Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-10-28
The Tariff Question.


can understand il, Here is Worcester; We
will call that America. There is Ports
mouth We will call that Germany, and am
to build boot factory in both countries. In
Germany which is Portsmouth, hire men
to put in the foundation for 80, 81 or 90
cents day, while here in Worcester. which
is America, have TO pay the same class of
help sl.00, sl.25 and 81 80 day. pay in
Portsmouth, which is Germany. for brick
makers 40 10 60 cents day. and in Wor-
cester. which is America, Sl.0o TO 81 80 a
day. In Germany ! can hire Young girls
for a few cents a day to carry the clay on
their heads, and an official report To the
British parliament saws: There are 10000
Young girls in Germany carving clay upon
their heads to make brick WITH for from
TO & cents day.
In Worcester. which is America. brick
maker cannot get this class of help: for
thank God, they are at school where they
ought to be. In LAYING my brick walls
have to pay masons here in Worcester,
which is America. SIPS to 500 day,
while in Portsmouth, which is GERMANY |
can get them for go and 6j cents a day. The
same proportion holds good for machinery.
and | have found that there is a good deal
Of machinery used IN making boots at pres
cni, and tina, the leather goes ia at one door
and comes out boots at the other. Here IN
Worcester the men who make this machi-
merry are paid 81 20 - day while in Ports
mouth, which Is Germany, pay IS cents 10
81 30 a day, and when the machinery is all
in and the mill is done paw the women in
Worcester .5 cents TO sl.50 a day, and the
men $3.50 to $3.50. When ! get a. case of
boots done it has cost me exactly $50 here
in Worcester, which is America In Ports
mouth, which is Germany. pay women Is
to % cents day. and men 40 to 90 cents.
and when ! get case of boots done il has
cost me exactly $50.
Now | can take the shoes made IN Ports
mouth. which is Germany. and send them TO
Worcester. which is America. and sell them
for $40 and make $40 profit on every case.
and still sell them for $40 a case less than i,
costs to make them right here in Worcester.
How long do YOU suppose YOU would run a
factory here in Worcester at tina, rate ? No,
at all. The end would come But the
Democratic party SAYS We can do IT, and de-
mands tina; Germany shall have the priyi-
lege of coming here and selling their pro-
ducts Of cheap labor in competition with
American goods They also demand the
goods. wire and machinery.
Now there is but ore way to run a mill
| on the Democratic doctrine. and tina, is
wages must come right down 70 an equal
with German wages, and then the goods
can be made right here in Worcester as
cheapy As they can in GERMANY, and not till
then can We compete On equal terms. but
| the workman SAYS, ] couldn't stand that.
l. -. 4 4 l. 4. 4
| to church because he couldn't afford TO buy
| clothes for her. nor his children to school.
| because It would take every hour of the
time Of every man. woman or child in the
family TO earn the poor clothing they would
be compelled TO pa, up with.
But the workman SAYS he couldn't have
his beef and mutton at those wages. aud he
couldn't But he coald have black bread
and nee and soup. This is Democratic dc,
for YOU. The Republican party SAYS II
vans TO run it, factor, here in Worcester
and paw wages which will allow every work
man 10 send his children TO school. Why ?
Because IN twenty years hence the dcsiinies
/ Of the republic must rest on their shoulders,
and We want them men and women Of in
ielligence We want 10 run our factories
| here in Worcester so that the wife can 20
10 church. Why Because every wife Who
goes TO church makes the husband better
man and citizen.
We want to pay our workmen good
wages. Why Because every wear he v III
lay up a little. then be will buy a lot, and
pretty soon he will pu, house on tina, lot,
and then he will put his wife and children
into that house then he will have more at
stake in this government, and will go to the
polls with more ennscieafs. a,a1 ,nn.qf. hHaEt
Republican party believes that the work
man vi no supports himself and his fami, b,
the sweat Of his brow should live a. well A.
| the miserable loafer who does nothing, or
the rIch man who never does ANYTHING.
How have kept the factory running.
and continued 10 pay the wages. which al
low the workingmen 10 send their children
10 school, their wives to church, and enable
| them TO own little homes of their own, while
| Germany has been making boots so much
cheaper? We say YES TO Germany. come
right over here and sell your goods TO all
who will buy, but before YOU come, pay TO
the Treasurer Of the United States 10 helm
run this government exactly $40. Don,
YOU see what We have done Now, his case
| Of boots has cost him much as the case
1 has cost the manufacturer here in Worce ster
| The Worcester manufacturer has been able
20 compete with him, and has done il With
out cutting wages down. and the American
people have been relieved of the burdens Of
taxation JUS; 80 much.
| That Is protection and that is all there is
To IL Blu, our Democratic friends say YOU
would get your shoes cheaper. Well, would
you' The Republican party says no. There
was a time when the first steel rails were
used IN this country that they cost $50 per
ton. Then we put on a high protective
duty. We opened coal mines and iron
mines, and started blast furnances, and put
on high duty TO protect them, and to-day
We can buy steel rails for $50 ton. Take
another instance. porcelain knobs There
was a time We did not make them Then
We pu, high duty on them, and in few
years We could buy the same knobs for - a
dozen, and all the time We had kept wages
up BY the high tariff
This is a most remarkable case and has an
illustration in history. Ireland was once
one Of the mos, prosperous nations in the
world. l, had high protective tariff 1t
manufactured immense quantities Of cotton.
of silk and hosiery. There were 10000
looms. In every house in Dublin there was
| sOcha- oAA0 iAS Ntit ~ Lappt
eontented as lrishmen could be in that elm
ate and on that soil with plenty TO eat and
wear. But England looked upon her as she
looks upon YOU to-day. Do YOU know that
the Golden club is taking part in this cam
paign? That il is contributing documents,
and money to run this free trade campaign
Of the democracy England would gladly
give a million dollars-aye, London alone
could well afford to pay that to secure the
triumph Of this party. Why? Because
your manufactures would stop and theirs
would supply to this country just what yours
are supplying. and they would reap the BEN
eits instead of having it remain here at
| home.
They looked just so upon Ireland. They
said to the Irish people, YOU have better
climate and soil than We and can grow the
raw material much better. We can buy the
raw material of you, make it up and sell
you the manufactured goods. Ireland con-
scented and in the articles Of union the tariff
provisions were repealed, and in few years
the Irish people found out what free trade
meant. England not only sold them the
manufactured goods at their own prices, but
| they bought the raw material al their own