Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-01
Tlg MEETS AND BOUNDS RlTHE ELEoTIoN PREONCTs.

10 make bigger pro fits, which be DIS
tributes among bis emploTes In the
shape OF Increased wages The only
difficulty is that
IT Is NOT THE TARIFF
which regulates, wages. You hear OF
a vacancy 10 an industrial plant, and
hurry after il. before somebody else
gets there ahead OF you. II there are
three men after the job, you know
that you will not receive as much
wages as il there are three employers
after you TO work for them. You know
from this that 1t is the cruel and
memorable law OF supply and demand
which regulates wages, and the tariff
has nothing to do with it.
1--WE boys used TO go to hear Gen.
Golf, who was sent back TO Congress
several times. He rung the changes on
protection TO American labor under the
broad shield OF American law but we
found a hole in that shield, through
which the foreigner came in to compete
with US In the labor market. APP
plauss.
They tell you not to vote for me be-
cause am engaged in tearing down the
wages OF the workingmen. Now, l
don't believe there is one person
here who cannot trace my career.
You all know what / have done
toward giving you real protection. You
know that every energy OF miue has
been so directed that / Incurred anil
mostly OF the most intense character OF
those who now say l am trying to tear
down wages. Applause. You know
that the only reason am not still there
is because l was so urgent 10 my de-
mands that they did not think it best to
keep me in their employment. APP
plause. l was then clamoring for the
same system of political laws for which
j now contend trying to do something
TO enable the wage earners to get
FAIR SHARE OF THE WEALTH
which they produce. Applause,
"You tried their policy for 80 Years,
and wages came down instead OF doing
up. know that If you will take Naas
and l see some here who can subStan'
tate all that l say you will lind that
wages have constantly decreased. IL
is not true that there was general re-
duction, but the task was increased by
increasing the number OF pieces for each
move. You did more work for the same
wages. They say there are many idle
ironworkers 10 the city OF Wheeling, l
was reported as saying last night That
puddlers were driven from earning SIS
a day TO driving street cars. IL / said
that. meant to say that nsilers bad that
experience. So it Is In all the Industries
which are protected. Protection does
not protect. On tho contrary, under
the Republican policy, there were re-
dnctions OF wages and depression In
business.
1--WE have not FORGOTTEN that under
one-haIf of the period during which the
Mckinley law was 10 force, the pot
teries were closed down all over the
land, aud the employers were striking
against a reduction 10 wages. That law
has been changed. The law which was
10 destroy that industry Is now 10 OPP
GRAFTON, and all the potterles are now
running steady. Was the Industry
ruined2
They may talk about protection.
PROTECTION is A PRETTY WORD.
1t sounds sweet. They might as well
say to man in prison, | protect you
from the winters cold, and from thieves
and robbers. The prisoner says Eyes,
but you deprive me Of my liberty" By
this system OF protection, they deprive
you Of your liberties. You Guy In the
cheapest market you can hnd, and sell
in the dearest you can fnd, and yet you
must have the government interfere
with your buying and selling where you
please.
"The cloud OF adversely has rolled
by, and the silver lining can be seen by
all. They want you to go back aud try
it all over again. Wouldn't 1t be IN
pardouable folly?
al want TO protect your.wages. star
ted in life with no higher aim or ambi-
ton than TO do something for those who
earn their bread In the great Industries
of the land; Applause to do some
thing TO better their condition; 70 give
them a fairer share OF the wealth they
are producing. Now I'm told I'm TO Dc
defeated because don't believe 10 the
Republican policy Of projections; be-
cause | would Try other remedies; De-
cause l think you have as much right
10 organize for your protection as the
capitalists have to combine Applause
but they give another reason why
am 10 be defeated. Because at N
mothers knee was engraven upon my
mind the belief in one creed OF the
Christian faith; because | believe Ia the
same Trinity which you do, and 10 The
same Redeemer VINO died upon tue
cross; because l am guilty Of the
UNPARDoNABLE SIN
OF believing that which was taught to
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