Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-11

aud Is now maintained at S24 a ton, 50
that by the virtue OF the duty which
keeps out foreign rails, the pool il com
pelliog the users OF steel rails TO pay
25 per cent more than a FAIR price. This
new steel rail pool Is con posed OF seven
manufacturers. beaded by Carnegie,
who absolutely controls the product OF
more than haf OF the rolled steel pro-
duced In the United States, and who
have comoiosd together TO pay other
large manufacturers heavy annual sums
20 close their works. discharge their
men and make no steel. DO EN-
ployers pay larger wages when they
get larger profits? ! do not, and even
philanthropistS do not. Take Mr.. Car
negie, who gives like a prince out Of the
millions the tariff has enabled him 10
take from his fellow citizens. He gives
ike prince from his more than
princely income, but he does not raise
wages unless he has 10. Before hs
started for Jerusalem few days ago,
be utilized the tariff TO re-establish the
steel rail pool and pay other manufsc-
turers TO shut up their works and throw
their men out OF employment; then
general cut in wages was made
In all his great establi sh msnts,
and then he announced himself ready
To give as much as $1,000 day to feed
the unemployed in Pittsburg-a place
that II there were any truth In the
theory that protection Is good for labor
ought TO be very paradise for work
ingmen. Now which is the best for
labor, plenty OF charity soup houses or
plenty OF employment? There Is the
question between protection and free
trade. That is trua OF all in
dustries. II We could abolish the
whole tariff on the first OF Feb
ruary l do not believe there is
single manufacturing industry that
would close. On the contrary all that
were not purely eXotics, kept alive by
taxes, would be greatly stimulated, for
eig ners would want more OF our pro-
ducts and foreign markets would be
open to our goods. Wheat would bring
more TO the grower aud the masses OF
the people would want and could pay
for more manufactured goods. You
can not depress Industry and impover-
ish labor by remittinV taxes, that is
done by imposing taxes.
ONLY THREE SECTIONS.
The bill he would pass, he said,
would consist Of but three sections:
Section AL import duties and cor
responding internal revenue duties are
hereby abolished, and all officials en-
gagged IN collecting such duties are here
by discharged.
Section The Secretary Of the
Treasury is hereby directed to sell all
custom houses and revenue cutters aud
pay the proceeds into the treasury.
Section 3-This act shall take effect
i'm med lately.
Such bill would excite 40 more pro-
tectionist opposition than this poor,
q e
would not be sneered at aud IL would
arouse a mighty support that this bill
cannot get.
While Mr.. Johnson was condemning
the alleged steel rail pool, he became
engaged in heated controversy with
Mr.. Dailell, OF Pennsylvania.
You deny the present existence OF a
pool" asked Mr.. johnson.
Yes, sir"
well, here is the proof OF it," said
Mr.. Johnson, fiourishing a document.
Here is the agreement ia the iron
Agc. a certain Il. +. Kennedy con-
tracts TO receive %, 900 tons OF rails al
what l considered an eXorbitant price
and to forfeit $1,000 a day if he does not
take them. looked into the matter TO
see who such large buyer could be. /
| found that he was n stockhoider in the
]
now secretary OF the new pool formed
last November. That pool agreed 10
give the manufacturers OF Sparrow 5
Point, Md, 81, 900 a day 10 close their
works and discharge their men That
is the sort of trust the Wilson bil's 2j
per cent. duty Uerpetuates. Demo
cratic applause
ut gives concern In Pennsylvania
$4,000 year 70 close down. The old
pool Of eight or nine companies agreed
! 70 maintain the uriCe OF rails at SD.
| One OF the member
SECRETLY UNDERsoLp THE POOL.
Carnagie made war on him, beat the
price down 10 SO, closed him no and
then formed another pool" Zap
plause.
II cannot controvert what the gen
tleman says" interposed Mr. DalZelI
but u such a pool as he describes
exists, ] deprecate il as much as he"
THAT Is where differ with the gen
tleman," retorted Mr.. johnson. 81 be
lieve 10 making all the money ] can. I
am thorough going mouopoIist and
take advantage Of all the bad laws you
/ Republicans have made, but 7 do not
believe In defending those laws here "
loud aud prolonged Democratic ap-
7 plause)
; At the conclusion Of Mr.. Johnson's
/ speech Mr. Dalzon. OF PennsyIvauia.
+ took the floor.
The other speakers we're Mr. Woomer.
| OF Pennsylvania, Nlr. Coombs, OF New
/ York
When the latter closed, the House. at
51-, took recess until o'clock to.
night
/ At the night session, Nr Snodgrass.
/ Dem. Tenuessee.l Mr. Mahon. rRcp.,
Pennsylvania and Mr.. Curtis. rep.
Kansas were the speakers, and 40
/ 1880 the House adjourned.
TEE INTEo"tl REVENUE BILL
/ subnnittd by tho Sub. ub.Committoe-some of
the Proyisious.
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