Daily Republican., 1884-08-02
+ aiRD EDITION.
Letter from wlllan Dean.
For n REruBLIcAs.

Oh the prlnsple oil free trade,
the Company of which he is the
head having notified its employees that
their wages will be cut down ten per cent.
beginning August lst." Please, Messrs.
editors, explain what free trade has TO do
In the matter you refer to. We here no
such thing as free trade here. | am free
to say We are living under the reign of
Republican rule for period of nearly d
quarter of a century. The party in power
had everything their own way during all
that time; they passed the present revised
tariff law in 1888. If 1t is not perfect
law, whose fault is It? Had the Republic
can party not only tine President but such
majorities inc Congress that,they both could
and did just what seemed to them best +?
Now, let US see what this best they could
and did do consist of. In the last two
years the Dean Wooden Company, with q
capitA of S2ls 900 paid in, has not paid a
cent OF interest, and has In that time i'm
paired It's capital nearly $4,000. Why is
1T =? Is 1t that it is not properly managed
for during IS months OF that time it was
under the management of q man who
claims for himself, as well as his friends
claim for him, but few euperiors. Ny
self have only had partial control for the
last six or seven months, and entire con-
troll since the first of June last. Now
with such management ard he good Re
publican, he could probably tell why not
only the Dean Wooden Company made
such loss, and rumors ssy other mills
both IN and out OF our State have made
losses from seven 70 ten times as much As
ours have done. 1t cannot be ascribed to
free trade, for su:h thing does not exist
now or never has since my recollection of
business, which dates back to the time of
Henry Clay's compromise tariff act. No,
Messrs. editors, if you want to enlighten
the workingmen why the wooden mills
throughout the country mine out of every
ten will no doubt, If they show up as
honestly as have done, will show that
they have made greater loss than ours
have done. And this is done with tariff
that shuold be enough TO protect any ill.,
terest. Our mill is engaged on a contract
for style of goods made in Germany,
and costs them net so cents per yard and
weigh "a ounces land therefore pay speci
fic duty OF 80 cents per pound, which is
equal to 5213 cents per yard, and an ad-
vslorem duty OF 10 per cent, which is an
additional cost OF 80 cents per yard, or a
duty of $40 cents on an article that can
be made and sold for so cents. The la
Dor on this goods costs us at present
prices % cents per yard. Do you think
The trouble Is want of more duty 81
What do you think the consumer of
American manufactured woolens will say
II Congress should attempt to raise the
duty still higher when they are al
ready paying in duty alone los per cent.
more than the actual cost of the goods at
the place from which they are imported,
and In addition 70 this there has to be add
ed per cent. on the entire cost of both
goods and duty 10 pay commission freight,
insurance and other expenses. How
long do you suppose our farmers will sub
init to be thus extorted oil In the WOODEN
goods which they wear ? think have
given true picture of the situation. II
not SO, Messrs. editors will you please con
tradict me and SHOW wherein AIN wrong?
At the same time point out TO me how |
shall make money tor the three stock
holders OF the Dean Wooden Company and
continue to pay the present wages. II
have scanned TIE wool market as tor
oughly as l know how, and bought the
wool as cheaply as possible and yet you
see the result. Now let US suppose a
case. Your are printing paper
you have got your ra@ materials,
paper and Ink down To rock bottom
prices,and yet you are losing money. You
have capital Of S2lS,0U0 invested Ia
your establishment, aud 1t has lost 5 1 ,0UO
in two years and never paid cent of in
terest on its capital, what would you do?
Go on and lose money or try to reduce
expenses. as TO the purchase oil stock
nothing is 70 be gotten there. Would you
shut up, have the capital idle and throw
out of employment 10 to 2U0 persons, or
reduce the 'tEa
situation must De met. Our mill paid in
wages last year SG3, 900 in round num-
bers. III per cent. on that amount would
have left d prom. OF say two thousand
dollars in the page Of d loss OF four thou
sand. Now ali Tile is under the existing
Of Il Series OF t~rG laws that have had AL
the wisdom OF lie Republican party for q
quarter OF u century, including all, both
great aud small, from james Il. Blaine
4Own TO Solomon iersey, last though ny
NO means least. And yet this is the stu.
atiou.
Cculu il be worse with men even of thu
character Of b. +. Butler. DO not, brother
Hersey, give Us any more such nousens,
as 10 talk ABOUT MIR. Dean making 4
practical illustration OF free trade princi
Pies" DO not, brother Hersey, forget
the principles You we're taught at the SAB
bath school, and which you, no doubt, IL
turn as teacher OF one OF those goot
schools, tried 10 .uculcate; practice; It 1t il
little word, but one, nevertheless, no
10 be forgotten. Truth" is one O
the words; Il should be printed In letter
Of gold in the sauctum Of every newspape
Office, so that il should not for momen
be taken from tie view OF the editor or b
forgotten By him. do think this eupges
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the DAILY REPUBLICAN. Now, about In
trip 10 England. did write and say Jus
what | would like every editor In Amer
ca, (for they are The Instructors of Amer
can people,, should do, state facts a
they see them, aud am free to say, as
said then, that the English work peopl
were as comfortable, had all the necee 50
RES OF life, and were apparently as happ
as any work people are in America. 1t
true they, III making purchases, look I
economy and utility, and the necessarit
OF lie can be bought much cheaper ther
IMAM what they can here. A comfortabl
mousse can be mad at from two to fou
shlliings per weeG: coal about half tn
price or less than what it costs here. I'll
clothing oi The work people of Enplan,
compared wlth the amount of service the
get out of II, will not cost one fourth ,
what II does here, and then they hay
been educated n lessons Of economy; the
know how 10 make their wages 90 furthe
IN the purchase Of the necessary supple
In the matter OF my being a philanthr,
pist, have taken some interest in Il
welfare Of my fellow man, but am L
more genuine philanthropist than n
good brother Hersey, for do not belle,
either he or would take off our overcoa
III SLOW storm, with thermometer at zel
aud give it to some other freezing felloy
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