Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-09-14

pr0leets0A. But refyo u and let free trade be III
opetasic vii, shsre he no striking for wages
iAshf saP,ace foreign paper labor in competition
with our IRE operatives. and then we would
hear Of sslrskcs" every das. Why do the tai
lors strike? Why carpenters. prnters and eth
<ssH ) Isl that odious Tariff? Pshaw!! The
TariG and that alone has kept nnr iaborers from
hring reduced as low as the Europeans.-Ha wk-
sy.
We did not attribute The red eli IN in
the wages Of tho operatives which has ta-
keH place since the enactmen, Of the pres
INT tariff said by tie Patterson weavers
70 be aboat 70 per cent-to the tariff. We
alluded 10 the fact to show that il had not
affected their wages turorubly, as the wings
assured them i would. We endeavored
u show, and did show. that while the
heads Of the manufacturing establishments
Hasre rsalizing the most excessive and ex-
brilliant profits, through the operations Of
the tariff, and could well afford to pay an
increased compensation 10 their laborers
proportionate to the protection afforded
iism, they not only have withheld the
slightest augmentation, but have actually
awaited themselves Of the power and inilu-
ence which accumulated wealth is well
known to exercise over labor 10 cut down
the wages previously paid to those in their
employ. The wages Of factory operatives
are now lower than they were u, der the
compromise act, which was denounced by
the wings as little less better than abso-
k,ts free trade. How. then, has q high
protective tariff benefited themp En-
picyment has been given to an increased
member, we admit, but there is every rea-
scn 70 apprehend that this result would
have ensued had the tariff remained un-
esached; for the country had partially re-
covered from the effects Of the disastrous
revulsion Of 1896, and business Of all
kinds had commenced to revive. But
- their coadition better now than it was
for year previous to The passage Of the
present high tariff, when the duties under
the compromise act had got down 10 the
minimum standard Of 20 per cent? So far
fron being better, It is not, as general
thing, as good; for while their labor COM
msnds It best the same and in most cases
s$2;ei:esa reward nQst Fl s 4As si;e1
have Iiseh in price. Even upon the ar
ticles Of dieir own fabrication, such as
cottons and coarse woollens, they are more
heavily taxed than formerly. The pres
ent tariff, we freely admit, yields protec-
tim, IS claimed by the Hawkeye, but we
repeat our denial that it secures to the la
Dor and industry Of the country any great
or benefits than would result from scale
ofdaties levied with view to revenue
sktns, such as the great mass Of the de-
nocracy advocate. As we said before, it
j. capital alone which is protected. The
heWty Of the government is felt by the
wssiahy employing manufacturers alone,
md does not extend itself to the laborers,
9ho il point Of numbers are as fifty to one,
Il not more. Il would be some mitigation
G.the Injustice and inequality Of the sys-
ten could Il be shown that the taxes col
Tested from the people At large for the sup
port Of the manufacturing interests are dis
tfibutea among the class alluded to with
something like liberal hand, but this can
nj be done. They receive no more pay
under protective tariff than under one
levied solely for revenue; the only differ
ence being, that under the latter they are
exempted from the payment Of any tax
oshsr than that which It is necessary for
tnsisapport Of the government.
Again we say-for i cannot be too often
repeated, Or too much dwelt upon-that
t4es whale object and tendency cf the
psessnt tariff is to protect CAPITAL, and
rot LABOR. We beg the farmers, me-
chanics, and laboring classes generally, to
Investigate this subject fully, and settle it
insheir minds whe:her in reality they are
bedefstAedito lI,e extent some Of them have
iaeen made 70 Lelie.e, q indeed to any ex-
tent. The motto es which meet the eye
slwpst d4iiy- Of tlA. declaration Of semi
aAausl dividends OF twelve, fifteen, and
eseHstwenty per eeut By the mannfactnr-
ing companies, show clearly enough that
che sstockholders are reali ing immense for
takes through the tribute which the tariff
lcsies e. aheir benefit upon the comsnuni-
y; but where are we 10 discover the ia
vorable influence claimed By some to be
e1ssted BY the protective policy upon the
earnings of labor? il il to be seen in the
rise q mechanics wages. the enhanced
phes q the farmers products, or the in
crpesed reward Conferred upon daily toil3
Tbf qselsauics Of Burlington. and farmers
ocnA aGoines county, by looking at home
can 1snSwer these question; and by the
coselps;on y which they conc eaa farm IN
adSdu,ke esainlHe Of ne smount n protes-