Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-21
A VERY LANE duck.
THE ARTFUL TAhJFF BODGEB OF TIE "INTEL-
LlGENER" Exposed.
That Paper Utterly FaiA % Rshts a Solitary Ma
terial Point in The Register Interviews
But Simply Gas aRiL


was chiefly remarkable for its eYaApns,
its discussion Of matters irrcieyaA to
the arguments in the REGISTER, andkS
fippant and abusive style. In te
course Of its paroxysm il went to thu
extreme Of questioning the authenticity
of the REGISTER interviews, and made
something OF an ass OF itself in so doing.
Unable TO find facts and figures with
which to cOntrovert the matters
printed in this paper, it became angry
rang the changes upon a palpable error
which had no bearing upon the leather
and hide situation, and then wandered
Oft into deep water, and rambled along
upon topics not under consideration al
the moment. This course is character
istic Of the Intelligence, and was about
what was looked for by those familiar
with the paper. II is incapable OF sim
certify.
The REGISTER published an interview
with local consumer OF tin plate, IN
which that gentleman said that BE-
cause of the operations Of the Mckinley
bill, tin plate 14x2O inches in size had
been reduced in weight eighteen pounds
per box, which saved forty cents M
duty, over what would have been paid
for the former weight, and gave the
consumer an inferior article. THIS
fact the IniclliqGgccr did not attempt
20 refute, but cOntented itself, for the
most part, with a series or aSSer-
tiOns regarding that alleged reality,
American tin. liz could not meet
the fact that light weight tin was
coming into extensive use, since the
passage Of the Mckinley bill, nor could
&c deny that manufactured articles
made from such tin were inferior;
hence, 10 lodged the issue. The REGIS
TER is in possession Of business letter,
addressed to a large local consumer Of
tin plate, in which the writer, a tim
plate importer and broker widely
known. says
s.Light weight plates are being bought
now almost exclusively ia l4X2O, while IN
SQUARES the larger consumers are now
using light weight plates also. This has
been brought about by the increased duty
on tin-plates; every pound in the weight
Is a saving OF &c, which IS the present
duty"
Perhaps when the TntcUiGcncCr has
grown somewhat calmer, 10 will revert
to the point at issue, and will also look
up the challenge, published In TINS
paper.
This brings Us to hats. The REGIs-
TER quoted local halter 10 the effect
that the finer grade Of hats, such as
StetsOns, Dunlaps and silk hats, were
not cheaper in price; but that the
lower grades Of hats, whore the price
had been reduced, had also been re-
duced in quality, by the admixture OF
"ielt," otherwise ShOddy, and that the
man OF moderate means, compelled 20
purchase a cheap hat, did not get as
much for his motley as formerly. These
facts were not COntrOyerted, save Oy
the statement OF a local dealer, in
whose opinion cheap hats were better
than ever, and who admitted that
DUNLAP hats were lighter, but thought
they also were better, This opinion,
quoted by the IgteiliCCRccr, was sharply
contrOverted by another local dealer
Saturday, who told REGISTER reporter
that more shoddy was used In the man
ufacture OF hats of medium and low
grades, within the last year, than ever
before, that some hats OF medium and
low grades had advanced in price up 20
As high as three dollars dozen, that
fine hats were made OF lighter weight
because the duty upon the felt hat had
been more than doubled, and that IN
cheap sO-called silk hats, the proper
tion OF cotton ran from One-hau up.
The increased duty upon the materials
was probably meant when the inic.li-
gapccr quoted the halter as saying that;
'.The material Is better and costlier, and
by improved processes the Nat IS Haue
much lighter in weight
Ii might be added that the improved
processes" whereby the hats are made
lighter, were devised 20 meet the III
creased cost i'm material under the Me-
Kinley bin. Upon this point the i-tt-
li1enccris silent. l'r1 anton Is called
10 little challenge 70 another column.
The REGISTER, in reply 70 an assertion
ia the IRtCYigCHcgr Of Thursday, anent
the reductions iu muSlinS, pointed out
that the Mckinley bill had nothing IN
the world To do with that reduction,
which was the inevitable result Of the
tremendous cotton crop. The IRtetlt-
QCncer saw it 70 dodge the issue by say
ing nothing upon the subject.
As 70 hides, leather, and the manutac-
tured products thereof, the IntelltgCHcer
cOncurred In the REGISTERS assertion
that placing hides upon the free list
had not only benefited the leather
trade, but the consumers of mauutac-
tured leather goods as well. IL failed,
however. to point out why similar beue-
fits should not accrue 70 other Industries
and TO the people, through the opera
tion of the same cauSes-a reduced
duty, ornodutvatall, on raw materials,
like hides. this connection, the
Iqfcliqencer might read Mr.. Devine's
card, and $50 read with care a little
card signed by Mr.. II, ). Thornburg.
In Tact, the entire two columns and
half OF space devoted 70 the subject IN
the IntclliJCllcsr Of Saturday were hi.ed
with one prolonged ''we-beg-the-ques-
ton, devoid OF argument or substantial
conformation. is was, perhaps, the
best which the Intelligence could 90,
under the circumstances, but IL was
poor, very poor.
CAUGHT A TARTAR