The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-23

| lNUh llOn hT. AudlllS report ana from
other authorities, and also from reason,
the tariff increases the price. II it don't
increase the price you may be sure that
the manufacturers and capitalists would
not want it, and II it don't increase the
! price where is the protcction-whered does
that como in2 They are afraid of our
getting things cheaper in this country
than they can be manufactured here, as
they call it, of Europe. Well, now, II the
tariff is not TO increase the price OF articles
which we buy and which are manuiac-
| turcd here, whore il the protection TO
American manufacturers and how, II the
| price is not raised, can they pay better
wages to the laborcr2 But there is one
class Of laborcrs, my friends, that | want
10 call your attention TO especially, There
! is one class of laborcrs in this country who
have been, according TO the claims Of the
aboltionists in the country, and OF the
Republicans, their especial wards-es-
pecially under their guardianship and for
whose interests they feel the most peculiar
and earnest solicitudc, and
THOSE ARE THE NEGROES.
Now the result of the war was to.iroo
about l,000,OOO negroes, and | am very
glad they were freed, and have increased
now 20 about 100000 or 1000, 600 for
the negro liz u prolific animal. Great
laughter and applausel Now, how do
these negroes make their living2 Why, n
great many of thom 20 TO town and pur-
sue any kind OF handicrait that they can,
becoming domestic servants, backing
shoes, shaving faces, or doing things Of
| that kind. But in tho country the negro
makes what no gets by cultivating the
earth throughout the whole south. How
does he cultivate III Why, he either has
bought some land, and some OF them have
bought good DEAL or he rents the land.
| Whether he cultivatcs his own land, or
whether he rents II, the crops he gets from
| IL are the remuneration he receives for his
toll. Now, that crop in the main, con-
sists OF cotton, somo corn and some lit
tie wheat, but mainly cotton. Now, how
can the high protective tariff benefit that
negro who raises cotton and has Tor his
share OF the crop four or five bales OF cot
ton each Year, Why, gentlemen, there is
no tariff ut all on cotton. Ii comes In
free as the air. | believe | am quite right
in saying that, amt II turning TO Mr..
Cultivated.
Mr.. Outhwaite-Ycs, sir.
Judge Thurman
IT COMES IN As FREE As rHE AIR.
The price of cotton therefore Is not
raised as they say. or lcssened 10y this
tariff tax, aud yet is all that the negro has
labor. lie cant get u cent moro Tor his
cotton by reason Of any high protective
tariff, and he don't get, perhaps. cent
LEES. lie has 10 sell his cotton and 10 sell
II at the price that is made by the foreign
markot-the price in Liverpool or in Lon
don 10 which cotton il exported FROM the
| United States. II X there that the price Of
his cotton is fixed, and Tor that price no
has 10 sell IL, tariff OF no tarin. hut how
In II on the other hand2 The negro, al
though lac IN living In n pretty warm cli-
mate In some places, still wants W be de-
cent, and wants 10 bo comfortable and
wants his wils aud children 81 be comfort
able, and they need clothing n
well ~ other people, but upoI
every single thing that hc buys 20 cloth,
himself, 10 cloihc his family, 10 clothe hii
little picaninnics, 10 get a hat, 10 get Z
blanket, 10 get u tool or implement II ans
kind, hc is taxed by this high protective
tariff and he is compelled 20 pay higher
price than he otherwise would, % that,
| 10 far ~ he IN concerned, There can DC NO
prctonoo whatsoever that the tariff Ia any.
thing but an unmitgatod injustice 90 him.
Ilc las nothing 30 sell which hc Is honc.
fitted by; he performs no labor that by
any kind Of argument can be said Ia bcnc
fitted by. lie sells Il nj q price fixed by .
foreign market because lac cant cell fol
any other price, aud upon everything that
hc consumes, upon everything that h,
purchases for his consumption, lac has e
pay an increased price, and Is thereby In
iurcd. Now, do you think that
ouR ABOLITION FRIENDs
especially ought 10 take this under lhoi
most serious consideration. They ~,
that they freed the negro from slavery.
am willing 10 grant them all they claim IN
that regard, although there might be- some,
thing said about Who did II. Perhaps .,
ODO. 600 81 Democratic soldiers in the arms
had something 10 10 with IL. Applause.
After giving them all they claim, do thcl
mean. after having giving him freedom, I,
make him slave hy compelling him {,
pay higher taxes upon everything that y
n necessity 10 use not for his own bcnch
but for the benefit Of somebody clfo
H. II not enough that they make hin
slave by requiring him 20 vote io
them aud swear not a. vote iOf Demo
culs2 IL that not cnough2 A pplausc.
Must they also take all his lltl,
earnings by compelling him 20 pay ~
everything ho wears, aud that his wife nm,
children wear morc than they ought 10 b.
required Ia pay lApplausc Now, ml
friends, while / am ON this subject OF thl
labonngman, let INC speak Of American
labor ~ compared with labor Ia othc
countries. II is true that In America labor
ing men generally receive more wages II
money than they do Ia foreign lands, bu
not by any manner Of means 10 the cxicn
that you may suppose from hearing D
much talk about II.
For instance, let me give you the follow
Ing facts.
ENGLISH LAnoRISGNEy.
According lo tho last census, Grca
, Britain had q population oi iOl 10 Oh
square mile, and the average wages paiI
were " cents per day That b. In hrua
Britain. Now England has a population
, u 2lOl 90 the square mile and the wage
were .O2 per day about cents mOr
than in England, Ohio has population
| Of eighty Ia the square nile aud wage
/, average LOS q day. Colorado has two (
, the square mile, and wages out IN Columd
: average 81 As u day. The entire Unite
States. not including the Territories an
the District NJ Columbia, LAS twenty .iou
/, b. the square mile, aud tho average wage
are SLIP. What fact does this establish
/, Does II not prove that the more dense ih
population, the greater the cOmpctiiio
!, among wage carncrs, aud the lower IA
Z, wages, aud the reverse Of the proposition
7, the less the competition among wngo earl
= ers the higher the wagcsi No man ca
dony that who haa any regard for the tTutl