Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-11-03
Some Nuts to Crack.

Chicago Globe, 18th.
The questions which Mr.. William
f. Mackey, Democrat, asked Con-
gresham Weber, war-tax Republic
can, in their joint debate the other
day, are the talk of Buffalo, N. Y,
and are circulated. Congressman
Weber left them unanswered, and no
Republican monopolist, who gets
practically the sole benefit of the tariff
laws, has yet attempted 10 answer
them. They are as follows:
/. Why, when the Republican Tariff
Commission recommended q reduc-
ton of 20 per cent, does the Republi-
can party now oppose reduction
Of 5 per cent?
2. Why do workingmen earn high
er wages in unprotected than in pro-
tected industries? And l urge here
that they do, as / have exemplified
as regards to'the wage-earners in the
wooden industry, and l might also
add the carpenter.
3. What goods atariff to working
men when American factories pay
only $3.50 wages for a piece of ingram
carpet on, which the duties would be
sd?
4. Why have wages advanced more
rapidly in recent years in England
than in Massachusetts?
5. Why is it that in England labor
gets SO per cent of the value of the
finished goods, and in this country
only Is per cent?
6. Why, if there is only So worth of
labor in a ton of steel rails, do we re-
quire ST for protection?
I. The protection on ton of pig
iron is Sc. The entire labor cost en-
tering into it is only $1.25. Why, if
the protection is for the benefit Of the
laborer, don't they pay him the other
$4.75?
s. Why was it necessary for Mr..
Carnegie, while making a profit Of
$4,000 day out of the labor of his
workmen, to cut their wages down II
cents day each?
8. Why, at the end of tweuty-eight
years of protection, are $4,000 Ameri
can workmen, willing to work, out O.
employment? e., - 81 iet
10. Why are wages over one-thirt
higher in free-trade England than il
high-protected Germany? g. a.
II. Why do three-fourths of the i'm
migrants to this country come from
the high-protected countries of Eu
rope?
~. Do you believe with Mr.. Blaine
that "trusts are largely private affairs
with which neither President Cleve
land nor any private citizen has an.
particular right to interfere )" or d'
you believe with Mr.. Powderly tina
"they are menace to the welfare O
the whole people, and that the arm
of the Government should reach GU
and protect the people from them p
10. Why Is it that China, with he
3S2,OOO,OOO of inhabitants, and tn
most perfect protective system ii
the world, and wages only twent.
cents a day, is not ''flooding tn
world" with the products of he
cheap labor &ts 0 ft
IA. Can you mention the name of
single Republican of National reputa
ton who, at any time within fiftee
years prior to Dec. 6, 1887, advocate
the position taken by the Republica
party in the platform adopted in Chi
cago on July last on the tariff ques
ton? NEFT... t..
Is. IF the claim Of the Republica
party that the tariff is solely for tn
benefit of the wage-earner be true
why does the Republican League i
its "fat circular" addressed to tn
manufacturers, say: "If you (manl
rers) give us the means to win TIL
victory we will do it. You are &c
ting practically the,sole benefit froI
the tariff laws"