Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-31
PROPOSED INCREASED BURDENS.

i'm all its unjust and outrageous led
lures. and a full and fair debate on I'll
different schedules would cause the r.
publican majority in favor Of the meas
ure largely TO melt away and the pas
SAGE of the bin to reimburse the trust
! for their campaign expenditures jeop
ardized. Hence the putting into opel
alton of Reeds machinery and tn
rushing of the measure through amid
blaze OF partisan haranguing that Wi
leave the faithful in a dazed condition c
mind i'm which they viii know onl
enough to- vote for the measure, becaus
/ it is a party measure, duly approved b
the party leaders. And this result will b
achieved none too soon, Tor alread
signs of revolt are appearing. On
Republican member from New England
although representing a WOODEN manu-
featuring district, honestly declare
that the rates on that class of good
were too high and that there was n
excuse for them. Mr. Mccall is SUP
posed TO know whereof he speaks,
he does not actually speak for the WOO
en- industries of his State and he state
positivelv on the floor of the H0us
that the duties in this bill are highe
. than necessary for the just purpose c
I protection
1t is estimated that the average Ding
/ ley bin rate or dutiable goods will b
|57.CS per cent. Under the present Law
in 1886. the average rate on dutiabl
goods was 1894 per cent. In 1898, un
der the Mckinley law, it was 1888 pc
cent In other words. under the Dine
ilev bin. i'm it's present share. the rat
lof taxation will be about L p-r ,.a
higher Jlian it is now, and about s. re
cent higher than it was under the Nc
Kinley law. This percPHat yo's est
mated on the amout IN t nus IN, IN Of
tations. If we~bv can lust see tn
Sow and Il and his smirky face, -
DirpIevv eyes. when he projects 80
- wire to me. and generally ~,
an tell that he is dropping his voice .
that people in his Office can't heaI IN
n. I'm such cases I have simply to -,
P Louder, a few times, and, as he M
-sn't want to yell out his Stiffness at III
top of his voice, he always glvSS II ac
in disgust FIR,
The New York young man is liable su
break out at any time with By Jove, is
{ I'm listening to a peach Of a voice; IN
right an right But the Washing IN
middle aged man puts it IN this 81.
Y: I heard a nightingale out in the up
mtry last night. little one, but II wi
,g was harsh and grating in cOmpari- I
with YOUR voice Oh, what awful. al,
udlin. mawkish rubbish / always no
I Just like shaking such a man. And hi
llways figure that his wife has TO tn
ar an old wrapper around because lie
hasn't got a dress fit to be seen. We
And there is such a tribe Of solicit
s wire airts here, had only been f
e about a month when that big cy- tn
ne Of last September swooped down ur
IN the town. Well, now, do you TO
,U that the morning after the storm tn
MANY as forty men, whose names |
MI know from Adam. rang their W
,phone bells and when ! asked them
ir number, they all said something
= this.
Just rang you up to inquire how So
got through the blow. Hope you
.en't frightened. Wouldn't want to
IS that voice from my phone even
Cay'-and so on, ad libitum, ad Ia
.seam-until / was just ready to put 10
my hat and go home. Did you ever at
r auvthing>eO imbecile in your TN
Quite aside from the matter of in Sc
,atiOn-and / really don't suppose WI
telephone girl ever breathed who oil
k any sort of stock in the vapidites IS
{ reach her over the wire-it seems |"
uliar that the vOcally languishing IL
N don't understand our position in vi
eIenhOne exchange. You'd actually Va
,gine they all thought we each had WI
se. separate room for our own use, in as
ich to sit and primp and look pretty III
/ complaiSantly listen to gracefully DC
-ded messages Of yelled affection u
m EN-, VI
They don't appear to understand '"
c we sit together as close as sardines IN
a box: that monitors, who can break aU
% our wires AZ any time and listen 10
what we say. are constantly on the 81
TT. or that any such human biped ~
a chief operators. with an eye and "a
ear Of a hundredfOld keenness exists ~ ~
keeps tab on things They don't -
m TO appreciate the fact that il -
MD simply mean the immediate loss
our positions il we responded in kind -
purely meaningless long range ardor -
,ressed in cut and dried phrases. But
would. all the same. believe ii has -.
.er happened her, but in the New ?,
-k exchange scarcely Q week passes ,,.I
q some foolish girl does not get her ~,
misSal for quite innocently permit @
2 garrulOUs subscribers Toto %
n. Josh her over the wire. 81
One thing is certain. and that is that be
Washington women who use the tn
phone are ever so much more ami tn
e than those of New York. Why, fol
horrid things that have been said pc
ne by New York women for no rea- tn
at all are simply beyond belief We wi
letimes have to be extremely patient an
h women. Few of them understand as
r to use the phone. They often get az
mixed up and worried and fretful, int
require careful handling to keep at
m from losing their tempers. Even vi
e l should say that more ladies eX- br
it evaporation over the wire than clS
men. Women have very little con- pr
nee in us They always fancy We TIT
listening TO what they say. Are tel