National Republican., 1886-10-02
Protection to labor.


lection to American labor. THIS protec-
tion they seek TO accomplish as follows:
Fnsi, by forming unions among them
trlves, und, tee, nd, bt The sill uf the gov.
trnucnt lu a letter dated New York, July
9 1885, the Hou. + D. Thurbcr, the largest
wholesale dealer anl Importer VI groceries
IN tlis and perhaps any other country-a
very wealthy cuusoieut toGs, Intelligent,
and patriotic gentlemen VINO, "a tue leiler
Of the anti monopoly PARTY ls saii to have
personally contributed tiCaHJO to aid thIs
cause, says:
Isaac CoBEN rsQ --paw .,r. have real
over your tslimuuy hastily. aud stlrcd -
make II lew nuics. bdt l'ia stnitrt is 60 lHrg',
aud involves the WHOM range Ui ppli;icu
general Impressions vl'irh Hfe mat or State
mtiit ~ "a Whole is ',fy -trtiif one NJ tAA
evils existiug, and Ugtse wan Sou with thB
most of your conclusions ANt rrn"tns. Pir-
hHps some time when wr tvU leisure We Cdt
10 this Oyir / agree WIN Snu IN the mtiu,
that the lais seq faire pr lot alou, policy has
broken down under trial ana we have gJtNo
have more of tho patstupl ullme At IN tho
future government.
Here ia a tentlemuri wIo. directly aud
Indirectly, glyes employment 10 over 1000
people, and he declines that the
future government must have more
the let alone policy has hroten 1owu upon
trial. Free trade means let alone policy,
high tariff means patcln1l aid OF the gov
ernment. II Mr.. Thurhei's proposition Is
sound, and my detluitlon of 1t correct. it
ought not TO be difficult for the working
people to sec which of the two they should
prefer. Protection TN part OF the govern.
ment can be carried on I'm various ways aud
degrees. a protective tariff is one way,
the prohibition OF Eumpcgn pauppr labor or
Chinese is another. But while we are shoot.
ing at q long range let us hr city examine
what Ia going on ut home The New York
Commercial Adrctis'r has the following;
"In the marvellous industrial development
now going On In the south 1t will be the
negro's own fault II he does not get q fair
share OF the common prosperity
Perhaps II is tho DegrOs own fault In tho
south that while IN many districts they
number ten to one, and have the franchise,
yet they do not elect their representatives
And then again II may not be their own
fault. IL is just barely possible that tho
negroes in the south do not get their share
Of representation without any fault OF their
own. How that can be doue | need not here
Iecite. The answer TO the New York COM
metcidl 1drcrtiser, therefore, is that though
the industries Of the south may marvelousiy
develop into the hands Of few, the negroes
mil ht not, and l rLtter predict W no',
share the common prosperity, uud that.
without any fault Of their own, except ne
they Will adopt remedy will point out,
which ought to be seconded by the Com.
mcrcidL Advertiser II n desires to advocate
the sharing OF the prosperity by the negroes,
as II seems to think they are entitled to.
The marvellous development OF tue indus
tries OF the south may mean that the rich
are about to get richer In the south Let US
read from the Atlanta Constitution:
The most important ilCl for this section,
brought by last weeks tecgtams, was that Mr..
John Inman and his Associates had made
n M n0tNF p l lNVa FlattWVa
scheme involved in this In 'tnelt Is n gignu-
tic one. 1t will require $3.50 OOJ in cash. BE-
sides running the immense furnaces and
furnaces aud a npw Besscmer steel furnace
will be built and thrco new coal mines
opened, The mere fsct however, that Mr..
lnman has stnted so ltige nu amount on tho
future Of southern rUn-makiug IL more I'M
porta than the material improvements that
come with the Investment can possibly be,
There is no man in this country who has the
confidence of invc,to in north and sOtlsl
alike to equal extent w.tu Mr.. John II. Inmau.
His command OF move In New York Is almost
unlimited. Ills following In the south Is as
large aud quite as cnrucst, If not so heavy.
From Galveston to Richmond lie could com.
mand the uni roken support of the best, most
liberal ard progrr s,iye element OF the south,
and nowhere TO fuller degree than In Atlanta.
IL II curious IT, recount what lie has done III
the wny, of developing southern Interests. Hn
invested nearly S2,0OOO0O in the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company; hc l. one of tho
strongest directors in the Louisville aud Nash
vile railway system: he Is the mOneyed power
back of the Macon and COying.on road; no
loaned the Georgia Pacilc company s25j,O
when II was In straits, aud afterwards took
about S2,0O0,0o0 Of its bonds; he tsn director
and leading influence IN tho Richmond and
Danvillc railway system; he took the cutie
loan OF Atlanta per cents, aud male the
first bid for the GsorPa stato loan Of 81 40, 900
he has over s2J0 500 invcs ca in Atlanta real
estate and securities aud now lays an invest
ment OF 81, ,0On, 900 at the gates OF Birmins sham.
What miracle of courage, Sagdelty, aud
years ago he went into Now York, rebel boy,
in au ante'bellum SUIT, which had not been
pnt where moths do not corrupt, and less than
E saTnns m %Sney ana hPoT e has nov
institutions that aggregate more than Wander
bits wealth, and has bean instrumental IN
having brought into tho south more millions
than he had dollars when he left her, bearing
nothing but the knlgbthood that she laid with
loving hands on his wcll.worn cap of gray.
But does 1t appear in this account that
the laborlng people are sharing In any way
the prosperity OF Mr.. Inmanp He may
| give plenty of work TO the working people,
| but what Will the wages be? Let us read
an account on this subject just cut from
Swinton's paper:
Thomas b.. Barry, OF the general executive
board, x. OF L., lately returned from Mlssis'
tippi,, where he went to settle some factory
troubles and advance the Interests of the order.
| He tells one of his experiences thus:
ION Aug 22 arrived IN. tho town of Wes.
son, 10 settle dinirnIty in. the Mississippi
mills, Sixty employees had been discharged
| Tor being Knights OF Labor | heard their
| case, and next day called on the company to
hear the other side and cndeGYer 10 make au
| amicable adjustment. j met Ctpt. Wm Oliver,
| OF the concern, and asked him 10 give con-
| ference. He owns The Cntre town, contain--
| Ing 5000 people, many of whom are negroes.
| whom he may be sGid 10 own, for he exercises
| absolute despOtism. Their wages are absurdly
| low, averaging iu cents n dag, and they live
| In his houses, irom which they are liable to
| eviction ut any time for the most triflng
causes. Wen, lie gave ME 10 understand that
| there was no trouble In the mills, for he had
kicked out all Knights OF Labor that hs
knew OF. Il will talk 10 YOU ne exclaimed
in n dominecrlnG way, and then opened
| on me with TRADE calling me carpet baggor,
and saying he had driven one invasion Of
| carpet-baggers out Of the country years ago,
aud would driye this second ono ont too. lie
| proceeded to abuse the Knights Of Labor. aud
wouldn't be placed right, slthough endeav-
| ored TO explain things to him but said; You
| so back 10 Michigsn where you belong you
| On carpet.baggar You have no business
| down here. Wen drive your organization out.
| ] have driven the nail to the head aud placed
both feet on It nnl am dcteriniocd 70 stamp
out the Knights OF Labor. This is all mne'
he added, pointing with q sweep OF the hand
rights j replied. what rights he demanded.
The right TO say whom they will WORK for at
what, price, and from whom they Will buy
This last item seemed to iIriRte Oliver, for he
stamped his foot and cried 'BoycottersP
| II left his mills, upon which he went
through bis town from store 70 store making
harADgues against me. Word was sent 10 me,
through the knights Of Labor, that an effort
| would be made to lynch me. uut they didn't
| lynch me, and have returned north with new
knowledge, Tho Knights Of Labor viii bree'T
the domlneering spirit Of the slave'driyh.
powers Of the south,'
The laboring people can only be beueiUot.
II they get a fair remuneration for their
labor, and this again opens the question OF
protection, not only to the negroes OF the
south, but 10 the whites of the north. Just
in the proportions in which the Industries
Of the south develop, Just in that proper