The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-09-07

tho manufactures Or m1ucrn-1@t 80 No.
he raiss q ths tar.G ineFessed he vases
q hls labor. II there 49, sncn . c.se y
mas e>c>pcd ths ssfcnticn 81 everybody
/ men Who gather mp Tho news> and some
| tines rct : deal ~ what b not news .
al uaugater But they have never
been able % and that manufacturing lam
VINO increased The wages Of b laoorcrs
| because the tariff Vas Increased
sns IABoRER AND THE rAEIvv.
For nearly tw~cnfy-scycn years wo have
M tho highest tar.I that this country
| ever knew beforc-an average fully twice
= hirh a. il u1s before the war. We have
had that high tar.I all this tinc- and u i
Il 20 much for the bcncflt 81 the vork'ns-
man Why have not the lAborins men grown
rich In these twenty years would
like 10 know. Have tncyt Ceres o. Nor
.Norl n they have they are very IN
r~ca-onsb,e nca. for not q year passes
over cur heads that We DO not hear
Of strikes Of l.borcrs because Of de-
mands for more wages On tho ground
that they can not 1--we onwhat they TO
ccivc. Arain and AGAIN W hear % what
are called lock outs-,h2 IA when the en-
ploycrs suspend operations and lock up
their mills. because. they say, they cant
Afford 70 pay any more wages than they
have been paying Now. why ars these
s.rikcsi Why arc those lcck-outsi way
arc there such institutions - abo unions
70 sccarc better wascsf Why i there such
an institution - Knights 81 Labor TO pro
vent the laboring mea from being imposed
rron and 20 increase their -compensat.cni
What Is tbs necessity for all these things.
and all these costly and expensive and
troubles0uc organizations III high tarin
gives hi wages 10 the i1borcrf No man
can answer that question satisfactorily
even 70 himself II what thosc men
say Is true about high tariffs and
their eject upon WAGES, Why al
these labor unions. all th>se Knights Of
Labor. and every body ese engaged IN
that KIM OF business arc simply wasting
their tir1c. for tariff does the whole bust
ness for them lAp2lause Ndoes the
business Tor tacn, but not in the way they
Ike, not precisely in the way that they
feel il for their benefit and therefore they
have 70 resort 70 other means 20 set wages
which her employers will not willingly
ray. While l am On this subject Of the L.
boring man let me- call your attention 70
something else. They say that tho tar.n
does not raisc prices Well II IL does not
raise prices. I would like 70 know why the
manufacturers or % many Of them are ~
favor Of IT, Do they want . high tarl1 q
lower priccsi Laughter and applause
Tn.re .rc Instances in which : high tarl6
has lowered prices for special and peer al
, reasons. hut As > general rule. - ! have
already shown yo1 By what ! read from
! Er- Adams report and from other authori
, ties. the tayiR increases the price II 4
did not increase the price ycu my Be SUR
that manufacturers and rlon0polists wouls
: - w--@ I. .r5 n 4 dor< nor increase ID.
--- r~.~ - y !. ~. nrusex-riong Vher.
~~ .r.- 1870 ~ Ihcx are % uucl
: -f-.ss ~ crr -..-s,~ eh,,vs ch@aner In mi
~c-r-~w ,h,n thev 80 h. manufacture,
--~o, ~ 49, -,~.rrr Iahor as the
2 - a. r-~--- W.T. n xne tariff doe
: - -~--. - 49, a the article
I ~h,ch 49, hux and Wien are manufacture.
!, -. whe-c 4 ~ protection 70 the Amer
-, narDfarrurr-. IN | how. IL the pr.cc i
nor r.iznl al thcr nav better WAGES I
4, tbe iaborerl HIT there Is one class Of IA
4 --- 49,. 80. !, call vour a.teu
4 : - ~ e-n.~;aux There l. one class Z
n .hc---- 40 h.xe bceu- according % ii
g ~7-;-. ~ rh~ Ah,lrionI.ts and Republi
~ -. ,n.s- r-,--s.I wnrl. Who have bee
J. ~~ncc,allx under their ruarli2nship n
- frr x-ho<o interests they feel the most y
y culiar and earnest solicitudc. These ~
lie negroes The result Of the War was
=. free about four million Of ne -rcc>sand .
rery glad thcy were freed They have y
~ crcz-ed now 20 b. about SIX or seven -
~ lion Wow. how DO tloSs negroes MAJ
\. their livingl Agrezf many Of them 81
n town and pursue any kind OF n4nllcr.
~ they can They - into domestic 1919
q. black shoes. shzvc faces or do cfa
t1inrs Of that kind But the country ?
:. rrp makes VIVA. he gets By c~uitlyatln y
e.rrh throughout the whole South hr
-. - ~~uF.fvase IN He either has boue