, 1876-02-04

published Mr.. KEI1E1's statement that thou
aands OF bis constituents, Including men,
women, anil children, heretofore employed III
had boon practically idle sinco
1873, md that go dreadful md protractsd
Ind beon their poverty TINT they wero grate.
ful for tho crnsta given to beggars, and that
Thousands Of able.bodied workmcn had boeu
forced to become trnmps, seeking for food
thcy had no opportunity TO earn. We have
pnblishol nlso the statements Of Senator
WALLACE Oomocrat), detailing tho wretched
condition of Tie unemployed wotAmen OF
Pennsylvania.
Wo havo no purpose TO diacredit theao
stories. PennHy1vanla has enjoyed most lib
eral protection to all her industries for If
teen years, md enjoys It now. What hes
been the effect npon tho workmen2 During |
the last ten ycnrs hor miners haVe not been !
employed oven at "starvation wnges moro
than IN averngo Of eight months In the year. |
Her furnaces arc extlnBuiBhed, her mills |
idle, her factories arc closed, her vorkmen,
aud workingwomen, md Children hsso becn
forced to tho lowest paupcrism. This, with !
o "protection ranging from 80 to 90 per |
cent. Compared with this tho condition Of
the workingmen Of Europe, who aro repre- |
resented as working at "pauper wages," Is
for aboyo that OF thcao 70, 600 working-peo-
ule nf PHILADELPHIA. ,vho cannot cat work at
cyen "nauper waoes." For fifteon years
the eonntry has atapoored under weieht Of
ta1ation for the bcnoht Of Pennsylvania such
ns no other people wore ever subjected to,
and what Is Tho result Tho bankruptcy Of
tho ernntovers and tho pauperism of Tho en-
r,oved
Tho manufacturers Of Nov England hayc
been in the end hut little mora euccossful
than those of PENNSYLVANIA, There, too,
thero l,aa not been work enough to rive om-
plov,nont to labor ot moro than oue-balf
time. and that at tho lowest scale Of wages.
Tho operatives in tho cotton mills working
IN tnlf.tino Iayo Ind. however. to nav the
tax Of 40 nor cent on tho cotton made by
their own hands and worked IN into their
ou,,, oh;r+a on;7 nnt,oro,oth;po Wh;1c Tho nun,.
own owl amrss ana unaeron H. % h.au ~ re5noas ]
oer Of workmen employed hes oeon feaoceo
ns ~ ao o. ne nef o :hn sa ane
| whelmino to1ation On all their clothing md
| m all tho other thinrs INDISPENSABLE to com.
fort md life has oontinued their scant
| wages has been coneumed bv tho very tax
annnoRcd to have been levied for their
! csneeial benefit.
/: Our manufacturers hayo been working un-
der a faIlnc;ons svstom. Tl,av have 20 tarod
| everything that thew have cut themselves of
from all markets ercept tho domestic ono.
and hive redrcad conservation in that mar
ket They cannot produce 40 o. to sell
abrood. md thoy hayo to closo their mills one
nay ont Of three to prevent having IN unsala~
h1a aurntuR 1nstond nj rof1ucinp tho coat Of
product;on. theroby addfnp to tho consu1ap-
lion Of tho homo market and being able to
export their wares to ali other markets, tn ey
have RIM tho;r m1l1a m ha1f,timo. md left
THAR 1aborors to starye. During 1876 Groat
Britain sold in cotton piece goods within o
narke. which might bo exclusively occupiod
by the cotton manufacturers Of this country
to tho following values;
United st.,es 900, $ 1.soo 900
West indsss.... 8s99 9S