Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-01

AL Posr&AsTERs ARE AUTHORIZED IL
ACT AS AGENTS.
PROTECTION IN THREE STATES.
Kew Esness. Nebraska and His
souri, ere Injured By the
Tariff.
IBy the Lawrence, Kansas, Anti-Protectiol
League.l
THE "ALL-FARMER'' HUMBUG.
To return to Kansas and the call.
farmer" theory. Here is a list of some
O. the people, by no mean all, who
with all who look to them for support
won d buy and consume the product:
of our farms and workmen, if the
tariff should never be heard Of again.
Real it carefully, and then laugh in the
face of any demagogue who comes to
you with this scarecrow, Nobody bu,
farmers" Architects, a%uctioneers. au-
thors, BARRIERS, clergymen, clerks OF
every description, dentists, domestic
servants, civil engineers, hotel keepers,
journalists, laborers, lawyers. livery
stable keepers, musicians, officials OF
every grade (natiOnal, state and lOcal -.
physicians, teachers, all agents in trade
and transportation, bankers, draymen,
hackmen, teamstcrs, railway men, tel
egraphers, insurance men, traders and
dealers of every description, black
smiths, boot and shoe makers, brick
and tile makers, bridge builders and ali
carpenters, butchers, cabinet makers,
carriage and wagon makers, confec-
TONERS, bakers, harness makers, ma
sons, meat packers, miilers, painters.
photographers, pia.terers,printers pub
fishers, tinners-the list may be ex-
tended almost indefinitely. What All
absurdity to suppose that these are due
to OF dependent OH a few mines Or mills
or foundries in a very few EASTERN
states!
HLITERACY.
The census illiteracy statistics tell a
strange story about the benefits of pro-
lection. 1t is frequently claimed by
those who ought to know better thatit
is the "American system" of high tariff
which guides foreigners to our shores.
But the census says that i'll Massacius-
etts, of the foreign-borA population
twenty years OF age and upwards, 1Ol
i'll each thousand can neither read nor
write. In Penns, lvania the propor-
ton is 81 to the thousand. How is it
with Kansas! Only three TO a thousand!
Evidently the intelligent foreigner is not
deceived by the ''high wages cry?
Shall Kansas indorse a policy that
would increase the ignorance of her
pcoplel Perhaps you think that the
native born citizens of these states who
understand these matters BETTER"
stay at home to enjoy the benefits OF
the '.big ~chimneys" and listen to the
''hum Of industry" Well, you're mis-
taken! Tie New York Tribune lately
said that of the native population OF
Massachusetts, one in every tive-0ne-
Hh, male and temale-!eaves the state
every year. Where do they go? KAN
sas, unprotected Kansas, this state
which Is laboring under '.lhe curse Of
agricu lure.' has $685. Of them! And
il has 59,236 native Pennsylvanians!
Wouli YOU like IL few more figures
i'll this direction? From ten projected
States, of their n"tire population Kan
Sis has received PIG, $50 citizens. How
many Ito vou think have seen the error
OF their ways, and have gone back t.
the land OF the tariff! 500. Com
nlent Is unnecessary.
II might not he IL of place to NEIL
tion that the population Ut Kansas has
Increased S29 per cent, while that I
Massachusetts has increased As pei
cent, and that of Pennsylvania II per
ent
Bat Companions are odorous. "
What say You, my fellow workmen-
Shall kansas he protected" or freet
WAGES EAST mi WEST.
The people Of Kansas contributed
their STARE of so,ne SIS .UUO 900, expend-
Ell iii securing what is known as the
Tenth Census Of the United States. Ii
is only proper that they should receive
some benefit from such all outlay; and
1t Is therefore proposed 10 turn 10 the
pages OF the 'Compend. um," aud make
extracts as seem TO be both inter-
esting aud instructive. All figures are
Of course, for the returns of 1880.
Kansas employs, IN MANUFACTURES, |
11,l39 males above 16 years, of age
.92 females above Is years of age, and
53I children below Is a OF age.
That is, OF the whole number thus en-
ployed, 923 per cent. were men, A per
cent. were children, and only 5 per
cent. were women. What 3 contrast is
presented when we compare the statis-
tics covering such work in Massachn-
sets and Pennsylvania-two highly
protected states. In the former ONLY
per cent. are men, or more than a
third are women and children. In the
$4,000 children are at work in
manufactures! Kansas 10 an unpro-
tected state, a free trade state-occu-
pied by one of those communities OF
Which every well-reguiated protection
ut speaks with the sneer, "All farm
srs;" but its wives aud mothers are i'll
heir homes, its children are in the
Massachusetts and Pennsy.-
7ai.ia 'resouid with the hum of pro-
:ecied Unsatisfactory when every
is shut down to still further con-
.rol the market, or because OF some
asst ~despairing effort against low
and frail women and children
IT tender years are driven into the
shops and factories, TO eat their bread
IL the sweat of their brows. Think
'ou 1t is such a fearful thing to be All
agricultural stated" Not SO think the
title ones, at least.
"But protection gives to all these
workers high wages" Let us see
paid its laborers in manufac-
ufes an average of 1881 per annum.
Massachusetts, demanding s'skiGled la
with the cost of living much
than here, and with larger
Iverage families, paid but S3S more.
'en%nsylvania, i'll whose foundries and
urnaces and mines nearly half the men
Oh night gangs, and the greater part
u whose laborers are cOmpe led to
work seven days in q week, paid but
sio more! l. it to create such slight
lolnllhl differences as these that six
,een and a half millions of people arc
.aXed at the bidding of those who are
virtual masters of seven hundred
thousand workmenP
Let us 90 u little further with this wage
Taking the eight leading
industries = iron, steel
WoolenS, cottons, glass, silks, pottery.
average wages are 1926
Der aiin'lln. or So, LESS than was maid
~ Kansas i'll ~non-protected work. Less.
80, ll'an can be earned by any good
arm hand in this country.
Again. III Kansas, between lS7O-,SO.
l,borcis III manufactures increased
D per cent. The aggregate amount i,
'al'i them Tor wages Increased 63 per /:
:ent. Considering the fact that we
we're just really beginning to feel the