Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-10-06
PAUP1R LABOR. 1.
Gen. Harrason's views on the
Important Subject.


Important Subject.
Gen. Harrison received q largo dele
CATION from Ohio lest wesk and. Cd.
dressed his visitors y lollows: You
came from . community that has r.
Gently awakened 70 the fact that beneath
she soil which hss long yielded bounte.
GUS harvess 10 vour farmers, there
was stored bynaturs Z great and new
source pf, wealth. You, an common
with nsehboring communities In Ohio
and with other ooMmunities in your
statA have very partially realised -
YET theincrease in wealth that oil and
natural gas will bring to them, IL il Il
not checked by destructive changes in
our tariff policy. This fact should
quicken and intensity sthe interest os
these communities in this contest for
the preservation Of the American sys.
tenn Of protection. II is said by some
Of our opponents that . protective
tariff has no influence upon wages;
that labor in the United States has
nothing to fear from the competition
from pauper labor and high priced
labor. Psuper labor was always driven
out. Do such statements a these fall
in line with the experience Of the work
ingmsn who are before me? II that 10
true. then Why the legislative precau-
tions we have 90 wisely taken against
the coming Of psupsr labor to our
shores' It il because you know, every
one Of you, that in this contest between
rival establishments here, or between
two rival countries, that that shop or
that county that pays the lowest wages
and 90 produces the most chssply, can
command the market. II the products
Of foreign mills that pay low wages are
admitted here without discriminating
duties you know there is only one
way to meet such composition and that
u by reducing wages in our mills.
They seek 70 eutioe you BY tho sug'
gestion that you can wear cheaper
clothing when FREQ acosss j. given 10
the products a foreign woolea mills.
And yet they mention that now Ia
some ofour own cities the men and e..
peciallyithe women, who are manufsct-
uring ti,e garments We wear. are not
getting adequate wages, and that among
some ofthem there il suffering. Do
thew hope that when the coat is made
cheaper. wages Of the man or woman
who makes it will bs incrsassdP. The
power OF your labor organisations 70: ~:
cure increased wages u greatest when
there il large demand for the product
you are making at fair prices. You dc
not strike for better wsges on y falling
Market .-WneIy tha n,iils nre .runniIIt
iuH time, wien there Is \ full demand
as g.x,J prices Tor the product OF your
toll. and when warehouses are empty
then your organisation may effectusii,
linsi.s upon increased wages. do no
say that we have here an ideal con
dition; do not deny that in connection
With some Of our employments the
(oond,tions Of life are hard. But tht
|peactic~i question is this: Il not th'
condition Of our working people on. th'
average, comparatively, . great dea
better than that Of any other country
fit Is, then you will carefully scan 81
these suggestions before you consen
that the work Of foreign work mon sha
supply our market now supplied BY tn
products of the hands Of America
WOrkmen.
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