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

tie children, can make bundle OF COM
mon nails, for which ahe IL paid ~, Id.
and the little, half starved, ttunted glrl
OF twelve, with her brown arms aud
steady, uneTrlng aim, will hammer out
half q bundle IL. 7hd. Total earnings
OF a hard working family OF three at the
forge for week.:
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M0lhof ,,,'',''"'''''''''''''''''''' p' ~ -"
DAughler',,, ,''',''''''','''',''''" 'lhu'''' ~
Total, TotAl,,.n,"u..",,..ou,"oslSdlhd slS dlhd"t5ia
hut out Of this must ba deducted Tor
tho carriage ~ Iron from tho "fug'
gerg' aud rcturllng hh nails ,,,,,t "a
smilhJ nrn' n',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,''',,',,"h
wear Oh loolA olA','',,''''''''''''''''t' 'a
Is 90 or 80 cents.
Leaving the net earnings N77 per
week, assuming they have work
lfty weeks In the year their total earn
lngs would be S23S1S.
COMPARATIVE WAGES IN ENGLAND AND
GERMANY.
In comparison with the Engllsh
family Ia the German nall maker In the
yillagea OF the Tanners near frankfort
On.the Main, where nail making Ia one
OF the long developed home industrlea
A strong nall maker can earn 1875 mark
or 80 cents by days work of IL hours,
or course women and children are
equally pressed 10 work at lifted work,
knitting or embroidery, and hn expert
hand makes about 30 TO 80 p'ennigs or
I2 to IA cents per day. Children OF the
ienderest age are kept steadily at work
from early dawn and often until mid
night, with only such intermisslons az
school time aud the satisfaction Of bodily
want compel. The family may be called
happy whose average daily income dur
Ing the year doea not fall below 2 marks
OF 10 cents q day. The nail maker
carries his own goods TO market the
same as his ancestors did two centuries
ago,
have before me the earnings OF one
Of these German families OF ak persons
for a year Of 800 working days.
The fathers earnings, i0c".....n$l20
Two soma, 26c each. h..,...........,. 100
Three daughterp, 100 each ........" 90
$500
How Is II possible for this poor paid
labor 10 come Into competition with our
own well-fed Intelligent workmen ac'
o0rdlng TO the 10th census, Nail making
consumes In the United States In raw
material, exclusive Of fuel, $500 900;
the wages Of the 1910 persons employed
amounted to 81, ,255 900, or til0 for each
hand. In this egao labor constitutes
Bll6 per cent, OF the product, aud In
comparison may assume that labor In
the case OF the Englishman and German
represents NJ least 30 per cent. Of the
value Of the product Which In the
highest paid labor, and N II probable
that In the markets OF the world goods
that cost TO make 20 per cent more Than
American goods can be sold for less
money! But hear the Engllshman's
complaint about our iron masters.
"The United States iron masters are
beating US by 100 per ceut. In the out.
put from their plant. With ono pair cf
conyertera they can do ~ much no we
can with two pair, and while our blast
furnaces turn out i80 tons Of pig iron
per week, theirs much smaller, give as
much as / 100 tons q week."
TnE TARIFF DKLUsIoN.
That America eau produce iron and
steel OF better quality than any c0un-
try under the sun 10 abundantly shown
by the report OF James U. Swank 10 the
Census Bureau, himself protecti0nist
and Secretary OF the Iron and Steel Asso.
citation OF America: "fhe United States
Ia not exceeded In the skill which II dis.
plays or tho mechanical scientific eco.
nomies which II practices In any branch
OF their manufactures, while In certain
leading branches II has displayed
superior ekill aud shown superior aptl.
lnde for economical Improvement. Our
blast furnace practice IN the best In the
world. Our Bessemer steel practice In
the best In the world, We produce much
more Bessemer steel rails In u given
time by given amount OF machinery
technically called plant, than any OF
our European rivals" That Great
Britain feared NJ even before the Revo.
lutlonary war az manufacturers OF iron
Ia shown by the following: "The Parlia.
ment In February, 1850, appointed n
commission, whose chairman, after n
few days Of elaboration, brought In u
bill which permitted American iron In
ite ruiest form 10 DO imported duty free,
hut now the nailera IN the colonies
could afford spikes and largo nails
cheaper than the English, II forbade the
smiths Of America 10 erect any mill for
Sitting or rolling Iron In any plating
forge TO work with flt hammer, or
any furnace for making steel. Tho
House divided on the proposal that
every Sitting mill In America should be
abolished. The clause, by q majority OF
only twenty-five, but an immediate 70.
turn was required OF every mill
already In existence, aud tho number
was never TO be increased"
George Bancroft quoted In Mr.. Swank's
Ieport on iron and steel In the 10th census.
In the face OF unimpeachable testimony
OF the condition Of labor I'm foreign
lands furnished by our consuls there.
and ln spite Of the ambiguous and half
told tales Of protectionists themselves.
this people are compelled 10 pay tariff
duties OK Sl8,b00.00 on Iron imports In
1883; and IN spite Of the recommends
ton OK the Tariff Ccmmissloners for n
reduction OF duties and tho strenuous
light made for II by one Of their number
the immenslty OF the protectlonlst do
luslon continues.
The immeneity Of tho protectioniat do.
lusion IL shown by casual look at tho
list OF manufactures 90 returned by lhe
10Th coneus In that year the value Of
this branch OF American enterpriae WINS
given ~ sb,300, ,b7D,gi; and the persons
employsd.-males, females and children.
were 2,732b95. In this report Ia includ.
Z ed many branches OF manufacture that
esG uot by the remotelt possibility be
beneAitei eitnor directly or indirectly
by y protective tariff, Some Of theae
exist By rendering personal service such
~ photogruphiDg, dentistry, watch and
elock repairing, and few Others Of no
Ryhnt amount Int indieppnpibIe In than.