Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-10-12
A Great Milwaukee Manufacturer Ex
psodes His Arguments.
The Fallaey and Deception Of Allis'
Letter Laid Bare-Smith Endorsed.
County Democracy of New York En-
dorSe Hewett the Citizens Nominee.
Two Local Tickets will only Strength
en- the National Ticket.
People of Canada Moving Toward
Annexation 10 the United States.
MANUFACTURER AG NsrMANUFACTURFl

aANlFaCIUhtR AT alNSr rMANUFACTURE
lac Pms Knocked Out From Under +. f. Allis
MILWAUKEE, Ocr. Ga short time ago
Mr.. (. z. Allls, the manufacturer, of this
city, published an address to his em pluS
es for the purpose of Influencing them
to vote FOR Harrison and NJ rton
TIE oDming election. He conveyed
the idea that the revision uropus- d
oy the al Ils bill would be detr mental {,
the manufacturing Interests all over tn,
the nation. l5 Ia evident, however, tina
all manufacturers In his line do not agre,
with Mr.. Alils, aud equ lily evident too
mat Mc. AAt~' address WAS puolI-htd d f,f
poiitieal effect merely. A vmc,
has at last been raised in
protess-in answer to Mrs. AllIs' address.
The author of the ar,Icls Is Mr.. John NJ.
S'oweil, of this city, who is engaged III
practically the same line of business as
Is Mr.. Alls. He shows GER,
I'm phancally how absurd and faIe-
IS the position taken by Mr.. Alis. Mr.
Ss"well sayA: II do not address nv
communication TO "Our EN- ployes" because
they are too intelligent to need an,
coaching from me, and | would scurn to
even seem 20 coeroe them into voting
oantrary TO their convictions. The fur
ther reason is that intend it to have a
wider circulation, as no doubt nv friend
Mr.. Ailis did when he penned his
address. All classes will have op-
portunlty in the abundance of
tariff and snti-tariff literature now sogn
broadcast over the land, to read much
better arguments than l should be able to
make unassisted by the aforesaid litera
sure. But wish it 20 be known that
there are those engaged in the self same
business as Mr. Allis who do not sympa-
thise in his hopes for the ascendanoy of
the republican party, nor his fears in the
event of continuance of cur present
most excellent admi nistration."
MIR. Stow ell then enters into lengthy
and able defense of the course pursued
by Congressman Henry Smith, in refer
ence to the tariff, declaring that Mr.. Auis
placed that gentleman in false position.
He says: 81 would like to ask nv. AIlis
III what way the present tariff is benefit
70 him or the men in his employ? If he
cannot show to ordinary mprehension
how we and cur workmep are benefited
(which he did not do in his address, then
all the employers and workingmen in our
community are not benefited. Would
he advance the wages of his work
men If the tariff were increased
Would he diminish them if it should be
lessenedg | do not think he would. We
hire our men about as cheaply as we can,
anyway, without reference either to the
tariff or the amount Of profit on our busi
ness. We find satisfactory margin of
croft when We pay our men the same
wages for nine hours work that he pays
for ten hours. We act from motives of
good business policy principally, and
suppose he does the same, but the wages
would be the same, tariff or no tariff. We
are engaged in substantially the same
line of manufactures. Would We sell our
engines any lower, or less number of
them, were there no duty on pig iron
l trow not. Would our gang -edgers,
trimmers, circular and band-ssw mills
separ ators, dust collectors, fOurmill
machinery, etc, which are now sent ali
over the civilized world, change in price
the duty removed from the lum Der, steel,
ETC., that enter into their com position
Possibly they might be small fraction
lower, but their sale would not be affected
at all. We have no fears of successful
rivalry, in any CT these lines, from for
eign competition, nor has Mr.. Allis. II
he has, would be glad to have him nsma
the particular article, or machine, on
which protective duty is needed. II
tuch tus pftSeDce of dD5tDCe Oh taflU
would not affect our particular lines of
business, how will it affect the wages of
our meni The only factor likely to lower
wages is an over-supply in the labor world.
Perhep an inflated and healthy business
may eventually do this by invitin9 all the
'pauper labor" in Europe, of which We
bear so much, to our shores. Some illus
tration of this may perhaps be seen in
our protected coal mines, but it will take
longer to reach any such results in those
occupations where geniEs and skill are
required, bat no amount OF protection
will avail to avert such calamity
Mr.. Stosell concludes his commBnioa-
tion with plain statement Of the fallacy
of the position of those who claim that
England pay= the duty and the
positions of those who short time
ago COZ their marrow bones en-
treated tn. president and secretary
of the treasury to relieve the stringency
of the money market" caused by the
locking up of the surplus, and now turn
around and labor and vote fo- the cleo
tion of the republican candidates and
against their own interests.