Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-04

what is lift Of the whaling induse1s q
New EnslandP Who protects TIE
ssosss. Of s sas aas , sns
spacious saloons Of tde rich are useless
half the time because ulumined By the
proximity Of the sun.
Let US build an opaque roof, ribbed
with steel, over the land Applause
and hughterl What matter the q.
mine viii furnish thh material for On
American-made gas-Tstort No gratut-
ties Of nature; no natural wealth. Give
labor chance. 4Aughter) Let manu-
facture thrive Down with the suni
!mPrison eleotriciyi Up with old chaos
eign labor is forbidden in its products At
the custom honse. forget not also to bar
out from Castle Garden the cheap for
elgn iaborer who comes thither with
hight In his eye and iron IN his blood;
for Is not his light and iron an alien to
ths protectonlst? tApplauss and laugh
The raiser Of peanuts, By . parity Of
reasoning. protests against the free I'M
sumed by my little Arab constituency Of
the Bowery. Iaughter.) I must "a.
gard them Because the same artich 10
raised by those whose cheap labor is evil
denced by clotheless condition under
tectedl Why notp The same philoso-
ply applies to the salt made abroad by
solar radiance and evaporation. Tho
sun Ii q cheap laborer, and although we
have sun shining over our own Onon-
daga in New York. 1t has not the Gallo
rife properties and chronic results Of
other suns in other skies, which have laid
away vast mines Of saline crystals in the
bosom of the earth.
There is coal, too. Why should 10 not
b protected or restricted from abroadl
Is it not the product Of tho sun and
Qature2
arc SO common as hardly to Be read
especially when they refer to wares IN
scals Of wares in England. and . high
scale for the United StatAa Bnt what
does 1t prove? Let mo produce hero
in svllogistio form. these logical sleishA
Of hand or mouth
Thus argues the protectionist:
ENGLAND has free trade: ENGLAND has
(ow wages Ergo. free trade produces
low wages.
don: the United States has hieh WAGES
Therefore protection produces high wageA
Och Shterl
Nov. one NAV verv easilv parodv such
cho logic. thus:
ENGLAND has q Honsa ~ v.nrdA En-
gland has low WAGES CONCLUSION; the
Or. the United States IL infeste with
trampA The United States has high
wages; Therefore ,tramps make wages
wages high. Naughter.)
Ireland he's 10 snakes Ireland has
wages high. .Laughter).
Apply the same arRument 70 Russia.
Russia has high protection. Russia has
low wages. Therefore protection makes
T1Tkeycwin gentlemen excuse for nv
reference? GAuehter). Well. Turkey has
Q low tari1-ei9ht DER cent TuRkev has
wa 0t low aar8ser Sn' Moran MAKES
The truth is. as has bean frequently
stated on this floor: and proven. thss
the discussion Of tariff. dependin9 noon
the law Of supply and demand. and tho
circumstances, Ituation. and resources
Of he be- so %9at1.... ADDhu .:
III and wages. I WIN not enter upon
that further now. except to saw that bv
the reports Of our consulA. and noably
the consul 1t Birmineham. Mr.. Schoen-
hot. and By . comparison of tariffs and
wages in other countries It y safe to CON
clude that the tariff does not affect
wages In the sense in which the Repub-
solely from these relations between wages
ano prices and tariffs. ~ to the benedcial
results to tho people.
INVENTIONS. STANDING ARMIES. ooNsuHH1s,
A country like ours. which has $780,
900 inventions nrotected nv tha ratAnt
law, O. nv friend iMr. Butterworthl 20
well recognises and with her artisans
and hborers replete with intelligence
and ability. need not fear competition
from nations which have withdraw
tive citizens for standing armies. The
nations who compete with us have one
man for every twenty-fouf Of the Dopu.
htion N the soldiery: in the United
States We have but ono man In 1.610 Of
the population.
When protectionists clamcr for homo
market they forget thers Il no stand
Ing army of consumers, and that nearly IL
We must have . homo market: we
w consume these products at home
and produce only - much - ws con
sumo"
We do produce moro enicultural pro.
%n eAn ~r 81 y Ds nSe HOW esa
consume these products at home-tn
our country7 It would REQUIRE several
millions moro people who would con.
sumo only and produce nothing. But II
more people do come in there VIII DO
plus. The proposed remedy only in
creases the surpluA and can not diminish
it. unless indeed. we follow European
example and keep . standing army Of two
millions Of idle soldiery. Applause).
81 ~AoAA
q Tory-Sir Lvon Plavfair. sDeakine Of
this condition Of our country. points to
the United States as tho great industrial
nation Of the future, and exclaims:
LUCKILY her protection policy b IN
incumbus upon her industry. and G1ves
US in ENGLAND breathina time to prepaxs
for the coming struggle
LuxuRIKs AND xEcEssARIx4
Allow me. Mr.. Chairman. to place IN
parallel columns statement OF these
insectivera. One column will show some
of the Injuries of life. which come in fres
under the present tariff. and the other
the duties on articles of necessity. And
yet for years and years In this House.
gentlemen have refused even to consider
the advisability Of reducing the one or
raising the other Of these taxes and har.
monizing their discordant elements
Duty on Articles Of Duty on articles n
L.1rury. Mccarthy.
Ottar Of rosea freA Castor oil, $50 per cent
Nero or orange low Linssed- oil. 81 per cent
ar oil free Common window-giasA
Diamonds 10 mar can't 81 Der cent.
raw slk FREQ Raw wool, - per cent
Jewslrv 25 per cont Steel rails, IS per ceut.
Gold studs, Is Per cent horsesnoe naiss uepeS
Finest still wines, IN cent.
bottles. ~ Der cent Cheapest mixed wooden
Finest thread lace, 50 goods, costing abroad
par cent = cents par yard "
Fine Aubusson and Ak Spool thread 81 pr
minister carpetA cost cent
ing abroad 81. a . Common druggetAeooe-
ward a per cent ing abroad u cents
ward