Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-10-06

Wilson'S Deliberate FaIsehood.
Comes.

UHSoH DeiiDerdIe FaiSen0Od.
That a member of the American
Congress should stand up in a Brit.
ish audience and deliberately utter
grossest falsehoods about his own
country, malign its industries, mis-
represent its workers and belle its
condition is fact as disgraceful to
the man guilty of such falsity and
treachery as it is Illuminating to the
people whom he betrays and misrep-
resents. AT the dinner given to
Congressman w. l.. Wilson in Lon
don yesterday by the British free trad
ers i'll gratitude for the injury which
the Democratic Congress, under Will
SON s leadership, has done the Amer
lean industries and American labor
for the benefit of British industries and
British labor, Mr.. Wilson .ated adelib-
crate falsehood, which is reported as
follows by cable:
Not only is our production of cotton
and food products growing more ra-
pidly than our consumption, but we
have today a manufacturing plant
which urged to its full capacity, can
in six months fully meet our demands
for year.
This statement is false, and Mr.. Will
son when he uttered it knew it to be
false. The manufacturing plant of
this country was not more than suf-
hcient to supply the actual needs of
the people when a Republican tariff
law gave genuine protection to Amer
lean industry. Not only was the
American manufacturing plant not
more than sufficient to supply Alneri-
can consumption two years ago. but
it was actually insufficient. Every
manufacturing establishment was ac-
tive, every person who wanted work
was employed and new manufacture
ing establishments wee being project
ed to supply the increasing demand
created by the increasing prosperity of
American labor. To clinch the falsity
of Mr.. Wilson'S statement it inay be
added that two years ago this country
was importing foreign manufacturing
industries and plants to America to
supply the needs OF the American peo-
pie, and that in spite of the stupen-
dous product of American workshops
there was imported and entered for
consumption in 1892 competitive dut-
liable foreign merchandise valued at
more than 1855, 900, 900.
Then came the blight of Cleveland
ism and of wisconsin. With the
opening OF the Democratic attack on
the tariff American industry was par
alyzed. multitudes were thrown out
OF employment, the people had no
money to buy goods and the demand
for manufactures fell off in proper
ton to the growth of distress. The
Democratic tariff has since opened the
barriers to flood of foreign importa-
tons and with goods made by foreign
labor filling our markets the consump-
ton of goods made by American labor
is, OF course, proportionately dimin-
ished. These facts are known to ev-
cry one. They ARE written in the
misery, the tears, the privation and
restitution of millions of American
families. That all American Con-
gresham should gloat over such a
situation is evidence that he is in eff
feet traitor to the interests Of his ma
tive land, and either blind to the truth
or indifferent to the sufferings of his
fellow countrymen, whom he and
his associates have robbed of an op-
portunity to support their families
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