The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-09-13
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Surprise ID expressed IN aome direc'
tlons that 30 much attention 10 devoted
now TO the laboring man, The queH'
ton ia asked daily why IL thlaY
Lot us try and toll, MI, James a.,
Blaine, tho leader Of the Republican
canvass. IL responsible for "
In his first speech, on this side OF the
Atlantic, in opening the campaign,
no said the tariff was question that
mostly interested the laboring mon that
thb manufacturer could take care OF
himself, From that date 10 tho pres
ent time the labor question has been at
the front, The tariff, as II affects labor,
Ia the main question at issue according
10 the views OF the leader OF Ben liar'
risOD'a canvass. All other questions
have sunk 70 minor grade OF impor'
tance. We think IL quite unfortunate
for the Republicans that Blaine should
have made this break, but II Is too late
now 10 attempt 10 stop the drift OF
public thought 10 the labor problem,
Others besides laborera are stadying
the labor question, and they are study
ing II In the light Of experience, We
have had q high protective tariff now
for quarter Of century, and That ek'
p0rlence demonstrates whether said
tariff has been of any practical adyan'
tage TO the laboring man,
In the line OF practical dem
onstration on this point, we
have seen nothing more
striking than the recent public meet
ing Of laborlng men, (men working In
protected lndustries) held on Monday
In Philadelphia. This meeting was ad'
dressed by the Hon, VIM, Warner
Addressing these earnest tollers Mr
Warner saidi "Those Of you who are
lahoTlng men raise your right hand,
and nearly every right hand In the hall
went up, ave are lighting the pauper
labor Of Europe" said the speaker
"Now, every workingman who owns
his own home will raise his right
hand" The silence that followed this
request was painful, Not hand went
up TO indicate that there was q single
Individual OF that assemblage OF
tollers, who owned his own
home. Elbow many Of you have
enough money ahead to live q
month without running In debt "
you were out Of employment" contin'
ued the speaker "Ihose thus fortu'
nately situated will raise their right
hands" There wasn't a hand raised 10
denote that n month Of ldleness would
not be followed by debt or destltulion,
al death should visit your home TO-
night, which God forbid" continued
Mr., Warner, "those Of you who have
money enough 10 pay the funeral ex'
penses win raise your right hands"
Not u hand went up TO disturb the pa
thos Of the scene, The sad faces OF
lHuhu MblhlllEhlNh hNAN Nh NNhH'Ni7
edgment that they were destitute of
the means Of decent burial, If death
should invade their homes, The eli.
max Of the argument was reached by
the speaker asking, allow much better
are you oil than the so.called pauper
labor of Europey'
With the Carnegies buying castles In
the old world In which 10 spend the
wrung by the tariff laws from
the sweat of the American laborer and |
with the American laborer working for
m average of 90 cents day In protect.
I'd Industries, the theory Of Protection |
% labor becomes q wicked and damna.
dc farce, and no one knows this better
han Mr.. Blaine.
The price Of labor, the world over, Is
'egulated by the great law Of supply
md demand, and nothing can 80 much
benefit the American laboreT rs cheap
'aw material and cheap necessaries Of
ife, as provided In the Mills bill,