Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-22
MINORITY REPORT
[Conttnned from Second Paae.

Continued from Second Page.
We have not thought it desirable to
make any appeals to passion or preiu'
dice so we have thus far taken
no notice of the condition Of business
now, which is terrible, and of the work
ingmen, which beggars description.
''There is no need for US to present
this to the country. 1t is presenting
itself in one hundred representative
cities where the number employed ex-
ceeds two millions and a half Of people;
fully ono-third, by the most conserva-
tive estimate, are without employ.
These are engaged in the protected
industries. Those who are not aud
who thought they were beyond the
touch of the tariff, now know the
solid fact that all industries are pros
porous or none. Spread this all over
the country as you must, and the re-
suit will startle even the IN
thinking. 1t is not necessary for US TO
bring this to public view. No ingenui-
ty can keep il out of ev%erybody's face
and eyes. Workingmen all over the
country are expressing their deep and
sorrowful feeling. We will not strive
in any way to increase the turmoil
which this bill has already created. An
end can be put to all this by the defeat
of the bill and to the accomplishing of
this every energy should be bent. The
best way to put an end TO this agita-
tion is TO put an end to the causes.
The following are the important
features Of the subjects treated Of
specially:
In discussing the wooden schedule
the committee says:
committee bill, is In some respects the
most r~eprehensible. 1t proposes to de-
stroy at a single blow the industry OF
wool growing, which now ranks as
seventh in the value Of its products
among the several branches Of agri-
culture, and which has heretofore been
recognized as an agricultural product,
deserving and requiring protection
under every administration and by
every tariff act since that OF May %,
1924. Nothing short of the total de-
struction of this important industry can
be counted upon as the consequence OF
placing both wool and mutton on the
free'list.
The terms of the bill are equivalent
TO an edict from the committee com
handing every wooden manufacturer to
shut down and keep shut down until
the bill becomes a law, and turning mil
lions of employees into the street. The
bill has been Carefully devised,
apparently for the purpose OF
c%riDpling the domestic manu-
.rer in advance of a new tcF,H 90
tGae NE ~" TIM. left bruised and o[oS ajn
wnen netitjon for the market hin dat 70 Ue1 as
from GO to as per cent. less than at
present. The punishment melted out to
wool manufacturers for daring TO in
vest thier capital in this useful and I'M
portant industry is severe and condlgn.
The metal schedule presents some
features that illustrate in a signihcant
way the illogica! character OF the OIL.
Among these may be mentioned the
substitution In almost all cases or ad
yalorem for specific duties, the making
free a number of articles called raw
materials" the disregard Of the rela-
tiaps that exist between more or less
finished products and the totally made
ouate duties named upon certain lead
ing articles.
That which lies at the base Of our
iron and steel industry is iron ore. The
existing duty thereon Is IS cents per
ton. The revenue from its importation
aggregated in the last fiscal year over
| half a million OF dollars. 1t is proposed
under a tariff bill for revenu only" to
throw away absolutely every cent OF
this large revenue.
Having sacrificed over half a million
dollars per annum of revenue to the
yagary Of free trade, the ''tarih bill Tor
revenue only" proposes to affect another
large source Of revenue by serious re-
! duction Of the duties on pig iron. That
duty now is sore per ton. The duty
imposed is 221S per cent. ad yalorem' or
about S1.60 to $40 per ton, a lower
tariff than was ever before proposed on
this article. 80,
There are two provisions In the Dill
which, when brought side by side, dis
close in a significant way Its sectional
character-hoop or band iron, or steel
bars. at ad valorem duty OF 30 per
ceptum, Except as otherwise provided
for" The OTHERWISE provided Cor"
has reference to ties of iron or steel for
baling cotton, which are placed on the
free list.
Under the existing law the duty on
tin plates is 2.O2 cents per pound. The
duty at present proposed is 1'S cents
per pound. This means a severe blow
TO az enterprise which, under existing
conditions, has grown to immense Fro
portions and which promises under
proper protection to be n Of the grea'
industries of the country.
One OF the most amazing proposition.
of the bill is that bitumous coal shaI
be put upon the free list, and th'
million of dollars per anuum (almost)
that we receive from its importation
by way of revenue absolutely throw
away.
Read stifel s Co.'S special ad. on Sixtl
page.