The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-27

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 25.-Rep-
resentatlve Babcock, chairman OF the
Republican congressional committee, Is
ngain In the city, hard at work at the
comrnlttee's headquarters. Mr.. Bah
cocks committee win devote Itself en-
tlrely tU looking after doubtful congress
si0nal districts. Mr.. BaDcoclS feles very
confident OF the result In November,
Talking to-day on the subject, he said:
I'VE Will have no difficulty IN electlnB
n large majority OF the members OF the
next house Of representatives. And so
far rs the presidency IL concerned there
lN not In my opinion the least doubt OF
the election OF Mr.. Mckinley. We may
lose some votes In n few western states
on the silver question, but all the Re-
publican votes we lose will be more
than made mp by accessiOns from the
men In the Democratic party In favor nt
sound money. There Will be some re-
shaping OF political lines. but in my
opInlon the Republicans will profit By
the changes that will take place.
The tlriT will be the issue nj th-
campaign. We shall have to do some
work in opening the eyes OF some OF
our friends who have been deceived by
thr specicus talk on silver. but ns soon
Rg the facts are fairly presented to them
have no doubt Of the favorable result"
The real trouble with the country"
NJ. BabcOCk remarked, is with the
tariff, and the people will soon
realize that fact" Mr.. Dlngley made
that clear In his very able speech AT
the close Uf Congress, and all the official
statistics OF the government go TO DEM
unstrate that fact. That II In not the
money question is self-evIdent from the
fact that in 1899. when the Republicans
we're In full control OF the government
and under the same currency system,
the people were enjoying greater pros
perlty than ever before In the history
Of the government. Mr.. Mulhnll. the
great English statlstlclan. In his work
entitled. "The Balance Sheet OF the
World" stated at that time the eject or
Republican policy In these wnrds:-
"It would be impossible TO find IN MS
tory n parallel to the progress OF the
United States In the last ten years.
Every day that the sun rises on the
American people II sees the addition OF
81. SOC, 600 TO the accumulation OF wealth
In the republic, which Is one-thlrd OF
the daily accumulation Of'all mankind
outside OF the United States"
That was the unbiased conclusion OF
the grent English statistiClan after n
study OF the census and the official trade
returns Uf the United States. Now the
Democrats are trying TO make the people
believe that such leglElatlQn respecting
silver in lS7S-iegIslation that waH In
operation during all the period of which
MIR. Mulhnll spoke, Is the cause OF the
woes Of the last three years.
But as Mfr. DIngley declared. the peo-
pie will not be dcluded by such trans
parent deception. II there are any now
mIsled, they can easily be undecelved by
a mere statement OF what the statistics
show since the Democrats gained their
victory In 1882.
Mr. Vest, OF Missouri. In a speech In
the senate in 1894. said thnt OF course
every bushes man in the country be-
gan nt the opening OF 1893 to prepare Tor
the economic change that was coming:
Mills began to restrict their output. and
iObbcrs their orders. and workingmcn
were discharged in January and Febru-
AIRY, 1893. The elections had dccrced a
revolutionary change in the economic
system OF the country and business men
began to prepare for the new basis OF
competition created by reduced duties
on foreign competing goods.
Then the revenue, which under the
tariff Of 1890 had been sufficient, began
to decline. Business In all branches, eN-
ccpt that OF importing, began TO dimin-
ish and with II the purchasing power oil
tho people. II Is a remarkable tact' as
the government statistics show, that the
consumption OF whent in the United
States last year was % per cent less for
eaCh inhnhltant than in 1899.
That was because OF the reduced wag-
es and the men out 0t employment,
caused by the importation OF goods
which had been formerly made In the
United Stntca. This Is the secret OF the
wheat trouble. And, ns Mr.. Dingley
says the currency question had no
more to do with IL than the man IN tue
moon
In 1893, In the mlddlue OF the pros
pcrlty Of this country. the importation OF
wooIcn goods amounted to only $S6.OOO.-
900 In value. from which the government
received $3i 100000 In revenue. Under
the new tariff, In 1895, Notwithstanding
the reduced per capita consumption or
such goods. the importation aggregated
$50 COOL 900. from which the government
received revenue Of only S2l,OoO,Wo.
From wool and woplcns together the
government obtained revenue OF near
ly 3ii,OyUUvO In 1882, and only S21OOV'oVO
Here was loss OF si7,OOO,OOO rrvenuc
In these two articles. At the same time
the manufacture Of S300O0,0OO Of wnolcn
g0Ods was transferred 10 Europe, ana
Thousands Of American wOrkingmen
were deprived OF employment. 10 say
Nnothlng Of the loss OF wool growers.
Like results nrc shown In other artt-
cIrs. a great deal has been said In DEM
ocutIc newspapers uf late concerning
the Increase In the exports Of manuiac-
turcg under the new tarlf. How Hpc-
0. tHI. .,Fs ss4a NJ a II
SHOWN from tho treasury returns
For the fiscal year OF 1884, the last
fuh yenr under the Mckinley law, the
exports OF manufactures amounted to
SIS3 Tlg lSi In value, For the CnlcndDr
year 1895. tho first full official year under
tue Wilson law, the exports OF manu-
fncturc wrrO sol. i5G.IIl, an Increase OF
Sl7. igl. .2s7. due altogether to the reduced
wnres and lack OF home demand, Owing
to lcBHoHCd consumption 'nt the rN-
ports Of agricultural products In the
corresponding rerions showed net de-
cline 0f sS2,GiS,GGa,
Hence ,lc country gnncd In the cX-
uortg OF manufactures Sl7iai2S7. and II
mat in thu exports OF agricultural pro-
ducts $50 Gly. .Cb3. or net loss pf &6J,2li,-
7iG In tho exports ~ these two ClnsseH In
gIUvIs yulr, In the totul exports
tbere ,ynp a not lnsg of $4,000, 900 In the
nrst calendar year Of the new tariff as
compared with the last fiscal year of the
old tarlff,
Rut when tho imports are taken also
into consideration the difference Is still
more appalling Under the Mckinley
iarIn In the period mentioned the I'M
pOrtF were SGji, ,gli.G22 Under tho DEM
ucrntlr tnrlR they were fSOl Cos, ,i9O.
.bowlng n net incrongr Of imports OF
VIG COS. sos. Adl that amount to the not
iaas IN exports and II shows change IN
Inc trade hnlnuco uf the United states
~ Lnlt mnn MMn mn lhn MIOmg aldo Ot the