The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-07-27
Another Tariff Letter In the Fish
back -PeclIe series.

How Protection Projects Mechanics om-
pnrison q Wages In England and Amesics.
IudI.nspel!. Ss~s
Hos. STANTON J. .PEELLE-Thc Fourth
III July dispatches from the village Of
.Suncook. N. H.. were cdifying. The
owners Of certain infant industries in The
Village or Suncook have recently i'm
PORTED by The Ininan Line Of steamers
several hundred SNedes, who arc des-
cribed IN fhe dispatches as ''paupers and
Jnilbirds.7 These ''paupers and Jail
birds" Wcrc brought 10. this country to|
take the place Of The American workinen'
} for whose protection certain tariff laws
have been cnnctcds. These 'paupcrs and
Jnilbifder smiling the Fourth Of July
brcczes. and not content with the very
low wages paid them BY Tue owners of
! highly projected industries, began %
leave the village ot Suncook, turning
their faces westward. When, 10! their
,'taeknaeiefs seized them, kept them inn
pri-ontd aud drove them 20 their work
Is blacks were driven % the cane and
cotton fields before the War. by some
means word reached the Swedish Min
lister at Washington, and he hiss been in
qniring by what authority his country :
,ncn were treated IN this fashion, and
1.-THE explanation u given that the ''pau-
lpers and Jailbirdev bought moro food
aud clothing than their wages enabled
then 10 pay for. and that their inIris-
Comment was ready method adopted BY
1.-The protected manufacturers 20 protect
llhe village storckccpers who had been
rclling goods 20 the "paupers and Jali-
lbirds.n When you 60 10 Washington
lin December you will probably heat
ISenator Morrill, argue that the owners o.
lthc .Suncook infant industries need
,lmorc protection, 80 that American IA
Iborcrs shall not be reduced 10 starvation
wages l,y competition with ioreign pau
lper labor" Another interesting fact hat
'Iromc 70 light. The town Of Liverpool
10 IL The seat Of great crockery-wart
Industry. BY the recent law you raised
]ihe tariff on the articles made there
lrhe increase was demanded and granted
lin behalf OF American workmeu. The
.lowncrs az The crockcry industry a Llv'
'ierpool have adopted q method Of dealing
with their dissatisfied employee which i
Isaid 10 work well. Their Iaborers ars
Irrouircd 10 rent ienements owned BY thS
ln,onopoly. which are occupied - long
Ias thc workmcn rens IN ID the employ q
80 y;'LIs h;nLs. r.ges shev are uromptl,
Inss =, s1.'' n.xn ~. 'srcr,ents "a make room
sJsesss 49," 49, r.tr's, a. when Il VA
.,.S l'o. 49, ,.rssr y onld - increased
i.s'eu s: ~. ...rs ~ ia nro,ected IN
,"s p.'.ss ss"ss.--sJ II, ~ 4 merican work
lu' .,s - n "a, r,'.,n heir homes. nns
,.s 'nr'' .sSss 81. ..,scss MIN chean foreiv,
dis1ppnsu ...'sa~.sj 49, sor she nnrpose. MI,
Hr,ss.:a..;1,s .. y . 80 cnnosed "a theories
vss 49, S.'"~-., ~ ssc,s Iet ,hcm che 4
~. ~. n. S'...-.,'s s.d T;vernool business. n
isn's o' - :,,..,, 49, s,.s ..s,r;osism y N,
..,,'.. 'ss. - ' e,ho c,s,nor for protectio,
.'o"opo..sss 1890 . ~The American Svstem.
! !" ~ ". '.. .h,.t;..~ ann, ~ state&
Inuu y s''s y so ~, :, sh.r,se,ves ~ g. hum
.,sa ,nsn ~nH ~ 1870 ssIss nre,snsess
s. 4, ..o.,a ,.rn ant ~ be ~
c"pp =, .hss Il. ~. nrincinal pro
Iacs' s'er -, sns' - ,..S ~. .n...,,~,, ~
lec'ea snuus. 49, ~. 80 - ~ nc ssme worl
49, N. 4. n ~ ,scrl men ~ fhe same IN
man . INV ~ ~. 80 trade Fnciand. QUOT
u. ~"sr' ~ nnIl;shed sddress of Mr.
~ so khs.rmsn- delivered at De
.rs;. =. Inne Isss the following:
v \. q. ~.s,,~.. nrhl;she,
Accosu'uk - r.",,"s,s',~s.r -. - she -
\ ,oy 80. Secss'. - ~ ,,,sr ~cme,
crsge snnual 49, .a - - a Ensl;.h cos,o
ana cn''usen esnpos s.r;r- - = "nsv ~,
mills as *soa. at my rhc animal sverar
J. - ..'ns no.' ~ ~ ssme class of work peopl
""ks. =. .,'s~;~sn roston mills were n
m,eeo ~ ~ ".,y as,x they working % aver
ooo W." ,e.st s,xfv.flve hours \ week
1ks k,vs,, NJ Ssges were reduced 20 pcr cenl
a o. s''.,, 49,, rs;rce ieso, thc result II ths
M ,u"s .s ~ lsst xear liz cotton operative
\" american have been working sixty