The Somerset reporter., 1888-01-18
European Labor.
SENATOR FEYR Il lIoME M4skEf firB
BANQt II. Bo-fuN Ma.

bANRl Il Ib- IoN, MA%-.
i Cheap labor in Europe And (, labor
j such factor in the production Of MANU-
i features a. 10 oyerDalance aud overcome
/ all these advantages We POSSESS Ave.
/ Mr.. President, Il is because labor makes
makes up one half the cost II all manu-.
/ factprrd articles. DO not mean 4 say
that labor Is one half the cost Of cheap
! piece VI cotton cloth, but I mean that
/ the average Is one half labor In al manu-.
/ featured products
was over II Waltham one DAY Il
marvellous workshop and spent a day
there. | was in the oifke Of the Super
intendent. He sh9wedfne some watch
screws he said they were screws. ihey
were 50 inhnitcsimal that with the eye !
could not tell they were. Nv curiosity
was aroused. asked him If he could
figure out for me VIA, those screws cost.
lie said he could He did, What do YOU
suppose they cost ton by he wholesale +.
-Four million six hundred and sixty-six
thousand dollars And the lair springs
he showed me-s3 10000. How much
l. silver worth ton ; Ihirty-two thou.
sand five hundred dollars How much i,
gold worth ton Six hundred thousand
dollars and little over Now, when
II
those screws were Wing IN the bosom Of
tliS eafth' what were ihey worth Two
dollars a ton And labor alone ha- made
'heil worm - ,he''p". Now the Differ
eh'' "et"eth 81 ana - Gay On those
9lc"S "ouId count ""nI' u nor Ap-
men that ever lived in America. ap-
plause, killed because, though import
~ i'oil i,eiahi' ne loNea America ana
~ w A,h'iieah si'Ps ana American
W. Nni," "a, d. " aPP'auNf -'ohn hoach
a'u 'laI ~ per eei,e "I an IRON mp va
~ Sp'nE " ine i'icNl anu hlhih2 the
Ia anu II ~ 80 ." per cent OF your
riaon'ncIs - Moth 80 J"Per cent 81 your
ldet'is an" u your furnace ana Of your
iV,.t ~ WORK.
nci was III i'fe>ueh l saw II pot
Nu'ch tne bureau 81 statistics had just
i'iaae tlerc, III which they undertook to
SHOW the exact cost OF >pindles III the
W. noi W. lucy EAU >'inuIt> cost from 81
- 20 Sn3o splhiit; ~ France. fram $
anu nt.'e over - ana llttIe over. ID
uer,naty tile same a. II France; aud IL
tp i n ,,' otaIes' from sIZ 10 SIS SPIN
u why ooa ! a. cheap mere a.
.ncie 50 i cay ana the ohlN Ting that
l. lot Is iapon'
was III fal>ieN. went there a. a
iiialter OF great curiosity, tor had known
OF tne thread mills OF Paisley. Mr. lark
sald ~ cost IRON 50 TO - per cent. more
" ouilu ms ihiil mere than It did To build
his mn IN PAISLEY. Viz. Coates said il
cost twice as much to build his mil here.
Now that Is labor so You see that. after
all Is the most important factor in the
mater OF production The question as
10 whether or not they have cheap labor
III Europe, Is question that must he met
ana must ne understood ny men who ley
isia'c ON thlS subject OF protective tariff.
OF revenue reform, or whatever they call
IL KNOW thal Tree traders say there l.
NIUE ulhcrehce between mere and there. l
KNOW that Wheh YOU take the cost Of liv-
M mo cohsidei atloh thcre Is no practi-
cal ulnerence-tnat Is the usual statement
as though the cost OF living had any
thih@ TO 90 with II. II IS the manner of
ilVins that tells the story,
Now let me give you a few illustrations
oil what saw, aud they will be fact>,
not fancies will start with Italy. All,
nut we maven got much competition with
itaiy why 90 thete why. my friends.
Italy Is one OF the coming pc Ners OF Eu-
rope to-day Her voice Is potent, and
VIII De more potent a. the years pass by
ehe mas entered upon new lie She
mas TO-DAY nearly "o'ooo,n'o OF people,
80 nh u; u, r, tIe M.
Shn bas ,raat 1922 N'u- 'tu.ii'ei y
f,., a,',,,v,7r,,,, j., "' -. u ~.
lor commerce III way mat TINS great
| y,,,nt ~ n It,, g.,
man,. ron,,Ia 81 ~, I,i,"I -.
Ina,, tboi rt,1,. 10 -,
naannfactnr. RI, Ei",, tt,, - -"
~ how. ,niIIi.n. AZ ,,.,'7,,'.
wnrl .l.n,,in,, in tb..'.,r.,, 49,,
sao,, tha,, h.. ,..i ~
haye-men and women hinr ,i3wn an fh 1e
cnrhston, Win ma hon,. -, IL,
bert is san.,.ians e,nn,,h =, - IL In"
am ,,ninT 70 ba,.. or'o,I,.I,.
zion must havn i, = nat'.,, nF -
and Of mon wbn#,an iva IL. ha,a.i LII,
their families arounJ tL.m .na Efn',
uumh.rt il ,lniu,r tIin,,i, H.. -
ia build mn Italy ~ :, mannfa~,nr.,l.. $50.
tion. and thrv Inv. rnmmnnr.5 ~ ..,,.
ton mills
The AGENT of this en,fnn mill lo,,,,..,,ad
to he German WIN emil taIt jsn.,lj.b
enounb for me Ia unl,r.tand -. fnr
tnnate. manfred ab,nt his onaratiy.s
He said tb.v were ti,.t class r.arrn,,n
rood people; they did NOT Understand
machinery very wtll Int there wrr,. ,,noJ
peplc to work. beth men and women