Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-05
TARIFF LESSON.
WITH AN EVERYDAY iLlUSTRA-
TON.


Laborer' and H"" 1t Does Help Grab
Get, Hold 4 Co.
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& 49, -. ,,,,,,,,a-atirag
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w The he Is+ mo me- NM II in anotbar form
on are in the emnlnv AZ Crab Get Hold
q e. -40-3
Yes
How long have Won been emnloved bv
them
| bepan in 1etC-tbo+ is eigbtean' wars
ago,
And Won have recefvad s-ood xagas avsr
since?
Yes, as n rule when I was 4mpIoved
1ben -FOUR employment has not been
Continuous
Oh, no; Won see We were ont on strikes
eleven times during tine eighteen wears
Ont on strike under a nrntective tariff,
Is that possible2
Yes, sir.
How much time did Won lose nv these
eleven strikes1
That is hard to tell exactly; but the
shortest strike was for two months. and
one lasted for ei,rbr and if was really a
wear before some of fl- men ,,ot hack for
that time YOU see the firm imported a
large number of Inh,r.rs from Eurons
and II took ne som. +ir,a 10 r.,,rl- ~,
ont abonld say tI,a. I,,rinl. tha air,ttoa,,
vesrs We have haar al %, aocG7,,,+ -, ~
strikes and lockouts almost tirs yoors -
What made GRAZ Gat Hold q 70
strike?
Thew didn't twas tbair emnIovee
Why did YOU strike AGAINST qrood
wspes9 o.
We didn't. Wa s.rnc1, oc,o;,,s+ -a5r.
lions, and often outr,gan,,s radnctinns
There ia some mi.tsIa abo,,t tbot ;Sn,,
tbera9 ''''
No. indeed What r,akes Won tbint On,
Because there has baan no had wage.
Maid in the nrotectad ndns+r;as Gov w. !,
Years at least T. bal TO- eo ~ - y :;
biob nrotection mad 80 oo,iJ t. ho " "
sncb tbinp as low y,a,,s, IN
That is simnIv no5serso II hoe boo,
a struggle and n hard strnggia riab
along. EMPLOYERS have seized mon ever,
opportunitv To radnca or,,l,,ras 10 ~,
Iowoet ,zossitI, -. IPIo'eH w sn
ported shin loads of fara;,n no,, 49, 10 10
To helm do II
That certainly can't ha trna oood ar
tisan. You must he mistaken
How mistaken Whv do Won saw tina
lam roistokan9 ny W. 'ou soy 'n"
Principally because of your own state
ment. You started out bv saving tina
the tariff nrotectad lshor or5 son,,rod 1
the highest possible remuneration No,
you say that about one-tiftb of your tim
was spent in idleness fighting apains
starvation wages. And vet during thes
eighteen years the highest tariff Of moo
ern times has prevailed in this country
II the tariff bettered your wages, VIII
did you strike at all? What necessity WIS
there for it?
strike or work for nayt 70 notbinr
Is that true?
Il Is.
And this in the face of the tariff tax fc
the beneht OF the manufacturer nearl
double the cost of the commonest neces
stiles OF life? Comparatively, then, wha
did you make by means of the tariff
What would we have done had ther
been no tariff
You couldn't have done much NOR
than str1ke against starvation. could yor
Suppose we pursue this matter of CON
Rarison further When did Grab. Gel
Hold q 20. go into business?
In 1870.
You were employed bv them in the h,
ginning, them
Twas.
In what capacity?
As a principal foreman.
Do you know how much the firm url
into the business in the beginning?
Each member advanced SEQ, 600 In cas-
and $50, 600 in notes-sS6 900 cash an
the same in notes. secured bv tbei
friends.
Then tbere was aetna1Iv sen nno u, .os
put in at the bepinning9
Yes.
But the nlant hoe boo,, ,.u.,-,..
since than oH eiea'iy eniareo
sbonId cow
mensa mill %, ne nrm mas five In