The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-14
ELIEELY MEETING
At Martins Ferry Addressed by
Practical workmen
WHO KN0RRHERE0F THEY SPEAK.
Wages and Living here and abroad
Compared by a Native of France,
now GlassworIeer hcre---He makes
some Telling Arguments for Protcc-

Interest in the Martins Ferry Repub-
lican club is increasing. The attend
ance on Saturday night was the largest
since it's inception. A number of new
members we're received. A hall COM
mittee was appointed, consisting OF
Madison Aldredge and Thomas Null
laney. The solicitingcommittee was in
creased by the addition OF Richard
veazey, William Ellefritz, NJ. Aldredge
and Addison Coss.
1t being the desire to have some in
teresting feature ut every meeting the
club decided to invite Hon. Lorenzo
Danford to address the club next satur-
day evening, September 10, in the hall,
and q committee was appointed to ex-
tend an invitation. The committee was
instructed to invite Mr.. w. I. Lewis,
Mr.. Harry Northwood and Mr.. David
Llewellen to give talks on that evening
in the event Captain Dantord cannot
come.
A committee was instructed to have
two trnnsparencies made and put up at
the Hanoverand Fourth street entrances
to the club room, and have the hall
fitted up with additional seating accom-
modations.
1t was suggested that Hon. G. L. Poor.
man, OF Bellaire, be invited TO come and
address the club sometime in the near
fnfrra which will he done
Tho voting booth erected in accord
ance with the new law in order to give
o practical illustration OF its working
was examined by all present.
The feature OF the erening-was the
talk of Mr.. Victor Foose, one Of the vice
presidents, who is u glassworker in the
Eorthwood Glass Works, and was born
and worked in France. His talk was
very interesting and he brought out
some strong points. lie made COMPARE
sons in labor and how the working
classes live here and in Germany and
France. He said he had heard many
speakers refer to the matter, but not
having seen the real state OF affairs
themselves they could not tell them as
workingmen could who had been there:
In America workingmen have meat and
coffee at every meal, while over there
they seldom have 1t, and live princi-
paliy on rye bread and potatoes. Wages
are so low that they cannot live Us
workingmen do in this country, and
they have to pay 81 so per barrel for
-four, 28 to 80 cents for coffee, and boil
ing meat is 10tol - cents, as high or
higher than American prices.
in France men get 70 cents for max
ing 100 tumblers, while Mr.. Foose was
paid 75cents per dozen when he worked
at Hobbs Glass Works. He makes
81 so per day in the Northwood Glass
house, as much as q whole "shop"
makes in Franco. Is 1t any wonder
foreign labor comes to the United
States And if we working men want
good wages we will have to look'to the
Republican party for protection. Hc
showed that the tariff has more to do
with good wages than the labor unions.
There are few ladies over there
among the poor. Why, young girls
work right in the glass factories and
out in the fields whole day for twelve
cents, and mothers take their babies
out in the fields with them there all
day while they work away.
1t has been only short time since
the Democratic organ in Wheeling an
nounced time after time that the Cen
trail Glass works was shipping glass to
Germany. A little was sent, but now
they have American presses made in
Pittsburgh over there, can make first
class goods and at one-halt the cost, IN
Germany and France they do here. OF
fetal figures were produced showing
the cause OF the present dnllness, that
millions of dollars worth Of foreign
glass was rushed into this country Just
before the Mckinley bill went into Of
feet, all of which will hereafter be made
by American labor, and that the tariff
will benefit the workingmen US much US
the manufacturer. He told Of u CONVEX
sation with German woman in tho
Wheeling market few years ago. She
said: "N[r. Foose, Ican't see why you
are Republican. Why, in good Dem.
ocratic times l could get this basket
filed with provisions for sixty cents"
Foose said: 81 do not doubt it, but
how much did your husband make
us Ssizty-fve cents day." was the an
swer.
This made Fooso smile, and he asked
her how much her husband makes now.
She replied: "0h, he gets 81 a day
now"
Mr.. Foose said: "Protection makes
the difference, and that is why I am a
Republican"