Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-18

this country, caused by the higher cos. of living.
 Commissioner Amblsr-You say "oAused by the higher cost of living" Do you mean by that higher cost for the same grade of living?
 The witness-I think so.
 Commissioner Ambler-Isit 1t not fact that our working people generally live much bet ter than the working people of European countries7
 The witness-Well, cannot admit that the workingmen of this country universally live better than the workingmen of Europe. I have been good deal among the working classes of England and Germany, and a1- though in some respects they live more poor ly than our working people, still in all that are by them esteemed the necessities and comforts of life, they do live generally as we'll as the workingmen of this country.
 Commissioner Ambler-You say 'fby them esteemed the necessaries." l do not quite catch your idea.
 The witness-For instance, they do not care for carpets over there as our working people do.
 Commissioner Ambler-They don't care for meat over there either as our workingmen do.
 The witness-No.
 Commissioner Kenner-Do you mean that they do not care for it, or that they do not get it.
 The witness-They do not get it.
 Commissioner Oliver-BuE was not the great incentive to the rapid improvement of machinery the high price of labori The vitnees-ItiR dU0 to cOmDetittOn not only with Europe but among ourselves.
 Commissioner Oliver-Did you not find that when you did export goods the European manufacturers began initiating them. The witness-Not very much. They do take up our patterns sometimes and initiate them.
 Commissioner O1ver-of what exteat are those European markets for your line of goods, compared with our homo market! The witness-We have the markets of southern Europe-the Mediterranean coun- tries.
 Commissioner OIiver-But do they oom- pare at all in extent with the markets of our western States. The witness-They are not so much. I think that the reduction of duties to twenty five per cent. on everything, including manu- factured goods and raw material, less the freiehts. would have an immediate effect to cut down the profits of the manufacturers to some extent, and then gradually, as the price of living would be reduced, it would have the effect to reduce the price of labor. Commissioner Ambler-1n other words you would contemplate being able to keep up your competition with foreign manufacturers l first by reduction of the cost of raw mater ial and second by corresponding reduction of the price of labor. The witness-Labor and all expenses. Commissioner Ambler-'Wel, Gall ex- penses" is labor, in point of fact, is it not? l 1t may be clerical or 1t may be mechanical labor, but it is still labor. The witness-Yes. Commissioner Ambler-Then I am right l in saying that you would expect to be able ! to compete in the markets of the world, first, | by reduction in the cost of your raw mate- l rials; and next, by 8 reduction in the cost I of your labor. Now I understand that you | say that that would be merely nominal re- l duction to the laborer, because the cost of living would also be reduced. | The witness-Yes. 1 Commissioner Ambler-You have had the l advantage of seeing the laborers in portions | of Europe; is it not 8 fact that, rule, the American laborer has more comforts than 1 the European laborer2 | The witness-I should hardly say he has. Commissioner Ambler-Which is better furnished on an average, the American or the foreign workingman's home. | The Witness-The houses are better fur nished in this country among the well-to-dc
 classes.
 | Commissioner Anab1er-I am speaking O
 mechanics generally, of the man who maker
 his living by some sort of manual labor, anc | include in my question not only the skilled
 mechanic but the unskilled laborer also.
 want 8 general average.
 The witness-I think that on 6 general
 average the furniture of such houses in this
 country is better than the furniture Of such
 houses abroad.
 | Commissioner Ambler-I understood you
 to say awhile ago that you thought that for
 eign workingmen lived about as well as
 American workingmen.
 The witness-Yes.
 Commissioner Ambler-In short then the l working classes here do in fact live better
 than the working classes abroad, do they notl
 The witness-Well, if the eating of more
 meat is living better, which doubt, they do
 live better here than in Europe.
 Commissioner Ambler-You have stated
 that our working people have an advantage
 as to meat and vegetables, and you have
 failed to mention in what respect the work.
 ing people of European countries live better
 than ours. Please give us that information
 now.
 | variety of food that the American laborsr ol
 the American citizen, whether laborer ol
 employer, is in the habit of eating is any
 better for him than the less variety whiot l satisfies the foreigner.
 Commissioner Ambler-The European I workingman has fewer luxuries than tht
 Americana
 The witness-Yes, 1 think he has.
 Commissioner Ambler-Tske New Englans
 where you are acquainted. Is it fact ths
 the savings banks and the other institution 1 demonstrate to your mind that the working } l people there make better provisions for thef ] future by savings than they de abroads | The witness-I presume so.
 Commissioner Ambler-Now we have go ! two things settled in respect to these people
 First, our American workingmen live at leas } | es we'll in regard to necessities, and they hay } more luxuries than the English workingmen and, second, notwithstanding this increased } expenditure, they save more for old age These facts being 30, does it not necessaril follow that the American workingman IS bet ! ter of than the English workingman? The witness-Of course he is better o1 under all these circumstances. Commissioner Enbler-Is it not 8 fact tha with all the hardships of the tariff whic have been bearing upon you and upon thl country generally, America is the basket . the world, in proportion for the goods Whlc you manufactured 5 The wisness-I suppose it Is a fact beyon 3 question that fifty millions of people in tn 3 United States consume more manufacture l goods than any other fifty millions of peopl on the face of the earth. 6 There cannot be an effect without caua. @ Therefore use Warmers Log Cabin Hops an l Buchu Remedy, and put the stomach in prs 6 per condition and avoid the causes of mar
 | ills.