New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-24
PROTECTION AND LABOR.
ONE OF TIE MUCH-vAUNTED BLESSINGS OF
FREE TRADE.

From The PhUddelphtd Inquirer
THE TRIBUNE il doing excellent service TOT
che cane of American Labor by showing precisely what
reward Is given 10 Labor III the nome OF Tree trade dhS
ih"r the barest subsistence. For several months Mr
Robert T. Porter vino was member ana secretary ol
the farm Revision Commission, has been Investigating
inc matter of wages paid British employees. and the
reports that he makes thcreuIon through Ihk lhhtS
should be read by every American wOIkhghan am NJ"
Nv every American lawmakcr. Mr. POrers laht letter
10 our contemporary, bearing date March D ana Wlteh
al Iye Waste, has for its subject Work ana WaDt ~ o
Ttack Country" Lye Waste, IN NoTcc-eIsllrc u TIE
home Of the hand nailmakcrs Quoting II On old h We
Mr. Porter writes: Girls used 10 WORK ia us nan ho,
half naked and most Lyc MASTERS went bare-ces'd ana
bsrcfooted. They never dreant OF gc'tig malred an
whenever they prayed Twas ior ale O' Su"ns H.,
Things are moi quite 20 bad as that now al Lle waste
but women girls and children sun make HSis tnerS anI
ve-Or eIist-in hlthy o'els poorly pIl Nieleheuy
fed scarcely clad at all IN The proper ne a'hg oil ,Lc
word II will perceived that one 81 the blessings "i
free trade Is that of placing women gs ana chi a
the forge. fact, wherever Tree tIddc II i'tc u WI"
be found that women do the work OF men III some
places that OF horses bcing haies'ed 10 ihc lousI
cart otcn by side Sith the horse or sometimes WIN
ron a0orls no blessings that To HE women ana
children Of the United States But Should we Introduce
;nav accompany the similar one OF starvation wages
A STATEMENT THAT wONr STAND WASHING.
n RON me WheitnG IniettfgeHeer.
Mr. Hohert l.. Porter whites interesting letter 10
TuK NEw-YoRK Tribune on the wages PAID 10 skilled
labor and the cost OF living In Leeds city OF o%oGoD
Inhabitants and one OF the greatest manufacturing
centres In England. police Inspector Who's a.iy
was ascertain the wages o. mn op,Yer, 'nnr ,he
courts might determine what hcy ought 10 pay aoi tnc
sInport OF their children in industrial ana IfoHdtOy
told Mr. Porter that III Ills clght J'dI7 cApfII
ence the highest average wages ne EYER co WI o
skilled labor to MANAGER or foreman Oh elass-
% a week and house rent fTee-equiVaent To about gil
a week - This man had seven children from Tour
months to twelve years OF age Inc Inspector told DIT.
LII at i'm all his experience he had never known
skiljed misunderstanding engineer, carpenter mason
,ronud on which IL stood. Rents Wheeling are com.
paratiyey high. Here the skilled artisan Is more hkSy
werk's wages Tor his house, but he demands mouse
that cal be made hOme-he is not sailshed WIN sa
4 hoh .s otufQ
family he has something left for genlee even hahds9c
clothing. After tins he has something 10 y Dy aoI
raiuv dav He expects own, aud IN time does own
his house the ground stands oni anu lie docs ho
always stop with house OF course, we are taking
shon The Industrious temperate working man In aver
ace times The statement so often made ana STUCK 10
asEet n dav's wages in England will buy more than a
S vaes in The United States breadth tnan
bottom 1t won't stand washing through one water
A CoRRECroR OF RECKLESS ASSERTIONS.
Thomas Holland, who resides ct NO 20 tiItn-av ave
New-York, has sent us circular letter whch ne 6ss
otecon is responsible are so numerous as not 10 DC
EASILY enumerated. Evidently all the evils In the past
az yresent or the time 10 come are to be lad 10 the
charge of protective tarn. MT Holland directs attel-
ton 10 the fact that no country Is 80 en III INV
snunes from abroad fhis single fact he thinks would
e ssses for il is assertion only that wages are no
higher here t1ere, allowing TOT Tue cos Vi '
We would direct his attention to the letters recently pu
l,sbed in The NEW York TRIBUNE written from England
by Porter. He might not learn any hns neW h
them on the subject wages but he would hardly nave
the effronery OF making such reckless ana untrust
worthy statements. He attempts TO prove that the
tar leads putting additional shops ana mills anu
that this in turn leads TO over-producton Perhaps
II does but must not forget that England Is cursed
vim ann market and consequent distress quite as IRE
nnently as we are In short, Mr. Holland mas no new
Jews 70 advance He rehearscs all the old arguments
We have heard since England mas peen Trying W
break down our protective system.
FREE TRADE AT ITS BEST ILLUSTRATED.
From The Ndshutue American, a. -.
TIE NEW YORK TRIBUNE continues 10 publish us series
Of letters from its English correspondent Mr.
Robert r. Porter a aember OF the TaIln Commission
vtift from
ing town of Leeds relates that although thee are III ne
Nice 400 600 skilled and thrifty artisans, nowhere - 10
Re seen house owned by OF these artisans
TIE TEIBuSG with much force, calls an extrao binary
and suggestive fact LeedA II suggests has great liu