The National tribune., 1888-05-24

laws of Pennsylvania and as a means whereby
the employer may rob his employee. Mr.. SCotts
figures on steel beams, being based on his fig
ures on steel rails, were equally fallacious.
Besides, the Edgar Thomson Company does
not make steel beams, and, therefore, cannot
very wei make a large profit by compelling
the oppressed farmer to take them in exchange
for his wheat Mr. Dalzell closed with saT-
castle portrait of the great railroad grabber
and coal mOnOpOlist in his new character as the
champion of the laboring man aud the foe Of
mouOpoles and trusts. He pictured the con-
sternation in the ranks of the latter and
painted the Joy among the miners Of Scott
Haven when they heard the news that he who
had been their Oppressor had become their
champion.
Mr.. Scott lost no time in replying to Mr..
Dalzell. l have listened with a great deal of
interest TO the personal attack of the gentle
man. said he-"I will call him gentleman,
although I may be mistaken in that. Repub-
lican cries, Oh, guess not" do not know
whether he is speaking in the interest OF the
American people and his direct constituents or
whether he IS here as an attorney for certain
interests in this country. ! viii leave him to
decide that question for himself but | will tell
the gentleman that if he viii 90 to Scott Haven
he viii find 1900 men there who tri-weekly
receive IN cash dollar day more than the
gcntleman's friends paid-the Carnegie Steel
Works. VIII the gentleman tell US that he be-
licyes that Carnegie & Company force their
employees by Pinkerton detectives to come back
for 10 per cent less wages than they had been
paying them; does he justify that?"
Mr.. Dalzeil. You are trying now to divert
the attention Of the House from the subject l
discussed. Democratic jeers.l That the Ed
gar Thomson Works compelled their employees
to come back to work by detectives Is not
true.
Mr. Scott. did not say that. It did cover
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elgners TO fiji the places OF the employees.
Messrs. D&lzel and Farquhar both sought to
reply but Mr.. Scott declined to be interrupted.
Turning to Mr.. Dalzell he asked how many men
he had on his payroll and to whom he gave
employment?
Mr. DalzclI. I am not a millionaire.
After briefly controverting Mr.. SCOTS decla-
ration that jefferson was free trader and his
election in 1900 a free-trade victory, he took up
Mr.. Scott's great argument that protection does
not furnish a home market for the farmer aud
his supposidti0us case of a farmer living near
the Edgar Thomson Steel Works and yainiy
trying to trade his produce for steel beams. The
illustration, he said did not contain a single
line or letter consistent with the truth. In
dustrious farmers near that great hive OF in
dustry had been affected as farmers always are,
always have been, aud always viii be, by the
location OF manufacturing establishment IN
their ueighborhuOd 1t has given them an am
pie. accessible and profitable market for things
that they had 10 market for before, for eggs
poultry, milk, butter and all sorts of garden
truck Ii has raised the price of land which
was bought for less than $I00 an acre until the
gentleman from Erie would have difficulty IN
purchasing au acre within several miles OF the
Edgar Thomson Steel Works for $4,000. 1t has
changed BrdddOck from 4 struggling village to
a busy town, filled with industrious, intelli-
gent and thrifty people, who have ready money
= . Fr-
"a town with National Bank, an Opera
House paved streets and a public library,
founded by the muniGcence Of Andrew Carne-
gle
Bat" said Mr. DalzeIl "the misapprehen-
/ sion Of the gentleman as 20 what he was talk
/ ing about when he made use OF the illustration
I was mild compared with his delusiOm as TO the
profits made by the steel company and the per-
I ccntage paid their employees. In estimating
4 the cost Of manufacture and therefore the
+ manufacturers profit, he ignores altogether the
/ S20000000 Of invested capital; he makes no
! allowance for the wear and tear of plant, for
: insurance, taxes, transportation or commits
siOns; he allows nothing for the cost OF fuel for
/ steam, and omits altogether the cost Of fuel for
spiegeleisen, one Of the materials necessary for
4 the manufacture Of steel. To suit his own par
I poses be puts a fancy figure on the selling
price of steel rails, $3.50 per ton, when his
4 own committee report puts it at S3l.50 Add
. now to the cost Of a ton OF steel rails az S267J
+. lthe gentienan's own fgures) the omitted
items Of cost and take s. of bis selling-price,
and YOU can define for me, If you please, the
4 difference between q statesman and dema-
7 gog with his mouth full Of catchwords
His figures as 10 the percentage Of wages to
I the cost Of production are even wilder, if that
were possible. He seems 10 assume that Bes-
1 somcr pig iron grows on trees at the furnace
4 mouth and even allows nothing for the labor
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/ labor the mining, loading, unloading and trans
pOrtatiOu Of the ore, the mining Of the coal, the
making Of II into coke and the transportation
Of il 10 the mill in a word, ali the various
items Of labor which make a ton Of steel repre-
sent little else than labor are suppressed and
the absurd conclusion announced that the per-
centage Of labor cost to selling price is less than
IL per cent"
Mr. Scott You had the opportunity, but
you didn't have the brains 10 get there
Democratic applause.
Continuing, Mr. Scott offered 10 compare the
wagewOrkcrs Of Scott Haven with those in the
industries which the gentleman had pleaded
for, and said he would abide by the report Uf q
committee, the majority Of which might be
gentlemen from the other side if they we're
only honest aud faiT-miled. He had made no
unkind charges against the prOprietors Of the
Edgar Thomson steel Works. He had merely
stated facts in connection with that industry
and lu answer 10 those facts his colleague Ir
DalzeIlJ bad turned upon him and made per
sOual attack lie would state TO his colleague
that he minded IL no more than he would thC
barking Of a dog in the street Applause on
the Democratic side aud jeering shouts Of On
oh, lEem the Republicans. will stand,
continued 3lr. Scott on my record at home
aud with my people" and if I have ever been
the eppressOr o. labor; if | have ever elected
a man from his home; if ! have ever endeagor
ed 10 my life though / have been large en-
ployer Of labor 10 put one laborer in the place
Of another, or TO force one man in the place o
another; If ] have ever employed a detective
either a PinEertOn detective or any other kiuC
Of detective, 10 come and protect my property
against the men who arc working for TIE, o
WHO have worked for me, / will resign my sea
aud leave this hail the day il is proved" Ap
piause from the Democratic side.
MT. Bruum. Does not the gentleman con
tribute towards paying the Coal and Iron
Police ina the coal region2
Dir. Scott. No. sir You made that charg
against me
And Mr. Brumm, I am go
! ing to prove it,
" / viii make you prove IL" cried Mr.. Scott
vehemeutly. lam going 70 call you before Tia
bar Of the House TO make you prove it."
q And / viii prove IT, F" shouted Mr.. Brumm
it is false, sir, as hell ITSELF" retorted Nj
! Scott The gentleman ought to have know
what he was doing. ] have nothing more {
say. I have lagn i1rFfts fed with tho lalor d,