Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-30


pittsburg speaks out boldly and say
that he thinks, after ALL 1t would b'
better for the business interests of thu
manufactures if the tariff were don'
away with. This is bad enough, bu
worse follows. One of the largest iror
manu- facturtrs in the state has taker
like stand against protection. These
defections disturb the protectionist in
tcrests to the very foundation. They
are dazed 1t is the first time they
ever heard the truth, and they cannot
understand how 1t is that one OF their
family should be speaking it. An
ron.master invoke free-trade as n
panacea for the ills of trade The
devil preaching the gospel of Christ
or q truth IL is full time for protec-
| ZIONIST organ to ask
what will come next VIII this dcfec-
ton from the ranks of high.tarir advocates
| in the most solid protection district In the
country extend any furtherc II so, there
will be trouble ahead. For If Western Penn
|
TO this question, the tariff will surely go, and
that right quickly. rhe argument of these
piitsburg manufactures who think free
trade would benefit them is that, under the
high-tarlff laws, wages have become too high.
AT first this fact made no difference to them,
as the competition was not great and they
could sell at high price. But big profits
brought many men into the business, and
prices run down until now the profits are
very small the workmen taking most of the
money that is made. They think that ii they
could only have free-trade the wages of
the workmen would be bound to go down to
what workmen in other countries get, and
then the manufacturers would have larger
field in which to sell their produce"
Why, that is the very argument the
free-traders have been using for years.
The steady logic of events is forcing
it upon the manufacturers. Govern
ment subsidies to the amount of $780,
000,0O) n year, taken from the people
in the form of tariff duties. have been
given TO manufacturers. This munif-
cent donation has stimulated man
ufacture until the field of production
is full. The markets are overcrowded
with goods. What is to be done?
There Is no thought of II foreign mar
ket, for the cost of raw material and
the wages of worlimen have been
raised to a higher figure than in other
countries, and those countries can sup
ply the market of non-manufacturing
nations at lower prices than our man
ufacturers. Outside competition is
impossible. The only hope is to re-
move the tariff tax and give us u fair |
show. This is the view that manufac-
turers have so long resisted, but which |
is now forcing itself upon them. Re
move the tariff and reduce the cost of |
At first glance this will seem to
mean destruction to the workingman.
How can he stand reduction of
wages when the country is full of men
for higher wages? The an
swer is simple. He may get less ALSO
lutely in money, but its relative and
power viii. be greater
While his wages go down, their pur-
chasing power will 80 up; for this re-
!uction will affect all trades and all
interests alike. Money is Il measure
IF value. IL is not in the number of
dollars that wealth consists, but in
what they will buy. The workmen
who gets $l2 week and spends $40 for
he expense of living is better of than
ne that gets SIS and spends SlI. 1t is
,nown that the average scale OF wages
n England is Is per cent. lower than
II the United States. while the cost of
ho necessaries of life is 33 per cent.
over. Our so-called high wages are
ItiiIcial. Relatively they are lower
han in England.
The workman will he the greatest
amer by iree'trade. The markets Of
he world will be open to our maml-
acturers on fair basis of competition
win England. The superior intel
gence of our artisans will 1
I've the manufacturers of this l
ountry an immeesurable advantage Z
yer those of England. Under the :,
.lmulus OF an unlimited foreign de- a
land, factories will increase and the t
emand for labor will grow in propor.
on. Active demand means good
ages and steady worll--all operating
n the ultimate benefit of the work. t
lgmen. ;
Free-trade is a mighty truth, and n
'nnot he coughed down. Sam Ran Il
MI cannot stiile it. II viii be an evil Il
ny for the Democratic party when II
lat issue is suffered to he surrendered II
the timidityof Western and South n
n representatives. And the election 81
sam Randall means such surren- q
n. And that means bloody.shirt =,
lmpaign and Democratic defeat. OF
EITER to weave the web of life
a hight idca and golden filling,
M To do Gods Will with ready heart.
al lntAt, L. fl,,.t