The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-08-24

we're she gains shsng Capital engaged
Iin manufacturing increased only - per
cent. only oae-dnh; wages increased %
per cent. only 0ne-shirsl; railroad In
crease 60 per cent. only one quarter |;
total wealth Increased 10 per cent, only
one-third IN other w0ris. under .
rpvense tariff. capital engaged IN manu-
fscsuring aud wages and national wealth
increased three times ~ much - under
Z high var tariff. and railroad building
increased four times - much. Who. In
the face Of the facts. can ssy that the
presens tariff benefits the wage Garner?
4 Thus have shown you that the ef-
feet Of the moderate asd equitable tasi6
In forcs hstween 1880 and 1880 wss 10
promOie general prosperity and % In
crease the wages OF Workingmen. The
\ Mills bill proposes 10 begin the work Of
lrsoDrm In two ways. First. d puts on
the free list the materials used in Ameri-
can manufactures second u Iops o6 the
highest dusies. some OF which undsr the
existing tariff amount to I0U 10 800 per
cent. But Il recognizes the fact that
neither the laborer nor the en-
lployer should be injured BY Z
change in the existing system. and
therefore. does not reduce the TAI on
single article manufactured in this coun-
TRY which under the exissing system pays
Ii duty Of 30 per cent or less- Now, th.
census of 1880 shows that the LABOR cost
In I 100 worth Of American Manufactured
goods wss only SIT. In other words,
the Mills bill continues . duty on ell
manufactured goods which 10 more
than the cost OF the labor expended in
Ipro.incing them Certainly then the
working man cannot for . moment sup
pose that the eject Of the Mills bill will
lie 10 bring him into unfair composition
with foreign W0rkingmen when he seq
that the tax, which it still retains. u
greater than the entire amount paid for
:. wages. In other words, In the CON-
lpesiticn with foreign manufacturer
1.-The Mills bill leaves the American
manufacturer In the same position - u
llhe had no wages to pay Our Ne
publican friends ne continually object
ling 20 any reference to English expert
lenre. They are continually declaring
that The interest Of this country 10 whs'
y we ought 10 consult. and they are sup
J porting their contention by the mos
J aha meiul falsehoods IN regard 70 TN
\ position Of the English newspapers and
l In . card which hs
! lbeen widely circulated they charge th'
j Times With saving that England has %
d nee Tor IN Irishman except 20 send bin
tlso America 70 vote for free trade,
l.have publicly challenged The Republi
-Icans " bring forth proof that Any suc'
eIseasement Wns ever made tn the Itme'
sIand they have failed 20 prove Il eishe
a'bv producing the paper or 10 any othe
ol wsy. I do hers and nov pronounce
~ deliberate lsIoeIsoods ard l opponl Z
|.|evory srne ADsr5can ctfI19 voo 1ove
e1 1s1l ss'
Ii|form which sro supportsd By eocA
NJ wiliful IIs. The aud.city of sho RI
: leaders b The more 20 Be wos
; Idered q when We remember thae q
eIpresent tariff II this country b really Z
/ British origin II h as like the old tart
elof Great Britain - one pee ta Ike q
d slashcs. Il II jost - fsll Of inequalit
'fand Just q full of injustice. u destroy
Nj "a the manufactures Of Ireland. - CeI
elssn and 6uifan alike declared.
glbrouRht wretcheduess 10 the British pes
e!pIe Thea, 10 Irish and Engiish alike.
I-Ihrought hunger 10 their homes a
to their workingmsn and farm 4
ltborers. But & swelIed the income Of
dIfew rich men wh0 found In it, uneqU1
u n|provisions the special bounties for whic
llihey struggled and for which fow snc
Slmen are struggling now. Their predi'
oItions NJ suffering. % u should b repealed
q we're lust % black - those Mr.. Csrnegl
eland NJ. wharton sre msking n0w.
ol lCongvess should pess : Isw making n
I-lCarnegie Duke 0f Pittsburg. end -
'el wharton Earl Of Lancaster, giving one
Of el00 O0O and the other PEI
III pension $4,000. you know that 10 Col
ol Tressman Who voted for the 6til coul
a ever get back 70 Congress. and yet sh
dlis precisely what the present tariff doe
G| The opposilion 20 the reduction of q
e-|sarifF comes chiefly from the msuufa
,-lturers uhO ere unwilling. - one Of q
lol Senasors iron Rhode Island, himself
10 manufacturer. expressed it. TO wri
dldown the value Of their plant or
a other words. unwilling 70 concede 40!
q thing that they can possibly avoid
in production, whis
4 ought % iacrease the effectiveness %
mIthe wages Of the woskingmeD. but whis
%, necessarily involve : dimiuutiou % q
J. actual receipts from aay psrtieaisr Y
,eI vestment.
mi Mot only does The experiences
q our own country show that the dtmin
4 |tion Of the profits Of capital dos 2 I.
Dr lpreveut its investment. Or diminish q
d vages OF those whom capital employ
4. bot the experience of Ill countries ehov
a that high protective tsrid tends
llt diminish wages, 70 degrade The cond
Do 'sion or The Workingmen, and 70 !nJu
uIthe community q large. although =
'pr06ss Of 6sw protected man0sscscre
n-lmay b increased By u ID word,
% tends 70 give these few : monopoly, q
q. lwheo did monOpoly ever tend % ma
q. : monopolist generous, o. even Just
q bic empIoyf
q The question = also asksd: why