The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-27
.UPBUILD
MERCHANT
MARINE.
Will the Republican Party, Says Hon.
Edward Payson Brown Last
Night, in an
ELOQUENT AND EFFECTIVE.
Address Before an Enthusiastic
Gathering Of Citizens at
Arion Hall.

! Arion Hall.
! One of the most effective. addresses Of
the campaign was, that made by Hon.
Edward Payson Brown, Of New York,
editor Of the Expansionist, to q large
gathering OF citizens at ArIon hall last
night. Mr.. Brown dwelled principally
on the Republican advocacy Of the
upbullding of our merchant marine
and marshallcd facts and figures that
were convincing and self-evident. The
speech was vote-maker and Will add
largely to the Republican majority In
this city. The speaker was escorted to
the hall by the Rough Rider regiment,
who were accorded the usual enthu-
siastic reception along the streets.
DR.. W. II. thinner was introduced MS
chairman Of the meeting. Hc made q
short speech, touching briefly on the
Issues and introduced the speaker of
the evening. Hon. Payson Brown. of
New York, who was vigorously APP
plauded as he stepped to the front OF
the stage to address the audience.
He began by saying that the policy Of
the Republican party had made this
state what 1t is. The Republican party
had always been great progressive
party. When It came into existence In
1850 the Issue before this country was
whether the labor of the country should
be slave labor or a free Labor. A. man
was placed at the head Of the govern
ment that Mr.. Bryan and his followers
cannot find enough words Of praise to
say of him.. (Applause)
MIR. Brown then took UP the tariff.
We are SO confident of the effect Of the
protective tariff on this country to-day
that we need only Study an article to
find whether we could produce 1t In
this country or not. II we ind we
cannot manufacture /: we admit 1t free
OF any duty.
Prosperous in 'a2.
In 1892 we were more prosperous
than we were at any time UP to thar
hour. We had twenty millions of wage
earners. They had fixed incomes. That
fixed income made an average Of 81 G5
per day and that WAS 65 per cent great
er than the average of wages in 1860. In
twenty years we had progressed Go per
cent. We had q presidential election in
that year. The Democratic party at
that time told us that If We elected
them they would give US such degree
of prosperity as they had never eXpar-
fenced before under this tariff reform.
What happened? Mr.. Cleveland was
elected President of the United States
because he said that under no condi-
ton would he allow any diminutiQn OF
Industrial conditions
The first thing Mr. Cleveland did was
to repeal the Mckinley bill. In 1894 the
Wilson-Gorman tariff bill passed.
What happened In this state OF West
Virginia. The wage earners wages be-
gan to decrease: the price of your wool
went down and hundreds were thrown
out of employment. The total reduction
in wages up to July l. 1895. was Is per
cent This was the money condition in
1895. What was the condition of our
import trade? We imported thousands
OF pounds Of wool more than had been
shipped here before. Your railroads
went into the hands OF receivers. There
was general paralysis OF business in
every avenue of human industry.
The appeal came up from every part
Of the United States to the great Re-
publican party. Mr.. Mckinley, after his
election, convened Congress on March
4 IL, and the Dingley bill was passed. In
4 price because there We're 100000 OF
4 wage earners who were not eating their
! annual ration. In 1897 prices began to
/ go UP. Wheat went up to 81 n bushel
and every other food product went up.
The men Of this country were not only
working, but they were eating. Cap
plausc.)
To-day we are prosperous. We are
not 100000 OF wage earncrs: we are
23.00o,00O of wage carners. They are
not earning $l9S, 100000 n week: they
are averaging more than s246, 900. oCO a
week. We have more than one-half OF
all the railroad mileage Of the world.
The American wage Garner with his an
nual wage could have bought all the
railroads Of the United States and have
more than S6000.000 left.
Republican Record.
We are prosperous and happy. We
are In the midst OF another campaign.
The Republican party does not hesitate
! to ask you to look back on It's record.
| They have three great new problems
| which will make this nation the great
| est that ever was. We must have the
| Nicaragua canal. When we get that
canal boat can leave New York, cross
the Pacific ocean and get there five days
before British ship. The Yankee will
never be satisfied unless he can beat the
| British by these five days. (Chccrs.)
We must do our share OF the carry
Ing trade Of the world. There was n
time when our ships carried 90 per cent
OF all our imports and exports. Last
year we carried only per cent. In 1896
we hadn't even the sense TO lny our
own eggs. Inughter.) Mr.. Mckinley
put a. tariff on eggs and tho American
hen felt encouraged and supplied us
with all our own eggs. Laughter.) II
hen can do thing like TINT, what
ought not we to do? II we realize there
is money in shipping. can We not reach
out and get more than per cent OF IT.