Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-21

Special 70 ne REGISTER.
Elk GARDEN, w. Va, october 2O.-Mr
Wilson tonight completed his tour OF the
mining and lumber region along the West
Virginia Central and Pittsburg railway,
and from start 20 finish it has been one
continuous ovation.
Before Mr.. Wilson started on his tour OF
hese mountains and valleys, the Repuoh-
cans asserted and offered TO bet that he
would never face the coal miners and lum-
bermen along the rallrOSd, and IN every
town, st every sawmiu, and az every mine,
the local Republican leaders used TINS
alleged fear on Mr. Wilson's part for al II
was worth.
His feeling was worked up particularly
strong ac, Davis, where 10 was openly ue-
clared mrl Wilson dared not appear. Inc
same thinCtwas said az Elk Garden, but
Mr.. Wilson has traversed this territory
and his audiences have been unprecedent-
ed az every point AT Parsons, at Davis,
a. Bayard, aBd at Elk Garden, no sucn
meetings were ever before seen ano no one
can obtain larger audiences until the popu-
latiOu grows. The enthusiasm mas oeen 10
keeping with the crowds and good SepQo-
lcau Grant and Mineral have tully equalieu
Democratic Tucker in activity ana earn
estnsss. Throughout the whole region
the Democrats are worhlrg as
never before. The fearless stand taken
bv Mr. Wilson at Davis. and his discuss. q
there Of the effects Of the new tariu on
coal and lumber has made him many
friends. His address at DAVIS was mas
terry effort, his earnestness and oqUence
being notable, and he repeated pls aQdress
as TO coal and lumber at Bsyard to-day,
and at Elk Garden tonight On tnese
questions be said:
The new tariff bill, as it passed the
Senate provides for free lumber; as IL
passed the House, originally, IL caNel IOr
free lumber. and its provision In that re-
gard was the same as in the Mills Pill
Ia fact, / believe there was no change IN
the language OF that section from the tne
Mills bill; az least such were my iustrlc-
tions 10 the clerk by the committee. i
know thre are statements 70 the contrary,
but thew are erroneous. Lumber was on
the free list in the Mills bill and so 10 IS IA
the present tariff law, and IN the very
same language. Now L understand some
EMPLOYERS i'm the lumber business in this
vicinity are asserting that free lumber
will iniure that industry. Why even
Thomas B. Reed, in his re
cent speech in New York Cityl
ridieuled the idea that free lumber would
iuiure any one except perhaps right along)
the Canadian border, and really 10 viii not
iniure any one either in the forests Of Nil,
chlgan or in these of Maine, for If You will
20 70 these localities you viii hnd the Ca
madam cutting timber on his side or the
line and on the American side you will ind
Canadians az work also. They cut IL on
both sides, and they will bear the loss If
there is 10 be any. But the forests on our
side are lust as good as on the
Canadian side. IL cost the Almighty no
more TO grow tree on American soll than
ft did on Canadian soil, and we viii have
an equal opportunity IN the eud. The Re
pubhcaus, from Mckinney down 70 tnelr
smallest SPEAKER, tell YOU that harmful
results will follow, but they do nOt-teu YOU
that the Mckinley bill and in all other
tariff bills lumber in the log was on the
free list Do they tell YOU thati No, sir.
Yet l. uyself. have seen great RATS
or these logs on the Northern
lakes coming over % the pOrtsa OF
the United states. We have taken ia tnls
lull but a single step forward in this matter
and placed sawed and planed lumber on the
free list, while lumber for wood pulp ana
logs were on the free list before. But tue
Republicans saw nothing about that Why
my friends lumber and articles make or
wood are a large part OF our export tqade
When / lay sick IN a foreign COutlry
last summer the very bed ] Law on
was made in Grand Rapids, Mch-,
aud the whole OF the furniture or
the hotel came from the same Amefca
city. Ten millions OF dollars worth Of man
ufactured lumber are sent out from Hls
country every year. That the lumbe5sin-
tereSts of West Virginia will be aICCsed IN
the slightest degree IS absurd. But the 0lg
men in the lnmber interests I'm this district
are predicting injury. Recolleet, my
friends, that these men purchased the I'm
Der lands they now own for song ~
lumber gets little cheaper why should
they, when they can sell tue stumpage Tor
mare than thev originally paid aud have
the coal and lumber left throw
the entire loss on labor,
rather than take it o6t OF
tueir own profits. Under this new OIL
there will oe a greater demand for l1moer
under the general revival OF business than
ever before, and the lumber industry or
West Virginia viii oe benefited instead Of
hurt
"Now, as 70 coal. understand our Sp-
ponents are quoting some 0f my rem2r n
on this subject made 10 lSSA care fot
for that but my answer 90 10 is that ne
Democratic party hts been fighting an I'D
vanciug fight SiuCe lSS4, and
hope that /, at least. have kept
ND with the procession. But they are
talking about the new tariff bill, meaning
the Importation Of English COAL There IS
a
DO not know that in England tuey have 20
dslve deeD down into the bowels OF the
earth for their coal. and there Is not one
who does not also know that because OF
steady work enabling thei men 20 form a
good organization the Esaglish miner oo-
taiuS better wages Oluay than do the
miners along the West Virginia Central
Railroad With a beSter demand for West
Virriuia coal the kFeSl Virginia miners
could have steady ySors, form a bettea or
ranization and hSewN pc control the price Of
labor.
There is another 4 ping the Republican
speakers do not teuNOu. i crossed the
ocean in a steamship whose furnaces con
sumed $50 tons Of cOaI a DAY. Under even
the Mckinley Dill that a Aeamship got free
coal; and it was not forei 81 free coal but
the coal Of Maryland and 4 West Virginia.
Why! because bulk for oil llS IL IS better
than the inferior coal oQ Nova Scotia
Three hundred and fifty tbnS day means
three thousand and five huudred tons for
q ten DAYS trip and these steamships
are racing across the Nuanuc cOn-
f,nuOIslv aud must have the
test coal thEy can get; CON which has
great steam making power given
buik with the least asu 10 -glyen
bulk. That demand they csnno
this side Of the ocean outside o
states. Tney tell you that
coal will come in upon you
memb the late big strike W
q great boom for the mines
gan When coal Was scarc
increased in price did any O.
ton OF foreign Nova Scott
along 20 an the demandl
vou did There is not hi1E III