Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-09-06

far from thts Nils bill b. ~ free trade
"a most striking thing about il j. that 70
( IL the most modest reduction Of tariff
duti~ that has almost ever been attempted
IN tbs country The average 1aties levied
/ Entcr tue present tariff are ~ per cent
I Under the Mills bill tae average duties
will b. 0nly about A. per cent A mere re
/ duetion Of : per cent On all the duties
| taken together or course there are some
things upon which the duties are reduced
more For instance. duties taken %
number ~ articles cal "a raw materials
1 which are used oy the manufacturers IN
I their Work ln the ftbr -atIau ~ tAsir prod
net. All a. they receive this great
/ benefit % hzv r- taelr raw materials free
or q a ca1ea-at raLv small duty. the bill
[ Wisely provides tAlr articles maugfact-
I ured - them when ought into the cuun-
try shall pay d lower rate q duty than
they did before bat that is nothing more
thaa a Ct mpeusar.aa flrtaxiug OF the duty
on raw u.a-ar.aIt President Garfield
said In Rae House % representatives.
On Marco % ISL. Il vas sur
priFrd az the reu1rS CT the dist.n-
r-l.shed gen. --au from Michigan n d1n't
know who that distinguished gentleman
was. but be was Mich -ander He as
I serted that there is no item in she whole
tar z that stands C one On its own merits
bit that lt ullst All be taken ia q lump Ga
order stand % lie vas ahira protection
[ 50, THIS Michigan man. az be said there was
no i.em 10 She whole tariG aul there are
900 and odl Items iu it on watch tax il
I levicdl that could stand ca its oxu merits,
and .t was necessary % take them into a
/ lump entire 50 that they % CHIT stand H
meant that coal ullst tl'ss salt BY the hand
and they must take something else BIZ the
0 a .ff
their forces before they coul 4 make a stand
before the country This Mlchiglnter
came from log country, I expect. and was
Ia favor q log rolling and log rolling on
the largest kind Of a scale. He believed
that the man who wanted protection on
one article should log roll with one who
| wanted protection On another and thus
By all uniting together and making one
grand syud cate or pool. force the measure
through the Congress Of the United states.
What said Mr.. Garaeldl '.Ifthfs remark be
true It strikes blow at the whole tariff
system, bl " I am unwilling % strike. !
am unwilling % admit that bal taxes must
BE- tieI 20 good ones aud thus be l6e1t af5at
think IL uuwise o. continue this duty
on coal-they were then talking
about coal-ani l atm. therefore, in
favor ~ It's repeal There ia another
thing % watch I wish 90 call your atten-
tjol- They say aI at ouce-I say an at
once, because IL Is very late doctrine
those advocates ~ protection are al. NJ
once se.zst with q wonderful soliclt1de
Tor the la5orInr- II the country. and
they want hizh-pr0 tect.ve tariff. not 60
benefit capitalists. to benefit the
monopoiists. not 20 benefit the manuflct
urer. according TO their statements. but 20
benefit the laboriuc man He IS the man
they seek 20 protect Wei how are they
gong % protect hint They saw a high
protective tariff wall better his condition
and give him more WAGES. would Ike 10
know how that can be-. / would like 10 know
how taxing a aboriHg man on every IN NJ.
from the crown % bis head 10 the solos Of
his feet, for that is exactly what this tariff
does. j. goins % enrich hint This pro
tectlve tariff taxes him On the hat he
wears. on the coat he wears, on his shirt.
on his neC6rie, bis undercsothes. his vest
Ms 0reeches and his stockings aud his
boots Laughter Il raises the price on
every thinz, and taxes the poor nun until
he can hardly make enough money. even
II be can get few cents a day more
wages % support himself and his little
family. II he have cue. And vet they say
that this i for the benefit n the laboring-
men Ny friends. that Is a very bald
faced thing. II there ever was one in the
world But there : another thing about
L. How Is be % get those high wages He
i % get them because his employer, the
capitalist or the monopolist. will make
ulorp money AMI therefore can afford To
pay his employees or hired meu higher
wages than th-Y were PAID before IaEree
that be can agree that the protective
tariff VII increase hs profits / agree
that he migat, having this increased profit.
paw h-s lao7rinE men more than he did
before But dees he do in That j. tie
question Cries II 40 @Sa~4 D5d YOU
ever know him 70 30 IT. [Crtes Of sNo,s
Never The tarlg aas been raised again
and again II was immensely IA sed by
the act Of 1851 Or I>61. forget which Of
these years II WAS raised in 4 few years
again, and again and again, and yet in al
that time | have never been able To ind
the manufacturer or monOpolist who upon
tae raise Of the tariff inerea ed the wages
q his labor
Now, my friends, while am on this sub
ieet Of the laboring man. let me speak Of
American labor as compared with the
laoer OF other countries. 1t Is true that in
America the iab9r.ng man generally re
eetves more wages ina money than they do
IA foreign lands, but BY no manner Of
means to the extent that you may suppose
| from hearing SO much sait about it. For
instance, let me give you the following
. facts: According 70 the last census Great
Britain had = population Of 40l to tie
square mile, ami the average wages paid
vTas ys-l cents per day New England has
10 % the square mile, AMI the average
WAGES are 81 G4 per day; about cents
, more than in EnEiand. Ohio has eighty
TO the square mile, and the average wages
are Il % day Colorado has two the
! square mile, and wages in that State aver
age 81 - day. The entire United States
not including the Territories and the Dis
trtct Of Columbia, his twenty four 10 the
square mile, and the average wages are
e. L per day What fact does this estab-
lisht Does IL not prove that the more
dense the population the greater the com
petition among wa-e-carners and the lower
the wages, ami the reverse proposition.
the less competition among wage earners
! the higher the Wagesi No man can DENY
that who has any regard for truth.
That Is t. Nov, ny friends, you
hear great deal said about the
! pauper labor OF England. especially be-
. cause our chief imports are from Great
Britain, that j. England ireland and Scot
land. and yet you see IN that most prosper
Gus state Of Massachusetts,, the greatest
manufacturing State OF the country. the
averages are only about four cents more
than they are in England But If you take
the purchasing power into account. a. you
, must do, the wages ara lust As high in
England as they are in Massachusetts. "A
gentleman on the PLATFORM 80 HIgterrrl I
don't know but what they are. They are
I a. hTa-h arrrfr~ ,.