Telegram-herald., 1888-11-01
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BCTsALo. \ Y, Oct. 50. lass
X J. Lue'.00ss n u MY DEAE 5IE-
! address yoa as one Of my eldest ana most
intelligent smploYss. in lhe hops that may
% abe, 6y appealing 10 year mature rsz-
son. ~ satisfy you taaG il 10 for your Osn
personai iatessst, as hope you NAV nnd u
10 % e0nsisteat with your sense OF d0ly. 10
vote. this year. for Harrison, Morton and
protection 10 American Industries.
am zNsFs that yea are 81 Easlishman.
bat l suppose yon lst aslABd and cane
10 thls cOuafry because you could do better
here. where. for twenty e glt years under
protective dunes. Ne have ex periencsd such
3 DEGREES o. prosperity a. as never before
known in tnis or any other land. Is Il lot
wise 10 LET we'll enough alone. aud not 90
back 20 = system that IS not untried IN This
country. ont which has 0sen followed by
financial RUIN whenever IL mas been adOptecl
IL 10 me mat my interests ami
those OF mf employees are tdslticG!. That
business policy which IL good for me Is
equally so for you. l an satisfied, from
observation IN the past, under = practically
free trade taud. as we'll as under that al
lasted Tor protection, that the former policy,
II carried out, would De ruinons 10 my busi-
ness a. well - 10 that OF thousands of
others Not that i would be as severe on
me as on my employees for capital can take
care Of itself better than LABOR.
As az illustration of how a protective
tariff operates, you may know that although
have a large printing establishment and
bincery here within a mile OF the Canadian
border, set oy reason OF tie protective duty
whica the Dominion Government imposes
on printed circular. pamphlets and books,
1 am annually obliged to hire many
thousands OF dollars worth OF printing and
binding done IN Toronto. and so give EN-
ployment to Canadian labor. In nv opin-
ion the Canadians know on which side
their bread is buttered" aud are sound on
the tariff question.
You are also sware OF the fact that | have
a branch OF this establishment in London.
England From that branch | send out as
an advertising medium about two million
copies per annum of tne little book. or pam
phlet, known IS "Pisrces Memorandum
aud Account Book" Formerly, as you
may know, We produced these little books
for circulation over there IN our printing
Office and bsndery here. But on looking
into the matter, found that London print
ers and binders woald turn them out COM
plete and deliver them to US for LOO per
thousand cheaper than | could produce
them in my own establishment here, not
withstanding that the printers over there
make q profit. and we figure them at cost
here without allowing any interest on the
cost of ear plant. am. as you know, sup
piled with superior machinery for printing
and folding them while the London print
ers have them folded by hand LABOR. Nv
extra facilities in the line OF superior ma
chinery do not enable me 10 compete with
their cheaper labor.
Now but for the protective duty on
pamphlets and all printed matter, do you
suppose | would continue to run my print
ing aud binding departments 10 produce the
Is 900 900 copies OF this little book which 1
annually distribute IN the United state es
when | could get them landed in my estab-
lishment here for 81 least ST. l5 per thousand
cheaper than to print them and bind them
in my Buffalo establishment? The freish ht
would not cost 10 exceed 5 cents per thou
sand on them, SO | would save 81. l5 per
Thousand by having them produced in Lon
don. This would be a saving on l6, 600, 900
tour output for one year. Of SIS. 400 on the
production OF that oae pamphlet, not to
mention the wear and tear on my ma
chinery and the interest on the investment
for our plant. What is true of my estab-
iishment Is equally true Of thousands of
others.
Now on a shert-sighted Democratic view
OF the situation. ] suppose | would say to
myself, Il shall be the gamer oy free trade
on that one item OF printed matter To the
extent of SIS 400 per annum." But this
would be a very unbusiness-like view to
take of this matter. for the same condition
of things that would apply to my estzb-
lshment, and that would cause me to shut
down my printing department and biRdery
would apply with even greater force to
thousands of other manufsct uring estab-
lisnments, thus III owing hundreds ofthous-
ands of working men out OF employment.
Thi, would mean hard times indeed, not
only to the manufacturers, for they could
stand Ii infinitely b.ttsr taan the wage
workers. With the resultant derangensnt
and slagnation of business aud the conss-
buent shrinksge Of values IN real estate.
and all other forms Of property in this
country, nv property and yours. as well as
wages and business generally must suffer q
great depression in consequence.
/ sm not very old man. and yet I can
recollect very distinctly how. In free trade
times. my father used to hire good strong,
faithful lsbOrsFs to work on his farm
through the whole Spring. Summer aud
day. or Si3 month. These men were id le
during the rest Of the year for want Of
work. even at that low price per day. Do
you and | wsntt to vote for a return of those
Dsmocrauc free trade times2 / can surely
stand a return to that policy or government
IL my employees eau.
The only reason in my judgment, that
the Mills bill does Dot 20 further in the di-
rsctioS of free trade. IS the fact that its
trainers could nat hope 10 get a mote rsdi-
cal free trade measure tn rough the Senate.
Bat Il - al entering wedge, a step in the
wrong direction. and ss such il places our
American industries and the interests Of
every raxe-worEsr a jeopardy.
With no disposition, or desire to dictate
TO yoa. or anv other empoys bow you
sosli vote. or 10 exercise any authority or
undue percussion over s1y person standing
ia such rs s5ioa 70 ne. I jet feel it my duty
90 sdvise vou ss - my best Judgment OF toe
effect which DsE9crs policy Of govern
msnt II fully carried out. will have upon
By business interests. and I believe upon
yours ss vel for. "a I nave already ia di-
Gated. / believe oar Interests ere mutusl
NeTy sincerely yours.
h '. PIEEcE