Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-25

1851 only was paid for years work In
the manufactures. Here is how he
marches up 10 and away from that inex-
orable fact: "Mr. Jones saws that. pro-
tectlve tariffs have nothing 70 DO with
higher wages for l,boring men He saws
wages are very much higher 10 California
than they are In Maine, and saws he
proudly; lis there any particular tariff
10 California rs against MaiueY' Am
really startled by Mr.. Jones' freshness as
disclosed BY this grand argument. Wages
are so much higher In CAlifor Ia than In
Maine because lands are cheaper aud
more productive In California THAI they
are In Maine. In California II man Is
not satisfied with the wages offered him
he goes TO the soil and makes better
wages. Lands are abundant aud cheap
and be goes TO work on his own
hook, becoming as independent
as wood chopper. The
common, everyday man cannot buy IN
Maine, and he Is forced to work or starye.
This If rule as regprds the value Of land
and wages which applies TO ell coun.
tries.m
Now submit, Did man ever 80 In
continently answer HIMSELF Now N. A. I.
.--9etween us boys-I am such a plain
fool rs to believe that the cheap rich
lands OF our happy country, Its rich metal
VEINS beneath the earth, and It's other in.
comparable natural advantages, apply
fully to America as against Europe, aud
that these are some Of the things that
make the rate Of wages higher in this
country than In overpeopled, kiug-cursed
Europe. But who told you, learned cir.
that farm lands are cheap In California;
According to the census Of 1880 there
were l6, 1913 ,742 acres In farms in Cali.
tornia valued at s262, 05l $50, and
in Maine $3.50, 5Ts acres, valued at Sl02,.
S57 ,6l5. Thus II Is seen that farm lands
are higher In California than In Maine.
Now, Mr.. N. A. t., have fred you out
the same hole, as to wages In California
and Maine, that smoked you out OF as
t. the prices on glass and quinine. Vow,
n A. T., In conclusion let me, in ali
kindness, say that as 70 your advice 20
myself, accept your sarcasm but reject
your logic. As TO knowledge, frankly
admit that have none 10 boast Of, but,
like Little Breeches' religious daddy, III
have middlin' of tight grip, sir, on the
handful OF things | know"
One more comparison Rs to protection
and wages. The tariff ON iron ore Is 70
cents per ton. Now mark the great dis
parity In the price, per ton, paid for
mining iron ore in different counties
In Pennsylvania. In Berks county, Penn,
In 1884 the price paid for mining ton OF
iron ore was 81 rs lin Blair county, s 1903;
in Center county, 70 cents; in Chester
county, Sl,Ss; In Clarion county, 81 81;
in Cumberland county, 3l.ls; In Hunting
ton county, 81 81; In Lancaster county
&c cents; ia Lebanon county, IL cents; In
Snyder county, Sl.S2 Now all this ore
lies in the same STAGE, and while the tariff
on iron ore is the same In all, II Is thus
seen that the prizes paid per ton to miners
is over ten times as high In Chester and
Snyder counties as 1t is in Lebanon
county. OF course the ore is more easily
miued in some counties than IL is In
others, and that, and not the tariff
on the ore, is the cause of
the differences in the prices paid
to the noble fellows that that toll, day by
day, beneath the earth, far from the light
Of the beau iiul sun. | take these facts
from page Ito OF the United States Com
sular reports, No g., June, 1886 How
any man, In the face of these cold, i'm
mutable facts, eau still claim that the
duty on the ore determines the rate of
wages, surpasses my comprehension. II
seems TO me that such a belief can not
exist in any mind unless that mind has
nrst committed intellectual suicide.
IvRRsoN A. JoNRs.