Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-02-10
HARD.PAN FACTS.

The View York Press deserves cr.ii
for putting the tariff problem. from day
to day. in such sLapc. by interyicvs
that any reader can comprcheuI i
Mr.. Coaant Of Rhole Island, cx,n.
,iyriy engaged il thread works, nd
thoroughly acquainted with affairs lerc
and abroad, contributed a most iupcs
+ .iye ol jet lesson. II shows that. be
yond Whatever individual or local iuer-
est the question involves, the bottom
fact. which mostly conc rms the wGk-
iugncn Of the country, is that Of waas
The toilers Of the Old World have ben
attracted to Ibis land by the milIionsbc
cause Of the cheap prices and starya.0n
wages Of the place Jf their birth TIssc
w1rkingmcu are net deluded with he
loctrinairc flllry that it is more M
portaut for them to have what are caied
cheap necessarics than high wage, n
I.aboring men, here and there, may be
leulcd into casting free-trade vors;
but, as Mr. Conant says. they vii be
the first to most frantically profess il
whit they voted for could be brought
about. Il should not care, says llr
Colaut, to be present when the labor
ing men Of this country. whether 10 or
out Of the shops, come to be told hat
they must take half pay Shouldn't
even care to be the one to announce to
them the good news that after all, food
and clothing will be cheaper, you
know
a Scottish friend Of Mr. Conant, who
was interested on both sides Of the wa
ter, when asked his opinion of the pro-
tectiyc system, said:
"Well, for the interest Of my nil
over in Scotland I'd like to have your
protective system knocked on the head
but for the interest of my mill up in
Grafton | want it to continue. Oh,
know it's benefit to every one who
lives under it, no matter how those whC
don't may feel. come over here tC
get some Of it. But if it's a good thing
fol me it's better thing for my men.
had to laugh a. one of them the other
day lie is one Of my best men, and
had worked for me for years in Scotland.
| brought him and his family with me
and several Of the children are also EN-
ployed in the mill The other day San
dy told me with some pride that he had
$500 in bank. 1t was at the end Of the
first years work over here looked on
our books and found that he and hi
children together were getting between
loo aud 81 800 a year, and the
$500 represented the family savings -
To try him, said to him day or two
after that | was short of good men in
the home mill, and wanted him to 90
hnck and take his old place. saying at
the same time that | supposed he'd be
glad to get home again. lie turned alb
solutcly pale in the face. aud blurted ont
that he didn't want to 90 back to Seo..
land 1t all This man lives in fSom-
Portable house, expects soon to to have
one of his own, sends his younger chill
dren to good schools, and is looking for
ward to the time whea he will have a
sum in bank, so that he will
not have to work N his old age"
The American opponent of protection
is-whether so meaning it or not-an
ally of the foreigner, and an enemy
his own country and its labor Mr.
Conaut Says lie is always greeted with a
chorus Of inquiry, when he goes to
Great Britain as to when America will
have frce trade for the benefit of John