Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-11-02
TING PROTECTION AT
HONE AND OWNING Il
I'AUPAi: LABOR FAC
TORY Abroad

IA CFAit LABOfi FAC
TORY ABROAD.
John Waeamaker's is a name as widely
knnwn in the United States as that Of any
msichart in it. He is millionaire mer-
CD ant in Philadelphia, aGd his house has had
tbs trade of many OF our Stannton people.
1t was bat lately heralded in the papers
that he aad another gentleman, unnamed,
al r used $500, 600 for the election Of Har
rson and Norton and handed it to Chairs
man Qlay. When we read the item "
Inferred that besides being a Presidential
Elector on the Pennsylvania ticket. be
must be great American manufacturer.
ence. but wrcng in the nationality Of his
manufacture. Ii now seems that while
clamoring for Protection to American
manufactures and American workingmen,
his ''ladies' and children's wear and jersey
jackets'' are made by pauper labor 10 Ger
may aud imported to this country. The
following letter from the Secretary to the
American Legation at Berlin gives the
facts of this case:
sBERLIN. Oct. 7, 1888. -John II. Fow ESQ.
Dear Sir: The business establishment about
which you make inquiry is that of Mr., John
Wanamaker, manufacturer and dealers in Ia
dies and chiidren's wear and jersey Jackets,
No, IS. Kur strasse Berlin, G. Mr.. Wanamaker
resides, as you will perceive from the address
furnished me, at Market and Thirteenth streets,
Philadelphia. The house is. am Informed, in
good standing, although it would appear to be
ic potn i,,l Loot
lin Directory, but only as above designated in
the one of this year. With the statement that
he resides abroad and is represented here by
Mr. s. Moritz, | am. sir, your obedient
servant, CHAPMAN COLEMAN,
Secretary of legation"
Enclosed in the letter was the envelope
bearing the printed address of Mr.. Wanna
maker in Philadelphia. lat the top the words
John Wanamaker, Berlin, G. Kur strasse
10 y So, here is q Republican Elector
contributing thousands of dollars to pre-
serve, and ciamoring for protective
tariff in this country. and yet having his
goods made By ''pauper labor'' in Ger
many and shipped here to compete with
the product of American labor. There is
the advantage of high-protective tariff
to the workingmen and women Of Amer
lea as illustrated by a Republican elector
who seeks to perpetuate it by immense
contributions of money! When the fact
CT Mr.. Wanamaker's German possessions
was made known, it created such a breezs
that Chairman Quay of the National Re
publican Committee felt called on to give
it fiat denial. It was proved, however,
by the consular letter, and being captured
Mr.. Wanamaker comes forward to explain.
In a published letter be says:
eve gather the same goods out of Germany
instead of buying the garments ready-made,
as all the large houses do in the United States.
AS a merchant [ go all over the world to
gather the best goods and where [ can find
them cheapest. These goods are not bought
abroad because we prefer Germany or France
or England, but because our workmen will
not work as cheaply and do not choose to live
on the bread-and- water living of the old coun
| tries, and, therefore, the goods cannot be
| made to compete with foreign prices"
There is an explanation for you! The
| farmers and the workingmen of the Uni
I ted States are compelled by High Tariff
duty to buy at home and pay the tax, but
Mr.. Wansmaker can Ego all ouer the aoorld
| 10 gather the best goods euhere can find
them cheapest" That is what every Dem
ocratlc paper has been charging; the peo-
pie are tied at home, they can't 60 "all
( over the world If they attempt it they
are charged with trying to destroy Amer
lean Industries. Mr.. Ycst wants them
held down, to keep from Quilting up
England but Mr.. Wanamaker. Repub.
lican eIector, advocating the protection
Of American Industries By high tax on
the people, can go all ever the world
without Mr.. Yost denouncing him. And
this exposure of 5000 600 Republican
| elector is, if the facts were known, the
, inside history OF the whole support the
Manu- featuring Barons are giving the
Republican party. They are permitted to
skin the farmers, the mechanics, and the
people generally of the United States by
a high tariff tax, while they are permitted
to 'go all over the world and buy the
goods where they can find them cheapest y
That is the heart, the kernel, the essence
Of the fight now being made by the Re-
publican party for the manufacturers and
against the people. Mr.. Wanamaker RS
"bread-and-wate living of the old cour-
Try" is dodge too silly to be answered.
1t is already answered by the Fact that the
skilled mechanics of Europe do not come to
this country in any considerable number.
They live well enough at home not to
want to come here, and that fact is shown
by every statement that has been brought
out in this campaign. Mr.. Wanamaker' s
argument seems to be that rather than
the American workingmen shall be re-
duced to the thread and-Water-l living of
the old country through any instrumen-
tally of his, he will have his work done
Europe and thereby take the bread out of
| the American workman's mouth, leaving
him, we suppose, water. as there is no
High Tariff on that. at least so far.
But Mr.. Wanamaker is not without
company. On the same Pennsylvania
electoral ticket is the name of Thomas
Dolan. He owns factory in Philadelphia
in which the goods received in the "gray''
from Europe. were flushed. He re-
Gently bought a mill at Bradford,
England, and now finishes the goods
there, reducing the force in his Philadel-
phia factory 80 per cent. Onr contemporary
the VALLEY Vfrginian," has said that
this fight is a repetition of the old one of
the Revolution, and that the paramount
issue is between Earope and America
We Call its attention to the fact that the
Republican electors seems to have taken
tie side OF Europe in it,.
We have SO often told the workingmen
that they were but the sport and game of
the High Tariff protectionists to be pluck