The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-15
THOSE REGISTER INTERVIEWS.
Statements Regarding Advances Not,Well
l:ased--Whnt Business Men Say.

Statements Regarding Advances NotWell
Eased-Whnt BusincsS Men Say.
4 series of interviews published in
yesterdays Register, intended to show
what q serious advance in all kinds OF
commodities must result from the en-
forcement OF the Mckinley bill, created
much mirth, and likewise considerable
curiosity as to the source OF much OF
wiIa. wes included in the labored
article. The writer undertook to make
it appear that stoves, among other
things, would be seriously advanced in
cost by the effect OF the new law.
An ISTELLIGEScEH reporter visited
Fishers stove foundry yesterday and
asked ii stoves might be expected TO
go up on account OF the tariff.
"Why should they?" was the suggest
i've response.
81 don't know"
ave do not put IN ounce OF imported
material into any stove We make, ex-
cept the nickel, and a half pound OF
nickel is as much as is used on any
stove"
"Isut will not domestic founders take
advantage Of tho increased duty on
etovesW
"No. They can't, The competition
in this country regulates prices, and
English stoves are not in it. We Amer
leans make as good stoves as there are
in thu world, aud manufacturers will be
glad 10 sell them hereafter at the same
prices thut have prevailed heretofore"
NOW ABOUT TOOLS.
a hardware dealer Bas quoted in the
Register as saying that carpenters tools
care held higher to-day than they were
before the passage OF tho Mckinley bill,
and there is every probability that still
higher prices will be demanded" at
An INrElLlGEScEH man failed to find
that particular hardware dealer ycster.
day. lie found several others, and all
said this statement as to tools was in
correct. ...- .-..... .,.
Said OFT Bros. & Co: 4
"There is not tool used by an Amer.
lean mechanic to-day that is imported.
America produces us good tools rs any
country. Z Some cheap guns and a few
fine ones are imported, but the domestic
guns are us good, price for price, rs any.
The finest gun made is made in Amer.
lea, and the competition among the
makers is too great to allow them to ad.
vance prices above q fair profit. Pocket
cutlery is imported to some extent, but
th6re ia no need for 1t to bo. Just &c
good knives are made in this country as
in Europe"
"Then tools huvc not been advanced ~
"No." !rlE ~. @
aWhat about anvils?"
''Some are imported and some made
here. Tho American anvil is rs good as
any, and il the foreign ones are shut out
it will not hurt anybody"
CIGARS AND TOBACCO. 4
Mr.. Hugo l.. Loos was quoted by the
Register as saying any quantity OF thing'
that were not true. Everybody who
knew tho Register knew Mr.. Loos die
not say them.
An INTELLI0ENCER man asked hin
last night, "llow did the Register cont
toimaeine yon said MI that?
II really do not know" said Mr.. I.oos
"They did get it awfully mixed. There
was scarcely statement or figure II
their article that was not wrong. 1tolt
them that the duty on cigars is raiset
from 50 50 to 81 so per pound, With 2
per cent nd yalorem, and on imported
wrappers it Is increased from 60 cents te
50, With o5 per cent nd yalorem. Thel
got that altogether different. Then the,
quote me as saying we shall have to oqul
weaving in Havana scrap with our no
mestic stock in cheaper cigars. neye'
naid that; We never did use such scral
that way. -. filsts :,
"As to FIVE cent cigars, I think th'
result will be an improved cigar withou
au inerease oi price. We will haye t.
quit using SumatIa wrappers and us'
Pennsylvania leaf; quit catering to tht
eye and consult the taste. The obi!
effect on domestic goods OF the Mckin
ley bill will be to increase the prices Q