New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-22
Labor, Here and Elsewhere.


bab;, asny shy Of They know-thoss among then
who rr.derstand what they ere sboa'-'hst me tn
umph Of their policy involves great redoen'n o.
Wages, but they 10 10. mean 70 let Their isoonnR
supporters know 4; Thus when Mr. Buchanan pro
rounded in ls40 the doctnDe that the necessary "
Protection among rs grew out Of tf "f4'o" ~
our cur1eney whereby the Cloths " y" ares costing
Hfty dollars ia some parts Of Europe were made n
COS, one hundred dollars here, and John DAVIS
closed in upon him ssying, You mean that Labor
il paid twice as much-iu money. a. lesst-in thu
country as il should BE- and proceeded to shoT
what changes must be effected among Us 70 brine
siont the production fT fifty dollars Of the cloths
that now costs hundred and that these changes
wOuld be adverse 70 the interest and prosperity
American Labor, Old Buck IT once Few The tract
started All o1tcry Of misreprcsente,on and endea'
cred 70 raise cloud Of mist under which u escap
the CONSEQUENCES Of bis own fundamental proposi
ZION 10 the same spirit. rue Journal Of Com
merce and It's importing correspondents arc 10
bitnally inventing rOmances respecting tne ''s'
salaries paid 70 Presidents and Agents o. Manu-
featuring or Mining Companies and the gene
raj iroprovidence and wasteiOlness Of Menu
featuring rnanag cement IN this country, represent
ms these as the main causes OF nlsuccess ~
American Manufactures The know better, Of
course; for If they did not they would eagerly rush
into the business they represent as 20 wretchedly
conducted. and, by doing it as il should be done
.ecure the profits which they say might be made
40 easily and surely They can buy mines mills
coslbeds. water power. &c. today ct prices a.
moderate as even they cOnd ask and no Protec-
,;on;st mr. Manufacturer ut present has any advsn
tage IN the business which they might not readily
and ohesply secure. But they are careful not Il
do il because they know that tie high0 prtcc 81
American Ld5or renders he production he'e Of M
finer and more costly scares and fa6y'cs a io''Hg
business under the present 7o'7g 10 tins RUE
there are some exceptions caused by peculiar CIR
cum,tsnces-exception which, thoroughly under
stood do not inva lidste but establish il. Rude anc
bulky erticles-Pig Iron, coarse Co'tons, coarse
Woolens &c may still be produced advantageous
" In certain localities but tho finer aud costher
fabrics seldom can be- Let one mill or forge make
a good dividend, and the ove1oyed stockholders
proclaim it the country resounds with IT. but the
hundreds that lose money or mako nothing keei
ouet for the sake Of their credit On IN the hope
selling on, their works or their stock. Thus the
American production Of SILK, slender IN ITS best
estate, is running down TO nothing, that OF Linens
IL next 10 nothing, while the finer Cotton isorlct
have lost ground, in spite OF the most Determined
efforts. backed by the mos, effective combinations
Of CAPITAL. Skill and Labor ever since the Terh o
ls46 began TO make itself felt. Aud the one pru
eipal. permanent, invincibe cause of this Is IL,
higher wages commanded by American than toy
European Labor.
MIR J & Youugs, OF Portsmouth. Nh WI,
went to Europe in lsi5 as the agent OF The Ports
mouth Steam Factory, an enterprise originate
under the impulse OF the Tariff OF ls42 too th
fabrication of fine Cottons but since Frustrated h
the Tariff of 46 has issued an Address 10 Congress
ON the subject Of Protection, in which the questo'
is practically aud iorcibly elucidated. 1t show
wherein and why the finer fabrics cannot be pre-
duced without loss under our presentsystem. tn
average earnings OF the workers employed IN ~
Linen factories Of Belfast ireland are 81 a pc.
week; in the Cotton mills Of Scotland, 81 30 %
the woolsn mills OF Leeds, England - 10 %
the two largest and most expensive Cotton mills
British Manchester, a. -. But the wages pai'
by the Lawrence Manufacturing Company o.
Lowell Iior quarter Of last year, amounted o
o., $50 for an aggregate of sl6,s29 weeks worb
equal to "a % per week, The workers boar
themselves in each case This Is believed In b,
below the average earnings q ali tie Free Labo
employed in American factories, yet 1t IS one thlr
higher than the highest average paid IN Briisi
IL D.,
average wages of British factory labor
In Metals, the contrast is still greater tn,
average earnings Of American Iron makers en-,
workers Is very nearly or quite al per day a.,
was higher under the inhaence of the Tarih OF a.
pa Frinoys Annals OF the Mines, in its Account e.
the authors tour Of obser alton through the mime,
and metal works Of England, gives 50 cents as ii,
nighest wages paid 10 the best woTkmen m mines
or smelling furnaces, 90 cents per day 544 iran,'
per annuml as the average wages Of the bette
class OF workmen in three large localities, with 3.
cents as the average earnings of the common ar
more numerous class Of workmen. The averas'
cannot exceed 81 cents per day, or about oHe-fh'n
the earnings of American lron-workers.
Now let us suppose that seller Of Maslins n
Pesrl-st or Exchange place should decide to Pro
dace Tor himself some fabric which forms che
staple Of his trade and OF which he sells 800 0o,
worth per annum. He casts abou, HIM to Sc,
where he can produce that fabric t. the Sresie>'
personal advantage He ands that he can buy ih'
requisite ground. power, buildings, &c Just aoou
~ cheap in England as in this country or IT be
nuss build, Labor ,inciudng construction, mschi.
cry, So1 viii cost HIM more here Int land, taxes
&c. considerably less He can buy his stock rsthci
cheaper here than there, ba, very httle-co,toi
being perhaps three TO i've per cent cheaper. Will,
some MINOR requisites are desrer The dat,
,twsnsy per cent 10 50 much in favor OF home pro
doct'on. and would decide the question II Lshu
were no desrer here than in EnslSnd-bu, a Is l
the fabric be wished TO produce Were heavy one
worth say six cents per yard, the relative savsr
sages Of American and Foreign production wOal,
stand very nearly thus;
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