The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-23


earnings tc",. 20 support him and his fam
lily you must take into account
WHAT 1T COSTS III TO LIVE,
and il il costs n man more to live in ono
place than II does in another, although he
may get more wages, in the first named
place than he does in the second, he may
not lay up one single cent more of money.
Now, | am willing, however, to admit
that, Us general rule American labor is
paid higher wages in America than il is
in other countries. But what are the
reasons for III In the first place il is more
effective in this country. An American
laborer makes moro in the same time, all
authorities admit that. All OF them agree
that his superior industry and his superior
skill enables him 10 produce moro in the
same timo than does the laborcr in any
other country in the world. II is there.
fore, moro effective here than anywhere
else and consequently can bc better paid
for. Again, American laboren are better
educated, moro intelligent than the labor
crs elsewhere, and therefore can better
take care of their own interests That il
principal reason why they are better paid
in this country than elsewhere. Now, |
am not going TO say whether labor unions
and Knights of Labor and all that are ben.
ciicial or not. That Is large question,
upon which II is not necessary for me to
speak today, but this | do say, that the
labor unions and the Knights OF Labor
have done more 10 secure reasonable
wages for tho laborlng mon than all the
tarlii laws that ever were passed in the
world. prolonged cheering There is
another reason why American laborers
tl..N Il.
mense area of uncultivatcd territory in
the United States, the effect OF which is
TO FREE LADoWRRs
ON that dependence that may exist in 9TH
or countries where land IL very dear, that
dependence upon the manufacturing class.
In this country n man can get land 10
labor upon, 20 support himself and family,
10y simply asking for II from the general
government and settling upon II aud re-
manning settled upon IL n given length of
time. Tho consequence IL that with these
advantages no man need be dependent
upon the good will oi any monopolist in
the world, aud that gives our laboring man
an independence which Ii not seen else
| whore upon the globe, and enables him
therefore 20 demand and he does re-
ceiyo- somewhat higher wages than they
receive elsewhere.
Then there Is the effect Of our free inst-
tutions; there IL the effect OF the pride that
every man in this country be- he laborng
man or not, feels In the consciousness that
he IL an American citizen, npplausel,
that he helps b. govern this country and
that no makes people govern Il IN far IN
possible for his benefit. Applause. But,
gentlemen, there is another thing that is
conclusive on this point, and that Is this,
20 show that high protective tariff does
not increase the wages OF tho laboring
man. II IN conclusiyely shown by the
fact that laborcu In unprotected industries
aro ~ VOL paid as those In the so-callcd
iaborcrs are thcre IN what are csni.d pro-.
| tcctcd indurtrics3 That " 10 say, who ar,
engaged In manufacturing articles which
when they ARE brought from abroad, ar,
changed with tariff tax. aud how many
laborens arc there In the country engaged
Ia industries which arc
~ 40 WISE PROTECTED
by such iar.T tax, and cannot i'm the nature
VI uings be projected by any such thing
Why, my friends, II has been estimated
some place think the highest estate |
have seen placed upon the lnlorrrs In
| these protected industries ~ ut between
100000 or 100000 men, women and chill.
drcn. Hut I will put Il nj 100000 aud
say that there aro 900, 900 Of them, while
there are eight times ~ many other labor.
cm whose industries AMI occupations ARE
In no wise protected by the tariff, and
Therefore II protection h Tor the benefit OI
tho laboring men, the wages Of this co.,
| ulO ui men engaged in the protected indus.
tries ought 30 be- higher than the wages oi
men employed la unprotected industries,
aud vet such ~ the fact In round mum
bcm the lnborcn Ia unprotected industries
| receive as hig wages ~ those In tho pros
! tccicd industries. ! de- not know what
the wages Oi farm hanns are here IN Mich
igan. In my own state they are about 81
a lay for farm hands, aud YOU see that In
thc State ui Massachusetts,, according a.
! returns oi ouf own board, they ary sl0i
IN the manufacturing industries. No that
thcru ~ practically NJ difference whatever
worth talking about between the wages
the one receives and the Wages the other
receives they are substantially the same.
II yuu take comforts and costs Of living
and oil that boz account, agricultural hands
IN Ohio receive quite ~ good wages ~
labuvs in thv projected industries vi thc
country.
My friends, nothing is more common
Tor these men appeal tO everybody than
~ hear the pfUtcclionifi orator say that
the tariff iB benefit 10 the iarmcr
now ~ cas- nryErir 4 FAHNER
I have novor been able 10 find ont. Le,
Us consider the subject Ia the light Of ox'
pcriencc We had q low tariff from lSil
up IN the breaking out II the war. 70
member ID very WELL for | WIS In IA,
House oi Representatives NJ the time and
voted i1f IT, Now from 1850, ! take ihil
from the census, and therefore | have 4
take these years from 1850 a. 1900 Will,
that tariff was In force. farm lands in
creased In value 1903 per cent. lhor
came the high tariff II 1901 or 1862 which
ever il wiz. And from 1890 10 1870
another period Oi ten years the incrcas'
in the value 0i farming land In the UnilcI
states was only 40 per cent Under thD
low tariff II had been 1903 per cent in
crease VI value IN ten years, Under ihi
high tariff il was only 10 per cent. Hut }
may be- slid that Il includes the period %
the war and don't make q fair comparison
I grant the forces oi that 90 some extent
bat the war ended In $50 and We can com
pare the next ten years, from 1870 I,
1850. and by these same census reports
appears that In these ten years Of prOloun,
, peace, from 1870 10 1850, the
yALug 90 ruE TAHNiSG LANDS
, Of the whole United States have increase.
hut . ppf cent. Under the highest pro
. trcliyo tariff that ever was inflicted upoI
/ this country they have increased but . po
cent. while under the low tariff OF lsi