Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-01-14


ing worn g working men, including
kets, Wa sold here It as lov nricSe. - r.
LONDON OF Liverpool. The ouanfitv ~
quanty OF food Of the laborino ,,,ev, -
confessedly better and greater 6era th.s "a
Europe; and the rate of wages vas frons "A
70 !UO per cent. higher here. The nresides,f
qua not dispute these points but appesled ~
tIe manuiacturer (who had been repreeenf
gu as loooer, conspirator and extovtion-
OF not 10 reduce the workingmen's va0pa
put to pay more out of the surplus nrof;ts
very often found on the wrong side Of Tia
ieoger. What workingman did not feel that
tnls was sheer evasion of the inevitable -
suit OF an effort to reduce his WAGES bv In.
v1tlng close competition with banner Ia
Dor. The workingman would have to shara
the Iate OF ms employer and divide with him
wages. -
Ef wages were not greater here than in
England, France and Belgium (America's
chief competitors) this country could No
doubt compete now with all the world in All
metallic and textile fabrics. But would h
De wise to pursue policy
that would compel a reduction
OF wages of the general standard IN
Europe! The republican party had declared
not only to lay enough duties
on imported merchandise to, sup
port the government but to levy
those duties so as to secure to the lsborinr
men employed in manufactures such WAGES
as would enable them to support, maintain
and educate properly their wives and child
rem. He thus endeavored Che said) 10 give
respectful answer to the presidents mes
sage. He was willing according to the re-
publican national platform of 1884 to COR
rect the irregularities of the tariff and to
reduce the surplus, not by the vicious and
9nolscrlmnatlng process of horizontal re-
ductlon, but In way that would relieve
the tax payer, without injuring the laborer
on the great public industries Of the coun-
try. He was willing las recommended by
the president) to join in a careful examine
ton of details of the tariff laws with view
to the reduction of taxes. He was willing to
take broad view Of the situation, with
practical regard of such causes as were rea-
sonable. But he could not do that and al
the same time follow the recommendation
of the president. He could never
strike at the industrial interests built
up by the tariff. He could not deepen and
Intensity the struggle now going on between
employers and EN- ployed, by inviting increas-
reducing wages. He greatly preferred q
policy that would encourage home industry,
diversity home productions, discourage i'm
portations, add to the external and internal
commerce, open new mines, increase raw
materials, light new furnaces, establish new
rolling mills, factories and workshops and
develop the wonderful natural resources of
the country. In other words he preferred the
development, increase and growth of the
productions of this country without regard
to the policy, or theories, or interests of
other nations. Whatever might be said of
other nations protection, to home industries
Gas embodied in the tariff laws) was the
best for the country; and he for one) pro-
posed to maintain it, even against the adj
vice of the president.
In conclusion Mr.. Sherman said: 'sThese
great departments of industry are not now
divided by sectional lines, but are inter-
woven like the veins, arteries and muscles
of the human body. What we want now is
the cultivation of the sentiment of patriot
ism, law of country, and feeling of nation
al pride. The Pre- ,ident (any president) in
his elevated seclusiOn, approached
only ty fatterers and Office seekers,
should regard the interests and honor of
bis country, its development and prosperity
and the employment and happiness of his
countrymen, as higher far, than the inter,
ests of foreigners or developments of their
products. What higher duty can there be
than to be watchful of interests and to pro-
tect and foster and diversity the industries
of the American people.