The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-24
THE VOTE OF NEW YORK CITY.
Hundreds of Thousands of Men Whom Free
Trade Would Ruin.

hundreds of Thousands of Men Whom Free
Trade Would Ruin.
''Gath's" New York Letter.
Now, concerning the vote of the city of New
York and its associate cities. You must under
stand that New York is not, like Boston. the
school-teacher of the surrounding towns, but it
is the pupil and partner of these towns. 1t is
the market for the factory districts which ex
tend as far as Pennsylvania on the west and as
far as Boston the east. The tariff question,
which the Wall-street element has never taken
into consideration is the ruling issue in this me-
tropolis. can show you that by the census.
By the census of 1860 there were in the city of
New York less than a, 400 manufacturing estab
lishments. They employed 90 600 people. They
paid in wages $2S 600, 900 a year. By the cen
sus of 1880 there were in the city of New York
about 1l,4O0 manufacturing establishments.
They employed about $50, 900 hands, and paid
in wages every year about 500 600, 600 Do you
not see the folly of Mr.. Carlisle, who lives in
Covington, and Mr.. Morrison, who lives in
southern Illinois, throwing into the midst of
this great city the free trade ISSUE with 230 600
souls living on the manufactures? Now, of the
go, 900 hands | have mentioned, about $50 600
are males, and above the age of sixteen. AS the
census was taken four years ago large proper
ton OF those people are now voters, and probably
with the increase of manufacturers there are
from $50 900 to 10000 hands employed in the
factories of New York City who will this year
deposit the ballot. The manufacturing industry
of New York has not suffered as it has in some
sections of the country, because there not much
is done in the way of making crude wooden OF
cotton goods. This city is employed in the
making of machinery brass, cigars, articles
which enter into the composition of houses and
ships. The largest strike organized here was
that of the laborers on houSe-building some time
ago, and so good was business that nearly all the
employers made the concession at once.
Now, let us turn to Kings county, n. Y,
which means the city o. Brooklyn. In 1860 it
had about one thousand manufacturing estab-
lishments, employing about II 900 hands and
paying only 81, 5O0.0 600 a year in wages. AT the
present time Brooklyn possesses 300 establish
ments, which employ nearly $4,000 hands and
pay 1928 900 900 year in wages.
Let us go over to Newark, n. j., which is
called Essex county In 1860 it had about no
manufacturing establishments, which employed
%, 900 hands, and paid $4,000 900 year in
wages Essex county is much larger than the
city of Newark. but for convenience / take only
Newark out Of it, and show you that four years
ago there were over Is, 600 manufacturing estab-
| Eshments there, employing 30. 600 persons and
paying $l3 100000 in wages. Now, this condi-
ton OF things extends all over the
State of New York 1t extends to nearly all
the surrounding States. There are towns in
this vicinity you never heard the name of, like
College Point, which manufactures stipend
ously. The city of Paterson, n. j., has be-
come the mouarch of the silk business in the
Western world My inference from these fig
ures made good while ago, and it is this:
That the manufacturing portion of New York
city has got the turn on the custom house and
financial portion of the town, and it is only in
the latter portion that high priced free trade
newspapers circulate. The workingmen never
see them. The vetoes of Mr. Cleveland created
originally some prejudice against him. and as
the. collection comes nearer and nearer the tariff
question is rearing its head like a monument
above all surrounding things. The Democratic
candidate has not said one word on the subject.
The Morrison element in the West has been try
ing to put it prominent. None of the free trade
papers here have said one word in favor of free
trade since the contest began, except Harper's
Weekly, which did have one cartoon on that
side