Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-18
WAGES PER WEEK.

That is the difference between protection
and free trade.
Go with me to New England. where
their total agricultural products are only
sufficient for one breakfast and a little
more for her entire population. Why, |
ask you, why, Is this 50? 1t is because
nearly all of her 100000 OF
people are engaged in manufacturing. Ev
cry man lives in his own home, which IS
neatly painted white, with green window
blinds aud grass in the yards. Everything
and everybody about is happy. Why? Be
cause the father o. that family is earning
from 81 10 to $. 20 per day.
Then 90 with me across the Atlantic to
Manchester or Birmingham and YOU will
find that the emp!oye lives in a
howell with never a prospect
of ever owning even enough ground in
which to be buried. 1t is shown by the
official report that boys of and girls of 6
years of age are compelled to work III nail
works at ten cents per day. The father
receives less than 81 per day. They live
in homes owned by their employer and do
not dare call their souls their own. OF
course they can manufacture cheaper than
we can That is what we are
trying TO protect our labor against.
The Democrats are, | hope, making their
last endeavor to reduce American labor to
the level of European pauper labor
OF course the Democrats viii say this is
a Republican lie but here is a little Demo
cratic evidence taken before a Democratic
committee of ways and means of the house
of representatives.
Mr.. Roger Evans said, ''of course you
must not guage the American workman
by the amount of coarse bread and meat,
which will be necessary for him TO subslst
upon. II can not be. The American work
ing man must have other things than
those He must be fed and clothed and
be able to maintain his family as becomes
the dignity of an American citizen"
What eloquent words are those.
They are more powerful in tie solution of
this question than 10000 pa2es Of Grover
Cleveland's message.
Mr.. Phillip Hagan said, Mr.. Chairman
and gentlemen, | was born under free
trade government and / believe that, that
free trade government deprived me OF an
education The reason OF that was, that
had 10 20 TO work when was eight years
of age And | remember also, my little
brother, going to work under that free
trade government, when he was eight
years of age. | remember well when there
WIS a family of nine Of Us including
my father and mother and when my
wages for working in mill were ten cents
per day. That was under a free trade
government. Subsequently l went up
higher there 70 five shillings per day,
or SIS a day. That was about
the limit I COLD reach. Six and SIX
pence a day and having to pay SIX
~ cents OF that 10 my help
err. Many members OF this com
naittee know all this just
as we'll as understand il, and am not 50
ing to detain you any longer. But. / viii
state, that as soon as my limited KNOW
edge informed me, that labor was protected
in the United States I came here. | de-
clarei my intentions and became Cit
zen OF the { uited States, and, now [ have
a family and I make regularly fourteen
shinings day. The produce on which /
lived in England came mostly from
the Caited States and certainly ought TO
get il as cheap here as IN Enslsnd
worked for five shilIings i day IN England
and gee fourteen snillings aday here. Con-
seauently am able 70 send my children
Il school ana they are ssssE44g saetiIsca-
eas.oa which taeir father d.daos get uoder
free trade government I want 70 see