The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-17
Protection for working Msn.

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securing e %preteetioB "f0f themselves
They have passed . resolution 10 favor
Of Il restriction of foreign Immigration,
Having voted, from time immemofialt
st the bshests Of theif employers,
against tho importation ef the prod.
nets Of g paupaf labor" they DOW de-
clare their Intention 10 vote against
the importation Of the paupef labor
itself, The w%afkingmsn Of Australia
have adopted similar resolutions. set
ting forth at considerable length
the reason why immigration should
be either restricted or prohibited
All their arguments are borrowed
from the high tariff school, They say
that IL IL Is e~Epedisat 10 exclude for
eiga iron aud woollens because they
are produced by cheap labor, IA
is even more ~eEpedient 10
exclude the cheap labor itself. n IL
Is right 10 eGnfe the home market
for the home producer, how eau IL he
done more etfaetaally than by Keeping
the foreign producer away from our
shefesi Gan there bs any eampetiz
ton with home labor - direct aud IN
iufiens as the importation Of that
labor into Out own workshops The
whole doctrine Of protection IL based
upon the idea afJ security, Create an
artificial scarcity Of iron by high tar
IFS, and the price will advance. Why
not, then, create IN Artificial scarcity
Of labor, so that labor may adyaheef
What Is sauce for the goose Is sauce
For the gaHder
The IDEAS Of the worLinsmen Of
Australia land doubtless those Of the
Philadelphia men are idantiealD, are
logically correct, Grant that an
artificial seareity Is desirable. aud
there eau be 40 argument advanced
against an artificial scarcity OF labor.
III may be said that We need labor 10
develop the resources OF the country.
DO We not need Iron for the same pnrs
posef All our railroads are built
with iron, aud they certainly develop
the resources Of the country, ACES,
aud saws, aud carpenters tools
are made of iron, aud they doe
vel0p tho resources Of the eouns
try, htaam engines. and all kinds
of machinery are made of iren. All
agricultural implements are made in
part Of iron, All houses require iron
faf their construction, Slaves. fur
naoes, wagons, printing presses, steam
boats, plows-evefything that goes To
the development of a country reqiifs
Ing iron, Why, then. exclude ifun
and admit labofY AZ every session Of
Congress some new act II proposed 10
encourage the importation OF labor.
and 20 discourage that of iron, And
the wofkingmen are called upon
10 vote at every election for
The announcement of the one
and the encouragement Of the other,
America is represented 10 be the
asylum 6fthe oppressed of all nations
The land where there Is abundance
Of work for every man Of every race,
color and cline, Yet the same pol
i%tieians and journals that are inviting
immigration upon these grounds, tell
as that we must have protection
against the ehaap labor Of
Europe, OF we shall all stafve,
The tariff lobby have been hold
wise ways and means 10 get more
money out Of the people for less iron.
They have taken the sugar planters
OF Louisiana into their ring. promla-
ing them al increase Of tho duties on
TO reimburse them for the losses
which they suffer from the ffosts which
kill every third crop, aud the overflow
Of the Mississippi which takes off
every nth, and 20 give them . hand
some profit besides, The existing du-
ties oh sugar are from three Go
five cents per pound In gold on
the invoice value, ddual TO 70
taio0 per cent, which Ia believed
TO be very near the revenue standard
In. tho rate al which the largest
amount Of revenue car BIO raised
sugar, Any higher rate muAt
diminish the revenue aud increase the
aost OF the article TO the consumer,
Ihua levying a double tax upon work
frat, to make good the loss
If revenue from the sugar duties
to pay a bounty to the Louisi'
ana planters,
To this interesting aonolave We rec
nmmend the work ingmen of Philas
aud other places to address u
communication, asking for protection
against The pauper labor Of Europe,
Ia inundating our shores, They
set forth the fact that 10000
labofera arc booked for a
passage to America this season, aud
probably an equal number of Irish.
Ia direct competition with
hem, reducing wages aud ursetting
They might show that the
Constitution authorizes Congress 10
prohibit such immigration In express
4
The migration or importation of
such persons aa any Of the States shall
20 admit, shall not be psohib-