Evening journal., 1888-06-29
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day is taken from recent letter Of
Adam j. Burke Of Albany. N. Y, to
the Albany Citizen, in reply to the free
trade speech OF Congressman Tracey
on the Mills bill. Mr.. Burke talks di
reclIy to the point, and we commend
his words to those who are honestly
striving to get at the rights Of the
tariff question. Mr.. Burke says:
again our misrepresentative gives
as an illustration Of the benefits that
will accrue to the workingmen from
the free traders bill; Suppose 12 pairs
Of shoes can now be bought for $50
under the Mills bill they will be bought
for $25 so, a gain Of 81 So BY what
mental process he worked out this
problem so as to get the aforesaid re
suit cannot tell, as the 10 pairs Of
shoes never paid one cent OF duty.
The calf from which the skin was
taken was born and raised in the
United States. The tannery that
tanned it is located in the United
States.
"The men who made the shoes are
living ia the United States. Where
does the Mills bill lower or raise the
price, when everything belonging to
the shoes is now produced in the
United States? But our Congressman
says the shoes should be made in
Europe, and be, under the Mills bill,
admitted free. Then what would
become Of our workingmen? They
would have TO be cut down TO Euro
pean wages, and even then they could
not compete, as there is crazs 10 this
country for imported goods. and they
would find market even If we could
produce as good an article, and panic
would be the result.
Suppose all the articles enumerated
in the Congressman's speech be admit
ted free, viz; cook stove, crockery,
cheap glassware, cheap cutlery, car
pets, sugar, molasses, salt, clothing,
shoes, wool hats, furs, ladies' bonnets
aud hats, all kinds OF farmers tools,
medicines, thread, needles, thimbIes,
scissors, etc, b ankets, umbrellas, cot
ton hosiery, under shirts. window
glass and starch. All these, he says,
can be manufactured in Europe so
much cheaper and the poor man will
be that much better off. What mis-
leading statement. Where viii the
poor man get employment? Who will
then pay the mason So day to work on
housei
1.-The landlord cannot rent for over
"a month. Who will pave our
streetsl Who Will use our shoes or
carpets2 Where will the money come
from to support our local institutions?
Who will patronizs our grocery stores?
Who will eat the farmers butter and
eggs? He will suffer thus by not hav-
ing a homo market for his products
Some free trader will ask what they
do in Europe where the men have to
work for the same wages as our me
chanics would have to il the tariff was
taken of have been very recently
ia Europe, and what found them do
ing there was living without animal
meat or any of the luxuries the
American workingman enjoys.
"As one Englishman said to me,
Our country is one vast elmshouse,
and will go remain il America dom,
take off her protective tariff, and
adds: Do you think Cleveland will
accomplish anything for us2' This
Englishman now works in a house on
Beaver st. He could not wait in Eng
land until the English representatives
opened this country up to English
manufacturers. What will the farmer
be benefited by free wool? How can
American farmers compete with Aus.
tralian farmers
''In Australia ono man and four
dogs can attend to 5000 sheep. In
this country, where we have severe
winters, one man cannot provide win
ter food and shelter for more than ten
sheep. What will be the result? A
clean sweep Of that industry. Australia
will furnish this country with wool
as she has as many sheep as all the
world, and can produce as many more
for one tenth what any nation on earth
can. Should war break out and En-
gland stop the wool, our sheep gone,
what would become Of US? Just think
Of it,"