The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-06-18
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Gle that protsctionists have succssded
Ia deluding the workingmen for good
many years. Recently they lave pre-
tended that their tariff syssem 10 solely
for the benefit Of the wage earnsrs. IL
IL interesting to learn, thsrsfsrs, that In
the very center Of the protection CEN
spiraey the workiugmen are turning
against the Law which in reality wsighs
oppressively upen them. The dseep.
tion hss bssn discovered by The textile
workers Of PbiIadolphis, and 10 re-
,narkably strong address TO the waya
and means committee shey have ex-
pressed thsir hostility to the existing
tariff law and their opinion that Il IL
grossly untrue that protection IL for abe
benefit Of the wage carnerp.
| The textile workers Announce that
the duty on the raw material which
goes into the fabrics made by them II
40 great as to encourages the importA-
ton Of WOODEN and worssrd goods.
Weavors and Wrappers are losing their
work because the manufacturers hays
notki1g for them TO do. The employ
srs can buy unfinished cloth chsapsr
than they can buy yarn. A good deal
Of cloth 10 bought ia the ''grsase,D that
is, as IL comes from the loom, aud Il Is
flashed in Pbiladelphis. This impor-
tation Of unfinished goods works great
hardship to tho weavers and Wrappers.
Is they say in their address: 1--WE
need, for instance, no alchemist or
mathematician 10 tell ua that duty on
worelsd yarns 20l per cent higher than
The duty on worAtsd cloths Is never GO
ing TO stop thia importation 50 Injurious
TO rs. Nor is ID going to stop this
cloth being invoicsd ss waste or dame
aged goods on the pretsxt of its not
being buried or 'menisd. and that
the wsavsrs,if this is MOI put stop to
will have to seek other occupations"
These Phiiadelphia wage workers,
having been put upon their inquiry b.
the evasions Of the law 70 which the
manufacturers have resortsJ, add by the
large imror.atians OF goods in the
grease" have reached some important
conclusioas They have discovered
matter Of more moment 10 workingmen
II general than that, under tho present
law, English goods can be imported
more pre6tably than American cool.
can bs made from forsign yarns. They
have found that tho cry that protsOs.o u
is for the workingmaa Is uhtrns, and
they dismiss IL wish the eontsmps il
deserves. Thsy t,d he ways and
means conmitte, plainly. and with cir
camstanee, that the tariff tax ID greater
than eli the wages paid - the weavers
and warpers that American wages
bave besn oversiaged that Sour tariff
laws have failsl 10 keep American wa
gas up 10 tho tnea,ars II tho produc-
tiysness OF the workiosmsn," and that
English weayers naks more, on the
average, than Americin we4yera. They
show that, 10 1880, ths wag in 500
Of WOODEN goods amounted 70 sl7.70,
while the tariff lax on the samst PRO
due. WAS S2l 60. Toe cls, Of material,
in piece Of ingtain carpet il $50 80
the tax on them Il S2l, and The wages
$50. As the address sass: "Thi
tax wcald pay the wages for weaving
over AMI over again, the wirding, weal
aud tear Of machinery, and all othel
factory expenses, and still leave a smal
balance for profit
The character Of the pretended gen
erosity Of tho Philadelphia protectionisl
il shown by the fact that while the cap
ital investsd in weaving and apinninI
mills is paying a proit Of 20 ler cent.
besides surplus, the wages avsrag
eighty cents day for from eleven Il
: twelve hours work. The labor mar
J ket is unprotected. ut has AWAY
been free," say these textile workers
| Stand we are compelled TO sell our labo
| in cheap marksl-thst iS,onr employ
T era ara free. TO draw their labor FroE
8 the markets OF the world, and there
} no projection for US against IL.
. is no longer necessary to sconr Enrop
for pauper labor. We have il in on
iren and coal mines, working for seven
. ty-fvs cents dsy our laborers il
> rolling mills being hlsssed with a 1
per csnt increase TO bring them up to
! dollar Day, only 10 find that thei
. rents are raised because Of that raise
a and our wsavers and spinneta, who AT
5 already working for but little more tha
those Of England, being thrown out {
8 work because the cheaper goods com
here from EagIand to drive our peop
i into idlsness."
Fl Therefore the textile workers of Phi
e adelphiA desire q revision of tha tari
Ie and . reduction Of duties. The worI
IA ingmen are becoming enlightened. The
eT have discovered the gross deceptio
Is that has been practiced upon them.
it fre in the rear has bseo opened in Il
Is very citadel Of protection, and the e'
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