The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-30
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cnntlnned from seoond Paee.

- have. In this connection Il win be
a order. I think, TO define my poaittopI
56fneWhat. / do not claim to know very
6tieh about farming, although i was
faiSed "a Mt. Pleasant t9WnShip, 10
Ieffsrson county. whore my father own
n some land, but my hoyl9h farming
eTperience was not very extensive.
Nv occupation hasElong been that OF
noanufaturer, apd<while am glad to
believe that have the confidence OK
both manufacturers and their work
men. as also Of he'mlners throughout
fhig district, that VIII fairly ana aa-
eduately represent each OF tneiF inter-
estS, yet thiS experience Seems, ous %
Z increase my own Keen de9lEe - ge ~ tully
1indergtood by every other material ln-
fereat IN the district. ! therefore wish
nSrtlcuIarly to say that there VIM be no
hotter friend Of the Wo0t.groWer and
oiher Agricultural interests IN Con-
Gress than I shall lbe Il elected, This
/ M say upon principle and without
nteiudice TO other interests, because !
nm a Arm believer IN the harmonious
and equitable application Of the princi-
ples 81 protective tariff 70 each and
every interest, and TO the full extent
that may be necessary to safeguard
each against foreign competition, ana
Tor such length Of time % may be nee.
essary. And 80 further ana say tnat
It is-my belief that the business o. tne
farmer. and particularly Of the wool
grower will need tariff protection more
steadily and for a longer time than any
otter interest. Every manu1actpFinB
induatry has chance to emancipate it
geif Ia time from the necessity OF a
farlff. but the farmer cannot DID you
aver think OF that2 The reasons Tor II
ave entirely sound. One Of the most
forceful and convincing arguments for
M tariff policy Is that It 80 develops
the process protected that II grows IN
due time from an infant to mans es-
tate, and can then protect ITSELF IN the
natural course every article manuIae-
tured tends 10 diminish In cost. oeea-
slonaliy this is assisted by some reouG y.
ton "a raw material, or In wages, but u
q brought about Ia the vast 01ority OF
cases BY the lessons in wisdom born OF
experience; by continuous expansion
4 az the volume Of business, and by the
greater effectiveness and skill develop
a by improvements devised by the
keen eve and cunning brain OF that pro-
oressiVe spirit Of mechanical genius
which must preside over every sue
cessful factory with sleepless vigilance
AZ an illustration, let me say that
since our firm began business Of Steu-
benVille twenty-five years ago, the
prices Of all the goods we manufacture
have declined fully 50 per cent, and yet
there haS been no reduction whatever
nnde In wages. It Is therefore very
main that protective taFth Is not
nearly so necessary to US now ag when
we begun business. and presently we
may not need Il all, hut we GRATEFULLY
remember that by It's help we built up
our establishment and reached our pre-
sent degree Of independence that the
public at home got the beneht OF our
success in greatly reduced prices; that
We already have large export trade.
and are in regular business touch with
fhlrty-four separate and distinct states
and nations scattered all over the
earth. -.
manufacturing Industries, and multi
tude more, thanks to the benihcent and
steadfast policy OF the Republican
party, are pressing eagerly forward up
on the same pathway to that shining
goal not many decades away, when the
American nation shall be crowned as
the commercial king Of the world.
The Wool Grower.
This Is all very well, but how 10 it
with the wool-grower: How can he
free himself from the competition of the
foreign herds when climate and soil
and minimum of labor all promote
such an amazing low cost there? How
can the sixteenth district Of Ohio meet
the difRculty? Is not nature and her
inhexible laws Of physical growth mere
chiefly concerned? Must not the lamp
be led and be cared for in the normal
way? Must It not go the regular track
in developing from lamb to a sheepE
And will you tell me by what possible
mathematical process a two-year-old
sheep can have become a two-yeai sold
except by the lapse Of two years, with
all its attendant expenses? No improv-
ed machinery can rush the growth OF
wool upon the Sleeps back, or double
its quantity. Consequently. It seems to
me that in no other instance Is great
er wrong done than IN tinkerinE the
wool tariff, and thus causing huctun-
lions and fall in prices which cannot
be met, because nature bars the way,
and leaving no resource TO the farmer
but the ruInous slaughter OF the tiocks.
II can assist in any way to md out
at any time the proper sustaining hg-
ures Of those items Of the tartn sched-
ule vital to the wool-grower, and then
to establish them immovably there. ]
shall be retoiced to do so. This Justice
to the farmer is not only right, but 1t is
a business advantage to all OF, US.
But the interests Of the manufactur-
ers and their worlSmen and OF the min
ers are also OF commanding Importance
IN this district and the promotion OF
their welfare Is no less subject re-
quising most vIgiiant attention. Nu-
FnpPniiE varied and extensive as are
those busy mills and factories that line
the. entire eastern front OF this district,
yet INbelleve they are but mere hand
full to what even the earlier years Of
the coming century will show, and that
ultimately and rapidly this upper Ohio
valley will become one Of the very few
commanding Industrial centers OF the
earth.
To the few upon whom falls the ardu-
Gus but poorly understood and even at
times bellttled work Of managing those
enterprises, favorable and helpful con.
ditioHs are much. And II 80, how much
more important that they should be
right when the thousands upon thou
sands OF other necessary toilerB are
concerned. No greater blessing can
come to any community than an indus.
try able to employ at good wages q
large body Of workinGTneu. II well
PAID, they spend money freely and do
their work more Skllltully and advan-
tageoaaly to their employer than nm
derpald men, even II In the latter case
they are ever so conscientious towards
their employers. Whatever can do
therefore to promote advantageous sur
rOundings for them viii be gladly done.
may say here that nothing In my ex-
perieuce has been 80 satisfactory az the
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