The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-23

AFRAID Of frec trade thaa they arr of rs;,is
snakes Applause
The MIiis bkli calls for the most mod
er2ie Fe1uctien OF tariff duties that hai
: ever ee<n attempted The aserare dur,
levied ansier the pseseat tarid IS & pei
|. ceat. and under the Nizis bin the areraz,
would De oslly ahout % per cent. TIE snrl
Is taken cff . number Of ARTICLES caiiea
raw mater a, which are used ks nsanfac
: fsirrrs In the iahricsfior os ths.ir rr,storrs
and as they receive she rresf beue6t OF
having their raw material free or win !
comparatively sssail duty. the ht,i wis.-iy
provides that the articles manufacturers b,
thea. when h7ousht fntn the eountry sAas
! pas lever rate 81 dzl1s than fhey did d.
, lore. hut that u nothing Inorc than casii
pensAiion for taking OF ihe duty ca nav
material
These advocates as prate1ssosi arr an a,
oarc sessed alsh wonderful ssi3cifHl3e fal
TIE lzaering nan, aHd thgy want 4 hirh
prcteetiee .aFsA. Rot 10 benefit the earssai
Isl, not 70 benefit the moa0y-aiiss not "a
oelletss the laannfaciurcr, aceor5ins to
their statement. eut 70 benefit the lab5riux
man. Tie i tue man they SseS % tsrofesf
weuid Ike 10 knew bow taxing 4 labor,
lng nl&a on everything from the crown u
h.s head 70 tse ssie Of bis feei Is going 70
enrica hisas yes this ! exactly Whsf TIE
iArin tax does. and they say that il j f.r
the eeDeEt Of fhe iahering uan- How Is
ne 10 get high Nagfs Because
ihe capitalist employer VII make
mere money ana esn pay higher
vases bie yon ever know him . Do
IL teS tarit has heen ra3sea Ggxin and
again. and have neve- hca-i of sn ia
crease In the price paid 20 iabyrcrs We
have for = years had the highest tsria we
ever knew, aud during that time hss
E lahofiEg maa grown riehs Every year We
hear u strikes OF laboring rnen bccause
b they cannot live oa the wages theF receive,
and every year we hsar OF loekogis he
cause employees cannot afford to pay more
wages. Nny are these strikes aad lock
outs Why such organizations e the
Knights OF Labor and the various ether
Z labor unions for the protection OF iahorers.
+ II the tariff gives high wages,
They say the farsH does net Tassc prices
( II that Is fact why are the manufacturers
I in favor of IT Do they want higher tariff
+ In order to lower prices II /, don't in.
crease the price YOU may be sure that man
ufacturers and capitalists would not want
X They are afraid Of our getting ihiugs
cheaper ia this country than they can BE-
manufactured here, they say. by resson Of
the psuPer labor, - they call IL. OF Europe.
LABOR IN AMERICA.
'.While am on the subject OF labor, let
rae speak on the American ,ahorer. n
compared with labor in other countries.
In America the laboring men generally re
eeiye more wages In money than they do
Ia foreign lands, but not by any means TO
the extent you may suppose
The speaker then quoted stailstiCs show
ing the average wages per day in England
10 be 97is cents, IN New England. Sio2i,
Ohio, si0e; Colorado, sl45, aud la the
whole taiied States. sl.i2, and that wages
varied according 10 the density OF popuia-
tiOu aud competition among wage-earners.
Continuing be said, ''Nou hear a great
! deal about the pauper labor az England,
because onr chief Imports are from Great
{ Krffafu ard - Tho - m
| featuring state Of Massachusetts, WAGES are
Z only about cents more than in England:
bat II you take the purchasing power of
I money. WAGES are as high In kugiaud as IN
Massachusetts. ! am willing 70 sdmif that
I Is q general rule wages arc higher here
/ tnau IN other countries, but the labor Is
Tnorc elective here, Gs account 0f superior
skin, afsd can be het7cr paid for. ] sin not
going 10 say whether labor unions aud
Knights Of Labor are a beneiit o. not. but
! ! do say they have done more to secarc
reasonable wages 20 the lahoriug iaCu than
+ passed III iha woriG.
That high protective tariff does not
increase The wages 81 la10rirg ufen l.
shown IN the fact that laberrrs tn unpFo-
teciea industries are Is well paid as those
In protected industries. u has been ssti-
mated that labo-cTs Ia projected industries
number about enc million There arn
eghf times as many other laboTsrs whose
industries aud occupation are Ia nawise
protected, and therefore. II protection j.
/ Tor lne benefit OF laioring men, the wages
/ for this million of men engaged in the pro
I tecied industries ought 10 be higher than
] the wages Of the men employed IN uapra-
{ teelcd industries II yon take the comforts
and cost uf living into nefonut Al agTienl-
tnral hand in The slate Of Ohio receives
: quite a. good wages for his labor as IN the
! protected industries IN he country
THE xEaEo uSrEorxcrEn.
AS & laboFing class. / want 70 csil your
/ attention to the negtaes. fhc result -
ghe war was TO free about f.Aaet} ~
negroes, aud / aTn very glad they were
/ freed. and they nave Increased now 10
about 6.0go.0ce. Now he's Do these negroes
make their living, Ia the country the
negro makes what he gets By cultivation
of the earth. Throughout the y hole south,
j whether he caiiiVates his uwn 'ald or
whether be rents 81, lse crops that be gets
from Il are the remuneration be receives
for bis toll, That crop j. faainiy cotton.
/ How can a high protective iErit bnrlt
/ that negro who raises eotieUf There
Is no tariff At all on cotton
Il comes IN fFac as the aig The price Of
cotton i not raised. IS they saE. of les-
seued by this taflT tax, and ycf here is all
the negro has for his iabJr. He can't get a
cent more for bis cotton 5y reason ~ any
high protective tartE. He has 70 sell = a.
the pflce made hy the foreign market. but
oa the other hand cTcfYft ing be buys ts
taxed by hish protect tive iarif. and there
can ie no pFetensc whatever that the
tariff j. ANYTHING but an unmsiigafe4 in
Justice 80 him
ssOuf Republican friends should take ;his
under cons idera;ion. They faF tAey freed
the negro from slavery. but perhaps tUo
Z million Democratic soldiers ia the sffnY
g0uJa have something % sas about u
The Republican party, after claiming g.
have frsg8 TIE uegro, would snsse them
slaves Hgain by cuwEcliiuE them - paf
aiEh taxes On eeerythsnE tsey Use. watch
rces - heneai soInc uuc else fspt u
eueugh lhar they make him save sy ye-
aulriug hlrn Ia vote for them sad swear
not % vote faf the Deaspcfstsy
rnE FtRaEEn ANn tHE rsEIFg.
.Ssfhlnz IS Flore cofamon shka 20 hear
pr0fect1aulsf nsafaT. sag tke tanE isa here
iff 10 he farmer How it caa blue1t fAe
farrner canned nor have ever bren able
70 see. We had a l0e tasiu irefa $50 up -
fHs breaking psis % fue var. ! Wns iu fae
h.suse ssf Representatives a. fhe tine nat
voted far ii irala $50 - 1877 Naila fhft
tariff was ia fuFssa 8 n ignds In the Hited
-asfcs. according 20 itie census r-i-7ft, 4n'
creased in value is5 ~ cent. TAU came
fnc high faTiM 81 Iril. sad ffVsn lw@ 70 la4e
tae Increase ia the FElsss ~ farming iasid
urEs oftsg 50 p7s cent tudEr . i59 tsriH y
hea been fes Ter ce.l'. inefease
lot value 3u Io years HadcF fhis
b3Eh faFiN u W&s only ~ per cent
PIT b nay - aid that IL includes the
rayages q wa-. and does uns make a fair
eatnf afsS0n- { Eraut ihe iegfs Of that O.
some extent; but iae wHr ended IN i-ls.
and sc rEB Coal1aFe she next ig fears, ia
20 ls-o. aud hY these sane cgaslis reIs0rts
Il ary-eass fksf ia these 10 Fears Of pro
Sound geaee. from l-7e ~ l,s9, he faiue q
the fzrwing IAa6s ~ gre sl8ole tuitai
states have Increased t5fg fsr cent ussei
she h.gasst protective tariff that ever a.
indicted uY.sA fbe Euiied -Satss ties haFs
decreased tut per eent.. ghile nudrr tns
laW iErsT 81 I-ss, Ia the % year, from -
b IszQ. = Fefiod - Vrai0und peace iaey
decreased IN Faine ita fsef eeti
TnE cHssEsg QrEsres
sEefsse eoneiule waaf fb csil Foai
a;fessioa ~ the Caiaese qnestioo--stls
qgestsoa u importation - Chfness lats
ts.s eoantry ahst ! think upon this stsss
q caaa9f he better exYrr ssesi than e.
:, adsux whsf said b my Constituents Be-
f.ae8nuaii in ia, Eve years before lhs
legislature 81 California usRfaofl al I'D
eongrsss ou tnis sGt3esi oi Iniaese tsiui
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