The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-16
PROTECTING AMERICAN INDUSTRY


Every intelligent man concedes that
the agricultural population of this coun-
try is plundered by the Protective tariff
and that our earnings are annually swept
away by our being compelled to pay in
creased prices for the manufactured arti-
cles we purchase. But the answer al
ways made to US is that we must sacri-
fcs ourselves for the good of the artisan
population who manufacture those arti-
cles. y
"Wuat! the high-tariff advocate ex-
claims, "wouldi you reduce our labor
force to the level Of the pauper labor Of
Europe? No sir. this is the peoples
country; the laborers country; every
thing must give way to the happiness
and prosperity OF the workmen in the
factories. In order that they may be
well-fed, well-clothed and well-housed,
you western people must submit to pay
two prices tor articles Of home manufac-
ture without murmur. The man who
objects TO doing so is demagoge and a
scoundrel," &c.,, &C., &c.
y Now England especially has made
herself illustrious by the magnanimous
manner in which she plead the cause Of
the working people. True it is, in some
places they introduced Cinnamon. and
got them to work for about one-half
what white man could live on. True
it is they forced tender little children in
to the factories at an age which forbade
all hope Of education. But over all
these rifing incidents rang loud and
clear the demand Of New England tor
high-wages tor the workmen.
We'll, the canting humbuggery of these
pretentious clAmors OF humanilarianism
are aptly illustrated in the following dis
patch:
STARVING TEE FALL RIVER OPERATIVES ro
TRRMs-TBE S8SrIMRSr A. EXPRESSED By
THE MANUFACTURERS Br TsLt0RAPH.
New York, August lO.-A letter from Fall Riv-
er, where gfteen thousand mill operatives voted
themselves thirty days vacation rather thar
submit 70 ten per cent. reduction in wages
states that the action Of the grocery and proyis-
ion dealers in refusing credit will speedily b
felt, for the available funds Of most Of the EN-.
pl0yes must be nearly -xhaust tel hit while i,
| Is not the policy Of the municipal government,
to allow actual starvation, charity will be dis
| pensed very sparingly, and that the feelings o.
the community Is 50 decidedly against the op
eratives that they will resist all measures for re-
lief not absolutely called for in the light Of hu.
mainly. Meanwhile the mill owners are deter.
mined to maintain their position and s.ttIe for
ever the principle that their buslness is not Il
be at the mercy Of help that they have beer
governed by operatives too long, and they nov
| propose to manage their own business in thei
own way.
| Could anything be more heartless ant
cruel than this? Starvation is to argu
these protected" workmen, God hell
themD into obedience and the munici
pal authorities are TO "resist all meas
ures Of relief" until death itself Is immi
nent.
| So, while We are plundered, the work
men in whose name the plundering
done are to ssarve; and few cunnin,
knaves are to make themselves rich 4
the expense Of the farmers Of the wei
and the artisans Of the east
i How long, oh farmers viii it be er
the wheat raisers Of the Mississippi Va
ley will be reduced to the condition Of ii
operatives Of Fall River and tho COZ
miners Of Pennsylvana?