The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-30


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: which .oild eIlt the present futgi
On TN Plate lllolt. e two, sid tl .s.l
what our lloille, lllilllfleteul'=F Ileel9II
IS .snot nlcee t---.I. l5-l 1--olse 1llerysi
toriics'' This s. the llrst lifl..ez our
manufs etuE5Es h1ye been eAcElset
with lacking nerve. On the cons
trarys 1Ir. Davis. It has. been the
splendid nerve" displayed BY pub
lie spirited men IKE Mr. HOLLOWAY
ana 1Er. Hazlett hat has built NJ
this great industrial section. giving
employment g. & does 70 thous-
ands OF workmen. The Underwood
metal bin would have reduced the
present duty on tin plate Of $1-2O
to approximately sIxty-eight cents
ton. AS two-thirds of the tin plate
in this country Is sold on the sea-
board coasts, slge- result Of the I'm
derWOod biIIaouId be 90 give all the
business Of the Pacific coast-possi-
bly, the Cuff ana Atlantic coast, now
enjoyed by the American manufae-
turer to the manufacturer Of tin
plate in Wales. The only way to
prevent this and meet foreign COM
petition would be through the de-
plcrable recourse OF a tremendous
reduction in the present rate OF
wage now being paid in .Americ9-
about double that paid in Wales
American tin plate sold at the. pres
ent time on the Pacia coast .aBgre=
eates the enormous amount Of 49,
600 tons ANNUALLY. appToximatfng IN
value to so, Q00, 600. The tin .pIate
min at CIagksbpTg. this dietrict, en-
p4oying nearly 1000 workmen'
makes specially of and runs almost
entirely on orders from the Pacific
trade. have a letter in my pocket
from Mr.. william U. Foilansbee, OF
,Follansbee Brothers Company
large and well posted manufactures
of tin plate in Brooke county. to the
erect that if the Underwood bill had
passed, the mill at Clarksburg would
have had to close down entirely.
am sure that 1t would have been 3
matter Of deep regret to Congress-
man Davis II the tin mill in his home
city, or in fact any other mill had
been compelled to shut down, but
this, or a radical reduction in wages
would have been the result had
President Taft signed the Under
wood bin. as voted for by. Mr.. Da-1
Wis. In a recent interview. in the
Intelligence, President scott, OF the.
La Belle Iron Works, said with the
duty removed on cut nails. as was.
proposed by the, iUnderwood meas
upe, that they Wot had to
quit making nails az la Belle
min on the South SIDE. No need to
tell this audience that the ia Belle
iron Works has been a great bread
winner to countless Wheeling citi-
zens for many years, and its shutting
down would be- a most serious
calamity to this city.
The VOL Tariff.
On the subject Of wool, 1 also have
a letter in my pocket from Mr..
Louis Horkheimer. of the wen
known firm. Of Horkheimer Brothers.
of wheeling. wherein he says that III
the LaFoIlette biIl-also voted for
by CIR. Davis in the House-hadI
not been vetoed by President Taft
1t would have put the wool growers
in this section of the country out Of
business. This bill was to reduce
the present duty on wool of eleven
cents per pound to twenty-nine per
cent advaIorem., In his opening
campaign speech in Wheeling last
week. Mr. Davis feeiingIy refers to
President Taft's veto of this bill as
sf0IIows: '.The dwindling hocks OF
west virginia sheep viii be called
son-once more to beat applause at
the action of the president. :" In
view of Mr.. Horkheimer's opinion as
to the outcome of the passage of the
LaFollette bill, the humor of Mr.. Da-
Wis on the subject will hardly appeal
to the sheep .raisers of Brooke and
Ohio counties, or even to those o.
his own county of Harrison. which
Hast year raised in excess of $4,000