The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-16

Works in South Cherry street at thu
Ft. Wayne road should you visit that
establishment during the working
hours of man. You will not find him
sitting in an easy chair in the Office.
Should you wish to talk with him you
must needs call him for his time is ell
tirely taken up in careful superintend.
ance of his employers interests, and
even when seated on his rough chair III
his quarters he is fully occupied with
important duties.
1t may not be a surprising fact to
state that Mr.. Lathrop will exercise his
full rights of suffrage this fall, but is
true. 1t may surprise many who are
laboring in the Slough of High Tar fl if
Mr.. Lathrop would not vote for HART
| son and Morton but this he will not do.
He will vote for Cleveland and Thur
man, and the story he told a News.
DEMOCRAT reporter toward the close Of
| a hard days labor is an interesting one
and should receivethe careful attention.
of all thinkers and especially should il
receive the attention of his fellow
laborers' in this city and in this vicin-
ity. Mr.. Lathrop is a ready and deep
thinker and close observer, and is one
who gives a subject in which he is in
teresTed careful attention and study.
Let the history of MIR. Lathrop in a
political way hold your attention for Il
brief moment. A number of years ago
he was u RepublicaL, having been
brought up in the sunlight of Republi-
canism. Especially did the bright glare
of the protection" phantom attract
him and he accepted it in good faith.
| Being a mar Of e9rnestness and one
who desired to look after the welfare,
in his humble way, of his associates, he
advocated thigh tariff" i'll the work
shop and at the ireside. Soon he grew
more earnest and with great pride in
the fact that the self styled champion
If protection" Of the country was a
native of this city and abided here
among us, he p%erchance extended his
scene of operations and discussed the
all absorbing question at other tireSldes
when his laborS did not interfere.
Soon came an opportunity to show his
loyalty to his leader, the alleged cham
piOn of protection and interests of the
laboring man. Having been a leading
spirit in the organization of a knights
Of Labor order he had great influence
and used it to good advantage in as
sisting in the election of Congressman
Mckinley. He stumped this county
long and earnestly for his cause. Some
time after this, being a close reader, and
being brought into contact with the
iron papers of the country, he began 10
feel insecure in the position he held and
in the cause which he had advocated SO
warmly. The more he read and thought
the less secure he felt and finally he saw
the error of his ways and relented
Said MIR. Lathrop: 81 now consider the
high protective tariff" matter a fraud
1t is but a snare to entrap the laborers,
and one of the most palpable
humbugs is the deluding C ythat Amer
lean labor cannot compete with
European labor if our ports were
thrown open to the world and a free
invitation extended to all to bring in
their wares. The American machinist
who has lived and learned his trade i'll
this country and who is afraid Of a me-
chanic of any other country, casts a
cOlud of disgrace on his calling. On
this matter | can talk understandingly.
Some years ago, in an establishment in
which | was employed, there was need
ed a first-class mechanic for certain
work. and hearing of a man at Bridge
port, Conn who had just arrived in
this country, my employers sent Tor
him. He arrived and commenced work
ut once, but after two days he gave up
his position. His work was on easy
material, but the amount of labor he
did couldn't be compared with the
amount performed by his fellow
American lab0rers. He was
so far behind in this that he was forced
to give up his position, he being unable
to earn enough money to support him
self. Said this man to me when leav-
ing: In my country they tell us we can
give American laborers pointers on
how to do work. / know better now,
and will know better when L come to
this country again
"The Pittsburgh Dispatch, a high
protective tariff paper, gives in its
issue of August 9Th an account of the
profits made by Carnegie in his iron
works. Under a high protective tariff
this monopolist makes $4,000 a day
profit on steel rails, and $500 a day
profit on general iron work. His men
do not get any better wages than other
wage workers l guess. They can have
the extreme pleasure, however, OF la
boring hard each day for their living,
and in the evening reading glow
ing accounts of their employers
pleasant time in England, where he
was recently junketing about the
country with Leader Blaine, of the Re
publicans a man, sinceh he has arrived in
this country, who takes a sad view ot
the poor laborers of England, who we
never heard he had assisted in any way
while there. Records do not show that
he ever spoke a kind word to them.
"There is no tariff that can benefit
any more than n man out of ten
Wages in the shops are as low az they
can be made. The employers are not pay
ing out any premium to men for theil
services. One man in a prominent
manufacturing establishment in this
city told me he had been cut 80 pei
cent. in the last five years. In case
there is a great demand for the article
manufactured he does not get an ad.
vance IN wages. Neither will he lose
anything in wages by a reduction in
the tariff. In this shop we are turning
out good work, getting good pay and il
will continue so. We do not fear a
foreign article. Manufacturers are the
only men who are benefited by higl
tariff. Carneigie's profit show thatit's 9
good thing for him. I'm opposed tC
high tariff"