Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-26

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7v...t1 ---..- $1,000. -, N q. 2
r,.s,rr commerce, aggregate e.. ISL - D
t-...gr rcumeToe. per c2plsa '.... 80. - n
5t,ss az Pal road, aggregate ~ ~ n
Vfss III railroad, per caplJa---.-'.. lSO'0 81 n
-.ri-sI Iu manufacturing .......-.. 80 ~ -
gs- ss M Misunderstanding, Aggregated 49, 90 90
V.yas in manufacturing per hanu lt'S - ,
p,-iuct OF manufacturing. .-.. ...' 81 - ~ = =
Ia Inca Do farm t...ss --ssssI ~ -
vsf,s u farm tools and m1chlneryl Os'UI :. y
value Of live stock on farms. -.-.-.- wv l. =
Ir the matter Of commerce we carried
oigbry-four per cent Of our foreign
+-s8e I'm our own ships aud this did not
..crnv more than half our vessels.
Tbs residue were scattered all over the
world tn every port and in every cline
tssrirr our glorious flag and carrying
trade entirely foreign. This Industry
fl. zone and to-day we do not carry thlr-
teen Der cent. OF our foreign trade and
sssides this, our American merchant
mem are compelled under our tariff
avs that now exist to buy their vessels
of England or some foreign country and
after they are bought and under their
control they must fly the flag OF some
foreign nation over them before they
can enter an American port. Shame on
such law and shame on the leaders OF
party who uphold such proceedings.
Mr.. Ernnes, Iowa's first Republican
Governor and second Republican Sena-
Tor when he was chairman OF the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, replied 70 this
excuse. "that il was caused by COnfed-
crate piracy" Confederate policy did
not destroy our merchant marine, the
rriyateers who have wrecked the second
commercial navy OF the world sit around
me in this Senate and the means they
have found to do so Is a protection
policy" No doubt when Mr.. Nc hinley'S
speech is read this morning by many
Pittsburg people and those in other To-
esIties who remember the difference In
times from 1912 20 1916 also from 1870
Do 1891 both under high tariff and from
1~tG To- 1860 under tariff for revenue,
will smile at the ambiguous expression,
FOR they will have no trouble TO recOlleet
that IL was the most prosperous period
iu the history OF the city as well as OF
the country. Particularly was this
trra of manufactures OF all kinds and
the men who labored for them. l
rsuc q few things that happened dur
irg,hat period. The great American
iron works was started in 1852 by b. +.
Jones and Benjamin LOuth and by
1861 had grown immensely and they
had branches at Chicago and else
where. They started without money.
The first coke blast furnace in the
United States was put in operation by
EoH. Bennett & Co., on the South Side
OF PittSburg. Under the tariff Of 40,
Tie Soho iron works Of MOOrehead X
Co.. the Mjllvale NOW owned by Graf,
Bennett 81 CO.. The Eagle, at Saw
Mil Run by James Wood, failed under
the tariff of '66 in IA The VeSuvious
OF Sharpsburg-G failed under the
tariff of '66) now MOOrehead Bros,
the Elendon by Dilworth, POr-
Ter s. Co; the great iron works of w. ID.
Wood Is Co. 90 McKeespOrt. q. and j..
Sh0enberger 4 Co. built their enormous
additional mill and the largest nail
factory in the United States. The
great works OF Brown, Bonnell
81 Co., at Youngstown, Ohio, were
started without dollar in capital
aud by 1851 they enormously increased
their works and were the owners OF
TWO blast furnaces besides. The La
Belle nail works OF Wheeling and
Jefferson nail works of Steubenville,
two Of the largest and finest
nail works IN the United States
were started and kept In sue
ceSsfUl operation, increasing their
capacity constantly and making enor-
nous profits. The Cambria iron COM
paDy was put in operation under the
tariff Of 1876 in 1853 and have run sue
cessfully ever since. The great iron
works Of New Castle and Sharon were
instituted during this time. During
the period of 1916 70 1850 there were
six large cotton mills in PittSburg, en-
pl0ying 10000 hands. Now there is
none. During this period the great
Pennsylvania railroad was built, the
PittSburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago,
the Pittsburg and Connellsville, the Al
legheny Valley, the Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl and ST. Louis, the Cleveland and
P.ttsburg and the Baltimore and Ohio.
Il great many OF the largest glass works
window glass, tableware, bottle and
green glass;, were started and cOntin-
ued in successful operation-steel at
that time was only made in crucibles,
and few people understood the process
and consequently but little was made
Until after the BeSsemer patents were
perfected, about 1870; everybody had
employment who wanted it, at good
wages, and everything brought good
prices. There was no tramp, that being
new industry created by such men as
Mckinley and John Sherman. Blaine
says In his Twenty Years In Congress
that everybody was satisfied with the
Tariff Of 1876, so much so that In the
Residential contest Of 1886 neither
party mentioned it in their platforms,
and further he says, ''by this law (tht
tariff Of 1857 the duties were placed
lower than they had been at any time
Sl1ce the war Of 1912. The act" h'
says, twas well received by the people
aud, indeed, was cOncurred In by con
siderable portion Of the Republican
party All OF this hub-bu6 of Mr.. Nc
Alnley with reference to th'
Times OF 1916 to 1860 is takel
from the AmericdR Revielp, anC