Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-08-11
9s5=4e MARTINsBURG W VA, sATUFsDAY 8, AUG. H. 1885

Oeen produced. Inc COD0e0 Clut
had this as their fundamental doc
trine, and it has so continued. The
Democrats endorsed the Mills dill
which seems against the farmers. 1t
put wool on the free list and
made farmers contend with Australia
1t put on the free list beans, but
ter, milk, bark, and almost all the
farmers raise along the border. The
Democrats say we are. for free trade,
and we take the first step toward il
this year and the next, and so on
The party is for free trade, and they
do not deny it except in the states
that are for protection. Fad s9'
THEY GALL PROTECTION, ROBBERY,
a scheme to ruin poor men. | was
born protectionist. My father
voted for Harrison, and at his feet
I learned it's doctrine. am Is pro
founder protectionist today than
ever. What is protection ! Can't
capital take care of itself, or move
where it finds the best protection !
Capital is as timid as a girl, brighten
ed at every shadow. Capital need
not go into business unless it wants.
1t can 60 into saving banks, nation.
al banks, county aud state, and
United States bonds, draw its inter.
est and pay no tax [ want to en-
courage it to come out of those
places and 60 into the coal and iron
mines, granite quarries, torgers, silk
and cotton and wooden factories,
canning establishments to hire men
and pay them good wages, enable
to fit their children to be American
citizens, buy and own houses, have
more at stake, and be better citizens
for it. | want capital to do that,
but how about the men that work
for a liyingg They can go hither
and thither. They have to work to
to take care of themselves and their
children. ] want protective tariff
for them. A protective tariff is bet.
ter in times of trouble than in days
of prosperity. fla big mill we're put
up here, it would mean more people
here, and more money paid out to
the laborers all through the country.
The lands would go up twenty per
cent. in value. and all the farm pro.
ducts would pour in here and the
operatives would eat it all up. 1t
would mean a great awakening here.
I'll buy such mill in Baltimore and
call it Europe, and call Frederick
America. When my mill is done it
has cost, say 100000. Where has
the money gone !? Why, 90 per cent.
Of it has gone to the men who work
ed on it with their hands,, Now, in
Baltimore | make the same mill and
pay my men their wages, and good
ones too. 1t has cost S250,00O, half
what it cost in Frederick. Why ?
The trees, clay and granite are as
cheap there as here. Why the diff
erenceg Thank God, the men who
worked here were worth twice as
much as there. [ put my machin-
cry and pay them well for it too.
Ninety per cent. of machinery Is bone
labor. | pay the operatives well
and get out fine muslin. So"
THEY TALK OF HIGH WAGES IN
4lss ENGLAND. naaa
sin Manchester England, there
are $4,000 women at work for thirty
cents day. / know what | am
talking about. The Democrats say,
Buy where you can buy the cheap
est, and sell where you sell dearest.
l could not run the mill in Freder-
lex except the wages are cut down,
by the system. You couldn't have
beef once month. You could
have coffee sweetened with molasses,
and lay up nothing but your old
bones. You never could own a
house. If you had free trade you
would have to go without a house.
The Republican party believes every
laborer ought to have wages enough
if temperate, to lay by a little every
year, and if man works he. ought
to live as well as loater. Our par
ty is in favor of a healthy competi-
ton. 1t says to the English mann
tacturer: our. manufacturers have to
pay taxes for schools, interest on
the public debt, for pensions, &c.
You in England don't pay any taxes
for us. Do you suppose we propose
to bring your goods here to compete
with us, you having all the advanta.
ges. Bring your lower goods here,
when you get to the crossing line,
pay something toward our taxes.
You may bring it in when it has
come. You see it has cost as much as
yours. Your schools are open and
your pensioners are paid, and so on.
That's protection, and that is all
there is in it. / heard Beck in the
in the Senate say the wages in Scot
land were as high as in the United
States. rye heard Democrats say
over and over again that when the pur
chasing power Of money was consid
cred, there was very little difference
between wages here and In Europe.
WENT OVER THERE TO SEE
for myself, and found | had always
given the wages too high. | went
into the novels and dens, where 80,
600 women and children are making
nails OH little anvils by the little hol
lows where they live, and talked
with them. Italy has 30,000,000 o
people, and completes with you, ant
one ship that could blow your whole
navy topieces. She has five million
of the finest soldiers / ever saw out
side Of America. King Humbert is
shrewd, and in every possible way il
building up Italy as a manufactur
ing country, and before you know il
she will be finishing fabrics. The wo
men do all the work with the ole
fashioned implements, and YOU
can't find a farm here like theirs