Daily Republican., 1888-08-17
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WAGES THREE n 'uRrHs HIeHKR IN TIL
INIT, ID STATES.

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UNIT ID STATES.
TO tho Editor OF the , resS:
Sir: / notice in 10 days Record in
column under the head OF "splints,"l
clipping from the Troy, IN. 7. Press
which states" That England hah the loves
tariff In all Europe, and that the highes
/ wages is paid there Ifit is a fact thai
England with a low tariff pays the high
est rate OF wages (Which / doubt very
T, much) why is It that the majority Of
| the Englishmen who come TO America
vote the Republican ticket, the platfo IN
embodles the high Pro ective tarifIs This
is not consistent with the general run nf
human affairs TO leave a certainty.
1t Is for an uncertainty generally
accepted throughout the United
States that the highest wages are paid
here, and that is the reason why 30 many
people emigrate here 10 order that they
may obtain the same. If this is not So
why do they comet And why don't they
go back In large numbersi An answer
will oblige
CHARLES W. WILLIAMS
1882 5. Thirteen Street, August 3, 1888.
England pays in most trades, not In all f.,
higher rate of wages than is paid on
the Continent of Europe, although the
advance under Protective tariff in Ger
many and Frame has brought the wages
in these countries often to a level and
sometimes in advance OF those in Eng
land. But England does not pay the
"higest wages" The most ca eful ex-
animation of comparative wages ever
made showed that wages were from so TO
100 per cent higher here than in England.
II they were not we should not have re-
ceived in the II years, ending with 1887,
497, 600 emigrants from England, or an
average Of over 100 600 year. So little
inducement however, does the Enalish
rate of wages offer TO immigration that q
report made by the Board of Trade in
April, 1887, showed that for the 10 years
from 1871 10 1881, the increase of for
eigners resident in England was Just over
200 year, ar 81 ,66l for the decade.
1T WAS TO KEEP VIRGINIA In LINE.
To the Editor of the Press.
SIR: On Saturday last Colonel Nc
Clure emphasized the fact in bis boldest
types that at one time or another James
G. Blaine Eugene Hale, Joseph r HAw.
ley and William B. Allison had favort d
putting coal on the free list. In another
part of his paper in answer to cores
pondent he said that the chief changes
made In the Mills hill during It's passage
through the House were the restoration
of the duties on coal and iron Now,
have asp ed him in the cause
of "Honest Politics" to inform
his readers why Mr.. Mills reete red the
duty on coal, bu' although two tissues of
his paper have come out since he does
not respond win you please Jog his
j. McMANus.
CALIFORNIA MOST SHEEP SOUTH FOR
FREE TRADE
To the Editor Of the Press.
SIR: VIM you please inform me
through your columns which iF the largest
wool producing state in the Union and
what is the idea of the representatives of
the Southern states voting for the Mills
bill, which seems to me TO be directly op-
posed to their interests. Respectfully,
A VOTER.
BelIeionte, Pa, Aug. II, 1858.
ID The three states in 1858 having the
largest number of sheep were: Califor
MIA, 5,462 72S theep; Texas, 4, ,523, ,7S9, and
Ohio, 4,lO6,62t. The crop OF wool in
Ohio is, however, three or four times as
large as in the other two states. In 1879,
with 4, ,04O, 900 sheep, Ohio produced 25,-
OO3, l76 pounds of wool; California, with
6,ss9, ,OOO sheep, 1875, ,Os6 pounds, and
Texas, with 4,560,tO0 sheep, 6,92s,0l9
pounds. Texas In 1879 was third in the
number of its sheep and seventh in pro
duOtion by pounds, and by value not
above II IN rank. The character of
flocks is one reason for the position Of
Texas representatives, which is often
paraded as the opinion of sheep grow
ing state. (2) The South has been for
FreeTrade from the beginning: the Con-
federate Constitution prohibited 4 Pro-
tective tariff and in the reduction made
by the Mills bill such Industries as the
South has are carefully protected. In
wool the South does not produce one
tenth in amount and not per cent In
value OF the wool grown in the United
States.