The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-15
For Protection and tho Republi-
can Cause.
A SPLENDID MASS MEETING
And Forciblc Presentation of the
Loading Issues ofthc Campaign.
Captain Dovcncr's Active
Work for tho Cause.

sS way 'aey "oEkeu lE up
aud tho result will he felt in the election
In November. President S. G. Smith. O.
tho club, called the meeting to order ant
named b. 8. Allison, Eiu., chairman
MIR. Allison was received with applau,,
and gave the club a good send or In 4
little speech, after which he Introduced
Mr.. a. W. Campbell.
Mr.. Campbell made strong, Logical
speech, Instructive to the mos. experi,
enced and intelligent man in tho crowd.
ed room, and perfectly plain 10 The leas,
informed.
Mr.. Campbell recalled tho fact that
me SECOND law ever passed by an Amer.
ican congress was q protective tariff
act, and no answered conclusiyely the
argument against the tariff for protec.
ton on the ground that 1t is unconstitu.
tional. lie went also into tho history
Of tariff legislation, showing that the
country was always prosperous under
protection and otherwise under free
trade. He said The United States could
not have fought the war, fed aud clothed
the armies, without protection. No ma.
s'on ever reeupefated from such war in
so short time, and this was due to pro.
lection. f'0
There are. he said, in this country,
3,O0o. 1000 people engaged in agriculture.
II instead Of diversilying our industries,
We deprive those now In manufactures
OF that work, and pnt more men in apri.
culture, what must be the result? Un.
doubtedly prices ofagriculturai products
must 60 down, the surplus in England,
30 much complained OF, would become
worse, and the evils that are claimed TO
exist would be worse.
The Democratic orators and papers
tel you the consumer is oppressed,
Who is the consumer? The farmer ia
the consumer for the manufacturer; the
taborers in the city arc the consumers
Tor the farmer. There is no dis,inc,
class OF consumers; in this country all
are consumers, and the higher their
wages, the greater their consuming ca.
pacity and the more prosperous the
country.
Labor seeks this country from others;
why? Because wages are better. To
compete with that foreign labor, we must
reduce wages here to the ioreigu stand.
ard.
A tariff Tor revenue only 10 free trade.
England Is known rs free trade couu.
try. Yet she has revenue tariff.
We now export more than we import,
In the last fifteen years of Republican
rule, under protection, there has only
been one year in which the balance OF
trade wasnot in our favor; in the last thir.
teen years Of Democratic rule, under a
revenue tariff, there was but one wear
that We did not import more than we
exported.
We must consume either goods made
here, or imported. The protec,ionist's
idea is to produce here us much OF what
we consume as we can. That was what
Henry Clay called sthe American Idea"
and for that he was called "the great
American" We have the raw materials
and the skilled workmen, why not make
our own goods?
The Democratic leaders have demand
ed Tree raw materials. They say, "Give
US free wool and we will fiji the markets
OF the world with wooden goods" Why
don't we DO that with cotton ? It is not
taxed; there is no tariff on cotton. Yet
cotton is sent 5000 miles to England, to
be made up into cotton goods, and we
cannot compete with those goods out.
side OF our own country. Why not?
There is only one reason in the world
we pay more for labor. Is there one
other reason? II there is, name it. II
have never heard any man name one.
We have iron ore, coke, limestone, all
Tree. Why cannot We compete with
England in the markets OF the world !?
Because 1t costs in England less than S.
to make ton OF bar iron from pig iron,
and here the cost Is between $ll and Sl2.
II yon compel the workers in the mills
OF Pittsburgh and Wheeling to work for
the same wages as they do in England,
We can compete with anybody.
The Mckinley bill does enhance the
cost OF some things at iirst-not largely,
All past tariff bills did that, but ia Tie
end the protected article is cheaper.
The tariff on steel rails chcapened them.
Rails are now much cheaper than the
cost in England, plus the duty. But
suppose we do enhance the cost. Why
not, il we bring up The general level Of
finances and earning power? He re-
ferred with telling effect to the greater
proportion OF paapera in Great Britain
than in this country.
He answered with amusing clearness
the demagogic cries about the tax OH tin,
and said he expected to live to see tin,
made in America, sold much cheaper
than imported tin ever was. The dnty
does not 50 into effect until July /, 1891:
and II by :lS9G the American manufac.
turers have not demonstrated their abii-
lty to maketin in a certain large proper
ton to the consumption, the tariff on it
is to be repealed. What more can auy
sensible American ask? The same cry
went up about lead when duty was put
on it, but to-day lead is much cheaper
than it ever was under free trade.
be referred to Reeds course In the
chair, and his defense OF his rulings was
loudly, applauded, as every good point
he had made was. Tho Election bill
was also inteliigently explained and
ably defended. The fact that in the
First Congressional district Of West Vir.
ginia over 10000 votes are required 10
elect Congressman, while in Georgia
27,500 voters elect ten, was used with
cutting effect. -"
Mr.. ". II. Hearne followed Mr.. Camp.
bell. He quoted the Registers state.
ment that John 0. PendIeton declared
in Braxton county that this country
enjoyed its most prosperous era under
the Walker tariff bill, and quoted high
Democratic authority to show this was
the reverse oitrue. He made brief but
strong speech, and was received with
especially warm enthusiasm, @o,
Mr.. Whitaker was then called out by
Chairman Allison, and after saying he
could not make speech, proceeded to
make a bully one. Both he and Mr.,
| Richard Robertson, who followed him.
were greeted with applause, Mr., Rob.
ertson made a .;aving speech on the
tariff as bene1t to the laboring man,
on the provision OF this Mckinley Hi
that no product Of foreign prison labor
shall be imported at any price. and
on his own position as a Republican
nom principle. He closed with q logical
plea on his own behalf as candidate ior
County Clerk. 'l ~ ~
The meeting adjourned after the iol,
lowing letters had been read by rresl,
dent Allison: -
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