Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-06
tho welfare of IN, manufacturing industries Of
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tho welfare OF tbs manufacturing indnsi'1co oi
| the country.
The Mills bill only makes reduction o. less
than per cent And yet they eay that sucn
| reduction as thst would DESTROY tho Industries
| ~ our country and ruin tho interests OF labor.
They endeayor % create a false impression ~
/ raising The cry Of free trade We are roi 10 %
deceived ~ thnl and they shall not pnt rae "a
| tbst posiiion. am no free Trader. DcneFo
/ IN raising the revenues OF this Government py
tariff 30 adjusted ns 10 produce the amount
( which Is required by the Government lho
Government requires over two hundred millions,
and within that limit there Is room for all Toe
| protection which Is required. I say / am no
| frce Trader, and 40 hclp mo God will never
cast $ vote which will iEiuro either the indns-
tries or labor Of my country. / made ,na'
/ ton: I make Is now again, and 80
help me God will keep Il. But let mo asf oGr
workingmcn how Is It that you one hall OF your
| time have been walking the streets OF Kchmono
IN idlenessf Why Isl that one half OF tho Iiire
| thsne protected factories have been closed ana
labor has been unemployed. often compsiled 70
submit to reduction IN compensation. and es-
pecially IN protected indus RES hr. Blaine'
the Bnrchard Of the Republican party zap
plsusel Blaine. whose return from hurope was
| hailed with tho acrlsmaticns OF kepubncans,
| and you would have thought that n croened king
had returned 10 assume hts throne--talks sbont
the difference between the wages Of labor IN ms
and foreign competing countries, and gives tna'
rs reason why there must be no reduction. ~
| Mills bill. Study II. and you will ind this aseef-
ton n be true: That the duties on the srticles
embraced IN the dutisblc schedule are nov
only sufficient 20 cover the difference
| in tho cost OF the Isbor In this country
as compared with foreign competing couniries-
| say IL is not only sufficient 20 cover the dire
| renee. which ought 10 be enough, but covers Hie
| whole labor cost on almost every article. reao
I'm the New ork Herald this morning an account
Of debate between Mr.. Breckenridge. OF hen
| tucky. and the Hon. Mr.. ButierwOrlh. OF ono
| a. Newark. v. j.. on Monday. wherein ~.
| Breckinrdge challenged him 10 dlsproFe ue
assertion shht the duties on importation as h1eu
by the Mills bill are SUFFICIENT not only 70 cover
the difference In the rate Of wages prevailing ia
| whole cost Of labor twice. The Mills bill bad
been given duties that cover labor twice. mean
tho labor cost Of tho articles Ia the dntiaDio
state. With those facts staring them In the face
Republicans are falsely representing the NILS
bill as fres-trade measure.
BLAINE VERSUS BLAINE.
Upon this subject we will appeal from Mr.
Blaine, the Republican politician, 70 Blaine the
sworn Onicer Of the Government | have here
| what that honorable gentleman said when ne
wes Secretary of State under Garfield. / want,
say, 20 appea from Blaine the politician on the
stump to Blaine a sworn ofhcer OF tho Govern
ment, and ask my friends, the lsborins Ilen;
20 listen 10 this: Mr.. Blaine was Secretary OF
state At one time under Garfield. and he hed IN
that capacity occasion 70 publish Official 90: u
ments. hold one Of them In my hand, Which
reads az follOTa:
alt thus appears that each American operative
works up az much raw material rs two british
operatives. mark you, these are hr blaihe
words-"turns out $50 worth Of manufactures
10 the British operatives 81 worth, and even In
| niece gocde, where the superior quality ana
weight OF the American goods are 40 marsed, me
American operative tdrned out 10 yards 70 ~
yards Of the British operative"
| Again fn speaking Of the relative wage-rate In
the English and American cotton lab0r-market,
he sums up Bs followers
"The wages OF spinners and weavers In Ian
| cashire and in Massachusetts, according IN the
| foregoing statement, were az follows; Splu-
ners: English, $50 10 $40 master spin
ners running as high az fl2l; American. F.O1 TO
fO3 Weayers: English, f3s4 10 1854 sub
ject az tho dste on which these figures were
given 20 = reduction OF 10 per cent. American
SlS2 70 $50.
"Ihe average wages OF employees IN the Mas
sachusetts mills Is a. follows, according TO the
| onicial returns Men, $3.50 women, shb2 ;
| male children, s3ll fsmnle children, &3Oa
According 70 Consul Shaws report the average
| wages of the men employed in tho Lancashire
mills on Tire Ist Of January. 1879, was about s.
per week, subject 70 a reduction OF 10 per cent ;
women from S. 40 70 $780, subject to reduction
| Of 10 per cent ,,
| are lftv-six: In the Massachusetts mills sixty
per week. The hours Of labor In the other New
Rngland States, where the wages are greater
| than In Massachusetts,, arc usually sl1ty-slA anu
| sxty-ninc per week.
Tho wages in Massachusetts, felow-cifizens,
are the highest paid within the limits OF oar
country-much higher than the wages paid IN
New York: much higher Than the wages paid IN
the other New England states. He Is making a
comparison between pauper labor, sO-calleo'
| aud American lsbOr--hetween the so-called pau
DER labor Of England and the highly paid labor
81 MASSACHUSETTS. Read what Mr. Blaine says.
have got his exact language. II Is an Official
report 10 the Congress OF the United STATES
Mark yOu these are Mr. Blainos N0roh MI
Blaine sums up as follows:
"UndOubtedly the inequalities In the wages oi
English and American operatives are more ihan
oqualizod by tho creator efficiency Of the latter
and their longer hours OF labor"
TRUSTS AND coNBISATroNs.
Mr.. Blaine says that the difference In the
regular wages paid ia this country in Massschu-
setfs. and in New England Is equohZed without
any tariff by the greater efficiency OF the Afnerl-
| can operative and by the longer hours DO has "
work The laborer in Massachusetts, has 70 work
sixty hours a week, where the laOorer OF Greal
Britain works but ffty-six hours, and the dif-
ference In the wages which they receive in tho
| course Of a week Ia hardly 70 cents. This, say.
Mr. Blaine, is already neutfalizcd: but yet the
| Mile bill leaves upon those cotton goods duties
ranging from 30, 40 30, 60, to 70 per cont accord
ing to grade. aud yet they iell me american
laborer that his throat Is 10 be cut The wealu
| OF this country is being gradually gathered into
the pockets Of the few. Mr. Carnegie, the scotch
man who carried Blaine in a four-horse carriage
| through the Highlands. has been ia Americd
. | only few years and he has made millions
| millious-whilo he IS a member VI combina
| iion by which the lnO0rer Of this country has
been compelled 10 walk the streets OF our cliiei
i'm idleness. Trusts and combinations have been
tho result OF their protective system. few have
grown rich, while many have gono on In poverty
and in rags
COMPETITION OF PAUPBR LABOR.
Fellow-citizens. under these circumstances dC
YOU not think IL is about time wo had some
cbange7 Trusts and combinations Do you
Know what they mean: When you giyo 10 tn,
manufacturers the opportunity 10 control th'
markets and 10 amGss fortunes quickly We VII
. | have OyerDfOiuctiOn. aud thcn the laDOrerh o
| the country will have 10 endure enforced Idle
ness Paupor lsborl l want the laborinl
| men and the mechanics OF this town 70 under
stand that while they cry Protection" " " fro
lection I" against tho competition Of paupei
lAbJr that that very pauper Is brough
over 10 steal your wages. have glVef
tho evidence here to-day. They say tla
putting lumber on the free list is going to DO
slroy that industry in this country. DO yOt
know that the Canadian labOrer crosses over ano
WORKS IN the forests Of Maine for ihe very wages
he receives In Canada, while the American
stands idle and lnemployed7 / have got th'
proof here ] will embrace II in the remarks
which will publish. IL IS the statement oi q
gentleman on the ground In Maine. dont wan
. | to delay you now 10 read It. lie says mat ut
Canadians are invited over every morning, re
ceiye fheir wages at night, and return back But
suppose, felow-citizens, you have been IN
formed Of ali this In reading the reports IN tn'
, New York papers Of the tnyesue ht0n Which ha
J been set on foot by the Democratic party II
Congress in reference TO the subject OF immi
grafton. -.
20 a reduction II the Mills bill passes Why. dt
yOu know that the Investigations Of that commit
tee disclose the startling fact that they hay'
! been for years importing that very pauper labO
from Europe under contract into this country Il
com pete with the American labOrer upon you
own soil9 You are not subjected to the compeu
tlon OF their products imported from abroad. ou
! you are subjected 10 tho competition Of thei
peuper labor introduced into this country unde
I a system Of contract. | am happy 10 state tha
the Democratic party In the last Congress passe'
r a statute forbidding that that shall be dom
in the future. The other day they discovers
in their Investigations In New York that ines
D | manufacturers VINO are raising this false cry @
D free trade in this country hai then In New or
5000 raw Italians 10 take the place OF our strikn
I Knights Of Labor-tO taGe the places Oh the loco
moiiye-me and this has been going on IN al
. these years.
RELIEF PROM UNNECESSARY TAXATION.
Fellow-citizens, these facts stare you In III
face VIII you oppose the effort 10 give the pee
pie relief from taxaiionf WIN you not aid us Il
! striking down this system forever!
: CLEVELAND.
undertake 70 say that II the laboring-men Q
Q this country II the mechanics OF the Unite
r States will only study the situation aud come
> understand II that the policy of the Democratl
: party and Grover Cleveland will be approved