Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-09-21

wwnss is his Of The whaling i.dusss. =
heroes Of the harpoonP The vsrv
oronzea gildinss, crystals lamps and
spacious saloons Of tho rich M useirss
nall The time because ilumiued bv ~
proximity Of tho sun.
Lot US build an opaque roof, rbhsa
VT ~,dh , steel, over the land Applauss
pensef Every American coaIbunf sn.s
pine VIII furnish the material for On
american made gas-fStort No eratul
tles OF nature; no natural wealth. Civ
labor chance. QAughter.) Let manu-
IIaeture thrive; Down with the SUM-
and dspknss na 1 UR Tsh 1s Old ehsSs
eign labor is forbidden in its product -
the custom house, forget not also to bar
out from Castle Garden the cheap fen
eign laborer who comes thither with
light In his eye and iron in his blood:
for 10 not his light and iron an alien TO
tho protectonist? tApplauss and laugh
Tho raiser Of peanuts BY . panty Of
portation Of that article. It is con-
sumed by my little Arab constituency Of
the Bowery. Laughter.) must 70
gard them Because the same artich n
raised by those whose cheap labor Is evil
denced by clothelcss condition under
tectedi Why not? The same philoso.
ply applies to the salt made abroad by
solar radiance and evaporation. The
sun Is q cheap laborer, and although We
have . sun shining over our own Onon-
daga In New York, it has not the Gallo
other suns in other skies, which have laid
away vast mines Of saline crystals in Tho
bosom of the earth.
There is coal. too. Why should II res
b protected or restricted from abroad
Is it not the product Of the sun md
naturep
wAcEs-sYLLoouxs.
lido not affect elaborate sahleA Thsy
are SO common as hardly to Be read
especially when they refer to wares un-
del, the tariff. A table show low
scale for the United Stataa But what
does 1t prove? Let mo produce hero
In svllogistic form. these LOGICAL sleishs
Of hand or mouth.
Thus argues the protectionist:
England has free trade: ENGLAND has
bw waReA ERGO. free trade nroducao
don tSM " the United State. Ia. hfeh v.e,s
tion: the United States has high aeea,
Therefore protection produces high wageA
~ an ChtApl
Now. one NAV verv easily sarody sucA
chop logic. thus:
ENGLAND has Honsa Of I.nrdA N.
gland has low waNea Conclusion: the
Lords make wages low. nauehterl.
Or. the United States is iufeste With
trampA The United States has high
wages; Therefore trapDs make wages
wages high. uaughter.)
Ireland has no snakes, Ireland has
low wages. .ArGal: Snakes make
wages high. .Laughter).
Apply the same argument 60 Russia
Russia has high protection. Russia has
low wages Therefore protection makes
Turkey:will eentlemen excuse for ny
reference Naughtef). Well. TurlDy has
Q low tariff-eiRht Der cent Tu1kev has
sns Eor lo7 TPssssSSfs th' Koran .aks'
Tho truth is, IS has bean nrsuueps,v
stated on this floor. and provsA thA1
wages ere . matter entirely irrelevant .
the discussion Of tariff. depsndin1 pDcn
the law Of supply and demand. ana the
circumstances. satuation; and resources
of t S:v: sc discussed AA u: cS.i4..n var.
often hero the relation between the tar
ID and wages win not enter upon
that further now. except to saw that bv
the reports Of our consulA and noablv
the consul ~ Birm1n9ham. Mr.. 6choen-
-
wages in other countrieA it u sAfe 70 con-
clude that tho tariff does not affect
wages In the sense In which the Repub-
hssrs claim u doe3 Ne Haa en- asns
and prices and tariffs. Is to the beneaolAI
results to the people.
MvxNz1oNa STANDING ARMIES, coNgUA11A
4 country nike ours. which has ESQ.
poo inventions nrotectAd nv thu 'satAns
law. q my friend tMr. Butterworthl %
well recognizes and with her artisans
and hborers replete with intelhgence
and ability. need not fear competision
at great cost millions Of their produc-
tive citizens for standing armies. The
nations who compete with Us have one
man Tor every twenty-four OF the popu.
lation IN the soldiery: in the United
States we have but one man In l.e1o q
the population.
When protectionists clamcf for . ho0o
market they forget there u NO stnndk
inK army OF consumers ana thas neARly u
Of our people ere producerA Thew ~
We must have . homo market: W
w consume these products ct home
end produce only as much - ~ or
sumo"
We do produce moro enieultural me.
QuCtS bu8u VIC COubUmo " 0vo 4uA.AAkSAA
millions worth every year. How can
. consume these products at home-in
our countxy2 1t would require sevefAl
millions moro people who would con.
sumo only and produce nothing. But IL
more people do come In there WIN b
plus The proposed remedy only In
creases the surpluA and can not diminish
it unless. indeed. we follow European
example and keep . standlng army q Two
millions Of ida sohiery. tApphuse).
A liberal English statesmAn-nct
this condition Of our country. .Doints e
the United States ~ tho great industrial
nation Of the future. and exchtms;
Luckily her protection pohcy b IN
incumbus upon her industry. and Givss
us in England BREATHING time to ureuoD
for the coming struggle
LuxuRIEs AND xEcEssAR1A g
Allow mo. Mr.. Chairman. to plnee In
parallel columns Statements OF these
of the Injuries Of life. which come in nee
under the present tariff. and the other
the duties ON articles Of necessity. And
yet for years and yeors In this House.
Eentlemen have refused even to consider
tho advisability. Of reducing the one or
raising the other of these taxes and hAr-
monizing their discordant elementA'
Lxxurr Necsssitv.
omar az rosea frva Cas1oe-ol 10 psr esaA
Neroli, OF oranso-0ow- Ianeeeo-o0. y pa go
a. oil free. Common window-g1aGA
Diamonds, 10 PER essA q - cent.
Raw silk, froo. raw wools - pr e44
Jewnlry rs ueP cont Steel rails, IS per c6ue.
Gold studs, q Per cant Horoeshos naan. Aspee
Finest still wineoI h cant.
bottles, - per csnts Cheapest mtxed woose9
Finest thread lScA - COCOA COSTING aosoe9
por ceuk - cento pr yard. ~
Der cent
Fine Aubusson and AZ. Spool thrsaA y -
minister carpstA cest- cent
ing abroad S1.U D Commeo dFuG4eeA 49,
yesd. n pee cont ing abroad = cen0e
yard, 60 per esak