The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-19
THAT A TARrFF MEANS.

Men should understand what tariff means.
The veal or woe Of this country depends upon
it, The speaker then proceeded to give an IL
lustration, that any child could understand, OF
the workings of protective tariff. he pro-
posed to build mill in one place which would
renresent America, and another in another,
which would stand for Germany, the raw ma
terial to be free to BOTH In this report we Will
use for convenience the names Of the two
countries The prices quoted for labor were
from official reports and are about fifty per
cent higher in this country than in Germany.
The German mill would cost 100000 to build
and the American mill 100000. OF the cost
of machinery 90 per cent is for labor, II we go
back to the raw material. The necessary ma
chinery would cost here $4,000; in Germany
SIS 900. Now as to the wages OF operatives.
Here women would receive rs cents to $l.25,
and men IS cents to $1.75 per day. IN Germa-
ny girls would be employed at 10 to 80 cents,
and men at 40 to IS cents per day. piece of
cloth which costs to manufacture here $40,
could be manufactured in Germany for $50
The difference in costs began with the digging
of the foundations for the mills, and continued
throughout in the prices PAID for labor Ter
many can send that piece OF cloth here and
sell it for $50, ten dollars less than the cost OF
manufacture here How are you going to run
your mill? Yet the Democrats say our mills
can run under free trade. But you can only
run them by paying the same price Tor LABOR
that is paid In Germany. LII you nave Tree
come down YOU must eat soup and not meat.
Your children would not be able to go to school
or your wives to church. 1t will be all you
can do 10 get the soup and black bread upon
which Won must live That would be the re-
suit of free trade and Democratic methods.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE LABoRER'
The Republican party believes that the bet
ter the food, the bette the clothes, the more
wages, the better the furniture in the nome,
the better the man. 1t believes IN more schooi
houses. II we shut up the school houses anu
open the rum shops, in fifty years from now
you would not have republic Nine OUT OF
every ten of our people work. Inc hepuphr-
can party wants to better tne conoleion "a
those who work. IL wants them to have all
the comforts of life. 1t wants to keep the mills
running So we say to Germany: we are IN
debt. If you send that piece OF goods over
you must step up to the Treasurer OF the Unit
ed States and pay SIS, to help pay our pensions
and the interest on our debt" That makes
the German cloth cost as much as our own, and
our mills keep running And yet fialsted ana
Bon Bradbury say we are making the rich
richer and the poor poorer
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY
The Plaisted and Bradbury letters say that
| Congress has been extravagant, that 1t puts
| too much oil on the wheels OF government.
They say that their party was more economical az
that the last Congress appropriated $fo,ooV'ooV
| more than thew did The Democrats were III
power two Congresses. What was the nature
| OF their economy? Economy is queer thing.
| When it is wise it is WE'LL when 1t IS un"lso IL
| is meanness The Democrats refused 10 makt
| appropriations to carry out laws they mac
placed on the statute books. awe had 10 appro'