The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-19

at Bridgeport tonight, made inVestiga-
tlon In this neighborhood he would find
a wonderful improvement in business
generally. Since he spoke at Bridge
port on October 81, 1885, two years ago.
there has been marked change for
the better In Wheeling and vicinity
Money is much Vore plentiful, work is
more plentiful and the people are hap
pier and more contented and Senator
Foraker has helped to make things this
way.
When Senator Foraker spoke In the
Opera House ut Bridgeport two years
ago he predicted the election of Mckin-
ley to the presidency. He told his hear
ers that the Wilson bill was then In
force and was doing no good, He said
the expiration of the old congress had
helped somewhat, that the way 10 start
on the road TO prosperity was to vote
the Republican ticket, that the country
would prosper II the Republicans won
In 1896 He said that the Democrats
had no issue except free trade then,
and it almost ruined the United States
The Democratic speakers said the Will
son bill would make business boom and
wages would so up, on the contrary,
Il busted" business. Every prediction
made by the Ohio senator then has been
verified in the great Ohio Valley and
elsewhere.
Manufacturing establishments which
were doing little then are now running
to their fullest capacity day and night
and still they cannot Ill their orders.
Two years ago thousands Of empty cars
were standing on the sidetracks with
the wheels rusty and weeds growing
around them, and to-day the manufac-
turers and shippers are fighting to get
Bufficient cars. Right at the great plant
of the Aetna-Standard iron and steel
works, very close to where Senator For
aker and Congressman Danford Will
speak tonight, business is better than
It has been for years. The pay roll
last Saturday was the largest for sew
eral years, and not few of the work
men drew the biggest pay they ever
earned In this establishment Many OF
the employees here are making bigger
wages than they did under the Wilson
bill. Some of the tin workers make
twenty dollars more In month than
they did. This great establishment Is
the very picture OF prosperity both day
and night, and 1t is making so much
noise that the cries Of the calamity
howlers cannot be heard. The en-
ployes OF these mills, both Republicans
and Democrats like the pottery work
ers and the glass workers. do not have
to sign petitions and send them to
Washington protesting against the re-
ductlon in tariff while Mckinley is
president.
The capacity OF the Laughl!n tin plate
works at Martins Ferry has increased
It's capacity 80 1-S per cent since For
aker was in Bridgeport and now 1t is
building another tin plate works even
larger than the present big mill and
which will give employment to $50 adj
ditional hands. This Is Mckinley tin
plate and there Is no better In the
world.
The tin plate workers make more mo-
neg now than they did under the VIII
son bill. The rollers average $40 per
month more than they did, the heaters
about $40, doublers about $40, shearmen
about Sl2, and the lowestIs the catcher,
who gets a raise OF $3.50.
The Wheeling, Steubenville and East
Liverpool potteries sell more ware in
months. Nearly all OF them have large
Nv Increased their force OF workmen and
are making more ware than ever, and
still they cannot fill the orders. The
Steubenvllle Pottery Company has six
" per cent more people at work than
for several years. and the pottery busl-
ness at East Liverpool Is better than Ii
ever was, and fifty additional houses
could be rented to the pottery workers
alone. The months OF August and Sep
TENDER were the best corresponding
months in the history OF the Wheeling
potteries.
The glass business is far better than
II was when Foraker was in Bridgeport.
Some OF the glass factories are employ
ing more people than ever before, and
are rushed with orders.
II. Belts, of Martins Ferry, Is Ooer-
ating nine barrel factories at different
points, and Is building another one, and
he reports the demand larger than ever.
A portion of the nail factory at the
Laughlln mills, Martins Ferry, Is run
ming for the first time In many months.
bThe Martins Ferry blast furnace hos
resumed and the Top min blast furnace
will shortly start up after long shut
down.
A handsome new church at Martins
Ferry md the extension Of the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie railroad down along
the river front are indications Of re-
turning prosperity.
A Martins Ferry teamster was asked
to do Job last week and he said II
would be impossible to do It during the
week as all OF his teams were busy
Asked what about doing II this week,
and he replied that they would be as
busy then, and In fact, they had all
they could do for several weeks. Some
OF the teamsters have put UP their
prices, by the way.
Tho coal mines arc all at work with
excellent prospects,
Bank deposits nre increasing and mo-
ney IL much easier than two years ago.
with good security II Ia now an easy
matter 10 borrow money while gear
or two nuo this was next to an impoBsl-
billy Real estate agents and brokers
have as much money to let out IN a
month now ns they did last year In
Hoveral and some do more business In
month or two this year than did last
year or year before, There In not only
moro money TO loan, but men who have
money are now seeking Investments OF
their own.
The real estate market has been ST.
mulatod considerable since the change
in the administration. Many WORKING
men are already putting money M
bank Large numbers Of worltlnRmcu
who we're Idle for long period and
could not pay their grocery bills and
ront are now doing more than this, and
largo numbers who were Obliged n
move into smaller houses have recent
~ got larger and more desirable houHrt