The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-29

"lIANE YOU THOUGHT OF TIE
INFLUENCE on TARIFF The for
eign manufactured goods sent to this
country, and which are dutlAOlG ut
specific rates, will pay the custom house,
not In the gold money for which he
sells them to mn Importer. but viii cN-
change TINT for silver money and that
will be received and accepted for the
duty. TO ILLUSTRATES: Thc duty on
tin Plate II one and two-tcnth cents per
pOund.Thnt duty Is paid In III" same
standard OF money we have. but under
the new conditions II we assume silver
to remain at its present prlcd, the fnr-
clgn maker will not turn over for GUS
toms the 81 20 per hundred pounds In
tho cQuIvllen, of gold that hn now pays.
but VIII exchange II for s. q silver and
with the money pay the duty on 200
pounds THAT CUTS THE TARIFF
IN TWO. DO YOU WANT 1T DONE2
1--WE sometimes hear of the prosperity
Of Mexico and other silver countries. of
their lncr0sr IN manufactures. OF their
driving America and the countries or
Europe from the field OF competition. |
believe II ~ true hut lot us gee why they
are able TO undrrScll us and Europe
The average pay per week In twcnty-cne
rmplOymcnts In Mexico IN 1854, was
SO OF. one dollar per day. At the same
time these cmplOymenta rut0 In the
United States an average OF $l3 80. The
rates In this country arp about the same
to-day and paid In gold.ThoSr In Mexico
have changed little II any In nominal
amount and the workmcn in these trades
have just 20 surely been reduced by the
depreciation of silver In which they are
paid as II their money had been stable
one md reduction equivalent to the
fall In silver Ind been enforced against
them. for the same employment 81 20
OF good money Is paid In the United
States FOR every silver dollar worth here
SIC or 53c. Now ! don't want you tu
understand that | am claiming free sill
Yer will reduce the number of dollars Il
workman will receive 10 the basis Of
Mexican wages. have no other Idea
than that they will remain nominally
the game for n period and probably
eventually advance slightly, but an
other statement will explain the iniu-
cnce OF free silver on, wages remaining
ut the same rates, The advance In
wholesale price OF twenty-five articles
OF food At OppnSltc points on the Rio
Grande river show l6Ac In the United
States and IS l-3c In Mexico, the mat
ter Of freight and duties would influence
for those II would remain that the price
of food on the silver basis and 50 far as
influenced by that nlone would b. al
most or quite twice their value In the
sound money We now have in this
country.
at has been pcrslstently asserted that
| the employers ARE Intimldating their
men 10 vote the Republican ticket. That
same story has been circulated concern
Ing the old Aetna and Standard mills
and the consolidated mills. II Is even
charged that circulars have been sent
out You all know the facts. The
Aetna or standard or consolidated mills
have never Intlmidatcd a single em-
plOye that worked for them. We have
the privilege OF arguing, but not 10 die
tate want to say 10 you that | will
have more respect for II man who de-
serts his employment rather than be
dictated 10. When any cmployc In any
Of the companies ! AM connected with.
IL told tina. he must vote this way Or
that way. let him vote as he plcnses. and
If he Is discharged. will leave the COM
pany too"