The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-02-16

ea but in distributing the duties
necessarily protects those industries OF
which duty was laid. Now, all an,
nne favorable to protection asks, is tina
aday1s labor in any aud every industrr
be protected equally with a day' 5 lnbc
lnanyC otbsr industry. Protection i
Tor toe iaborer, not for the capitalist
The inaa with u quarter of a million
of money cares but little for the pric,
ofiabor, but the price of a days worl
Is much to the poor man. Iron man.
nfacturers, from the pig up to the fnest
Wrought or cast irOH, can compete with
the manufacturers in Europe, by sim
ply putting down the price Of labor
A given number Of bushels Of coal, and
O given number of pounds Of ore will
make = ton Of iron. The raw material
is a small matter. The chuppins Of
wood, charming the coal, hauling it,
mining the ore, etc.-these are the
items that cost, When twenty dollars
worth Of labor ian be had for ten dol,
lars the products Of that labor will Of
course be cheaper. England, Wales,
or Belgium produces articles cheaper
than we-not because q days labor
produces more, but because it is bought
cheaper. All that is asked is that ar
ticles be protected in proportion to the
labor that enters into them.
Take any given article, as iron. glass,
ware, wooden ware, leather, or flannel,
and ascertain for what Europe can af,
ford to put it upon our market learn
what it cost us to put the same article
apon the markethow nearly our laborers
can approximate to open competition,
allowing each days work a fair, living
compensation. If we can produce an
article so thai we can sell it cheaper
than the European, there will he no
importation of that class, but if they
can produce an article so as to sell in
our markets for large profits, or can
nndcrsell so as to drive cur manufac-
lures from the market, they will come
to our market Now, no matter what
the article is, let the duty DO so laid as
to divide the profit. Suppose an arti.
Gle cost our manufacturers a given sum
Of money, and Wales or Prussia or
Russia can sell it on our market &c
per cent less. That article will bear
q duty-importers will pay q duty for
the sake Of the market Mr.. Free Ira.
der says let us buy it 20 per cent less.
Suppose you do what becomes of your
home manufacturers Let them stop If
they can't competed When they stop
and there is no competition, does any
one suppose that the price will remain
where it is with competition? Certainly
not. We must keep our manufac-
lures in operation; and when foreigners
ore making a large profit, we ask that
it be divided fairly. A tariff thus ia
diciously levied will produce revenue
and fHrnish incidental protection, while
OUT adoption to the various pursuits,
u Yankee genius, and our desire for
gain will ever be such that any indus
try that pays large profits will soon be
crowded so that the profits must come
down to about fair wages. Our pres.
ent law is not perfect, but what legisla.
tive enactment. is? When men become
perfect We may hope for perfect stat
utes. Then we will have u tariff
against which men q not complain.
a CHEAP ARTICLES,
The gentleman has spoken at length
Of the .cheepness of articles in the old
country. He says. everything can be
produced cheaper there. lie talks
about six.cord spool cotton for from !
to 2, cents, tools, hats, carpets and
clothing in proportion. Admit all that
he says on this point-who makes a
spool of cotton for e cent? If tile gen
tleman, will furnish me of his constitu-
ency, skilled labor at European prices,
l win furnish his district the products
of their toll OF European prices and
they shall have provision at the prices
paid in Europe if his farmers will pro-
duceIit for those rates. He says an over.
coat for seven dollars is worth thirty
in our market. Who grew the wool2
Who dyed, spun wove, dressed it and
made the coatP | admit seven dollars
will scarcely pay for the making in this
| am glad of it am glad that
sweat and blood and bone and man.
hood are not so cheap. Why, sir,
our laborers make an overcOIt,
such as is now worth $40 for ST, if we
mad no tariff He intimates they
would have to. or not makeit at all.
Certainty, for to-day, inEngiand and
Scotland alone, to say nothing Of
Wales and ireland, over four millions
If paupers are eking out a miserable
existence, out of employment and out
If bread. Oh how cheap they would
,ell their toll. God help the poor of
America when the free trader opens
up our markets to their labor, and fur.
a spool of six.cord thread for a
cent or a $50 overcoat for 81.
And | may suggest to the author of
his resolution, the Senator from Aus
that no might have his memory
refreshed by casting his minds eye
back to his native Germany; by con-
trasting her laboring classes with ours,
How many thousand there toll on,
toll on" as do the builders in the sea,
each generation taking the place Of its
fathers, laboring for the pittance that
keeps the soul in the body tenants,
peasants, paupers-generation after
generation, doomed to poverty with
out a ray of hope save in emigration
to America, where the laborer is re-
worthy Of his hire. Take a
little table of wages from one Of Com
missioner Wells reports:
United States. England. Belgium.
Moulders ....... sll.52 $500 $40
,iachirists"...... ia 100 $50
Boiler Mskers.. 1854 $50 ,4,20
Blaeksmi.h'... I2s3 I Az
Puddlers....... 1854 7.75 zoo
LabOrers-.-.,. 7.O3 40 2.4O
UssKILLED .LABcRERs.
United States, s6.Sl; England, $3.50; France
i3GO; Belgium, So 40; SaXony. 1925; Prussia,
10; Russia, l.33 per week.