Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-14

Wv van
me lgror5nce oi men who profess u
be toaohots otten osposea iteeli 10 con.
1 denim thcir pfo,ensions Before me
ways AID mcaus committee u oyngrosg,
NOW considering The iadg bin, advocates
u projection have appeared 70 opp0ec
/ tbe reduction OF lmpott duties ono Of
/ ibom, a Nc stfwart,wno said tbat no had
bad tbug y@ra experience os 90 Iron
worker. tripped hiniseli worry awkwerdly,
md didn't have souso enough 30 see the
dllamnia Into which he Waa betrayed, IN
answer 10 questlon by Congressman
nrockinndgo Of kentucky, no said that
The relations between Labor aud capital
were very unsatisfactory, aud inst This
dissatisfaction among w0rRinRmon was
on account Of The inot ihnt mo laws Of the
United States wcro INSIDE In the interest
OF capital and agaiubt labur
Yet, MI Stowatt dopan't want tho tariff
laws touched That legislation which
nc says has been ON tho eidp Of capital
and agnnet labor has made those torln
laws which he would not disturb AZ all
Liquidation Is In tho Interest Of capital,
they are presumably IN that Interest.
Certainly those laws have not botlcrcd
The condition OF the laborIng man. IN
tho Industries that are protected by the
highest duties, they ore the worst OF.
Among the employees OF those industries
there Is moro suffering, moro dlssatefao.
ton, moro striking, than anywhere clso.
Tho legislation which this champion Of
tho labor interest wants lot alono docs
not prevent competition among workmon,
but among manufacturers II pcrmltH
employers TO import the "paupcr labor
Of Europe to compete with native labor
aud cut down wages, but II docs not pOr.
the cheaper products Of foreign labor, for
that would Interfere with the pronta OF
tho manufacturer These laws, az Mr..
Stewart says, were made IN tho interest
of capital Yet no docs no, want them
repealed, or in any way changed in the
Interest OF labor
The present railroad strike In IN large
measure irncoahlo 20 tho protective tariff.
That tariff, by Increasing tho cost OF the
rails aud equipments OF the 1cXss a Pa.
cinc railroad, added several million dol.
lara to The expense OF building tho road.
Those additional millions must DO paid
ont Of the earnings Of the road, aud tho
additional Interest charge must 30 mot
In order 10 provide for the payment of
this extra capital aud interest charge, re-.
auctions had 60 be mado In tho wngus OF
workmen ON that road Because their
wages were low, the wofkmon struck Tor
better pay hut for tho millions that the
tatih added 20 the cost OF building that
road, which became liked charge TO be
paid, Il IS moro than llkoly that tho wages
OF men on II would not have been 80 un.
satisfactory as to drive them to strike.
II tho worklnRmcn OF the country
would SO TO the fouutainhcado of their Ills,
they would attack taritt system that
AIDA mllioue of dollars TO their expenses,
aud in no way benc0s them, II 10 their
misfortune that tho clnp-trap ot 'protec.
llon TO American hborn bas mlslcd thom
aud caused them 20 hug TO their bosums
the cause Of their mlsury and degradation.
II they VIII learn this fact, aud act upon
LIS lesson, they viii advance their con.
ditlou further than they can by atrlkcs or
any olhnr mnnna OF nnmnnlnlnn