The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-08

lean idustrv must nerish in the une-
nn.l conflict
I think tbo argument is = fallacv.
The GENERAL ruie is, that the nation
whose canitalists emnlov labor at
birhest waqos has the ADVANTAGE in
congestion with those countries
whose capitalists employ labor at
lower woGes Who sir is orr most
Formidable connection not only in
the markets Of the worl Il but here in
o,r own market -? If is the nation
tbot NAYS the lowest wages for labor ?
It is England. sir that 9ays the high-
es waces for labor of any in the civil
i2ed world. our own ncrhans. excepted.
i repeat, it is Enpland that paws
WAGES far above those of France.
or Germany. or Belrium. or Russia.
and vet occupies their own markets
with her products until they are driy-
en-, even with their low wares and
chean labor. to throw up A wall of
protective and prohibitorv duties
AGAINST this formidable commercial
rival.
The products of the high-wared
labor of English manufacturers vie
with us on our own soil. We, with
our bulky and pcrishabIe products of
the field TRANSPORTED to the seaboard
and thence across the ocean, occupy
and possess the markets of the world
against the products oflaborers whose
wares per diem would not pay for
the dinner of an American laborer.
In the markets of England, France,
and Germany our cotton and cereals
and meats meet in successful CONNIE
+;t;on +I,o Low ,,.o,,od IoLo,. &C prs.;o
'I.'T'' .''0 'o ~, '"'7 ''''''' -
ol lh'''a' VI NgyPI,ailu even ''io SIl' .
labor OF brazil. Hlr, IN the lace OF
the fact that the two highest wage
payinr nations of the world are the
| ,,,o o,,, ,,,,.l,,,4 E,,,looI with bor
,'''o "r'0'o = ~ N'''' ''. ..,t' a. H. I
manufactures ana Ai',o'Ica WIN ne. ntr
staples-undersell all others, TINS
falIacy Of high wages must do dis
service to the cause that relies upon
it.
There is no principle better under
stood among political economists
than the distinction between the wa
ges of labor and the cost Of labor il
relation to profits; and in spite Of the
sarcasms which are SO often launched
at this science by those who contempt
FOR it will not allow them to study
and understand its principles, vii
invoke its authority. Iquote Fawcett''
Political Economy, page 1859.
In any given case, the more tn i
taken III 'he form oil prohts' 'l!e less WI
w 5'Epn =" m9S W. tGo mn6'o nroG's ,fv rnms
take a smaller share. euppdse however
that industry, by the Introduction Of ncy
machinery, is rendered more prodnctiv"
there will then be greater quantity ), c. o
Pp',Te nno,{oeoI ,4 ta nr,s " wtb"nt l tG
SLIGHTEST rednction in wages.
1t is not hiph wares in the Unite,
States which hinders the successfu
connection. of American manulac
lures with the products Of Englant
The protective system itself interposc
a much greater hinderance in the il
creased cost of production which
t has always brought about. This ha
often been shown by the history Of a
: protective tariffs. But if further pro,
, were required these two large 70
uues rivcn us Inv fine Tariff C0mmi
a;aa 90 % clI ar' ;...osi.4;l,Io o,;do,,
r ',''' "'' '''i ., ~ 49,,
a that llle Wiole eucct ol an 'dS' pr
I lection from lSOl 10 loo3 mas bee
q to make the manufactures more claI
oro,,s for Drotrcfion than ever M
II, ,,nno orr,;Ld Of foro;,,p co,nrotiti,
v ,t'o' - - ''' '''N' VI w.
Il vi an ever
, do not therefore propose TO rope
- the argument so often made that
-, hirh nrotective tariff ,aiscs prioes al
n tL1rolI,, so ;noro,sos tLe oIronscs
Il '''''J ,0 nv &c.,.
I''",''''aV'''' III < "'' '''I''' VI '"'0''
, make the cost OF producing equal
> that Of the imported articles with &
" duty added. thus creating a necessi
g.. ian Li,.b bor dr+;os i Loa nov
Ie
s, peer, a'lS"eIe"' ~, 1,
in The Senator IRON leNaS Mr'Iok
ii so forcibly presented this point III
ii snoecb last wear that it answers I
Of ,i,r,,oso 10 c,,o+o b;s ra,norl,s hero |
SIS II" 'O.1 w
of eFaiy ,oo ,n. ct l..
st 30 II was III 1903, "heu II'e lr7' , w
re law was passed. WIN an "NeL'Bc a'''a
ay rem u9'y OF 90 per ccnI .t us "pol",l
minUt ,vtG inInstr;ss ryE stort ond 6nIy re-
1s 2f pornry. The very next year tariff dut
M M were raised to an average Of II per ce
of In l792 they were raised to l33 per ce
es IN lolo the average I:.;l fn'e Oh '1l,,tS
If 0J Jr ben ben'' henn %nCd assod IN thc nIeon fl,
eo Hinder tho tariff of 1924 thew were raj
we to an average Of 81 per cent and I'M
we [ne "et Ge iozoi IGS' n2r,b ISro u'e' o,
NJ want m,po 'i "i a 10" n"r cont Nc nroIv lem
OK "t rary cxpedient to our''infant iudustli,
he the rltions of that "nfant'were incrC
,r- ed to an average OF Al per per cIht'
iS HWY t .d'IS Lran;ao ". "tn,asn5oro oF
of VI .no ptt., niIJ, tIaeI4L % hord,, soir,
m; oo,,,tlou tn tia any, Io4 n,o 81 ' Govorn,
nd ototo nnot, 'ieo '"o m i,o ho fnd ON tbo s,im,I
Pro'oo'io"' W w iau vi '''o " 't''.''i -. II