The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-18
KILLING BUSINESS.
How the Democratic Victory AZ
fects Tradesmsn.
CONTEMPLATED MANUFACTURING
industries Abandoned-.-I4Hrse Orders
oancellcd-.A Large Maine Com
pany Loses Contract fer 5000, 900.
Chaos Now Will Reign.


NEw YoRG, Nov. 1.-THE .Adrertisr
has the following: Tho effects of the
election arc beginning to make them
selves felt in Connecticut, as the follow
ing letter, written by an cmpIoye oil an
industrial establishment in Hartford,
will show:
10 nc Editor GfLhe Morning .Idreti%":
Asa reader OFF the AdpsnIcr. and knowing The
aggrcssiycness Of your worthy paper ~ the past
tampAign. IWISiy on would publish The, follow
Ing exainnie OF the effect the election Of Cleye-
lind has right here Ia Hartford:
Tho william Rogers Manufacturing Company
discharged thirty hands saturday evening. ana
has had scvcIal OF its lnrgest orders counter
The Caligraph Company has discharged eighty
three hands.
Si2OO0 order On"w0Ol' cOuntermnnded.
Goodwin Bros. manufacturers OF pottery, have
had the largest order they have received since
january 1. 1872. cancelled. ~,
Previous 10 the passing OF the Mckinley Dill
the Goodwin BfotherS were Democrats They
have since seen that tho policy Of protection is
the only american policy.
Men were Discharged from the places Whl
have named Irrespective Of their politics.
What cAn We look for In the IOut years 10
c0uc2 Jt ACoNsIANI EEAbEE'
Reports OF the mostdiscouraging char
acter concerning the business outlook
comes from Bridgeport. 1t is openly
asserted i'll that ordinarily stirring little
purgh, and not denied, that CONNER
cinl interests are already beginning to
flag, and the belief that business men
and working men alike will suffer II the
Mckinley tariff law is repealed contin-
ues to grow.
Among the various industries in the
city whose existence is due solely to the
Mckinley tariff is the plush factory OF
Sir Titus Salt, Sons q Co. That tariff
raised the duty on plush so that the
firm in England could not compete with
the American producer, and so it es-
tablished branch in Bridgeport.
Many OF the English employees immi-
grated to Bridgeport, and when the
business was brisk the pay roll aggre-
gated $1,000 or $4,000.
Superintendent Person, when gues-
toned on the subject yesterday, said:
Eyes; our force is being reduced on
account OF a dull market We thought
business would pick up after election,
but it has not. We do not care to make
uD ROOua lOF lle LuuIhGI uAAOl tlS
present unsettled conditions.
"From the time we procure our raw
material to the time our finished pro-
duct is placed on the market is often as
much as four months, and there is no
telling what the state OF affairs will be
four months from now. 1t seems to
me as if an extra session OF Congress
would have to be called and then the
Democratic party will be obliged to do
something with the tariff. They have
said SO much about the Mckinley bill
that it seems to me they will have to
repeal it.
Another Bridgeport firm indirectly
interested in the tariff is the Union Me-
tallic Cartridge Company. part OF the
large New York firm OF Hartley 4 Ora
ham, who manufacture, in addition to
ammunition, small arms and other i'm
PIGMENTS OF modern warfare. They arc
also the owners OF the Gun Implement
Company, whose factory is located ON
Elm street. A member OF the firm said
recently: awe are going to keep our
product down as much as possible until
after we know what the Democratic
party is going to do with the tariff. II
the tariff was repealed we could motive,
and would be compelled to 90 out oil
business"
The general purchasing agent OF a
Massachusetts, railway, who was in the
city on business yesterday, received
letter from a silk manufacturing COM
pany OF Paterson, n j., with which he
has been doing business for four years.
The letter said in brief; 1--WE will not
be able to recelve any orders after Janu.
airy l."
The purchasing agent said he had
bought all OF the plush for the cushions
OF the seats OF passenger cars from the
company. The bills are heavy every
"What will you do now" he was
asked. BUY where l bought before |
dealt with the Paterson people--in Eng
land"
Another little lesson on the Tariff,
that's all.
Just previous TO the election it was
reported that the Norton Can Company
OF whitestone, l.. l., contemplated the
erection OF several new buildings on its
promises and introducing the manuEac-
ture Of tin plate for its own use. The
result on Tuesday week, however, has
put damper on everything, and the
com pany will have to abandon the idea
OF going ahead with its plans. Had Mr..
Harrison been reelected work on the
proposed new buildings would have
been begun Immediately.