Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-15

took the position that the passage OF
the Wilson bill would ruin the country.
Now that 1t has failed to pass, they are
abusing the Democrats for not passing
Il. II they were honest and had the
welfare Of the country at heart, wonld
they not rejoice at calamity ayerted@
The Republican party is joined TO its
idol McKinleyism and wants to be let
alone, and any tariff measure looking
to the abolition or correction Of the IA
yoritisu and Inequalities Of the McKin-
ley law will meet with Republican de-
nuneistioa.
What is knswn as the Senate tariff
bill now comes in for its share Of wrath,
ostensibly because 1t represents Demo-
cratic failure to reform the tariff, but
really because il does in great measure
correct some OF the bad features
OF the Mckinley law. The
Senate bill is denounced as surrender
to the sugar trust. The sugar trust!
That gigantic monopoly that was born,
nurtursd and grew to its alarming pro-
portions under tho Mckinley law,
against which every Democratic vote in
Congress was cast. The sugar trust,
tho legitimate child Of Republican class
legislation. MCKINLEY was its wet
nurse and the entire Republican party
its sponsors, and they can't disown
their own offspring al this late day.
Much less should they complain OF any
favors shown to the creature that is
bone OF their bone and flesh of their
flesh.
AS to the charge of favoring
the sugar trust, a moments
examination of the schedules of the
Senate tariff bill and the Mckinley bill
Is sufficient to refute it most conclus-
lively.
Under the Mckinley bill bounty of
two cents per pound and one and three
fourth cents per pound is paid to the
producer of raw sugar in the United
States. The sugar re6ner is protected
by a duty of fve-tenths Of a cent per
pound on all sugars above No. 16 Dutch
standard.
The Senate bill gives the refner a
protection of only forty-twO and half
huhdredths Of cent per pound.
The MCKINLEY bill gives the refining
trust free raw sugar aud then taxes the
people millions of dollars to pay ooua-@
ties to the sugar planters. TheISenate
bill does away with that.
The MCKINLEY bill t0ok from the
treasury annually SIT OOO, 900, that the
reHners might have Gree raw sugar.
The Senate bilk-Nill not only save to
the people thsy s17, 900, 900, but will in
crease the rsSenue By reducing the duty
on refined sugar.
This is so plain a statement that he
who runs may read and understand.
AFTER a costly experience extending
over number of years, the Georgia
Farmers Alliance has determined 10
give up their big Exchange, and dis
charge the numerous staff Of employees
and managers. The Exchange has been
failure from the start, and Of late has
lost money rapidly. 1t is another Illus
tration of the futility OF laying aside es-
tablished and Legitimate business meth
DDS to accept and follow the impractical
bic plans of visionary theorists.
WHAT A DOCTOR HAS INVENTED.
And now comes DR.. S. n. MCLEAN,
of Washington, Ia, who has invented
a magazine rifle which is claimed to be
capable of firing ten bullets to one by
the next best gun in existence. At a
recent trial, six shots were fired in a
second, ell being in the air at once,
and only three hundred feet apart. At
this rate, during an infantry charge Of
fifteen minutes, each man on the de-
fsnsive would fire from 5000 to 5000
shots at the advancing enemy. II this
sort of thing goes on, there will be
money in coffin factories during the
next war.
A BOsrON woman, who, Of course,