The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-10-17

An old fornls1- which hdS DctE q
cally smashed a hundred times. isalmosi
the only weapon len the Democrats in
the Argument ABOUT wages this year. In
some protected Countries. they say, wages
are loaer ti.an 10 a fee-tnde country
in D a protected States Therefore. the
tariff does not raise wages At all Even a
shallow mind ought 70 perceive that the
assumed facts in no way support this
conclusion
Down .he deep gorge Of the New and
Kanaxha rivers there PUSHES a volume
Of water which Is at times swelled by
foods TO a great height. IN. ordinary
stages of water the narrow channel r.
not half filed. but even then the level
Of the stream i higher by hundreds Of
feet away near the breezy mountains
than In tie lowlands near the Ohio.
When a food comes, and.theiyolnme Of
water i increased two OF three fold, the
stream rises At many points twenty or
thirty feeifin a day orI:two,i but is every
where higher than before. Only an
idiot:would claim.that the aood.makes
no difference with the height Of the
stream. because il is still several hundred
feet highcrnea the mountain than in
the lowiands. Only an idiot would argue
thai the food does not swell the stream
a, al, because the rise IS greater in mar
row places than where ssthe channel Is
broader.
This stream represents the eounse Of
wages, higher by hundreds Of feet away
near the mountain where settlers are few
and labor scarce than among the crowd
eli populations along the sea coast Pro
lection IS . food, swelling two or three
times fhs amount Of wasesto be dis5urs-
ed. The result Is a higher level Of wages
than before at all points, and yet the
level in the mountains remains higher
than the ~ievelnear the coast Il raises
tire level eyeryw here. and vet il lifts
wages Ear more in places or occupations
where the supply Of labor IS small than
where tits large. Them comes O Demo
cratic blundener ami reasons that the
GOOD cannot raise wages anywhere, be-
cause it does not lift them everywhere
alike. and does not hoist the water in the
loulands to the level Of the water il the
mountains.
Prior 10 protection in Germany and
France wages were much higher in Great
Britain than in either OF those countries,
ami had been for many years. That was
partly the result Of many generations Of
careful profession in Great Britain. But
since 1859 Germany and France have
been protecting their industries, and the
level Of wages ia both countries has been
rising, Though it has not yet reached the
British level. Eight years Of protection
have not vet overcome the effect ofmany
wears Of free trade. Yet a Democrat
thinks he has argued when he has said
that wages in protected Germany are
lower than in free-trade England"
Prior to protection wages in Northern
States were higher than in Southern
states, where the Democratic party up
held slavery-that is robbery Of labor.
Wages in Indiana were higher than in
Massachusetts, and. wages in Minnesota
were higher than in Indiana, and wages
in mining settlements along the Rocky
Mountains were higher than in Minneso-
IA. Twenty-seyen years Of protection
have raised the rate at the South and at
the North, and vet Southern wages are
lower than Northern. Protection has
raised the rate in Massachusetts,, in In
diana, in Minnesota and in Colorado, and
vet wages are higher in Colorado than
IN Massachusetts. 50 some ignorant
Democrat cries out Protection has
done nothing for wages, because behold.
they are higher in m protected State
than in another"
Against such ignorance It is hard tC
contend. Because such ignorance exists
the Democratic party exists. Bat this is
a campaign Of thinking and education
and tens Of thousands OF workingmer
are learning this year that protection
lifts wages more than any other power
because it vastly increases the number
OF establishments which have 10 pay
wages. and the amount which each es
adjustment can afford TO pay.-N j
Tribune.