The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-11
Saturday, October IL, 1913.


NO ''S NeN''
OF a unrae a,ome rI mo San Sv prcs gserp Job mO "a Tou mgu u" c hTv n n
the Board OF Directors OF the Republic Iron & Steel Company. n which
he expresses hope Is to the business conditions OF the immediate future
1t will be noted that Mr.. Topping does not attempt to analyze the schedules
of the tariff relating to iron and steel. or any other manufactured product
He doe % g inoa m exhaustive study Of tn facts a Mr. w. H. Abbott
o. me "heeng rruFau company. nd a Mr. l. NJ Scott o M Wheel
ing Sheet a Tin Plate Company has done 1t will be noted that all that Mr.
stand M drastic tarn reductions that have been made.
In this hope every manufacturer n iron and steel in the United States
will join. In this hope every empbye in the iron and steel mills of the
United States will Join. In this hope every business a in the Ohio Valley.
in the City Of Wheeling. and in the arstd district Of West Virginia will Join
No good citizen is working for disaster None expect 1T II it can be avoided
None will contribute to It in so far Is their personal efforts are concerned.
gu why the necessity for putting upon tho iDn and steel business the
strain. the uneasiness.. the burden Of reorganization. which the Underwood
tariff bill has done. Mr. Topping expresses the belief that HI American man
uhcm~r will readust himself TO fit the new facts. What IS this but a
guarded statement that "a readuSment OF working conditions. n scaling down
the earliest possible time The bnD5reSs os r tmTy" ~ !" oo oe new rrn ntS at
the iron and steel business Of the United States will not continue idle II
human ingenuity can devise n process by which they a continue active
The half million workers n the iron md steel business in the United states
VIII not be thrown ny OF employment indefinitely. because there is Toe much
good sense and TOO much conservatism among them not to meet conditions
continuance p their employment.
But ny ought a readJustment Of the iron and steel business be neces
sary? why should tho hor million workers in tho iron and steel business
be threatened by either reduced employment or reduced wages? For no other
and obtaining their inspiration from the cotton states OF the south. From
communities that have little or no sympathy with our great manu,c,11nr
interests. that refuse to recognize our needs. and consistently and regularly
when Installed in power have Iegsated against them.
legislation put n our statute books by the Republican party during the ps,
sixteen years. the American people have enjoyed a period OF unprecedented
p ",psrW no people IN all history evr so multiplied their industries. so
built up their material wealth. so increased their number of workers so
all that make for material happiness as the American people have done since
Why the necessity for a change,
Why the necessity for legislation that threatens this splendid Industrial
and commercial fbrc2 %
No good answer can be given. There IS no answer; save In the insane
folly OF a lot ot theorists. who have practically no knowledge OF mo mansfac
turing and business conditions Of the country ar large Even now they admit
that te legislation which they have passed will not reduce The cost OF Nv
ing A few months x the air was full OF denunciaton Of Republican ad.
minisuaIon OF account OF the high cost Of living Another party with ar.
other policy has ONE into power rs policy has been made effective and
ALREADY rs apoiogsts have begun to explain that they do lot expac thereby
to reduce the high cost o. living II not for The purpose OF reducing tho
high cost o. living. what under the name Of Heaven was the purpose Of
the Underwood bin? Certainly it could no, expect TO the make the American
people more prosperous than they have been Certainly 81 could not expect
TO- lneTease american iniasry' to build Jet mills. icy factories and nm
poy d." workers Why then has this monstrosty been forced uon tho
great industrial and great manufacturing sections ~ The north and the eas+9
why hs ne prosperity OF those sections been threatened. and Why. IN partic.
uhr is The welfare OF SD many people u West Virginia imrer1,d at t.
present time; in al Cd" history o. THIS country. no more utterly er9rrdo-s
or uncaIed for p"c" of legislation has even been rorpetrated ra, r.
Underwood tariff DIN. and no district in tho United States has suffered rc.
directly from that measure than tho first district ~ West virginia
IN October lth, 'e people ~ This district VIII speak and thy uu
speak m numbering tones against fhe Underwood LH and ar,ros- rs ,r
thors by the election ~ Julian G. FTearno 20 Congress tb.v au -.-.,-
Nor I"'f against M. tIiuy. and They viii sound @ note of oncolraura,.
rrt % tp broad land '