Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-10-19


The same bulletin shows that q, 1888
youths and men, 80 100 girls and wos
men, and ,238 children under 16 em-
pl0yed in the manufacture of W0rsted
goods, receive a yearly average Of 1919
and a weekly average Of $3.50.
According to social workers who
have made a study Of family budgets,
the minimum requirement in the United
States for a decent living for a family
consisting of father, mother, and three
small children is $3.50 year. / be-
ieVe that estimate is much too low,
House would want to live on it. How
highly protected industries are but lit
tie more than half this sum.
It is true that this average takes in
wages of children and youths But, ON
the other hand, it also takes in the
wages of highly skilled mechanics and
of feremen. It is therefore a fair
average; and it shows a wage entirely
inadequate to support decent stand
Against Tariffs Generally.
As for me. I am against all tariffs
high tariffs or low tariffsand against
low tariffs as proposition. to, raise
revenue.
Every tariff, high or low, means that
it hits the poor man worst. S0a long:
as a tax is placed on the necessities Of
life, it will fall upon the poor man
much more heavily than upon the rich
man. [Applause.]
To begin with, it is the poor people
who, as rule, have many children. The
tax on shoes viii strike poor sewer
dlggef VINO mas SIX chlioIen SIX mlnes
as naFd as II Will the miiilonaina, VINO
mas one chlld. moreover sne' algger
can aIord 1,UUo TIMES less lap
pause.
Every sarlH puts the eatkdeh. trfsoni gne
people VINO can aurora e least. Every
IarlH means tAat tnes wealthy people
are NOT .Wahng 20 pay tnelr snare OF
taxes ana that they want the poor peo-
pie 20 pay Tor them. IL means tAa6
these taxes go to the manufactures. i
rms IS all any tarlH means.
~ ls IN all cases an inheritance "a
the Middle Ages-the DARK Ages
Wnen gne privileged classes dld not pay
any taxes and the common people mad
to pay them all.
The; only just tax is an incosse' tax
LappiauseI which is graduated tNF such
a degree that it will establish some
fairness as to the intensity with which
it is felt by the poor peoAaA, as com
pared with the rich. 4.
Free Trade in Itself no Remedy
I do not want to be understood to
imply that the working class Is bene-
flied by free trade of itself. Free trade
is no panacea. Free trade would mean
If m q MI sn0lET
ing would De saene acress the seaf-Par-
ticulafa all ct the manufacturing that
mas not yes reached the trust stage.
Applause on the Republican side.
Moreover, the working class can not
endure any sudden lowering OF tariffs.
Il IS helpless to protect ltseH from the
consequences:
especially IN our counsry, after many
years OF the mgnest KIND Of a hgh
earlH, any suaden. cRange would Pc as
astrous, ana thar = where thse gen6ieS
man from Alanama MI, u1aerWeoa /
was wise. lAppiause on tne DehoefaN-
ic side.
Inere are Wnole eoMMnnlsies nullt
Up y On z gaTl4 scneduie On some manu-
1assnIeu SVn..alouls 9 q Iaaical ana
- - - s9 ~ any
sIa5 49, ~. 20 vi
SSss.:. so =. o.oso meaAsAoPs, anu ~
u Is ", eneus sA y wage eaIners OF
sneii Jopss stlss unues our plan-
le 5s sysseta y PlOuue.loh no P.oyLslo9 1
mnIsosst AZ + u1 Sne 9lsplacsa
workers, the result would be wide
spleau uasassel aug alsery Applsu -
~ .he u .I puplivaA sue. WDeh 80
eleey = ,. Mlllhs g uIaezSaKe tne tr95lsr
.e5 q oaspiacea workers from dying
tpou oo - mOGalsa,n one VIE can
sneM W aae any laulcal change Do the
safH gaaL seems pest Tor the Nation
~ 4 : mneis,
uaoeE uoes noe need tho sotcalled
P Paesstss OL ta!lHss It eaes need,
aSmvss., pl1eecelon asst sudden
S;t;ngs ivr me worse AZ sesnemic con-
o.,,r Anu N 20 1eR as 1t has had
II bny prosecelons 1C Aaa protected itself
t ~ aoaf. .l trade ansons, It has pEes
ss ss!ea user oY STRIKES and boyco4ts,
7 ,sua.ssa nave a nesn declared by the Sir-