Daily Republican., 1880-10-30


am satisfied that England, Franc
and Germany, cannot buy skins an.
cheaper than Americans can in Calcut
ia, sour cash is Us good as theirs.
Sicily sumsc costs in America abou
81 90 per ton more thau in Eng
land, France and Germany, bnt Ameri
can sumac is cheaper in this country
and that Offsets any advantage the for
eigners may have in suuac. l CONT
to the main question. The Genera
says 1t costs to produce morocco 2.
cents psr foot, and il 1t was reduced
it would bs only L cents per foot. Nov
according TO the above estimate for Ia
Dor and you dressers know whether
am right, the cost Of producing patna;
that measure so feet to the dozen
would bs 81 cents per foot, and al
assured that is all they measure.
What becomes of ths GsEeral's asss
tion. Again take his proposition of
reduction, cents per. foot of SO fea
to the dOz. When can it be worksd il
without hurting US dresJers-iet us &c
at the tariff as 1t works now, and SEE
prospectively, what it will do for us i
changed. The Tariff duty 10 now e
per cent. on Finished Morocco. Take
doz. OF Tstnas ct about say ST Il
the foreigners, who have the sdvau.
tsge in cheap labor and we will admit
it for the sake of the argument tina
they can make it for 81, the dutiei
would be $l.40 per. doz.
Nov workirgmsn all that we ocntri.
butte in ths shape of labor on doz. ii
only worth 1.765 cents and when they
land box Of morocco now 1T costs then
(the foreignsrs) IS 40 per doz, tariff on
and 1t costs our employers $7.S6a, Nov
take Just ons-hslf the duties off, wher'
does it land us, and that is about the
Generals idea and also the tariff fo'
revenue plank Of the Democrat plat
form. 1t would send foreign patnas in
at S7.7O per doz. and American at 81. 81
and II don't take much Of = scholar to
see the results. You ask me what will
follow. l say / don't know, but the
history OF our trade has been before the
war when the tariff for revenue was In
effect, that we had few factories In Will
mington and they were small, and my
wages book shows an average OF less
than 80, but when the war Cr0ke out
and tariff was raised TO 80 per cant.then
we got $l.75 per doz. for finishing pat.
mas. Beamsmen and tanners Sl3 toS14
per week. Factories were built and en-
larged under. its benign influence. The
trade prospsred. the consumption wss
large, and II was not al artioie
that was an army supply either"
Wages were good and we we're happy;
bat the raveIous Wolf "Free Trade"
was abroad in the land. and heed was
given to his cry; and per cent. after
5 per cent. was tahen of until now
there Is but 20 left, and for every 8 per
cent. of Tariff Of rs cents came off the
Finisher; and corresponding amount
off the Beamsman, Tanner, etc., and
now II Tariff for Revenue or one half 10
taken of who will it effect, where can
the 10 cents per day be taken from,
net from the skin, not from material.
No, No! not there, but from the Work
men. We are tho first TO suffer always,
but know what some men will say,
"strike against reduction Of wages"
Well, we have that right, but what
next, there Is always a future. There
will be q cessation Of WORKS until
things can or will adjust themselves sci 70 to
their surroundings, until we either 40
cent the wages that are given in Europe
or seek other employment. Now.
Had we rot batter meet the matter
like men ut the present time, and vote
to sustain the tariff as at present con
stituted, and not go baokSard to Euro
peAn wages and modes OF thought.
They must advance to our position, as
we advance and 60 Ligher. We muss
have and demand in this country that