The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-09-04

between I10, 900 persons showing that
one in six of the total population is
and that the average to
each Is about three hundred and
twenty dollars.
'"The figures with which we are
dealing have been confined to the
nine states named because in 1861
the manufacturing done in this coun-
try was mainly confined to those
states. But the thousand millions of
savings by the workers within their
borders become still more signifi
cant. as an economic fact. when we
remember that since 1864 the great
body of Northwestern states, under
the inspiring influence of protective
tariff, have in tnrga developed an
en- jssilous aggregate cf raaufacturing
industries.
"And yet another comparison may
be made still more embarrassing to the
free trade doctrlnaries, and more diff
ticult for them to answer. While the
American workmen in nine states.
working under a protective tariff,
have a thousand millions of dollars in
sayings banks, the vastly greater
mass of workingmen In England,
Ireland. Scotland and Wales. the
whole United Kingdom. all working
under free trade, have less than four
hundred millions of dollars in the
aggregate, both in savings banks and
postal banks.
LABOR QUESTION.
"The leading feature in the indus
trial field of 1885 and 1886 is the dis
content among the men who earn
their bread by skilled and unskilled
labor. UneaSiness and uncertainty
are found on all sides there are wise
aims among many, and with not
few there is aimIessness, with its ine-
vitable result of disappointmept and
encouragement. The man who could
by any prescription remove this dis
content and at once restore harmony
and happiness would be philosopher,
patriot and statesman. The man
who processes to be able to do it Will
generally prove to be compound of
empiricism and ignorance. But in
the end, perhaps by toilsome paths,
with many blunders and some
wrongs, no one need doubt that
sound and Just and righteous con-
clusions will be reached. Perfect
freedom to test the virtues and secure
the advantage of organization, to ex-
ert strong power through cOmbina-
tlon' are certainly among the COM
mon rights OF all men under He-
pucilcan government. LABOR asso-
cia'iohs nave the same Sanction ana
the same rights that any form OF IN
corporation may assome-suoJect' as
all iiiust oe, 10 the cohul'ioh thaG the
persons ana properly OF others snail
De respected. IL Is well 1or every
citizen OF a Tree government 10 Keep
before his eyes and In his thoughts
the honored maxim that the liberty
of one man must always end where
the rights of another man begin.'
l have no new nostrums to offer for
the cure of labor troubles. L have no
quack remedies to propose. L am a
firm believer in the efficacy of the
protective tariff, and l can look back
with serene satisfaction to my record
in Congress as never blotted by a
single vote that was not friendly to
the interests of American labor.
In what may be termed the politi-
cal creed of the various labor organi.
zations, have observed some singu.
lar omissions of pertinent, and, as
think, controlling facts-facts which
in spirit of friendship and candor
I beg to point out. I read, a few days
since, in a creed put forth by an asso.
citation of knights of Labor, in an.
other State, a recital of eighteen dis.
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