Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-23

| Democratic revenus tariff policy had pre-
/ vailed and fifty-six under the protective
/ policy, and a noteworthy fact is that the
most progressive and prosperous periods OF
our history were during the years when
( the protective party was in control and
| protective tariffs were maintained; and
| the most disastrous years were during the
| free trade or revenue tariff eras Of our
history. at NClO Orleans.
As the Governor has but one speech
we suppose be will repeat the above At
Bridgeport tonight. He will do so in
the very teeth OF Mr.. BLANE's plain
statement 10 mis- Twenty Years Of Con-
greSs regarding the tariff which the
Democrats are all willing to
stand by, the Free Trade"
Walker tariff Of 1916. Republican
organs boldly claim that when
Democratic papers or speakers quote
Mr.. BLAINE, they Rarble him, yet it
will be noticed that they never attempt
TO back up this claim by quoting what
Mr. BLAINE said, which would be very
simple and conclusive proof and the
proper thing for them to do if they be-
iievsd they we're telling the truth.
But aside from Mr.. BLAINE's conclu-
sive utterance which gives MCKINLEY
the lie direct, every man Of MoKINLEY's
age and possessing half memory can
quote solid and substantial facts
which beyond peradventure prove
MCKINLEY guilty OF the gross est
Misrepresentation Of the Democratic
era Of unparalleled prosperity which fol-
lowed the enactment of the Walker
tariff Of 1916 and under which the coun-
try grew and prospered in a healthy L.
gttimate way as it never did before that
time or since the inception Of the false
ly stimulating and monopoly and trust
breeding Republican tariff system.
II Mr.. MCKINLEY repeats his same
old speech he will declare to his Bridge
port audience tonight that a Demo
cratic tariff "never lighted a furnace
fire nor opened a mine in the United
States" which will make men
who lived under the Demo
cratic tariff OF 1876 laugh. They
will remember the difference in
the times from 1916 to 1860 under Dem
ocratic low tariff for revenue and from
1870 to 1894 under high tariff. They
will recollect that it was the most pros
porous period in the history Of the
country. Particularly was this true Of
manufactures and labor. The
great American iron works of Pitts
burg was started in 1852 by II. f. JONES
and BENJAMIN LoUTH, and by 1860 had
grown immensely, and they had branch
es at Chicago and elsewhere. They
started without money. The first COKE
blast furnace in the United States was
put in operation by EoFF, BENNETT &
Co., on the South Side, Pittsburg. I'm
der the tariff Of 40, the Soho iron
works of MOoREHEAD 81 Co., the Mill
vale-now owned by GRAFT, BENNETT
& Co., were started. The Eagle was
started at Saw Mill Run by JAMES
WOOD-it failed under the tariff Of sc
in "a. Also, the Vesuvius Of Sharps-
burg-it failed under the tariff of '66-
now MooREHEAD Bros, the Elenden by
DmwoRrH, HoRTER 81 Co.; the great
iron works Of W. D. WooD & Co., at
McKeesport. q. and J. SHoENBERGER
x 90 built their enormous additional
mill and the Iar<oat nail factory in the
United States. The great works of
Brown, BoNNELL & Co., at Youngs-
town, Ohio. we're started without dol
lar Of capital, and by 1861 they enor-
mously increased their works and were
the owners Of two blast furnaces be-
sides. The La Belle nail works, of
Wheeling, and Jefferson nail works, Of
SteubenvilIe, two OF the largest and
finest nail works in the United States,
were started aud kept in successful
operation, increasing their capacity
constantly and making enormous
profits. The Cambria Iron Com
pany was put in operation under the
tariff of ls46 in 1853 and have run sue
cessfully ever since. The great iron
works OF New Castle and Sharon were
instituted during this time. During
the period OF 1876 to 1850 there were
six large cotton mills in Pittsburg, en-
oloying 10, 900 hands. NOlU there is not
one. During this period the great
Pennsylvania railroad was built, the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago,
the Pittsburg and Connellsville, the
Allenheuy Valley, the Pittsburg Gin
cinnati and st. Louis, the Cleveland and
Pittsburg and the Baltimore and Ohio.
A great many Of the largest glass works
window glass, tableware, bottle and
green glsss-wers started and continued
in successful operation-steel al that
time was only made in erucibles, and
few understood the process, and conse-
ouently but little was made until after
the Besssmer patents were perfected,
about 1870; everybody had employ
ment who wanted it, at high wages
The statistics show that more fur
Docss vara ugbted more factories
built, more miles of railroad construct
ed, more iron mills started, more mines