The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-16

got among the people, another
placed a oil before the house omit
ting the free alcohol provision, and
the bill became law, protection
ists themselves feeling Obliged to
vote for it. The great Philadelphia
house did not 60 into decline, but
continued its business, quinine
making successfully as the largest
quinine establishment in thu
world. So every legitimate industry
would go on win a revenue tariff. 1t
is asserted that wages are so much
higher here than in countries seek
ing our markets, that revenue duties
will n0t equsl re the difference in
cost of production. 1t is not true
that q foreign rival must pay for
the privilege of selling in oue mar
kets sum equal to the difference
in wages, to enable the home pro-
ducsr to sell with a reasonable pro-
fit. Let us see If the revenue rates
will compensate for chat difference:
| Census shows the value of mauufac'
lures for 1880 was s.. S69, 579, 191 !;
wages paid in making these were
S947, 953 ,795. Difference in cost OF
goods is said to be the difference In
cost OF wages; but suppose the diff
ference between cost here and cost
abroad amounts all the wages paid
here, then these manufactures
would cost about $4,421 ,625,396
Suppose the average rate of duty
which the bill before the House
leaves at SO per cent was reduced
to % per cent. and at that rate thIs
81, AL, 625, 1896 in value of goods was
imported. 1t would cost the I'M
porter, at that rate of % per cent,
1912, LIST ,5S7, which not only makes
up for the difference in wages, but
exceeds all the wages paid for maxi
ing all the goods. If those who
claim especial friendship for the
manufacturing industries will insist
on their going to decay and tnen
dying, some other apology must be
found for their taking off than the
removal of unnecessary taxes.
Kelly made the opening speech in
opposition TO the bill. He did not
believe any cheapening of goods
could relieve any American indus,
tries. The evil isn't that goods are not
cheap enough, or that America
could not produce them. All men |
know that the power of production
always had outrun the power of |
consumption, and that markets
were overs stocked and In every land
skilled and Industrious people been
idle for large portion Of all recent
years. Nihilism in Russia, social
sm in Germany, socialism and
1ihilism In the border regions of
Austria, communism in France,
told the story in those great cOun-
'sies of idleness, want and misery in
every industrial centre. He then
proceeded to give chapters from the
errible lives of the Industrial class
n England IS learned by him
Turing three months visit to merry
England" He spoke of the pros
,erous free trade OF England in Or
Ter to show the fear I'll condition or
aboridg people in that country, and
aid the proposition now made was
hat the United States should enter
he race with the world for cheap
less, which had led to such horrible
esultS in England. There was
lothing of so little value In Eng
and as wOrking-man or woman
ysth reasonably good appetite. In
ne town he had seen women max.
ng trace chains, and yet the gentle
nan from Kentucky (Furner) re
urned to Congress every year be-
ause he advocated placing trace
hains on the free list!
Turner said that was 8 good pros
osition, which he hoped would be I
dopted. !
Kelly replied women could realise =
to 60 cents a week for making .
race chains. God forbid any Ken> e
lcky women must ever work at =
UGH M Masculine labor for such star. =
alton wages. He recalled the reply =
{ Emory Storrs Go an Engllshmsn .
tho, at a dinner given by Minister :,
DWELL who was badgering him :,
bout free trade. 81 will admit free :
:ade is best for you, at least for :,
OH who can afford to consume :
nything that is produced, but 1 =
aim that protection Is best for US. .
on think greet deal more of :,
heap shoes than you think Of a =
rosperous shoemaker, while in =
merica we think more ofan al tisan :,
ian of his work." (Applauss on y
publican side.) After describing = !,
le wretched condition Of laborers y
Birmingham and surrounding =
WINS he said "God forbid that =
merican laborers should ever be ';
nbodied in any particular produc. s.
On that should be cheap enough -
be fold to industrial towns sur ',
Birmingham. Much was 81
ard about free raw material; he -
'nied that free trade democracy of =
q country as represented on this -
'Or, was in favor of free raw ma -
rial which could be discovered was r
ready on the free list. Pending
Il put twenty or thirty articles on
ee list, but not of them was
W material for salt was ~
inc which was pumped ont y.
the earth, selling at certain rate a.
r ton (unSight and unseen) as raw W