The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-23

! sg4nfeg Senate through the calltfELiz q
ozone, e -, COZ iIttees not 70 Elels
/ the EI6Gss BIN lowering the IN pate
tariR. Congretnan Davis gotet. g
lower this tariff IN the face q QeE8o'a-
al and other appeals to him.
It Is stated dat NJ. Davis Informed
tmen interested In the TN plate IN
dustry in his district that he Was
Wiling to do anything he could Tor
/ them IN committee but when il. came
TO a vote in the House he must and
would vote with his party Asa re-
suit he voted 70 greatly reduce the
tin plate tariR.
Manufacturers and workers take the
posIton that he'd the bill become
| law the Industry in the district would
have been put in jeopardy. MI. Davis
was aware of the fact that that was
the way tin plate men thought about
II, and those men certainly were in
Tar better position TO know than Mr.
Davis as they are familiar with the
industry and the effects Of the tarlh
on the industry and he is not.
For the sake Of voting with his
party and by clinging TO the free trade
idea, Mr.. Davis defed these $500 men
in his district, ruthlessly rejected
their petition and then denied them
what they say is for their best vel
fare.
Mr. Davis has no right to assume
that his election to Congress meant
that this district was aired Of the pro-
4ective tarifE. He knows that it IS one
of the leading industrial districts IN
The United States and he ought to
know that the protective tariff is re-
sDonsfbIe for it. The industries were
started under protective tariff and
thew have grown in size and number
they AFFORD employment at good
wages to thousands Of men, resulting
from which all lines OF commerce in
cIn[Ing agriculture profit. For in
stance, the tin plate mills here have
an aggregate yearly pay roll OF nearly
three quarters of a million dollars
an important cash item in the city's
commerce. The county as well prof.
its. The Importance attached to the
nav ron OF this one OF the many in
dustries was shown when it was
runored a year or two ago that the
mills were to be moved away from
Ciarksburg. Merchants were alarmed
real estate men became uneasy. house
owners saw vacant houses ahead
g,owers OF farm products shared in
the scare and the entire community
grew fearful.
That instance emphasizes another
that Mr.. DavIs's reduced tin tariff
bil4, tin plate men say would bring
about, namely, a Gripping of the
mills to the point OF complete idle
ness. The latter instance would be
even more serious than the former
as the men would have gone with the
mills moving away and would have
employment, while the idle mills
E4r. Davis voted to have here would
have left hundreds of workers on the
cftv,s hands with nothing to do for
Iiverfhood.
Mr.. Davis may drum up figures and
work on theories all he pleases but
! 1t is the facts Furnished by men iden-
tilted with the industry that should
count In the making OF laws. The
tin plate man says the Davis vote
was to kill the tin plate industry
The tin plate man knows and the tin
plate mans vote this fall viii not be
to return Mr.. Davis to Congress to
again vote to wipe out tie Mills that
give him employment from which he
buys goods OF the merchant. produce
and cereals from the farmer, meat
from the butcher and -four from the
miller
Again. as a matter of compliment
! Mr.. Davis,s home county may feel that
it would Ike to return him to Con-
g1ess, but the welfare OF its people
will be considered of such importance
that it can not afford to pay such
compliment. Harrison county does
not want its factories thrown into
idleness because of the Democratic
thread6are free trade theory. Harri-
I son county does not want the big
pay roll of the tin plate mills cut on.
nor does 1t want the pay rolls of any
!! OF its factories wiped out. The same
holds good in all the other industrial
). counties of the district, and If Mr.
!! Davis remains unwilling for these
pay rolls to continue he will be re-
tired from Congress, as he should be
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