Evening journal., 1888-07-26
ENGLAND ann AMERICA.
what Protection HAS Done for Th 9
Latter.

Doylestown, Bucks county, Pa, has
complied at the expense of much
money and painstaking labor a compar-
alive table Of wages for almost the
entire civilized world. 1t has thus
brought together a mass OF uncontro-
vertible arguments in favor Of the
American system of protection and
has given it to the public when it is Of
the utmost value. THE EVENING JOUR
NAL has not the space to reproduce the
the statement of the Intelligencer, but
the conclusion of it, which will give
the reader some idea of the entire work,
is given below:
The Intelligencer can state posi-
lively that there is not hand trade in
Continental Europe that receives one
half of these wages, and we will add
that taking England, which pays the
highest wages in Europe tand here we
will explain that it is not because free
trade England can afford to pay higher
wages than her neighbors Of a protect
ing system, Germany and France, but
simply because her areas are of a
metropolitan character, where the ex-
pense OF living demands corresponding
wages in contradistinction to other
countries where the rural distrits can
furnish lower standard OF prices for
the necessities of life and cheaper
tenements) as base we will find that
the general wages, III to Emgland's
100, and that the cost Of living in New
England is but per cent. higher than
in England, showing that nearly three
fourths Of the normal of 100 is to the
advantage Of the bread winners OF the
United States. We will add to this in
closing That one of the results Of free
trade in Great Britain is that in the
city of Glasgow Al 900 out of every
100, 900 live in homes having only one
room, and further rs per cent. or near
ly four.fifths dwell in homes of one
or two rooms; and in all Scotland near
ly one-third of the whole country
dwell in homes of only one room, and
more than two thirds dwell in homes,
or 20 per cent. of the people of Scot
land dwell in homes of not more than
two rooms. 1t is as bad if not worse
in Ireland, and in England every fifth
person is a pauper, and not more than
a half million out of the 1000, 600 citi-
zens of London live in circumstances
on par or above that Of the Ameri-
can skilled workman, and for the far
mer during the past seven years 200,
900 acres Of land have gone out of cul-
tivation In England, loss of 1900,
100000. and yet her statesmen cry
free tradel Let us pray to be relieved
from such pernicious policy, as we
must Judge a tree by its fruits.
FREE TRADE ENGLAND.
Having contrasted wages in Europe
with those or the United States let as
present picture Of the conditions Of
the toiler in Free Trade Great Britain,
and our readers may draw their own
conclusions. Which is the most desir
able condition, that of the down trod-
den British laborer, under the pail OF
free trade, or the manly working man
and self-sustaining womanhood o.
America, who live Independently
hundreds Of thousands OF them in
their own homes-clothed, fed and
housed as comfortable as the gentry
of Europe and certainly in department
tbo ,.on~. ~ Aho 4sffod oF 4ha ma
World? All resulting from the educa
ting-supporting principles of protec-
ton. Over one million of the inhabi-
tants of the United Kingdom are pau
pers. In London one in every five of
the population dies pauper. In pro-
tected continental Europe there are
1885, 900 paupers with a population of
1877, 100000. In the United King
dom, 1,017, 900 paupers with a popula
lation of 30, 1000, 900; showing 30.6 pau
pers to the 1000 in free trade England, to
1875 paupers in protective continental
countries. In London 10000 families
each occupy one room. In these rooms
you rarely find two beds; whole FAM
lilies generally occupying one bed.
500, 600 persons; or one-eighth of the
population belong to the semi.pauper
class. One-fifth Of the deaths of London
occur in warehouses and hospitals.
In the East End of London, writes an
eminent and truthful correspondent,
one fifth of the children 20 to school
without any breakfast. In Birming.
ham 100, 600 of the 4O0, 900 live in back
courts. Two-thirds Of the people of
Scotland live each family IN one room.
and so, 600 Of the people Of Edinburgh
live a family in one room and possibly
two-thlrds Of the rural population in
not more than two rooms.
Let us close the revolving spectacle
presented by such statistics, simply re.
minding the readers Of the Intelligen-
Ger that as sure as the sun shines in
the heavens 50 sure will America pre-
sent the same melancholy pictures Of
woe il the blatant free trader, with his
destructive sentiments, 10 permitted to
foist his penicious principles of British
free trade upon the economies Of the
Union.