Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-12

bies. Yet from my stand point the ef
fscts are from other and more natural
causes, Mr.. Arrott has plainly shown
by his own figures that the work peo-
Pies wages have been reduced ~ per
cent. in ten years. Why not give MS al
much tariff rs will bring It back TO that
point Of ten years back, if half of what
ths present tariff Is credited with having
done was the effects OF 1t. 1t no doubt
eau easily be made TO bring back. that
" per cent taken froin the work people
and put into the pockets of Manufac-
turers in the shape OF profits amounting
to 81 per cent on their Invested capital.
Let me ask my farmer friends how
many Of you realize 81 per cent per an
mum GU the amount invested in your
farms and the implements, etc. TO stock
it? Although if what Mr.. Dobson said,
THAT the work people Of Philadelphia
get better wages than any other city in
the world" be true, why don't they also
get that 29per cent more which they
got in 1870? III my letter to the "Bour-
boz free trade organ of Wilmington, |
said something about knaves ami asses,
and have been led to believe that Of
Tended many of my friends In Philadel.
phia; if 50 ! am really very sorry and
now offer my apology and that is il
told the truth am real sorry (not that
told the TRUTH but that the truth
made them feel bad If told what
was not true, please point /. out? and
then | will make another apology.
Now Mr.. Dobsun's corrected state
ment, or what he says in your paper he
did say before the conversion that thore
We're 100000 persons engaged In the
various Industries Of the city, yet he
gives no statistics but simply his asser.
tion which with me is not worth the
paper it is written Oh. have shown
from rhe census report of 1879 page GIT
ompendium that there were then in
Philadelphia lO6, 1876 persons employed
vi AL ages and sexes in manufacturing,
mechanical and mining pursuits, add
ing thereto according to Mr.. Dobson's
own theory of increase per cent. TOR
eleven years or A per cent. and the
whole number now employed will be
but l52 $40 and not az said by Mr.. Dob
soh 200, 900. Mr.. Arrott ) method of in.
crease ~ per cent, would make the
number even less. In regard to the
wool and it's substitutes consumed he
said there were 10000, 900 pounds in
phila,lel phia, and from the same reports
of 1870 have shown that the amount
tn en consumed by the wooen and
uorsted manufacturers was 30,US1 ,432
pounds and the increase in the same
ratio as the increase of persons emplo'-
! cd by Mr.. Dobson's own statement at Al
per cent for eleven years 1857. .432 max
| ing an allowance of one halt for shrink
, age We find the whole amount consum-
Ell in 1881 to be 81 1854, S64 pounds and
not l5O, 900, 900 lbs. as stated by Mr., Dob
| son.
| In regard to spindles he gives his
| figures OF woolen and worsted at 49,
200, while by the census Of 1870 there
were in Pennsylvania 340,l woolen
and worsted spindles and Philadelphias
share was $50, ,096, add increase for
ten years say 40 per cent and we have
32l 1Si and 4 per CT up to 1881 and have
33j, ,0l9 spindles in the lace Of Mr. Dob
sons 4l8, 200; at pound per spindle we
have l00, 500, 700 instead as Mr.. Dobson
says l25, 1900 pounds Of wool; this
last statement he cannot sustain by
any tgnres from any census reports
yet, published; 50 by any method that
/ he has advanced he cannot make his
statsmen tof the consumption of $50 600,
900 pounds OF wool or its substitutes
prove 1t elf CORE Il aud now reiterate
my formeG. statement that the man who
makes false statements knowingly is a
knave for it must he done to deceive.
If person makes statements as
facts which he has no knowledge, of, he
is an ass, why should H. 900 per-
sons allow themselves to he taxed on
the articles that are necessary for their
comfort, at the rate Of from 90 to lj0
per cent, for the purpose OF keeping
$50, 10, $50 persons employed in manu-
featuring and mechanical pursuits
which they are not able to follow unless
subsidized by a tariff If they are
the equals of the other persons
engaged In manufacturing and can
produce any article whicn they are
making as cheap as others why ask for
a tariff to protect them ? Is it right
that 100000, farmers should be obIlG-
ell to work for $52 year and board to
raise wheat, corn, pork, butter, lard,
etc, and be obliged to compete with
the cheapest labor of the world and
carry at the same time load in addi-
tion in the shape OF help to keep set
OF men engaged in a business they ad-
init they cannot do as cheaply 50 some
other persons engaged AZ the same
business
Why should farmers be compelled to
work for an average Of S52a year and
board as they did in 1870 and AZ Mr..
Arrott has shown those persons engag-
ed in Manufacturing and mechanical
pursuits got Si46 per annum Don't
understand me that | want to reduce
the person who gets the high rate OF
wages but want tariff that will give
the farmer the same wages as me-
chaniC.
This is only what should be in Re.
publican form Of government where
its protecting wings like the dews OF
Heaven should protect sll.alike; If ii
does not do 30 then ours has no Claim
that it is the best government that
the sun ever shone upon.
Respectfully, w. DEAN,
First Presbyterian Church.
The meetings now being held at the
First Presbyterian Church, are greatly
u