Daily Republican., 1880-08-03
our w,,ming.on workmen.


and who vote the Demo
cratic ticket ever think Of the conse-
ouspces of their votes before they cast
them 2 II they understood the question
Of protection to American trade and
American manu- factures as they should
understand 1t, 1t seems to us that they
would pause and reflect before casting
their ballots for a party that favers free
trade. Just now is very good time for
them to read and reflect while the Brit
ish free traders are busily engaged In
scattering their Golden Club pamphlets
all over the country, and especially
among the workingmen. It might be
worth while for them to consider some
observations made by the Secretary oi
stste on the occasion of transmitting to
Congress his valuable report on the
state of labor in Europe. Secretary
Evsrts said: "The rate Of wages In
the United States roughly estimated,
are more than tw Ice those Of Belgium,
three times those Of Denmark, France
and Germany, one-and-a-half times
more than those Of Italy and Spain
The prices of the necessaries Of life are
lower in the United States than in any
Of the foregoing countries that Is, the
the laboring people Of Europe icanno'
purchase the necesssries Of life which
are common to the American working
people, as low as the same can be pur
chased in the United States." These
are the facts In the ease and are proof
positive that the laboring men and
mech anics are worse than throwing
away their votes when they vote for
the Democracy. Now what makes this
difference between the two countries
The question is easily answered. 1t is
the heresy Of free trade which envelop
the limbs Of the laborer, and holds
them in the grip Of ignorance, hoping
thereby to profit by the deception
Belgium supports free trade, and hel
own manufactures are fast dying out
Her free trade principles have reduced
wages to one half what.they are in the
United States. Free trade rests upor
the shoulders Of Denmark, France anc
Germany, and the wages in those coun
tries are only one-third as much as th'
United States are paying. In othe
words, If the wages for laborers ar
81. so in the United States, in the coun
tries named they are only 81 cents pc
day. Free trade in its more or les
modified form is the law OF Europe, ant
its results can be found in the graph
and truthful report which Secretar!
Evats sent to Congress. Now If ou
workingmen desire to have their wage
reduced from one-half to one.third, o
even below that, the road is clear t
them to get their wish they have onl
to vote with the Democrats for a tari
for revenue only, to be on a plane wit
the pauper paid laborers of Europe
That is what a tariff for revenue onl
would secure to them. For the doub
and triple wages they now get oVt
those coun tries named in Europe, the
are wholly indebted to the tariff ft
protection which protects them from th
competition of the pauper paid labor
Europe. Under these circumstance
how can the thousands Of w1rkmen /
the ship-ysrds, machine shops an
morocco manufactures vote with th
Democrats and in favor of free trad
which deprivss them Of the work whic
sustains themselves and their families
All these things taken into considers
ton, should not the workmen, mechal
ics and artisans who make Wilmingto
resonant with the sounds of industr.
ponder before they vote to silence thoi
sounds and to deprive themselves
employment.