New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-07

ling thc IN NJ
marke'S' io' Tue 'o's"" 'a '' '""o' "chs INC "o's
would everywhere surpass rivalry Great Britain womb
follow next for next TO our labor hers tho highest PAIL
therefore the most efficient and therefore next In eccting
low percentage OF iaoorcost ID her chief products
th nyt nnsnonIied msrkets and issf ~ ali a. ,h st
OF the list quite unable compete with single rival in
whatever tha r1yai chose 10 produce would come the
I, a,v ,n,, t n ns ~ o w. "ages oI
pp' To- bin, n.y. m ~ VIII - ~, p'' ay..o'
,,hr ~ ,,p 1917, n a., h av ~" 81 -. ho
Otner .nings icing equal u Is oDsons mat ngh wages
g. ~ Il, ys pau inss ~ Is :" pay ineIn ano
~ ,c,eo q, sh Up pay ,b Mafs,
IT, iT nv tls ~ ,y1 "g ss mo d
ne, f'' ~ ~" ''"' y" '"'' u" '"o P''"
vi ,fh macon .. ,ohor o,s o,oa,o. -.s.. -.
orInt,, nas1S srs ''' low Wages 10 ,aop ana
eostler product are eoIIslaye terms v The one i'm
p"s ns o' n ond wba nan DER stands rDs
einas ,,h o.. ,alI,rsnt ar,isane r.,
suaice ep'hI cunk Will v A. a',aahoa aTnar, tsas
in pt truth our wartax taxes favor pnuptr iaor
she efpense u isHn RI, - . ~ n.ca,,as ws
ourselves destroy our owl easy gower Of successful ON
petition even IN our noihe marsoe Dy mu,n t
making then cost 700 niuon 10 ~ n", y.
course 700 ncen 70 oonpsae f r;,a csnre and
o ar aainst enroDen comTeti,ion than a, hon,s D
aacs s nor an ecentahIe sansiitu,c Tor trade and IL,
Our njeiv nsd labor tnsnres the 10 west oerrrn
as ~ cs in The nrodua I'm. OR taria ta YES mon
raw materials hapaicap American manufacturers WITH
the ,Sbesr ~ COAT of material mn lie rcdnct
The result Is that capital and labor m oui Amer
can industrial products despite advantare in thu
mos hignv uaI and elcenf labor are nut into hone
less comuetition with tie Industrial products OF other
nations, none OF Which taxes materials Tue advsn
r IN H. void ia nuIIin.d nv re sel In, nosed iisad
, taa,s !, % aht Ia" '"a'''"' wiz" o"'
~ " - - - -
The total v,lne o, onr domsstIc exports for the last
e.c., vsar wa. almost er.cty ssss DON 600 Of which
Hscai year was "'n's' oA"o'y %oo''ooo'ooo vi ""
SO per cent we're the products OF our hcds roies nan
cries and mines and per only the to al
OF manufactured products In whch American LABOR was
saving Inventions and the mechanic
reduced pros OF capital and the rate OF ia
tefest 9y 'nore .aan nas ,S ~" %
rd , nr"Ius wb,cl "ar csn nrodncc
beyond domestic needs for sale abroad. Prolongins
without necessity our %astarI taxes 90 raw
we naso ons 20. 70 rana .y ,a,a,a,s rasnita
fKe D n rU a raw ts ss
OF dab"reoss therefore Included IN ,aelr our
nroectsd the socsiied .Tauner laber" of Europe
AK ona aO ;nJmstrti eprn,Usags has bean arco
~ r ny @a, ,ay.,,nn ell sniseI m rrevent tho
sale OF that snrplnsase IN or.sn markets, Out OF our
sst ~ our ,ndms,i and commercsi mutsrloa
poos.s Jul i, tha -, . q, nn,s Va, raw
trl. n h. .st tssp an fer"cions eomnsiton az
cutaroat prices ~ our own home msrse to which they
nere ,siney superaDuad'nt Long periods Of gnt and
socalled Over-producton have alternated with oref
the present These prolonged wai-tarn taxes. inco-
petenr and brut. schem" OF revenue tstai to tue
domestic aie the last resort acted ami reacted
with mos runous injury upon our wase-earners AS the
more Numerous Part OF our popniatoh our wage earnr
or course the rs mo last ana tue most 10 ne anetot
taese satisfactory nothing elss can be OF very mo-
mentions n ortauce but so-caled protective states,
ship disfavored them altogether. Eucumb-rine
with clumsy belpa few thousand employers II has troll
den down the millions OF wsgeearners II has Tor Twenty
one years denisd them even the peaceabe fraits or
liberty
scuEMrs OF TAXATION To PREVENT REVENUE
80 -. .,..,,.r - q, ,h.ir ovvn ,n,aras,. no.
eoihe "uoSo "i'e'A'n VIC" y, '"' y" y
thus Tar prolonged our war taxaion aunt tho necessary
f s re luction and propose to cut down the Federal
VI Us io.1''o"' on 49,, ~. a.. 60
revenue w fais's sun W. .ae
3y their pohbitory action they eject more com
p'v'o 'Ao"''s " Va - - A., ,. =, 80,
Ieuo"cltiens "esIro " ouy VIII" 'no pio10'S "a ''
mere are seHeia "olecliohs " sue. . sou eIo. "
profession indeed and IKE Tree tsaie. wou't pre-
vsn1 tevsnuo ou ps VIC ys ~
nu enn ~ 49, s,rnI,. nroSmt.
IL wouu ,o 49, ,oracn ,n.rsas AMI 40 rre
veDt Tue nstrai uversnf tn- % oai t s nd
aninisr@ittent smpioyDsSt OF American waSe-earners
Ia productive lnlustry ~ Wpuu ous uowh ti1 loeoip
OF tle ireasuy ~. tne @ I, us a
tnroush prices enhanced by the higher taru tax yet
abb, to be spent by auy employer u labor 10
tnsmseyss TO another course OF him nronts
inviting an xcoss OF new comers entlng over podne
estabsbed outlet. In Working of the surplus proiuct:
to pro ucton In order to keep ~
rces then tae OF ssOr by the e LOVERS wn9
OF labor by those Dine to prevent oyerproduc
ton aud last OF all desperate com petition tor employ
neut by the ageearners themselves; hopeless strikes
and prOhtab lo OckOuts
An Official analysis of the last census (Appendx ~
dis closes the 1872 O99 persons In tue United
states then engaged In gauful WORK now 20,0000D0D
about % per cent subjected foreign
petition, and about per cent are ali who be,
rather, whose employers can.
Last year $92 gJ5O2J WAS the Increase Of price We
paid on commodities imported hther, and hers con-
sum.d-rom taxes on imports Except opium, dates, a
few chemicals, ec.)-inciien ally bunehting tho en-
lloSers 900 Persons employed IN producing
ne like commo tes for general con sumption here, by
tax-haudcap ON foreign competitors. raising their
prices.
Gu the other hand 10000 600 persons paying nine
ecntwenieths those prices, paying
wenteths OF ans enhanced prices OF the
domestic product thus guarded against competition.
themselves engaged In other gainful WORK by its
not subject to any foreign competition, aud could
thereto obtain sucA incidental benefit but opy loss,
,y taxation.
The prot ositlon 10 eusrg for the EMPLOYERS OF
900 600 mrsous this Incident OF taxation on Imports
Noae wDere YER the Inland tx and ssauort Iax ara