Daily Republican., 1888-06-29

There is only one country in Europe
in which the wages Of labor are half OF
what they ars In tails country. That 10
Great Britain.
Wages In Germany, France, Belgiu
ard Switzerland are not one-third OF
what they are here. Those OF Italy are
not oue-quarter.
One duty OF 81 G ,vernmert ts to pro
tect tho lsbor Of Its cisixsns. Last year
cheAp foreign labor wss imported inso
1.-The United 6tates In the shape OF manu-
Ifsoturod goods TO the value OF 1892, 8i9,.
tT8S. This was . great wrong 10 Amefi.
loan labor. In that immense amount OF
1impo-ts. permitted by our insufho client
land detective tari6, the labor Of women
|, em ploye ed in the Manchester, England,
lootton mills, whose wages DO mot ave
rage $50 o year, oams into composition
with the higher priced labor OF our
. southern and Northern cotton bpinners.
In that mass OF imports was the labor
az German factory workmen AVERAGING
}less than Sis veal, and that OF women
Averaging less than $500 year.
Munich 10 o gallery and centre OF art
Herman womea with As many IS siz
lchildren saw wood In the streets for II
Icants n day. May . merciful Ged sink
1.-The United StRtts ten thousand fee
Iunder the sea before that hideous spec
1tacle shall become an incident OF oni
Icivllizationl
!, Nearly seven hundred million dollar
worth Of tho starvation labor OF Europe
lin the form OF manufactured goods, VS.
Imported into this country last yea
. That " hlch came from Belgium In bale
land boxes represented the wages a. 2
loepts o day for women and 43 cents 10
tmen, and the highest priced labor !
lloose oargoes OF Belgian iron and htes
1represen ted wages lses than 80 csnts
=. Iday. Compared with these. the wage
] Iaf CarneRie'a men, at BrAddock, FA
y lare the incomes Of princes.
Ill Ia ian labor in Inl'an merchandi'
was Imported 90 this country laet yea
lin competitions with American labor,
5ly prioes IL a. should fill sensitive sou
us With horror, and alarm the thoughtfi
SO. for the future OF the human race. II
ng nay in the cotton 70 tories OF Naples
gle 20 cents day; Of the Neapolitau ma
ha bic and granite cutters from 40 to
ty cents = day, according to skill; coac
linen, 80 cents; Of women In laoe faot
riss, 10 oents, and girls, cents; OF 90
disrs In the army. % month. VI
n the workmen In the glass WORKS
D. IItAly, only the skilled blowers ret ell
as hiah as dollar day, and Lahore
on farms, hoeing or msktng hay, fro
is to IS cents day, working from 81
to sun God save America from SUI
Z IwRgeel
In the Swiss silk goods which car
into our half-proteoted country Ii
.lyear In those seven hundred millions
n Imports, was tie skilled labor OF m
Il ut Al cents day and OF women at
cents, 10th competing with the q
weavers of Paterson, New York, Phi
delphia and Cheney. Glasgow, In 30
~ Hand, is the steamship factory, and
y blast furnace owners and Iron own
y. howl for free trade day and night.
the families Ia tnn> msnufncsuti
-,u Esodom, Al 600 out Of 100 600 live In
o. room, aud half OF the mon and won
In the city are chroulcally out Of wo
That one room for family of faith
mo,her, daughters and sons tells VI
wages are In Scotland and how 81
drag Humanity down Into bestiAl
and misery.
brothers, the Mills.oleveland bill
~, an reduce the tariff Is the first step TO
sief Ions room for an American fam,
@ Fight it without delay, and fight II
.hee. Its DEATH