Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-09-06

receive more wares. and tina. il the in
meuse area q uncuItivated territory In the
United States. the eject q which y 70
free the laborers % that dependence which
nav exist in other countries where land
il very dear. that Dependence upon the
manufacturing or capifalistic class Tor
work In this country. A man can get land
% labor upon 70 support himself and ais
family by simply asking Il Of the genera
Government and settling upon i and re-
naming upon Il q given length OF tino
The consequence j. that with these 4l
vautares no man need be dependent uFcn
the good viii q any Hiou0poliss IN the
world and that yves our iabOrtng men an
independence which Is not seen elsewhere
on the globe, and enables them therefore
70 demand AMI receive somewhat higher
wages than lab0rers receive eisevhere
Then there IL the fact of cur free institu
lions and there is the fact OF the pride that
every man Ia this country, be be laooring
man or not feels In the Consciousness that
be Is an American citizen; that he helps .
govern this country. and makes people
I govern 10 a, far a. possi bic for his benefit
But there il another thing that IL co1ciua
i've on this point and shows that high
protective tariff Goes not Increase the
wages % the la1oring men. Il - couclus-
/ lively shown By the fact that lab1rers In
unprotected industries are az well paid az
those in the 50 cal Ell protected industries.
I How many laborers are there in what are
called protected industries, that IS engaged
/ IN manufacturing articles, which when they
are brought from abroad are charged with
/ tarth tax. and hoy msyy iaoorers are
there in the United <ates. nsse interests
are in no wise protected b. any ssch things
| and can not In the nature OF thihgs be pro
I tected bv any such meanst IL has been
/ est mated that there are 900 or e00.0s
/ laborer~. Including women and children. IN
/ the protected industries. but we Will put
/ the figure AZ go 000 There ara eight
| times a. many other laborers whose inter
/ ests ami occupations are In uowise pro-
| tected By the tariff Therefore, IL the pro-
/ lection "a for the benefit Of the Iaboring
/ men, the wages OF this million engaged in
I the protected industries ought 20 be higher
/ than those u the men employed in non
protected Industries. In round numbers
/ the iab0rers in the unprotected industries
I receive ~ b zh wages as those In the pro
/ tected Industries. I don't know what the
/ wages Of farm hands are in Michigan In
| nv state they receive about one dollar a
I day. and you see in the state q Massa-
/ chu-etts. according 70 the returns Of her
/ own board % Industry. the average wages
I Is 81 ~ a day In manufacturing industries
I 50 there - uo difference worth talking
I about between the wages the one reces YES
and the wage. the ether receives. They
/ are both substantially the same. Looking
/ at the improved condition and comforts.
| the constant elevation 0f the agricultural
/ hand in the State Of Ohio. it will be seen
/ that he receives quite as good wages a.
the Iaborer ia any protected industry in
| the country
EFFECT CPOy TIE FARMER
| Ny friends. nothing IS more common
/ for those men appeal n everyhody-than
l 70 hear a prutectionist orator saw that pro-
/ lection has benefited the farmer How
/ can il be % benefit 10 a farmeri I have
| never been able 10 find ont Let Us test il
/ By little experience this country has hal
| We had a low tariff from IS45 up 20 the
/ breaking out q the war in i>s5L IL was
/ called the Walker tariff | remem Der IL
| very we'll for was in the House Of Repre-
seutativcs a. that time and voted for Il
| From $50 70 l,sg. while that tariff was in
I force the farm lands Of the United States,
I according % the census reports, Increased
/ ia value I03 per cent Then came the high
/ tariff q is6I or ls,f1 whichever IL was. AMI
| from i-,ll 70 $50, another period Of ten
I years. the Increase in the value OF the
/ farms ~ the United States was only ~ per
/ cent Under the low tariff the incrs use in
value had been i03 per cent. in ten years.
/ Uuoer the high tari1 il was only ~ per
I cent. But il may be said that that includes
/ the war period and does not make fair
/ COMPARISON l have here statement %
/ how & was in this goodly State OF Michigan.
I From $50 To 1850 under the low tariff Pc
I riad. the value Of the farms in Michigan
I Increased 21t per cent From Isfo 70 $50.
under high tariff they increased rs per
cent; but that includes the tine OF war
| From $50 % $50, in a time OF profound
/ peace and under the highest tariff this
country has ever known. the value Of the
| farms in Michigan increased only 25L
| per cent They increased under Walkers
/ tariff, which has been denounced 50 much
( since "a a free trade tariff they increased
/ from $50 TO $50 I'll per cent. and scme Of
/ you viii remember that under the Walker
/ tariff we had great war-the war with
/ Mexico. Had values continued 70 icrease
/ from $50 TO $3.50 as they did under the low
I tariff pcriod-iS50 70 i>f1-the farm values
\ in Michigan would have been 81, 64s, 00J. 600
| In lss0. Instead OF being, "a they we're By
I the census Of iSce. only St9a 90 col OR
/ take farm implements From ISL 20 fSta
/ the value Of farm implements had in
/ creased II the rate OF l0iit per cent In
/ lsS0 the increase was onIy'4l per cent II
I they had increased in the same ratio under
the high tariff as they did under the low
/ they would have been 81, ~, 90 instead Of
I SIS so, COO You will see b. these figures that
/ it Is quite impossibls that this nigh tarii
can be Of advantage 70 the AGRICULTURAL
/ community.
ALL sHOCLD THRIVE AND PROSPER
These, my friends. were my opinion.
\ eighteen years ago, aai every day has
served TO verify their correctness They
are ny opinions to-day, and. l have no
/ doubt, they viii be 50 long As have life
in NE. Loud applause II know nv
self, there i no man on top Of this earth
I who has more sympathy with Lboring
men, or men in humble coalition. than l
/ have, and what yer can do 10 better their
condition would do-[cheersI. and it Is
because | don't believe for one moment
I that this high-protective tariff. which Is
50 mucE Landed. and which i insisted
| upon By our political opponents. Is for the
benefit Of laboriug men That Is one OF
/ the reasons why / am opposed 70 such
/ oneFous duties | have shown yuu tha.
under this hIgh-protective tariff, the azri-
cultural interests q the country have
/ fallen Of enormously The value az
{ farms has fallen 81 from an Increase of
/ one hundred per cent % an Increase q
oaIy nine per cent II yc- 'ook AZ tie
commerce q the country, you VII find
/ sonethlug even more striking than thai
/ The time WIS, and not a great while ago
I when there were TIVE countries thai su5.
stantialy did the carrying trade q tie