The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-29
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FIRES te4fifFs n sTgiissg flszS tfF t&r-
IA ao@ ngt ATTEST zagrs are eftsn SIX
Ing, Ife~ Is i sAat sage II. Eagss'sa
ana<s Eree trade are higher thar sn
ssssmany nasseF protection Fbe
rsss.stsoss II saxlgY ass~wefsd. ard T. the
as=t agrscs may Haaasly thai tasg
are sss higher. German made dr.
assrons attempt 80 establish FREE trade
nush 10 sAr proas Of EagiaHd bit 10
1879 ssse was Obliged 10 retarn - pro-
tseiioa. As n consequences the ssasl,
isssa. steel. msuiags cestsn, woosen.
wassse... siik and Sisx iasiustrses have
aerossresi wonderfully, sn8 fke SzSes
IL ali n thesu have Increased. Wages
IN FREE trade Germany we're amao9s,t-
esllY loser than IN FREE trade Esgiand.
bat ander protection the Increase has
ieen especially no9iceaai.e. In Ger
laan iron works and machsne shops,
from Iss9 10 ls-2. The Increase Ii wages
va ever 81 per cent. from $50 70
ls<5 il eas ever q pr cent- from issis
10 ISIS over II per cent. IN is7e these
wages gave employment 20 i5i 90 per
s0ns, after five years Of protection
tbey gave employment 70 nj ,sss wogk-
nea, showing ~ increase Of = per
cent. al tie number employed. while
the total 81 monthly wawes hal IN
creased 50 per ceHt-
The manufacture Of felt hats j. aa
insfance showing wtsa, protection has
done for the esantry. Pr9g 70 isIp
EaeiAnd held possession Of the Ger
man market and exported u that
country over half = million leit hats
with the al Of the tariff os 1870 the
manufacture % hnt- has become an
important industry in Berlin The
German manufacturers have not only
driven the Eagsish goods almost en-
tireiy oat Of the market. but they have
balis up good export trade. raised
the wages paid 10 the industry and re-
ducea tlie cost 81 The article 20 the con
.
Auaer
Germany once controlled the linen
markets IL the world. Great Afitain
sfesiesi them from her, and nothing
remained bat a home market. made
Profitable in this particular instance by
protection. Halt a century has elapsed
since England adopted free trade. but
la the manufacture 81 linen she has
fallen behind. while Germany has con
SANITY forgei ahead During the last
twenty five years the linen industry in
the latter country has increased 80
per cent. while in England il has de.
creased ~ per cent. From 1872 10 iss2
the export Of linen from England de
creased steadily year by year until in
I iss2 they we're less than hall the ex-
porss Of is12,
That Germany has been benefited
! by protection Is evidenced by the re.
markable growth Of her varied indus
tries in every part Of the empirs.
That heriaith in The protective system
/ is uos shaken. aut on the contrary !.
becoming stronger and stronger can
be inferred from the following extract
from a report Of M sifaehey, ths
! English ehaggs d'a8aires al Dresden:
The political consultations % the empire
tha highest personal influences. The mpsl
powerful industrial and commercial ioFess,
sssAiu Of The pflue pal pncss energies all are
Z au the side oi the existing system. The
belief Is widely diGgssd that the ssriE ei
iS71 saved Germany from great rsin, aud
that The etapige is nov on the Fpaa 20 h.
{ igstrla' greatness, perhaps 70 the success
/ sion - that hegemanf which Great Britain,
I Ii Is Thought noW with dfacHlty holds ia
-hss hands. Protection u the uatioaal air
I aud ls viii not 30 a,ss paied By foreign ~.
/ gamsuia however accurately dedaeed from
( the axlnmS Uf seientiac dnrtrlae-