New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-18
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Hrey fslfuua,e 10 produce the ordinary necessities OF
Hte pfa de operatives have IS body, The means OF
but e IL any enjoy ment The average price Oh aoOr
10 lhe United States does not exceed - cents per day.
and rather think. from nv own opportunu, OtJudg
ing th-t wit not reach 62l2 cents Tor men ana Tor
.tus'c, not eNcteoing - cents per dsy-eNcu've OF
board and lodging. The verify Of this statement any
Ltelhs pnt psa may readily ascertain by an SNamiua
/ lion Of fis own ueigbbOrhO0d ask, in the name OF
humanity IS .uch pitance SUFFICIENT TO give lsooriug
man the Indispensable necessares Tor vile ana fam
ly however economical II sickness or accident over
take lin or bis family what Is he 10 do 70 supply hin
sell with the most Ordinary comforts Is u nor called
lated 70 distress and render him unhappy aud msera
be and az a consequence will be not be stimulated 10
get by any and eveTy neaps in bis power those indi'
pensshe necessaitO disregard rho rights OF othsrs
ard dfnol stes and lie and cheat he must beg OF his
more fortunate neighbOrs, become a recipient OF
public charity-boh be and bis little ones and psrtnert
IL there any ne'shbOrhOOd exempt from such exam
pies Ia, not co ored picture buSa sad reality. The
wears OF le9 l. 10 and lSil striking clue dadons
81 fuch cases when the cry OF sober industrious or
| deily men give me rOrt only give mo work make
| Your own tefmI-myself and family have nothing %
eat wsS heard Ia our land Ia those years thousands
Of csses of the kind occurred In all our popalous dis
uicts In the past three years the demand tor LABOR
has been leserlng al the mc ana the reward keeping
! pace with the demand
We take the above from the cOmmunica-
ton of farm laborer" that we find in
The Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch, and do
so because we desire to bear our testimony
to the perfect truth of each and all OF its
statements. The demand for labor is
steadily diminishing, and there is, conse
Quently, a steady decline of wages, as, one
by one, the various establishments at which
labor was required are being closed. From
week to week we have to chronicle the
ruin of mill owners and furnace owners,
and the closing of Observation-Disclosures, the
necessary effect of which is to drive those
employ ed in them to seek some other EN-
ployment, and thus to produce in all others
new competition for the sale of labor, with
necessary diminution in the compensation
of all. 1t is not, however, in the larger
branches of business alone that this Is seen.
1t extends to all. Our shops are filled with
foreign commodities of various kinds, that,
under the tariff of 1912, were produced at
home, but which now come from abroad,
while our own women and our own chill
dren are unemployed, and obliged to 90 In
rags even when enabled to obtain food, but
finding it often difficult to get even the food
itself.
We desire particularly to call to this
paragraph the attention Of all our working
men. Let them read it, and then let them
answer to themselves if there would not
be more demand for labor, and if wages
would not be higher, ii we were building
new mills and new furnaces, Instead of
closing old ones, and driving their occu-
pants out to become competitors with
those who now produce wheat, or hats, or
shoes! We add now to our population almost
Il million OF people annually, and the num-
Der of adult males annually added is but
little short of half million, every one
Of whom must now find employment in
some one Of the pursuits that are as yet
protected from foreign competition, and
the consequence of this Is, and must con-
persons seeking to make hats or shoes,
steamships or locomotive engines. Open
the mills and furnaces, and at once there
will be created an outlet for great numbers
Of these people. Build mills and furnaces
and a further outlet will be created, and
with each step in this direction there will be
a diminution in the number of persons
seeking to be employed in making shoes.
or hats, printing books or newspapers, and
thus all will be benefited.
How is this to be done we may be asked.
For an answer, we would beg to refer the
enquirer to the working of the Wing tariff
Of 1912, under which we built so many
mills and furnaces, that we doubled the
consumption Of cotton and wooden cloth
and trebed that of coal and iron. Let the
farm laborers of the country, and the city
laborers, and the mechanics, awake to the
fact that the object of Wing policy is
to give protection to the laborers of the
country, whether they be OF foreign or do
nestle origin, and let them determine to
vote for ScoTr and GRAHAM, that Wing pol
icy may be carried into practical effect
Let them do this, and they will not again
see the time when the willing Iaborer will
be forced to cry Give me work Only
give me work Make your own terms, my
self and family have nothing to eat :" Such
'cas the cry in the closing year Of the last
British free trade tariff, and such will be-