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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
A Dreary Prospect.

The negro had at least the prospect of
a quiet old age and peaceful death be-
fore him. The white slave of today sees
looming up before his eyes visions of a
different character. He sees a poor
house and the potter's field in the vista
of the future, with the spital and the
Jail as halfway houses between. His
life is a constant trouble to keep his
earnings above the starvation point, and
the prospect before him and those de-
pendent upon him is as bleak and hope
less as the joyIess paste Chicago Globe.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
The EnormIty Of rarIn ra4ation.

repeat what have said before, that
the people of this country never walked
up to the enormity Of the tariff taxation
proposed by the Republican party until
the Mckinley bill was put before them
and explained section by section. Mr..
Mckinley for the first time put in cold
type the meaning of his party from the
beginning, and that was to exclude from
this country all products which came in
competition with anything raised or pro-
duced in the United States, to build a
Chinese wall around this country COM
mercially. TO decrease imports (as I shall
show before the conclusion of my re-
marks they have donel. to increase the
free list upon tropical fruits and luxu-
ries and the little frills Of commerce,
but upon the absolute necessaries Of life.
whether IN clothing or IN food, to ex-
clude them from this country in order.
as the senator from Vermont 1fr. Nor
rilD, the father of the tariff IN this coun-
try, has declared, to make market for
the agriculturists at home and not
abroad. shall have something to say
about that before conclude, when I
touch upon this new humbug Of reci-
procity, which day by day is being de-
veloped, and which hope the senator
from Maine VIII have chance to dis
cuss in every township In this country.
as he threatened he would do some
months ago.7Senator Vest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
Two sides to the ouestion.

Common people may wen ask why the
tariff has everything to do with wages
when they are rising. but nothing TO do
with them when they are falling They
may also be curious to know how it
comes to pass, the Mckinley tariff be-
ing slxillfully adjusted TO the difference
of wages between this country and
Europe (all Europel, that wages fan
here in spite of that delicate and benev-
olent arrangement.-New York Evening
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
Hes Lookinr FOR vote. Now.

When Benjamin Harrison lived IN In
dianapolis he could never find time or
inclination-he has never told which,
to attend the reunions of his old regi-
ment; but now that he resides in Wash
ington, and Is anxious to coDtinue to re-
side there four years longer, he finds
both time and inclination TO come a
thousand miles for the purpose of greet
ing his old comrades in arms. It's
really wonderful hpw the average Re
publican's love for the old soldier re-
wives when he gets nomination for
oiiice!-Indianapolis Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
wise MT. clnrksnn.

Mr.. Clarkson urged the Carnegie peo-
pie 20 arrange with the strikers so that
the Repablican canvass would not suf-
fer the contest might have been post
poned until Nov. 0. 1t would have
helped the grand old party and the men
would have been confronted with long,
cold winter. 1t is surprising that such
strong arguments did not avail.-Kan-
sas City Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
AnoTAER coPPER TRusT.
Producers Have Agreed TO Restrict Pro-
duetion Amer July l.

Producers Have Agreed 10 Restrict Pro-
duetion Amer July l.
The New York Daily Commercial Bull
letin Of June 16 says: After q long pc
riod Of negotiation the producers of cop
per in Europe and the United States
have arrived at an agreement to restrict
production after July l next. The Ameri-
can PRODUCES have agreed to restrict
their exports OF copper to Europe, In con-
sideration for which the Spanish prodn-
GERS have pledged themselves to cut
down their production per cent. Tho
object OF tssil agreement is Of course to
bring about higher level of prices
Whetheror not the producers can sue
cessfully hold together to put prices
back where they were during the exist
ence of the great copper combine in
1850, it IS certain that there has been
left for them duty of II cents per
pound. which was about al Mckinley
could do to invite another copper trust to
repeat the outrage perpetrated in 1889
upon the American people. 1t viii be
remembered that IN 1889 the copper trust
sold American copper so much cheaper
IN Europe that it was reimported and
sold at a profit here after paying q duty
of four cents per pound, and from April
to August, 1889, the foreign price never
exceeded eight cents and the domestic
price was never less than twelve cents.
But for the duty no such difference could
have existed and the effects of the French
syndicate upon our industries would have
been as slight as they were upon Europe
an industries.
The effect of high prices for raw ma
terials of any kind is farreaching and
disastrous. How the consumers of cop
per were affected by the high prices of
1888 is described by James Powell, presi-
dent of the Union Brass company, Of
Cincinnati. in The Engineering and
Mining Journal of Jan. 10, 1889:
when the syndicate began brass
workers all over the country We're fully
employed at good wages, and while tho
demand for goods may not have been
kept up ut all times with the same vigor,
/ yet the price of the raw material was
such as to afford living profit to the
copper producer only.
The consumption of brass goods for
steam, water and gas has fallen off from
% TO 10 peE cent, with no Immediate
prospect of an improvement. The ma
nipulations of the combine have been the
most disastrous calamity for the general
copper consuming industries of this
country that has ever befa1len them"
As evidence that the American end of
this agreement is made In good faith,
it is reported from Marquette, Mich,
that general strike is imminent at the
great Calumet and Hecla copper mine.
The company instead of acknowledging
openly that they intend to restrict pro
duction by closing the mine, announce
that they VIII discharge all employees
i who are members of the Knights OF
Labor or of any other labor organization.
They know that this will not only pre-
cipitate long struggle that viii restrict
production. but it win give them an op.
portunity to utilize cheap s'scab'' labor
when they are ready to resume opera.
tions, and perhaps to starve some Of the
strikers into accepting lower wages.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
PROTECTION SLAVES.
MEN SHOT FoR ASSERTING THE
PRaNclPLE OF PROTECTION.

The fint Headiustment OF the Wage
seais Since 1ae Passage OF the sTcKin-
10y Am. Which was TO Keep Wages Up,
show Redustion of so Per Cent.
The tioting at Homestead is a most
derlortole incident of the great lockout
at that place. aud is none the less shock
ing to fhe public mind that violence has
been expected as the almost certain re-
suit d the quarrel between the iron
inastets and their men. 1t was known
indeed that the iron mills had been con-
vertod INTO scientific fertilization and
that prepsrations We're being made ON
both sides for. siege, but it was not
Thought that open hostilities would be-
gin SO soon or would be of SO serious a
character.
1t Is most remarkable as well as de-
piorable state Of affairs. In the very
center and heart of the great protected
Industries protected, as claimed, in or
del. - en- slIie the manufacturers to pay
high wages to their mployecs-work-
sngmen are shot down like savages by
hired police for asserting the great prin-
eiple which they have been taught is
the basis of our national wealth and
glory and resisting reduction of their
wages. 1t is not the first time the pro-
tected American working1nan has had
to fight for living wages with the pro-
tected American monopolist, who is his
special representative and friend in
congress and for a few weeks every
four years on the hustings, and it will
not be the last time.
He is the convenient medium and ex-
cuse for imposing fraudulent tax sys-
tenn on the mass of the people for the
benefit of favored class, and he will be
-wheedled and whacked, praised and
pinched, by turns, as occasion requires
SO long as he can be employed TO serve
the purpose he has served so well here
tofore. 1t is the pinching time at Home
stead now. The ironmasters, as we are
told by one of their organs, can well af-
ford to have the works rest awhile Just
now. 1t is the best season of the year
for lockout. They determined to
make their fight now and have it over
and well out of the way before the pro-
lection campaign should fairly begin
anew. If there is any shooting to be
done. this is the time to do it. Voting
time will come little later, and it is
desirable to keep the two seasons as far
apart as may be. OF course the work
iugmen win grumble and protest and
plead-but that does not matter. Iron
can hold out longer than flesh and blood,
and the ..wiiite slaves must come to
|.their masters terms in the end.
Il It's the old story told over again, that
I has been told so often since the war.
The protected manufacturers having
bought the presidency and filed con-
gress with their agents and put the laws
they wanted ON the statute books, are
settling again with their men. The
( Mckinley bill was passed two years ago.
This is the first readjustment of the
wage scale at Pittsburg that has occur
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
wipe one nrcIkinIerism.

If the Republican policy of Mckinley
ism is going to enrich few men lik'
Carnegie, who will make such oppres
sive and murderous use of their power
it is time to call halt The only sal
vation for the masses is to march by tn,
million into the Democratic ranks ant
wipe out McKinleyism and the party be
hind it.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
It snIts CarnerIe.

Carnegie, for example, with his forty
millions and his baronial hall in Scot
land, has been benefited by high taxes,
but his workmen have had to struggle
to get wages enough to keep the wolf
from the door; and his case is not an is
olated one, though perhaps it is one of
the most conspicuous. We would ex-
pect him to be a high tax man.-Seattle
(Wash.) Telegram.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
The q. o. p. An n Had yyav.

The Republican party seems to be on
the road to smash. It cannot get n
campaign manager. 1t has lost Blaine
its strongest man, and a lot of its best
fighters. like Quay, Clarkson ct al. It
has suffered large defections to the in
dependents and the peoples party. 1t
has lost Kansas and it is likely to lose
Pennsylvania, to say nothing about
Observation-Disclosures CAIass.) Demo-
Graf
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
rhere prnst Do sorne rirn.

The squirming and the groaning are
always done by those who are hit. The
unanimous howl of the Republican press
that there is no politics in the affair at
Homestead is ample evidence that they
are wringing their hands in grief ovel
the club which one of the leaders oi
their party has put into the hands oi
the Democrats.-St. Paul Globe.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
Tho Real Dattle Ground.

Senator Sherman is delnding himself
in believing that New York is to be the
battle ground next November. Every
thing now points to Democratic vic
tory in that state without fight. The
real battle ground is in the northwest,
where the Democracy and the Peoples
party will join forces against the COM
mon enemy.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
Time for a chapre,

When. man like Judge Gresham
not an alarmist, but a learned jurist and
dispassionate reasoner, expresses q fear
that existing conditions In this country
viii lead to 4 bloody social revolution
it is high time that those conditions were
changed and the threatened conse
quences foreztalled. Detroit Free Press
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09

The reduction of wages in the pro-
tected iron and steel industries has got
Mr.. Carnegie into some trouble, but out
of the saving made he VIII be able to
contribute handsomely to the campaign
fund.-St- Louis Post Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
This Is a Democratic Year

In presidential contests this state
went Republican in 1864, Democratic
in 1868, Republican in 1872, Democratic
in 1876, Republican IN 1880, Democratic
IN 1884, Republican in 1888, and this is
the year for another Democratic inning.
Buffalo Courier.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
A Platform for Democra,..

The Democratic platform was not
written to please the Republican organs
or the party of force bills and tariff
for protection to plutocrats. 1t is a plat-
form for Democrats, and on it they will
win decisive victory in November
st. Louis Republic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09

ITune-'.darehing Through Georgian
With Cleveland and Stevenson, now listen what
say,
We're bound 70 sweep the eo1ntrro., next erac-
tion day,
We're sure % win. IN spite Of tin. Tom Plato
Matt Quay,
Wen rouf The G. o. p. in next November.
CHORUS.
Hooray. hooray, wen shout our battle CRY.
Hooray- hooray for Grover and AdIai;
Wen put them in the White House, then won't
Benny sigh
Wen rout the 6. o. P. in next November.
Wen march along and shout the cry Of taritE
reform,
We're against sham reciprocity. force bI1ls NO
scorns
Grandpeh hats. nevzraper rats. ven make them
feel forlorn
Wen Iout the 6. 0. P. IN next Norsubsr.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
CIeveIand's Common sense.

Mr.. Ceveland's firm letter of declina-
ton to the female enthusiast who origi-
mated the scheme of the Frances Cleve-
land Influence clubs is couched in very
happy and gentlemanlike language, and
will command the respect of members
of his own as wen as those of the op-
posite political party.-Hartford Post
RenN
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
ne wins al notI, End.

Having had cheap foreign labor locked
out to secure high prices, Mr.. Carnegie
is now locking out American working
men to get cheap foreign labor. He
thus makes protection cut both ways for
his fat pocketbook.- st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
Protectinr HI. Friend..

The seizure of sealing vessels In Behr-
ing sea has begun again. The ground
floor rights of Mr.. Steve E1kins' seal
skinning friends must be protected at all
hazards.-St. Louis Republic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09

The Republican tariff protected the
Carnegies and their partners against the
competition of imported manufactures
and they became enormously wealthy
1t failed to protect Carnegie s. Co.'s
workmen against the competition of inn,
ported labor and they continued poor
Dividends increased; wages went down
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
why Dossn,t He Pay HI. sfene

If Andrew Carnegie can contribute to
election corruption funds and hire an
army of Pinkertons, why is he not able
to pay his workmen the wages promised
them by the high tariff peoples-Lou
vile Courier-Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
Put It Up stiII Hieher.

Our present tariff was adjusted to
raise wages. It was followed by cuts In
the carpet and wooden mills and by a
labor crisis in the iron region. Evident
" it was not made high enough.-Kan-
sas City Times
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
,rore IMAM I.nou,I, n...o,,.

IF there We're no other reasons for a
change of administration the fact that
Wanamaker, Elkins, Miller and the two
Fosters arc in the cabinet would be
sufficient And it is even more potent
with sturdy Republicans than with
Democrats.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
New Yorl WIN 90 -Rlrht.

There has been a revulsion of feeling
concerning New York state. 1t is now
practically conceded to the Democracy,
and President Harrison is looking to the
northwest to pull him through.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
rIle Party-of plutocracy,.

The political forces of discomfort are
working against the Republican party,
whose surrender to the forces Of plu-
tocracy IS the chief cause of their actiy-
ity.-St- Louis Post-Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
RfrhtInr shr ID resnnn.fhiIst-.

Republican leaders are not inclined 70
accept the Office Of manager Of the cam
paign, which involves responsibility for
Mr.. Harrison's defeat in November
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
A Lesson I'm Protection.

Unprotected agriculture just now is
employing every available man at good
wages. Thousands of protected lab
orers are idle--Kansas City Times
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09

Dying In the Shadow of ..Protection..
From his castle DER the sea
Mr. Andrew Carnegie
Sends a messagt ahat viii cause 'em some re-
Election.
Barrica1ed in a ditch,
Are dying In tho shadow OF ..Protection.r
Atlanta Constitution.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09

If Mckinley had fixed up 100 per
cent tariff instead of his 60 per cent.
deal, how many Pinkertons would Penn
sylyania have neededs-Kansas City
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
a slrniacant contr...t.

The embattled workmen Of Pittsburg
carried the stars and stripes, while
Andrew Carnegie reposed beneath the
red cross of England. louisville Cour-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
Although Treed ne xviII s,,nn

Green b. Raum is treed by the pension
investigating committee, but that viii
not prevent him taking the stump for
Harrison next week.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
An ApproprIate protto.

High tariff and high fences That
would make a good motto for the Re
publicans to place ON their campaign
banners.-Utica IN. W Observer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
The HandwrItinr on the wan.

1t looks as though Harrison and Nc
Kinleyisln would fall outside Carnegie's
brcastworks. Wheeling Register.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
Higher Prices, Lower wages.

Higher prices and lower wages-these
are the results of the infamous McKin-
ley bill to date. Chicago Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09

This is an average of half million
annually, and IN this great army of inn
migrants in search of work the great
mills and factories find men to take the
places of strikers
There IS no possible way of protecting
labor from competition 1t finds it on
all sides. Every new machine competes
with labors every immigrant bears the
labor market. The great law of surply
and demand fixes the price of labor,
fixes the labor schedule Why should
the laborer, unprotected and helpless,
vote TO protect the capital of his en-
ployer' Why should he vote to keep up
the price of what he has to buy when
he sees and knows that It is impossible
for the same law to protect him in the
only thing he has TO sell?-Louisville
Courier-Journal
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
Notice To Trespassers.

"a pass upon my lands in Lewis and Rob
inson districts, either by hunting, fishing.
nutting or In any other way. All yiolatefs
OF this notice VIII have the penalties OF the
law enforced against them. @. SEH0N.
sept 2S-4w-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-08-09
WHAT OF THE woRnNeMEN,
There Is No Possible Way of Protecting
Labor from Composition.

-1-@'I"I IEuIII NuIH IcIIIIuH-
But what of the workingmens How
are they protecteds
Mr. Carnegie knows how to protect
himself. He docs it BY having the duty
on his products made 50 high that none
can come into the country to compete
with him and break down his prices of
anything that he has to sell
The laborer has nothing to sell but his
labor; how IS that protecteds is labor
shut out by any laws Here are the fig
ures of four years. showing the number
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-12-22
Entertainment Friday Night.

The Bainonian and the Alpha Sigma
Literary Societies, of the Jonesboro
Graded School, will give their first an
nual entertainment Friday night, De-
cember %.
The program will consist of music,
declarations, Rotations, orations and
a very interesting drama.
Those who never saw a ghost, come
out Friday night and we will show you
one.
We hope all who feel any interest in
these societies will be present.
These young people have given freely
Of their W money, and have their
hall furnished very well, but still there
are other thing they need.
They have prepared this entertain
ment in order to raise money to finish
furnishing their halls. No one can
deny that it is a good cause; so we hope
all will come out and help them.
Students in the first and second
grades admitted free.
Admission for students 10 cents. All
others 25 cents. Tickets at Stuart's
Drug Store. No reserved seats. Exer-
cises begin at 7:3O.