Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-25

0hAAALFRANKLIN @. STIDHAM.
Coronef-CHARLKs e. SPARKS.
Huts Ter Working. Co Crack
There are thousands of workingmen
employed in the manufactures OF our
city who belong to the Democratic
party and regularly vote that ticket.
This they have a perfect right to do IL
they do it intelligently and for the pur-
pose of adding to their own comfort and
prosperity and the prosperity of their
country.
Do these workingmen Intend to vote
the Democratic ticket still at the CON-
ing election If they do they should
be able to give a good aud commenda-
BILE reason for doing so. Workinguen
In other large cities by the thousand
are forsakfAg the Democratic party,
and for the first time in their lives in
tend to vote the Republican ticket. Isl
there not as much cause for change
here as there is in Philadelphia, New
York and other large cities of the
Union Let us nee If there is
not.
Wilmington is manufacturing
city. Without her manufactures she
would be but small town, plodjing
along without ambition and enter
prise. The large shipyards of our
city, the machine shops, the iron
works, the car wheel works, the cotton
mills, the morocco tanneries, the coach
manufactures aud the powder and
paper manufactures, phosphate works
and railroad enterprises give employ
ment to the thousands Of workingmen,
whether artisans or laborers, and by
those industries they are enabled to
live comfortably and save something
over, for future necessities.
There must be cause for this ex-
treme manufacturing activity in our
city. What is that cause 1t is be-
cause manufacturing enterprises are
protected in this country by q protec-
tive tariff. What is protective tariff
Are we asked !? 1t is q duty laid
by the Federal Government upon
foreign manufactured articles, prevent
ing them FROM being brought into this
country, thereby enabling the manu-
factursrs Of this country to have a me
M poly, as 1t were, of manufacturing all
the goods needed in this country with.
out being brought into competition
with the poorly paid labor of Eu-
roe
BY th's tariff, or du'y, on foreign
manufactured goods, higher prices tor
wages for mechanic, artisans, and
laborers are paid in this country than
are paid in Europe, and these higher
prices enable our workingmen to pro.
vide homes of their own and to live
comfortably. A large number of the
vorkiHgmen OF Wilmington formerly
lived in European countries, which
they were compelled to leave OIL
account Of the low prices paid for labor
Since they came to this country they
have been enabled to secure homes fol-
themselves. There is not real work.
ingman in Wilmington who by his in.
dustry here has succeeded we'll in .lif,
who would be willing to exchange ant
60 back to his old fatnerland with all it,
old home attractions unless they have
secured enough to keep them comfort
ably without being brought into con
tact with the cheap labor of Europe.
1t Is Of the greatest importance t,
workingmen to know which party il
the present politi al contest is respon 81
BILE for the protection that is throw
arOsnd American labor 1t is unneces
sary for us to say that the Republi
can party is responsible for this pro
tection that is a fact well-known
Neither need we stop to say that tn
Democratic party is the active OF
ponent OF this system of protection
that is a fact also well-known.
II the workingmen of Wilmingtol
will but look closely at both sides of tn
issne involved, throwing aside all part
san feeling in the case, they will hav
no difficulty whatever in arriving at
just conclusion as to their duty to sup
port the Republican party in the pre-
sent contest. To speak plainly so a
not to be misunderstood, the Republi
can party is in favor of protection &
American indus ri IS, and the Demo
cratic party opposes it. But there ar
more than the Democratic piry VIII
opp e American protection.
England is a free-trade nation wher
wages are not more than half az high a
they are in this country, aud Englan
Is opposed to our protective tariff. VIII
is she opp osed to it a? Because she
prevented from flooding this countr
with her goods manufactured by tn
cheap starvation wages that have drive
thousands of laborers now in Whining
ton from the home of their nativity +
this the land of their adoption. Ever,
leading paper in England gives
hearty support to the Democratic part
OF this country, because that party ha.
placed itself in opposition to protection
English manufacturers W no starve thei
employees by the low wages they Civ
them, are in favor of the election G
Cleveland aud the success of the Demo
ocratie party. If England was holdin
this election for President instead G
the United States Blaine would stan,
no chance at all of an election. En-
gland hates Blaine because he is i
favor of protection. England hates pre-
lection because protection keeps he
from -ending the products of half-pai
labor to this country to compete wit
protected labor. England hates The Il.
publican party because the Republica
party is in favor Of Blaine and prote,
ton.
1t is pertinent question, but
proper one, to SIX the workingmen I
Wilmington, what are you going
do about it in the coming election
While your brethren in other cities al
consulting their best interests, and al
coming out by thousands in favor
Blaine and Logan and protection
American industries and American Il
borers, what are you workingmen