Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-30
our enterprising contemporary says
truthfully, after a review OF past lallu
LEGISLATION and its results:

our enterprlSlnS COuI0Hi PV
truthfully, after a review OF past tarlH
legislation and its results:
There have been at all times ines a s I,tfo
number of American manutactuieIs VIZ
y,are or,nosad 10 Protection, VINO want
ed no special fayors. who telt coIhpetell
10 give fair Quid pro quo anu CeLt ~; -
a successful business. Wllhoul 49, s ms
through the power of law a bonus IlOIu
a. heir felIow-citiZens. These men nave iiOl
made themselves conspicuous HNOhlllS
assistance from paternaI SON 81 l .I.s..
They have been attending 10 IneH PtSOP
er business and earning thelr pIOHtS.
They have been. indeed. mucn 100 ullle
i'm evidence during the construction OF
tariffs at Washington, appearing Only &c
casionally 10 protest against lhe liuposl-
ton of unjust and veNauous burdens
upon their supplies OF necessary mate
In fact. so loud and bold and wide
spread have been the demands dnu repre-
sensations of prOtectioniSt manufacturers.
that tbe general public has suspected
that American manufacturing interests
were. with rare exceptions, mendlcants
and paupers. standing upon an arulclal
and unstable footing, unable 10 meet for
eign competition. and only saved from
cOllapSe and ruin by protective tarlI.
II the statements Of prOtecuonlstS We're
accented 10 was impossible TO resist TINS
conclusion The public has learned the
prOtectiOuistS are not 10 be taken on
trust. Their statements are disingenu-
Gus pleas of selfish interests, Schemlng
for special advantages at the cost or the
public. They are presumed TO speak for
AN American manufacturers. while they
have i'm truth represented only a class OF
them.
ia became evident come time ago that
free-trade opinions were spreading
among American manufacturers. In
many cases they had risen TO denounce
the accommodating taxes and restrictions
upon the supply of raw materials heeueu
in their business. The eNacuonS OF the
protected interests had gone so Tar that
other independent manufacturers had
been compelled TO protest in order 10 save
their own market.
Some six months ago American INDUS
tries made some inquiries as 10 the eA-
tent OF the free-trade sentiment among
American manufacturers. The result,
while not altogether surprising 10 us, Is
very gratifying, for il shows that very
COuSlQeraD BILE number of our manutactur-
erS large and small. I'm all lines of indus
try have seen their business injured by
the tariu taxes. and are ready and anN-
iOuS 10 sweep away the whole fabric or
protection and meet the competition
of the world I'M q fair field with no favors.
They are free-traGerS in the belief, born
of their experience that freedom of trade
will cheaper the supply of our materials,
extend our markets and advance our
manufacturing supremacy.
Letters are quoted from the Spring
field, Mo, Wagon Co., Henshaw &
Sons, Cincinnati, furniture. the Atlas
Manufacturing Co., of New Haven,
wire and sheet metal, the Adrian,
Mich, Packing Co., canned fruits,
Naran, Giles & Co., of Burlington, Ia,
sash, doors and blinds, Brink & Ma
comber. Bradford. Pa, machinists and
brass and iron founders, Feckheimer
Bros. &, Co. Cincinnati, clothing man
ufacturers. Adson, Healy e Sons,
New York. tanners, Sexro Furniture
Co., Cincinnati, Joseph B. Sargent,
New Haven, hardware, Newark Brass
Co, Jersey City, Bissell Carpet Sweep
er Co, Grand Rapids, Mich, NJ. F. Nc
Ilraine, Houston, Tex, mattresses,
Consolidated Kansas City Smelling
and Refining Co., Western Litho-
graphing Co., Denver, Arkansas Val
ley Smelling Co, Leadville, Col, In
diana Manufacturing Co.. Indianap-
oils. A. Shuttle & Co., metal alloys
and Gamers materials. Baltimore,
and many other members and we'll
wishers of the association.
At a meeting held in Washington
last January Hon Tom L. Johnson,
ex-Congressman. the great steel rail
manufacturer of Cleveland, o., was
unanimously elected President of the
League. and Horace Kenney, editor of
American Industries, Washington, d.
c., Secretary and Treasurer. The
League will proceed at once to
strengthen and extend its organiza-
ton all over the United States. Man
ufacturers everywhere are urged to
become active members, while all free
traders not manufacturers re invited
to become associate members. Many
names of national repute are identi-
fed with the organization, which is
surely destined to become a strong
and lively political factor in the near
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