Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-11

conditions known TO be void In law be
cause they are against pubic policy. I
was reading tonight, 10 volume printed I
by f3erjsnin Franklin, "fbe charter
aud laws OF the State Of Pennsylvania"
and one of them was against what they
called epgrossing, regarding, fores'alline;
all OF which were descriptions Of various
trades to make provisions denrsr by buy
ing them up in advance, and can we'll
RENE mber, here In tbia city OF Whining
ton, fading In one of our own volumes
of laws an ordinance against forestalling,
and Of wondering what 1t was and Of
finding that by 1t huoksters and market
men In the town were forbidden to go
out into the country and buy up the
vegetables on the way aud thus forestall
the inhabitants. don't think II IL the
law here day, but IL Is well known TO
be- feature of English law, ss against
public policy. 80 conditions in reslric-
ton Of marriage are void, as against
public policy. man dying and by his
will giving property TO his widow so long
as she remains widow, to forfeit should
she marry again, the provision is void
because contrary TO public policy. 30
in restrictions of trade. II a msu sells
another the good. will and fixtures of a
store, and agrees by the Covenant that he
will not Gerry on business again, the con
dition is void because against public |
policy. So questions of public policy In
regard TO DOM binntions OF men classed vs. |
hurtful are not new. Laws have been |
made against them and, my fellow men,
they have to be made again.
A trust has been said, by q high
authority. TO be
SIMPLY PRIVATE AFFAIR.
I think when 1t turns out that they can,
as they did the other day 10 Brooklyn,
throw / 900 men out of employ ment for
no quarrel between themselves and their
employers no defect in their manner of
work no allegation of inspbordit alton
or injustice but simply because the uu t
10 which their employer WAS concerned
considered that prices were not high
enough, and proposed 10 make them
higher by stopping production, that they
are something other than pri' ate affairs.
As SAID before, the effect of prohibit
tory tariff, excluding ali foreign oompeti.
ton, leaves the domestic competition
alone to be dealt with and domestic
competition ehut up within their own cir
cuiation and thus coIfned to our own
country has no means OF escape, and
therefore the weahest must go to the
wall. I want to tell you what the law
has boon upon this subject As you
know, there has been lead and copper
trust. During the war, when every body
was excited and every body was getting
the taxes he asked for upon almost every.
thing, She tax upon copper was
enormously advanced and the tax upon
copper ore was 30 much advanced as to
be absolutely prohibitory, being % cents
per pound, and there II Ia to-day, and
not word said sgainst it by the Senate
: bill. The consequence was thst the
whole copper trade fell into the hands Of
q very few powerful men. Their profile
were something incredible. believe it
| is stated that tue Calumet and Mount
3 Hecla mines had paid $50 900 600 divi
dencs upon capital Of 81 500, 600, and
Z the stock is selling now II ten times its
par value That company formed an al
lance, not onlv 10 control the copper
g trade Of the United States, but they
: formed connection with European COP
i per companies and TO control the markets
J, OF the world. The effects of that comoi.
. nation are felt In an enormous advance
y in the price of a commodity needed in in
IL dustries all over the world. (Bere Nc.
70 BRyafd read from an article in the New
10 Haven Palladium reports of court judg-
n ments, In Gases to which this syndicate
10 was party, in which the court held that
s. such combinations we're CONTRARY to pub
Is lilo policy and illegal ...
a These tIusts may be mentioned by the
~ score. There hre the tin trust, the iron
trust, the linseed oil trust, the paper bag
trust, the salt trust, the crooktry trust,
=, the steel trusts, the copper, ainc and lead
N trusts, the rubber shoe trust; oil these
ii are oited for the purpose of showing that
N the duties which are laid by the tariff on
II all these commodities afford labor about
ii one fifth of the amount Of the duty; and
a yet they say that the duty Is essential for
"a the purpose of enabling labor to receive
!, 1t. The answer is, that il the duty is
~ laid for labor, why doesn'tlabor receive It'll
Il We are told by an authority which is &C.
cepted as being even higher than that oil
a the Republican candidate, Mr. Harrison
- Mr.. Sherman-that the one sxiom In
!, this campaign was that everything that il
q. done must be to maintain the wages oil
=, the workingman. This CRY is passed all
"a along the line, and 1 expect can even be
~ heard in the city OF Wilmington some.
\, times-ihat high tariffs are essential in
a order that the wages Of labor shall be
y high, and that whenever tariffs are high
Il wages are high in proportion, Is not thai
a n statement you have heard? Gentlemen
u IL this be true, the road to escape hat
u been found from the primeyal curse tha
"a was
Il HEARD IN TIE GARDEN OF EDEN.
ID All that needs TO be done is to enact ,
m high tariff law, and the higher the better
,e There is . story in the Arabian Nights
ae abont man who found o wonderful lamE
10 you may remember the lamp OF Alad
to din-but even that lamp required to b
ID rubbed; it brought you money when yot
to rubbed it; but. according to this plan
oi all you have to do is TO pass high pro
ly tective tar q law and the money viii
az come, the high wages, Into ths pocket
It, OF the people. But there are aome auk
10 ward facts; what Mr., Cleveland called |
o. condition as opposed to theories Il
Of which wish to call Your attention Fo
instance, right on our southern border, i
vast country Of 16 QUO O00 inhabitants
In the republic OF Mexico it has the higbes
"a tariff on thus hemisphere and the wage
n, are the lowest Wilmington mechanic
an makes as much in day as the Mexican
av laborer does in a week.
~ But, my fellow cduntrymen, all Europ
M gives denial to this absurdity that 20
nf can make money by passing laws, or tina
nd you can by keeping out trade max
ia people prosperous, England has reve
m nue. tariff, not free trade. She raise
m e25 600, QUO sterling. but she. raises
IN for revenue and gets 1t. She pays donbi
~ the wages of Germany, whose tariff
three times az high as that OF Euglnnd
IN, France pays more wsRes than Germany
an with a less protective tariff. RnssiA, wit