The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-04-30
AMERICAN SUPERIORITY.

ell Dy MI tnb lHNuhlIlnh hhmVu hhu
Others on the same baaea not named
Ia considerable, and their value great.
Under c0mmeIc cial emanclpa lon these
would remain with u, and thrive aud
grow az they never have done before.
All the industries OF the nature named
above foo up tho comfortable enm OF
Sll0 $50 S07, and employ l,bb74e7 per-
sOna, male and female, and children,
and representing over half OF tic value
In products, and the hands engaged IN
productive manufacture. This IL or II.
self gratifying, for we are assured In all
serlcusness by the protectiOnlst, we
should have TO remain ab 'nlulely passive
without protective lafin'
NO SUDDEN CHANGES.
But II would rot be worse TO abllish
oil tariff duties NJ once, thereby diSar'
ranging present manufactures, aud leay'
ing them stranded by eutdenly chang
Ing existing regulations. Iwere much
better TO investigate nrtt, ana learn
whether Wa are not able 10 compete
with Foreigners IN tho four most lmpor-
tant manufactures, not only IN value
and number OF hands employed, but IN
their relation 10 our comfort and cOiiye'
nience, than reference TO the or,
WoOllen, cotton aud alher lndnaIrles,
These with the auxiliary manufac'
lures OF iron such ~ nails, foundry pro
ducts, etc, embrace u valuation or
81, ,607, 1876 $40, and employ 7O3,32B per-
Sons aud have more protertiOn than any
other industries, In fact seem TO DO
o,,,oIaI lnH.uta enntInuullu ornWIno
weaker under tar n diet. DOla the
immenslty OF the prOlectlOnlst delnelon
apply hereY In nearly every manuIac'
turing business thu sum paid for the
wages OF labor forms one OF the very
important factors IN tho cost OF prOdlc-
tion, and the main excuse offered by the
brotectlonlst for the I'M 0sltiOn OF tanif
duties Ia TO maintain these wages above
the standard OF pay received by foreign
labor. The pr0tectl0niHt supplements u
this argument by assuring the lab0rer
that under tarilf duties levied on for
eign lmpOrtatlOns no In enjoying q
larger share OF the comforts and con-
yenlences Of life than he would under
any other conditions OF trade. This ar
gument is The merest b0lh. There IL no
denylUg that when protective duties are
fret imposed and goods that have been
bought In foreign countries are manu-
featured within the country loyylng the
duties the wages OF labor as well aa
profits OF manufactures are excessive,
but these soon adjust themselves by ,ad'
ditional manufactures and laborers or
BY a superior intelligence under pres
sure for manufactures 10 Invoke the
forces OF nature thus soon more than
supplying deficiencies OF quantity, such
has been and 10 now the case with the
United States, She Ia quite able TO pro-
duce more than We need, making II nee
easary for manufactures 10 compete
0 rapy with each other In the home
market or close their works, for there is
no outlet or foreign market for surplus
stock. The wages OF labor taking tho
sum total paid for n whole, amount or
kiGd oil, work Ia no more a clue 10 whether
that work Ia dear" or "cheop" than II
would be u clndt0 tho amount OF wheat
per acre raised by q Sta k county
farmer II said his crop harvested u
thousand bushels The wages OF labor
are controlled entirely by the amount OF
production.
WAGES on LABOR,
When the article produced Ia large In
quantity for u small number Of persons
engaged, the manufacturer Will receive
the market price for the goods, thoir 70.
latiye cost will be low taken slngly;
yet the manufacturer Will be- able TO pay
the very highest wages, for the quantity
Of production per hand will represent
the maximum. That those persone on.
gagged In the four branches OF manufac-
ture named receive greater pny In the
u. B. by from 10 10 20 per cent.
than those per.0ns engaged In the same
occupations In England, whore the high.
est remuneratiOnis IL received by labor aud
from 40 10 100 per cent. greater than the
protective tarilf continental countries
OF Germany, France, Italy or Austria, 10
not denied, In fact cannot be denied.
The American also enjoys q greater
share OF intelligence, freedom and com
fort, aud ie tho more eflc ont workman
for that reason. II is my desire you no.
tice tho difference betwCol greater
wage," and "hlgher wages" although
at the lrat thought they seem 10 be tho
same thing, there In really u vast flor
pnce between them. To Illustrate, Aup
pose an American blacksmith produced
20 horse ahoea In Ave hours for which no
received 40 wages for his labor t2j sup.
pose on the other hand an E0gllsh black
smith made 10 horse Bh0oe In ~ h0ure
for which no received ~ wages for labor
&l o., although the American blacksmith
received greater pay by about 10 cents
the English blacksmith received the
highest wages by ono cent for each horse
shoe Although have repeated my
argument | trust have not hoen tire
some, II IN not by any means imposed.
bic 10 show that mechanical skill In.
telllgently applied IN ae effective w the
supposed case OF tho two blabksmiths.
II IL the case In almost every industry
that the American can and does produce
specific pieces OF hendlwork nj cheaper
cost than the foreigner.
wooLEN AND COTTON MANUFACTURES
We are more secure IN the woolen
aud cotton manufacturing; are In fact
masters OF the sltuation. Why tarlff
duties are retained on those goods aud
on raw wool besides has not beon made
clear by any protectionist. But the pro.
toctionist party In this country have
been bought by British gold 10 hoodwlnk
tho people into believing we are unable
70 mauufaeture goods and compete with
British or other foreign munufactui ora.
The grand see-aaw tariff arrangement
10 perceptlble In nothing 30 much no In