Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-11
IN THG FOURTH WARD.
BON. 2. 3. BUTLER ADDRESSES A LARGE AND
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.
\ Of His RemNks-B0asr Speaks To-
IN the Eghih Ward-Othsr DOilgs
of Ward Clubs - Political
NOias Generally.

:. f. Butler, ex-Statlstclan Of
nsylvania Labor Bureau, ad-
big meeting Of Fourth ward
ATS at Bishops Hall last night.
for over an hour, and had the
I'd attention Of his audience.
forcIble talker, and has at his
d an inexhaustible supply Of
a figures to prove that the pres
4 system does not benefit the
gman.
Meeting was called to order by
S. KinchelOe, who named Mr..
3ayha as chairman. Mr.. Bayhs
heed the speaker.
Butler, in his opening remarks,
ed to the last occasion when he
Sed a Wheeling audience, in the
ck campaign. There was not
difference In the principles which
lmocratic party fought for then
yhts for to-day. It Is the fight Of
,sses against the classes, the same
aged by jefferson against Ham
Hamilton and his cOnfereeS were
70 trust the people, so to-day the
and Dudleys are afraid to trust
The great issue OF the campaign
tlOn. Whether the people shall
lue TO be taxed by a system which
awful in its inception and iniQuit-
4 its operation. We claim that the
MT tariff system Is not only unlaw-
it Is against the organic law, it Is
stitutiOnal. Protection should
-ldent 10 taxation, and not the
beet, with revenue Incidental.
publican party stands as cham
the protective system, but 1t
me into power through its ad-
that system. Tney knew the
tariff bill was an abortion, so
listened 10 a war measure. Now
the tariff benefits the working
When did 3 labor organization
III q Gun AlAAACG ~ W A-AAl ~ = bNAA
for the passage OF a protective
n? Did they think of the labor
they passed the bond bill. Did
INK of the labOrer when they in
ly threw aside the petition sign
million people TO prevent the
~ or the Treasury from burn
the peoples money in the inter
he bOnd-holders?
speaker then took up the tariff
Do, discussing it Ia a plain and
manner that was understood by
his hearers. The Republican
rs levied a tax TO keep out a
product, In order to retain the
rket ourselves, and the result
that foreign labor has been
9ere TO compete with home
hey talk about competing
oauper labor Of Europe.
be better TO compete with
than in Wheeling? The
that while Labor Stats
lSylvania he found that
or was well paid IL was
tiOn and not the tariff.
party placed a tariff of
eel rails for the benefit OF
-, sa.-it has been shown cOnclu-
ly that the labor cost is only So.
, balance goes to the pocket Of the
q barons, and enables men like
negie to build castles aud free
aries 10 Europe.
'aking Up another phase Of the Ques-
!. he admitted that labor here is
Ter paid than abroad. Labor Is paid,
for itself, but for its productive
ne. The employer Is only the mid
nan, who takes tWO-thirds OF the
ley earned by labor, aud gives labor
rest. The manufacturers Of textile
-ics, OF glass, would not be hurt by
ooVal OF the tariff. This Is proven
inc, Secretary Frelinghuysen and
comment Republicans, all OF
init that the productive
labor Is greater here than
he speaker Investigated the
citation 20 the manufacture
Philadelphia, and found
American wOrkmen aud
from four 10 eight looms
opean operative run on an
one.
the workingman to prop
nd the tariff question, it is
him 10 understand the
y. Mr.. Harrison says In
,ceptance that the Mckln-
sed the wages Of labor IS.
{. Suppose it raised it 10
ne had 10 buy the neces-
which had advanced IS
he the lOOser? Labor
pr the purchasing power
en- the Republican orators
but the benefcent effects
20 tariff.
closed amid applause, and
cheers were given for the
ticket.