The Osceola times., 1888-09-01
ations Of that kind are . -

unions ana u'e knights OF In. We a.s
more 70 secure reasonable ,pooe. hac d.,
ING men than all The tdrir La,c. ~, Ne Ia,
passed IN his toorid. Loud a,nlansu1 su1 vo,
Is another reason why Amer,a"e Then
receive more wages, and tho, soonn
mense area OF uncultivated terr,. ue IA.
United States, the effect ~ ~ hhs
free the laborers of that denenaoeh sh
may exist in other countries -, shN
is very dear, that dependence 'u's u', a.;
manufacturing or capitalistic cIl IpOh as
work In this country. A man can ,ass "Ns ia
to labor upon TO support himseIt .sId ulasd
family by simply asking il Of tba saa III
Government and settling upor I, seAefS
naming upon IL a given length alan
The consequence Is that with ~ urs
vantages no man need be depensa..S a
the good will of any mononolis, apn
world, and that gives our labor,n. ns
Independence which is not seen a. ua II
on the globe, and enables them ~ ,sewnss
to demand and receive somewha, n'e'or
wages than laborers receiye ushs
Then there Is the fact Of our fro
tions and there is the fact OF the I'm aasaps /
every man in this country. be bs o' ,"n la |
man or not reels in the consciousues. rl
he is an American citizen; that he hs,atas s
govern this country, and make. sN r
govern II as FAR as possible for his ny hge
But there is another thing that |, co," ul
i've on this point and shows tba, sSs
| protective tariff does not increa..
wages Of the laboring men. II ia con zoe
lively shown by the fact that lshora..
unprotected industries are as well na,s
those in the so-called protected indn,,..
How many laborers are there in wba, ~
called protected Industries, that IA eng,'.,
| in manufacturing articles, which whee,e'1
| are brought from abroad are chargec ...,
| a tariff tax, and how many laborsr.
there in the United States whose ln,e,a.,.
are In no wise protected by any such ,hID,,
and can notin the nature of things be mp
tected by any such meansi 1t has bs..
estimated that there are SOC, 600 or aoS
laborers, including women and childreD !.
| the protected industries, but we will n~
the figure at 1000, 600. There are eiss,
times as many other laborers whose iuts,
ests and occupations are In nowise MA
tected by the tariff. Therefore, If the n,s
| lection is for the benefit of the laborir,
men, the wages Of this million engaged /,
the protected industries ought 10 oe him,
| than those Of the men employed In NON
protected industries. In round number,
the laborers In the unprotected industrs,
receive as high wages as those in the nm.
tected industries. ! don't know what tbo
wages Of farm hands are In Michigan. n
my State they receive about one dollar
| day, and you see In the State Of Massa
chusetts, according TO the returns Of he,
own board OF industry, the average wages
is q. "a a day in manufacturing industries
| So there is no difference worth talking
| about between the wages the one receives
and the wages the other receives. They
are both substantially the same. LOOKING
at the improved condition apd comforts,
the constant elevation Of the agricultural
hand in the State Of Ohio, 1t will be seen
that he receives quite as good wages q,
the laborer in any protected industry In
the country.
EFFECT UPON THE FARMER.
My friends, nothing is more common
| for those men appeal to everybody-than
| to hear q protectionist orator say that pro
lection has benefited the farmer How
can it be of benefit to a farmeri have
| never been able TO find out. Let US test 4
by little experience this country has had
| We had q low tariff from lsl6 up TO ih'
| breaking out Of the war in 1861. 1t wa
called the Walker tariff. l remember I
very well, for was In the House Of Repre-
sentatives at that time and voted for i
From 1850 to 1860, while that tariff was i
| force. the farm lands Of the United States
according TO the census reports. increase
| in value 1903 per cent Then came the hig
tariff Of 1861 or 1869, whichever 1t was, an
from 1850 to 1870, another period Of te
years, the increase in the value Of th
farms Of the United States was only 40 pc
| cent. Under the low tariff the increase |
value had been 1903 per cent. in ten year
Under the high tariff IL was only 10 pc
cent But II may be said that that include
the war period and does not make iai
comparison ] have here statement Q
how it was in this goodly State OF Michigan
| From 1850 TO 1860, under the low tariff pI
riod, the value of the farms in Michiga
| increased 2ll per cent. From 1850 TO lsa
under high tariff, they increased l4s pc
cent; but that includes the time Of wal
From 1870 TO 1880 in a time Of profoun
peace and under the highest tariff thi
country has ever known, the value OF th
farms in Michigan increased only &]
per cent They increased under Walker
tariff, which has been denounced so muc
since as free trade tariff, they increase
from 1850 to 1860 2ll per cent, and some
you will remember that under the Wake
tariff we had a great war-tho war wit
Mexico Had values continued to increas
from 1890 to 1880 as they did under the low
tariff period-1s5O to lsGO-the farm value
in Michigan would have been tl,0i,, 100
in 1850, instead Of being, AS they were D
the census OF 1880, only s499, ,0000n 0
take farm implements. From 1850 TO ~
the value of farm implements had u
creased at the rate OF 1914 per cent
1850 the increase was only Al per cent
they had increased In the same ratio unde
the high tariff as they did under the lo'
they would have been So, 500, 900 instead
ti9, SOC, 600 You will see by these figures Una
il is quite impossible that this high tar
can be Of advantage 10 the agriculture
community.
ALL SHOULD THRIVE AND PROSPER
iHcse, my irlehus, Ncio any
eighteen years ago, and every day ha
served to verify their correctness Inc
are my opinions to-day, md, ! Lave ,
doubt, they will be so long as ! have III
in me. Loud applause II l know my
self, there is no man on top OF TINS cart
who has more sympathy with laoorln
men, or men in humble condition, thah
have, and whatever can do TO better tne,
condition would do-[cheersl, ,-and II
because don't believe for one monen
that this high-protective tariff, whlon
80 much lauded, and which Is inslsm
upon by our political opponents, IS ior u
benefit Of laboring men. That Is one :
the reasons why l am opposed 10 su'
onerous duties. l have shown you 'ns
under this high-protective tariff, the sS,
cultural interests Of the country nav
fallen off enormously. Tho vaiue y
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