Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-23
Pottery TARIFF.
.~,.-s RsfutatiOn Of McKinleyS
Silly Charges
,rs7 GOVERNOR CAMPBELL.
,..t Pr.attn, Of The Iasi Liverpool
-.- p c.nnrcs Reviews The History
gr..v Msllhc.urs aai the Tariff
.,,. l-rsl.- McKinleys n
gi % tis PotsrS
MT GOVERNOR CAMPBELL.



.,,rv. The Crisis Is the lead
..-3f East Liverpool, and owned
~ D..dr,ck, president OF the
- Trade of that city, so that
..-msr5u can be considered thor
story OF tariff in the crockery
-... ..r be briefly outlined as Iol-
...r-ed twenty-five years ago
rwcrty per cent. tariff, win
.... rurl &c is to-day sixty per
t-..-. with an equivalent addl-
..-ra.v. per cent. throuSh the ao-
..-.-.ve act which places the duty
crates. packages, inland consul
...-ga>. etc. During this interval
I.ve been reduced 0y various
fs on an average Of about uIty
-. The selling price OF ware
~ course. decreased, but labor has
..ugeled 90 stand the reduction.
cost of labor that enters into the
-.fq.,ara of ware, according 10
......s furnished by the manufactur-
.s fartv-seven and One-hau per
The duty is eQuiyaienttO seventy
+. rar cent?, en- amount far in excess
.,. actual cost OF the labor employed
reducing the ware.
vernon Campbell has Of late been re-
ring 90 the manufacturers OF pottery
-s He did so with courtesy and dis
..1p. At once he was denounced as
.-, untruths and violently abused
7-taso same pOtters or their represen-
lives. The Governor Of course then
.,ssdad 20 quote facts 70 his audience.
,51k occasion TO refer 10 the remark
,t-f1 the report of State Commission
NJ Labor FaSSett. Fassett Is q strong
-.f,sn Republican, yet I'm his report
made a special foOt-note and mention
the condition OF labor in this city.
calls attention 20 the fact that more
an and children than men are en-
, ned in the pOtteries, and stated that
labor in East Liverpool was the
y independent In the State. 10 Is
bis remarks were not very COM
-altary to the city; yet could Gov
- Campbell be blamed for using
milton of this character, furnished
Republican official in his official
-lGty? Why do not the
rgiacturers denOunce FaSsett
are they afraid Of him? FaSSett
10 here had 10 threaten the arrest Of
s of the manufacturers Of this city
-e he could induce them 10 open
books as required by law, and
be obtained the information
-ht for 10 was found that the aver
] wages per day for the employees Of
u5.teries was from eighty-tve TO
s,y-tw0 contS the year around.
,sett was thoroughly diSguSted with
condition OF labor affairs IN the
.tsr.es, and did not hesitate TO say
Search for the cause Of such state
tents brings 20 light the history of
rest crime committed on the fair name
,la city and on labor. Reference IS
ie 90 the notorious "IrOnClad,"
90 on the trade, 81 source Of odium and
stencil iu the noStriiS Of the American
.1.c. A brief history Of the crime is
-tleut. and is as follows:
ia ,he year lSS2 the Knight of Labor
ae was sweeping the country. An
,aIt1i the Order was in this city at
uq.Ug ,O institute lodge.
The p0t-erS were very slow 20 take
Old. and the organizer was about on
be- point Of abandoning the project,
-a1 10 came 20 the ears Of the manu-
..lrerS that such an organization was
lying 90 gain foOthOld. They deter
leI, as one manufacturer expressed
. Co 'Eip ii, i'm the bud" They cOnSe-
-,.y decided 20 post notices 40 the
rss notifying their employees that any
le belonging 90 q labor organ
3-ol could consider himself dis
-3-gei. This notice was received
no as,ouishment by the employees
ay were cbagriEed and deeply hu-
a'ed that their employers would at
mp, 70 take away their liberties In
.,l q manner. The more they re-
e.5d the more indignant they became.
F.. 'r anger rose and they TO a man de-
-a1 Co Join the Knights OF Labor as q
l6e to Che manufacturers for their
'a.e1 tor action. This was done and
struggling lodge Of the Knights OF
i.or was transformed i'm a day 70 one
.orag.u- the entire pottery trade of the
-. The men then went back 70 their
- overs and told them they had
demands 20 make, either for wages
any Jtlar matter pertaining 10 the
..lN A.l they wanted was the rights
american citizens. The frigid re-
.-se they received was an agreement
ve signed before going 20 work.
IT'S agreement bound them 20
gong % no labor organization, and
3, so sSi,lfu.ly worded that it was
Sl2ied by the men as the "IrOn-
- The men refused TO surrender
'.' manhood and the manufacturer
y lay back and said they would
-.'e them into submission. This they
our the long months OF privatiOn
u suffering passed through by the
.ae4 out laborers remains as q blot
~ disgrace 10 the fame of the city
men viii. doubtless never be effaced.
no ->,2 Mckinley refused 10 come 20
''. liverpool and state his views on
. rights Of labor 10 organize" He
suited the laboring men Of the city
telling them be could be elected
'-Ilt their votes, aud was defeated
reward. Mckinley has always
-"l MS iavOritiSm 10 the manufac-
req but where IS the one single time
"a, On ever lifted mis- finger TO the aid
.-91r's cause. He has been feted,
.-ed and dined by the manufacturers
..4 IN, whom be "hobnobs," " but the poor
y yy..Ssiagman, "a the tool who has created
/ .le wealth so laviSbly spent in enter
Ing Ing nlH, Is not even worthy enough
--'e an election held to fill the Office
NJ ,.'s. master in the city.
40 snow the hOllowneSs Of the state
... ...S gwen the public, all that is nee
= = Y IS to refer to the assertion that
NsI0'Fass are attempting TO tear