New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-30

This Is undoubtedly the chief reason why aborng
people are able to do more work IN gwen Rer,oa
tem reduce wages thereby, and you not oniy preak
down the home market but you break down ING iaDor
Suct tito Ths question Of wages and Consumption Is
the most vital one with which an Executive OF "o'
ernment has to deal"
ALL LABoRsRs PROTECTED By THE TARIFF
@Under Protection do not the non-proected indus
tries snfer7"
"That is question that enables me to speak OF an
other of the Presidents mistakes He says earpcniers'
blac ks mths. masons and so on arc not protected
Ho calls them the non protected Industries AS
fact these are the only people who arc aosouteiy
protected in this country. They have protection 10
the amount of prohibition Mr. Cleveland argues that
out of II 900 or of workers only those who
are engaged in mining manufacturing are oenehtea
by protective tariff, and these only amount Mt 10
GOO 600 There are $4,000 carpenters 12OOO Diach
smiths 10000 masons and plastcrers. and many
Others Who he argues. are not benefited by the pro
tective system because there IL no duty on thr prou
ucts they are nevertheless protected more absolute
ly than those engaged In manufacturing esIaD sn
ments. The workers in wo0eD manufacturing es.
tabs hments affected by the present duties are brought
into competition with workers In the WOODEN mills S o,
goods brought in here last and sold In com
petition with the native prod Ct The same prineip nS
in fact all manufactured products. But there IS no
direct foreign competition with our caIpenierss, ,
sons and blachsmths, for you cannot import houses
ready made any more than you could import IHE
Nsw-YoRK DAILY TRiRU>E from London. ,,.,. ..
no interest in a protective tariff have really pro
lection tnat amounts to prohibition OF WIN
their product BY reference to thu official tables Oh
it will appear THAI they are paid too the hisn-
est wages in this country of any rades.nncn hgher
meet this foreign c0cSetitiOn in spite OF protective
tariff and two to four times higher than the wages
paid for similar work In Europe. II Is the building
M of towns and cities around manufacturing establish
mrnts which encouraged by Protection mat en-
ases carpenters and mas9n 10 r ot % down to
1850, carpenters who now receive Sd TO "a DAY Wers
glad to get III day. and all other artisans received
wages in the same proportion All the people IN TINS
country who labor at all are benefited directly In thcsr
Of peope who would be benefited by the overthrow of
Protection those who do no work but i've ON hNea
incomes derived from the Investment OF fortunes ac
cumuated by the labors of thei ancestors"
SUGGESTING REVISION OF THE TARIFF.
"How would you revise the tariff ~
"The tariff should be revised by It's friends by put
ting the free list all materials not product OF
own country. Other changes might DO MAGE
that would ncccsstate reduction of wages of any
of our working people, which is the one thing that
must and should be avoided. Tho surplus now on
hand and which will accumulate before any change In
the laws go into effect should not be used for any
extravaganza of public Improvement, but to pay of
portion of the National debt We cannot In truth,
be said to have any surplus as long a. We nave any
portion of debt unpaid"
How that payment take place.
"The law gives the Sec eary of the Treasury power
now to buy and cancel bonus Instead of boarding IT,
his duty Is to that this money is retu ned TO the
channels of commerce. which can be done by buying
bonds The present Secretary objects to the author
ity. because IL passed rider on an appioprl-
afion bill. But of the most important laws ever
placed on the statute books were so passed III has
always been he'd that law giving such authority or
discretion should be put in force when the pnbnc
exigences demand it, There is such an eAgencS
now"
why does not the Administration exercise that
authority
" can give you my opinion why, but first let me
call your attention TO these facts The present "A
ministration came into power denOuncing tn Repnb-
can party for holding suipins in the Treasury which
hen amounted only TO 100000 coo. But Mr.: CIefe-
lands Secretary did issue call for bonds for over
tx months after he into Office and until the sur
plus had increased $4,000 600. The present sur
plus accumulation is being hcll in the Treasury a
and threat against the business of the entire
country and In order force Congress To break down
our tariff system II the menace fails fail It VIII,
and if Congress fails to pass any law the Treasury
viii pay the accumulation for bonds IN order to