Daily Republican., 1883-12-26

~ WO0D'o DeI0nDO'
We publish with the greatest Of pleas.
ure 10 day Mr.. Deans communication
In reply to IN editorial comment In the
REPUBLICAN Of December 18th, In rel
erence to Mr.. Dean acting ~ m Immi-
grant Commissioner, and In the Per.
Torrance of that office names . number
of excellent lAborers In England who
want to come to this country, and in or
der to better their condition he Is will.
ing to bring them here. All this
would have appeared In no manner
arrange to US were 1t not for the fact
shat Mr. Dean Ii an enthusiastic free
trader, who has always held out the
idea that labor, especially agricultural
labor, was ruined In this country by
protection. We undertook to intimate
that Mr.. Dean was inconsistent In act
Ing in any capacity whatever to bring
laborers away from . country Of free
trade where, according to his own re-
ports while travelling there, these Ia
boring men were better off than they can
be In this country of protection. Our
comm snz has impelled Mr. Dean to
answer, and the communication pub
lished elsewhere 10 the manner In
which he explains away his inconsis-
tencies Mr.. Dean takes occasion to
zeiterats in speaking Of factory hands
and saw. "That those with whom !
stopped were comtorta.. = III sae's homes
and had plenty 10 eat, but Lo, in SUI y
variety ~ do the American work
people, but Of . healthy life sustaining
character"
NOW re-" .sev that Mr.. Dean Is
hopsst In what he does and in what he
tays These factory hands had enough,
and what they had was healthy, hut
they had NO such variety IN the Ameri-
cans had. There /. n great deal In
that little word variety" The priso-
ners in New Castle jail live well and ~
a general thing look hearty, but they
haven't great variety OF food. Mr.
Dean says that the wages here are &c
DOOR for farm work that he could moi
ask the poorest labOrer he met with
while in England to come here, but
still 1t seems he has found quite NUN
Der of good laborers who are willing tt
take the risk and come at all hazards
They seem to be forcing themselves
upon MIR. Dean 10 be bought TO thi'
country even against his protest. Thu
IL rather remarkable instance OF
number of men rushing into trouble
men determined to come 10 this cOun
try and take less wages than they 90
in England. We do admire such self
sacrificing spirit for the sake Of cominI
to America.
But what Ia the use Of using 30 man.
words 10 prove that labor is better pail
in this country than in England. tn
thousands of English workmen VIII
land upon our shores every month b
seek home amongst strangers prove
more than can be told by words. MI
Deans wooden mills are full Of Eng
lsh operatives and some are bosses
Why do they not 90 back to Liverpoo
and Manchester, il labor Is 30 poorl
. id here? There are hundreds @
Il slish hands employed on the farm
and In the diaries of New Castle County
Trey came over here before Mr.. Dea
was appointed An Immigrant Commii
sioner. IT they are 30 poorly paid, VIII
do they not 60 back? There is no us
for Mr.. Dean or anybody else TO a
tempt to show that labor is more poorl
rewarded here than In England viii
Englishmen are crowding our shores
find more work and better wages, W
are glad, however, Mr.. Dean found
necessary to dsfeud himself in our CO
umis, and we hope oil our readers wi
r ,ad his defense.