New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-30
Increasing here and already the effect Is noticeable In
the reduced cost OF these wares TO the consumer
A REBUKE TO THE FREE TRADE ADVOCATES.

the reduced cost of these wares the consumer
REBUKE TO THE FREE TRADE ADVOCATES.
Prom The 81 Joseph No Hsra a. ,rotit,ao n,
THE NEW YOLK TRIBUNE has carr the gIoliIuoe ", y,
the country by sending Mr. Robert L. Porter mem ef OF
the late Tariff Commission TO England to give ialtaiul
picture OF industrial life I'm Great Britain unuer IiSe
trade He Is close observer, and being Thoroughly
familiar with the condition Of the WORKING people Vi
America is able to draw the most striking comparisons
Mr. POrers letters ought to be placed III tine ibus VI
every abOring from Maine to California Inc pic
lures they present of life in Great Br ain underfre o
cannot fail to d sentiment that will empbaucaIy
rebuke the American politician who shall adyoSho
change in our protective system. BY personal note
from wnitelaw Reid, Editor of THE TRIBt NJ, We learn
that Mr. Porter has been instructed TO visit France ana
Germany and investigate the condition OF the working
GLASSES those countries The advocates II protection
ought themselves TO give his letters an Immense
circulation. They afford complete answer TO tue irse
trade literature that is beng spread broadcast through
out the West
TRY.
From The Boston Commercial bulletin.
It'll probable that more truthful, fearless ana e1-
land been LAID before the people of the United
states than that being given BY Mr. Robert r. PoT
shows the condition of the working people in the great
coal iron and textile industIies-especialy the Two
condition In than Ella very because IL
exists under the guse Of freedom. Englands c0mner-
cal supremacy made possible through riga pro-
tectve policy; having been secured. It's maintenance
possible only under free trade and its continuance
depends solely upon its manufacturers paying less thh
foreign manufacturers for like quantities OF labor r
Porter testimony is not all that is coming to TINS conn
furnishing not a little The Bradjord Eng Chronicle
and Mad declares it cannot longer deny the facI snt
the craze for cheapness becoming the ruin OF Brad
ford What the masses want 1t Is. In the wOf's
OF the late Mr. Justice Byles, the means OF purchase
the means purchase be wholly absen, it is matter OF
supreme indifference to them whether things be uear or
cheap The paper then goes on to show that the craze
cheapness has not only lowered but has also
lowered profits that Industries are being ansIerfeo
TO foreign lands Pre- trade VIII COPE IN TINS ePu coG
dons here such that we can Pre- duce at low rates
industrial problems which THIS country
tined york out a. that nigh wages are not ncompa
rs British free trades hest enemy and free trades
best friend 1t Is the latter which Is to be born Oh Aer
lea.
EXCITED OVER TRUTHFUL sTATEMENTS.
From The scranton Republican. ,
Mr.. Robert Porter member OF the late Tarn Cominls
land for TiIE NEwYoRi TRIBUNE, has finally stirred up
the ire of the British journals This might have been
expected English eyes have long since grown accus
toned such harro vim those that impressed
Mr. Porter deeply In the nail making district OF the
Black Country and they are indignant at the ldea OF
stranger paradlng their poverty not merely on eenti
mental grounds but because they fear 1t viii influence
down. The writer OF this paragraph went over the
ground described by Mr. Porter years ago. as one
OF party that accompanied Eihu Bur1tt tue learned
blacksmith" who was the Consul at Birmingham, stha
the misery then made known was even gea S s tSe
of tie poor naers said they never recelVed any hono
for tner work he oSsgr 1s a GG' the inc ma wife
she received her husbands pay IN food ron the
tommy shop" The British journals need lot grow e1-
cited over Mr.. POrter's statements They are mia III
deed compared with the real state OF things In the
Black Country.
DOING AN ADMIRABLE SERVICE TO AMERICA.
Robert p Porter. late Of the Tarlr Commission, is
letters to Hg NEwYoRK TRIBUNE, IN which the gener-
ally miserable condition OF the British mil oeItHes,
VINO I'VE unueI tion to fb nrcvaIerf poverty and
suffering OF manufacturers employees in Great Btltah
In few cases the beneyOenve justice OF an employer
has partially Smoothed down tho harsh dlnerehces ne
tween the lot OF capitalist aud laOorer put generay
where factory working people have attained comfort
and competence the agency has been cooperative IN
dustry In Lancashire this principle has resdlNo IN
abundant advantage to artisans, The removal OF stat
ME npcdImcnts TO the Importation Of goods into the
United states would promote cooperative III
working folks adopt the principle which would make
them owners Of their toll without being coerccd into
adopting il by the adversely which free tiaue "ouiu
rapidly bring upon them
LEEDS AND PTTTsBURG CONTRAsTED.
The fittsbuTg Chronicle.
We expected tho English press would fall foul OF koD
ert r. Porters figures. We not surprised therefore
when The Leeds AereB says OF the filters ,Dn Inh'
err T. Porter that they arr amusingy inaccurate MI
Porter informed that there was bnt one Norblngmah
in the town who owned the house lac III ed IN ana te
yhest wages paid 10 wOrkngman were thirty SIX
shiiings n week. aud there wns hut one case In which 80
Iuuch was paid. TIE Mercury says; Ihere are nun
drrtls OF w0rIin Smen In Leeds whose wages exceed
thirty six shliingsH week, ana tleie aIe many sAeu
artisans VINO average nearer sixty tan tmry-slN sh
lmgs Then. ~ 10 the ownership OF property ana OF
capital, it may be affirmed Without rear OF con
trldction That there ~ no town "a VuD
whether there ia any town IN the United states-wlere
the working classes have done so iuch TOT themselves
as IN Leeds It Is an estimate considerably below the
mark that the genuine wOrkiugntn OF Leeds uoiI
M mi, moment realized capital IN form or another
exceeding one million sterling" Now as to the PROOF
The MercRYy submits. Tho 21,ooO or oo'OOO WOrhineh
in Leeds Mt tins moment own in shape or another
- OOO OOO The Mercury this Il tue best Showing
any town in England can make. If MS then we ply
Itnpish mechanics There are about 10000 working
mcn In Allegheny County exclusive OF the mining 0per
aivc- The ,ayinxs banks Of Pttsburg ana Allegheny
alone show deposits made by ON wOrkuKncn dwarhnS
The swings the artisans of Leeds The 10000 work
ngmtn of Allegheny County aio able To show capital III
one form or another amounting 10 $iOOOOOOO.