Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-09

Mckinley bill to the amount Of S2.2s.
And that they would say is to eQualize
the cost OF labor between this country
and Europe. Laughter Expensive
carpets are put up from 40 to 65, and
cheaper ones from 40 to so and IS per
cent.
Continuing, Governor Campbell said:
taxes had been doubled since the war,
and then read from the certificate OF the
Republican Secretary of the Ohio State
Board of Equalization, showing that in
ten years the appraised value OF farm
land has deprecated S9s, 900, 900. Have
other classes suffered alike?
(Voice-"Carnegie.~
eyes; Carnegie has $50, ,000,0 OF 1t.
[Laughter
In spite of this depreciation in farm
lands the report of Superintendent
Porter, of the United States Census
Bureau, shows that in the past ten years
the State of Ohio has increased in wealth
$243, 100000. How much have the
farmers gotten of that? ApplauseI.
Is there farmer in sound OF my
voice who is better off now than he was
in 1880?
Cries Of ''yes. yes"
Where is he?
"Here we are," from various portions
of the house and general laughter.
"But he has more mortgages and has
seen more sheriff sales," shouted q
Democratic agriculturalist and a dozen
Others chimed in, ''ves, right"
state it is fact that not one farmer
in 10000 in Ohio is as well off to-day as
in 1880.
"Right, right, that's a fact" shouted
various voices.
"The Major'says that they don't feel
the tariff taxation; but they feel it when
they compare their condition now with
that Of ten years ago. Last October,
the tariff of this country wss raised
from AZ to 60 per cent. for the avowed
purpose OF benefting labor and increas-
ing its compensation. Will every labor
ing man in this audience who has had
his wages increased since the Mckinley
bill passed please stand up and be
counted?" (No one stood up, and the
Democrats cheered lustily.)
81 want Major Mckinley when he re-
plies to tell this audience where these
workingmen are, who have got better
wages under his tariff applausel. In
| this country, there has been more pro-
lection given great manufacturing eS-
tablishments which have reduced wages
| since the passage Of the Mckinley Oil,
and 1 don't know one which has in
creased them cheers |. In the iron In
dustry we have had more strikes which
/ are unsuccessful since the passage ol
that bill, than in three years before.
hold in my hand q list of 80 establish
ments including Carnegie's, worklna
! $4,000 men in which orgonized laoor II
banished. will ask the Major II he
favors the Punishment OF organized Ia
bor from the great factories OF the coun'
try Icheersl
tI have said before that the Unltec
! States Glass Company organized since
the passage Of the Mckinley bill, anc
which has thrown out of employment
already 500 men, is trust. l say no"
that it Is trust by its own confession
lp6rg lp5irsg To reduce e2pgAgeBss!s 20 20 contro
| the product was what they organized
for, and they don't like to be called 8
trust because trust is an unpopular word
in this country. 1t was not in the die
tionary until after the high tariff laws
were passed. The glass manufactured al
Tiffin, Findlay and Fostoria, l under
stand, is made by Belgians who were
imported to this country. Iwant to say
now that il had my way would put a
| prohibitive tariff upon some things
TaDnlause1 and the first thing would De
an alien who comes here without
the intention of becoming an American
citizen, and with the intention Of dis
placing American workmen. Great ap-
plause and prolonged cheerlngl.