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requirements, raise it some other way
than by taxing labor; let this protects
i've head the bane of the country be
Topped from the system. Tariff Com
mission on prices of wages in this
country and England, page 113, says:
"The commission draws the gener,
al conclusion that in some divis
ions of cotton manufactures and tex
tile labor the wages in America do
not greatly exceed those in England,
while in other subdivisions they will
range like spinning, for instance,
from 80 to 40 per cent. greater in
this country than in Great Britain.
We crave your close attention. The
tariff commission, to show the coun~
try the effects of revenue tariff aud
free trade upon the prices of wages,
compare prices of wages in this coun-
try, nation of political liberty,
which liberty is the barometer of
wages which largely itself increases
the prices of wages, with prices of
wages in England. a nation desti-
tute of political liberty, the destilu
ton of which itself reduces the prices
of wages, as shown from statements
of Elglishmen themselves, viz: "An
English master workmen who travel.
ed in this country to look into our in
dustrial progress and report to his fell
low workmen at home used this Ian
guage in his report: "You will never
be able to understand the report of
what / saw, unless you first know
what it is for people to he set on fire
by liberty. A workman gets through
with so to 100 per cent. more work
in the United States than ever known
to do in same number of hours in
Europe" This testimony is an APP
pendix to and corresponds with eco>
nomical facts adduced before, that
pauper labor while in Europe is not
formidable as competitor, but after
arriving in this country and fired by
liberty it becomes an important fac
tor in role of competition. The only
fair logical exponent therefore of the
case as the prices of wages is to COM
pare equals-to compare kingly gov
ernments with kingly governments,
and free governments with free gov
ernments. England is free trade
country, Germany and France are
tariff countries. Prices of wages in
England are from fifty to one hun
dred per cent. higher than in Gers
many, France or any other Euro
pean nation, and she out strips all the
continent anu hneTiCt III tne iuaIhctS
of the world. Why do the commits
sioners not prove that prices Of wages
in England now under free trade are
less than when under tariff reign?
Why do they not prove Gables are at
their command) that on reduction of
duties or at our nearest approach to
free trade prices of wages are less
than when duties are highest. All
these tables would he fatal to their
assumption and therefore are not ads
duced. The fact is free trade or res
duction of duties lessening the cost of
production, lessenlng the cost of liv>
ing-increasing production which in
creases demand for labor, stands pro-
ven from all history-from all tables
to produce highest prosperity-high>
est prices Of wages relatively. High
est duties increasing. cost of produc>
tion-increasing cost of living-de-
creasing production which decreases
demand for labor, stands proven
from all history, from all tables, to
produce lowest prosperity, lowest
prices of wages relatively.
Again, our nearest approach to free
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