New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-31
Protection nnd Wages.

From DE Morning Mas.
The TRIBUNE VERSUS THE LARsRrRs.- Our amlablc
temporary has behalf Of the protec,ionisis egu
laors fairly thrown of the mask, and admits f9 he
diioa Of iaborers is made sorse BY protection
Course II this result not foreseen by employers
they weuld not advocate protection High prices for that
which they ell is clement of their prosperity but "mu
tpcation Of hands" and consequent low aided by
low priees Of the materials consequent upon connnr
them to the home market. form the chief elements. The
home competition" Is the prossed object OF protection.
The Tribune Sdmits that "reprcduces multiplication Of
hands" aud "dlmnution Of employment. The laoorcrs
arc clearly not OF the protected Interests OF the 71eaae
o. We trust the above was not written by either
oi the responsible Editions Of the ouing Ne,cs, for
50 gross and infamous Justification Of our remarks
cannot be suffered 10 pass without pointed repre-
hension. We easrer admitted, nor thought ct be
lievng, that {" the condition Of the laborers Is made
worse by Protection )" we positively know better
AT this moment any young man can buy twice as
much clothing for winters work as he could half
a century ago. We knew good farm lahorer in
New England in ISIS (when our tariff was low and
our manufactures al, s,oppedl who worked through
having and harvesting, on his own offer, Tor hdJ q
bsshtl of corn pr day. We do not believe that sny
farmer in New England has worked through either
of the last two harvest seasons by tue day for less
than the price OF a bushel OF corn per day. We
know that In 1919 young woman in New Hamr-
shire worked through the nine best mouths OF the
year for Sffy cents ,eeel The average wages OF
female labor in New England was then no; above
serenty,;Sre cents week. No,c the average wages
of female labor in New England is not less than one
dollar and a quarter per week, and this sum repre-
seuts al least double the actual value, in such
articles as women wish 10 buy, of the wages Of
1919 Formerly, IN seasons OF scarcity or revusion
(such az the winter following the bad harvest et
lsl6.) Young women OF the poorer class in New
England were very glad to fnd places where they
could obtain their board Tor their work. Nothing
ike that has occurred when the manufactures
were in prosperous operation. On the contrary,
the poorest paid female labor (includins domestic
service) now receives rs much the best received
before the factores were extensively Sc, IN opera
ZION. while there are many women IN the factories
xbo make from three TO FIVE dollars per week
above their beard.
That there is often excessive competition IN the
Labor market, and consequently depression OF
wages. even under Protective Tariff, we admit
and deplore but this is not Consequence OF Pro'ec-
ZION, bu, exists ia defiance of it, The etisc; OF a
Protective Tariff is 10 amt this competition, as We
said before the News is welcome 10 assert The
contrary, bu, not 10 pu, It's words IN our mouth
- By the way, where is the evidence that the
raw material Of shirt now cests Isl cents more
than it did in 1912. and that tbs wages OF the
seamstresscs are depressed in consequence The
News asserted this in half dozen ways; viii j, be
so good as 10 attempt TO sustain its assertion