The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-08
W1RE pRoYIeIoNl
an, DlnEIsy Dill are hssPSia M9St We
OIsntly Attacked.

olontAI AWNAgAeNs
Robert p. Porter In Philadelphia In.
,nirer: II has been frequently suggested
n these letters that IL you only keep
gour eyes on the spots In tho Dlngley
nm mnst violently attacked by the free
,rtders. the wisdom OF the measure VIII
beeome mose apparent, First. there
WAS the howl because Mr. DlnEiey put
M nor cent duty oil one cent and a half
Jacket knives. Then we had the innU-
,,erable tRhulated statements In which
Htt sortE az possible low priced articles
we're dragged In TO send the nd VHlorem
m. That II. articles so cheap and nasty
that the less we have to do with them
the better.
Note the next two latest points of at
tack:
Tooth brushes and Chinese mating.
| happen TO know something about
JapSneEe tooth and nail brushes. for
when In Osaka, / visited the places
where they make them. obtained sam
pIes and prices. all OF which are at the
disposal Of my esteemed free trade
friends who are making 80 much ado
about the specific duty on brushes for
the hair nails and teeth. This Is u
wise provision, and will have the dou-
bic eject OF protecting our brush trade
and keeping out worthless brushes.
have samples OF tooth brushes that can
be bought In Japan at less than 81 10
per gross: nall brushes that cost s. so
per gross and hair brushes that cost
IS so per gross. Now "a specific duty
may 20 hard ON such trash rs this, but
free traders, who presumably clean
their teeth with regularity. should ~
joice over. rather than discourage. this
legislation. These brushes cost Mt re~
tall here not less than ten cent? often
fifteen cents, and l have no doubt there
are instances WHERE we are made to-
pay twenty-five cents for trumpcry
tooth brushes that cost but one or w"
cents In Japan IL by keeping such
things QUE We can encourage the man.
uiacturr Of good brushes at home. Il
will be better and the price will range
about the same VIII any one tell me
what extent the consumer of tooth
brushes. er az nail brushes or ef hair
brushes has been benefited tNi the I'M
portation OF one cent brushes from the
orient II tooth brushes sold at two
cents apiece. there might be reason Tor
complaint. Then the duty which the
free trader delights to add Ia the itu-
ported article. might. according 10 their
method, hrlug the price uu "a three
cents apiece We could stand thOl Tor
tooth brush II the brisues did nos
all come out IN ones mouth il ts not
50 pleasant, however. to pay len hun
bred or fifteen hundred per cent profit
with the same results, Even England
GOT scared about this cheap tooth
brush business and parliament has been
asked 10 prohibii-mnrk you. prohibit
The Importation OF ehenp brushes made
IN the penitentlaries OF Austria. which
we're destroying the reputation and
business OF the English brushmakers
Why encourage the manufacture OF ar
tlclcs which destroy honest business ana
degrade your labor to that OF nations
who live on ue-twclfth OF what il
costs the American workman?
And the Chinese mating In the
parts Of Japan where this is made. the
public schools have been depleted and
thousands OF children employed at three
and 1--WE cents per day 10 make this
for the American market, When 1t first
came in II was all made from the pecu-
liar rush produced IN Japan. Now 1t is
composed In a large part OF linen thread
which is rightly taxable. Roth the
mating schedule and the brush sched-
ule should remain MS Mr. Dinsley has
provided