Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-02

trusted 10 private hands--it must be pub
lie trust [Applause.J 1t is the clio ms,
roric fight which the people OF the United
States are making over again. snail the
prize of taxing IS, co., 600 of people belong
TO all the people ard be exercised Tor the
benefit of all the people, or snail IL De ex-
ercised by joint stock association, VINO.
when the campaign comes, puts part OF
the money out 70 put down the rent ol
tha peoule TO tax Jhemselyesl 1t is the
same issue which all the people OF all the
world have fought for in their groupings
for higher freedom.
"You have been tod that
the Democratic party is somehow
OPPOSED TO AMERICAN PROGRESS
and the great interests Of the country.
They talk as if the Democratic party was
born yesterday. The Democratic party,
which. forN 90 years conducted Inc analrs
of this goyernment-that party to-day
the advocate Of any interests dangerous
to the American people, or opposed 70
progress. Applause. The only time the
tariff ceased to be a burning issue In THIS
country was in the period between le4o ana
1857, when protection gave way TO reve-
nue. tariff. Then there were no disturb
ances, sectional or otherwise, WMcn
threatened the perpetuity or American In
situations. The revenue tariff OF 1910
gave such universal contentment TO tne
people of the United STATES, that the tarln
ceased TO be an issue between the pontlcal
parties In 1850 the necessities Oh the war
demanded i. higher tariff Applause.
"The great Republican leader, Malor
Mckinley, who is so conspicuous Tor ms
wild statements TO the people, ventured TO
say in speech which he made in this city
few DAYS ago, that the Democratic rev.
enue tariff put out the fires in the furnaces
and factories. 1 will quote from news
paper report the following day. Governor
mckinley said: a Democratic revenue
tariff never built fire in single furnace,
never built factory
M'KINLEY SCORED.
"Why, my friends, there were more
fires kindled in furnaces and more factories
started between 1916 and 1860 than In the
previous history of the country. APP
plausel If you will go through this manu-
featuring city of Wheeling you will find
the prints of great mills which were start
ed under a revenue tariff. Applause:
The great mills of New England,
and others, might be mentioned
by the dozens, that came into existence
during that period. So entirely satlstac.
tory was it to the manufacturing centers OF
the country that nearly every representa-
tive from New England voted to take
step further, and to reduce the tarln OF
| 1913 20 per cent. If revenue tariff never
kipdled fire in q mill, if it brought dis
| tress to the manufacturing interests OF the
country, why did the New England repre-
sentatives stupidity vote to further reduce
| it 20 per cents
"They tell you that revenue tariff Is
going to destroy the wool interests Of the
country. | remember the other day OF see
ing two melancholy farmers sitting on a
porch while Democratic parade
was passing. Their appearance I'M
pressed me, and made some
| inquiries about them. l learned that they
| had been told by Republican stump speak
ers, that under protection they could sell
their wool for so cents pound. True, the
| Mckinley bill was passed, and they still
have 10000 pounds of wool stored up, wait
ing for the price to reach so cents. They
bought wool at Cleveland prices, and
stored it away to be sold at Harrison pri-
ces. Laughter and applause.
mo, fellow citizens, the Democratic
party is
NOT PARTY OF DISASTER,
when free to illustrate in the government
of the country its benehcent policy. We
don't want to bar the gates OF the
country, but would fling them open
to wider market, and q greater
prosperity. [Great cheers. Just one
more remark of my friend Mckinley.
Said he: Can't we make tin platter
| Laughter. we have thirty-one factories
| to-day, giving employment to tens OF thou
sands of men and women Now, fellow
citizens, l presume l am one of the few ma
tive Americans who ever made sheet OF
tin plate. Some time ago l was IN ST.
| Louis, and Mr. Neidringhaus invited me
| to go through his mill, and while there l
dipped a sheet OF steel and made 1t into
| tin plate. presume l am one Of the Few
non imported laborers who ever made
sheet OF tin plate in this country. Laugh
| teri Now, am going to answer Mr.. Nc
Kinley, and take his own words. He says
| there are, not thousands, not ten thousand,
but tens Of thousands of men and women
employed in this great American tin plate
industry. Heretofore 1900 men, women
and children in Wales made the tin for all
the world. Laughter Yet we are en-
blowing tens Of thousands to make
the two per cent. which we man
ufactured last year. Cheers II ii
takes tens Of thousands, you have
an idea of the expense of making tin under
the Mckinley bill, Laughter. He men,
tons also pearl buttons. Somebody sat
down d Oil little figuring on his stats
tics. IL was found that they were paying
100000 to manufacture S3,5OO,OOO wort
OF pearl buttons.
WORD TO Mr. ELKINs.
sI have another friend who is saying
something in West Virginia this fall.
havea clipping from MIR. Reds paper, the
! New York Tribune, headed Good pros
poets for carrying West Virginia. Mr.
| Eikins remarks says the Tribune, had
rather local colorinR. He said, IL part
| that the reason West Virginia has not a
greater population is because 1t is not under
| control OF any great policy Why, fellow
citizens. | can pick out ten villages and
| towns showing a greater per cent Of in
crease than the State Of Vermont, the very
home OF protection. l can pick
out three counties showing a greater
increase than the entire State OF
Maine, the home of Mr. Blaine and Mr.
Reed. "Wealth and confidence seek Re
publican States says Mr.. Elkins. They
had great trouble finding Republican
| States after the election Of 1890 What
sort OF wealth does Elkins make9 He
means the wealth piled up by the Republi-
can system. He means wealth that &C
cumulates when men decay. Applause.
There is something more than wealth. The
Democratic party seeks TO build up every
| Sta:e--that is, the man that makes the
railroads. that fells the timber, that tills
the soil, that builds the towns and cities.
! Applause. 1t not only seeks TO builC
wealth, but 10 build men, free and equal
citizens Of the great commonwealth of hi:
country. TApplause.J
ELKINs' IDEAS OF WEALTH.
'aThe wealth which Elkins seeks TO buil(