The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-22
All For Prosperity.

As shown by the magnificent
demonstration Saturday night by the
several hundred tin plate workers of
this section the factory men OF
Clarksburg are alive to the political
situation and we'll aware of the
threatening policies.
The tin plate is an industry FOSTER
ed by the Republican party since the
days of that brilliant DemocrEic
statesman. William L. Wilson, whose
memorable utterance that tin plate
could not he made in this country is
fresh in the minds of the people. The
Democrats made it prominent is
sue and won then. But, since then
the numerous plants of the tin indus,
try and the enormous amount of tin
products of this country have fully
shown the fallacy of the Democratic
argument.
This industry is enabled by virtue
of the protectice tariff, which pro-
hibits the product of pauper labor
from being imported into this coun-
try to give employment to thousands
of men in this part OF the state, es-
pecially in the first and second con-
sressional districts, where there are
several big tin plate plants in active
operation. and the wages commanded
are excellent as all know who are at
all familiar with the subject.
Here the Phillips Sheet G. Tin Plate
mills are regarded the largest and
best industry clarksburg has and
every one takes pride in having such
an industry in our midst. This in
dustry has been running constantly
and in full the last few years, in fact,
ever since it was taken from bank
ruptcy because of misfortune and
bad management, furnishing employ
ment to many splendid wages. Its
immediate prospects are fine and its
output is to be greatly increased upon
the completion of a large addition,
which means the employment of sew
eral hundred additional men, pro-
vided the national policy is such as
not to destroy or affect the industry
in such disastrous way to Clarks-
burg as to compel II to reduce wages,
curtail out put and become greatly
demoralized. perhaps, dead.
The employees at the mills are fully
acquainted with the relationship be-
tween tariff and tin and they recog-
nize the fact that protective tariff
lis the real life of the tin industry,
and without it there will be no tin
plate mill operation, which would
mean that they would he out of en-
ployment. With this the case what
man is there to blame them for TAX
ing such political action as will give
them self-protection? Would they
not be foolish to do otherwise? In
deed, they deserve commentator for
the stand they are taking not only
for their own welfare but also for the
community, as the industry stimu-
lates trade conditions and in many
ways promotes the interests of the
community.
Likewise the protective tariff and
the other policies of the Republican
party encourage and promote the
glass and pottery industries. in fact,
every manufacturing interest, and
what affects the industries also af-
fects the workers. Good prices give
good wages. Constant operation
gives constant employment.
The Telegram has reason to be-
iieve that the demonstration satur-
day night by the tin plate workers in
favor of Taft and Sherman and Glass.
cock is an index of the line of thought
and action in this campaign of the
many hundreds of employees at the
other factories in and around Clarks-
burg.
The interest manifest in the sue
cess of the Republican ticket by all
the mill workers is an object lesson
for all business men and laborers.
These mill men are anxious to have
Steady enoloymetf 4bay da,;.a ~.