. WHEELER
The Chicago Tribune tells US there are
strikes in the iron mines Of Michigan. The
st. Louis Republic Of November - pu0-
fishes a dispatch from St. Paul regarding
the threatened shOemakers' strike, in con
sequence Of the proposed reduction OF
wages by the Minnesota Shoe Company,
and the Associated Press announces
strike Of ;. 1000 miners in the South-a eoun-
frv which has been heretofore free from
such evils As would naturally be sup
posed. there has been an increased tendency
10 organize combinations and trusts since
The passage Of the Mckinley bill: Papers
here before me show the organization on
November 10 Of the window glass trust
on November % Of the lead Smeiters'