The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-09-07

i,~...rc- lcs me- rive you Tho following
fsr.ss According 70 tho last census treat
R-itnin had : population Of toi 20 me
SQUARE mile. and the average wages paid
Va on. cents per day. New England >
aIO "a The square milo, and tho average
wages arc <lU per day; about 4 cents
more than in England. Ohio has eighty
20 the square mile. and tho average waSe
are si.Oi = day. Colorado has two 20 tho
squ1rc mile, and wages In that State aver
agc 81 As . day. The entire United states.
not including the Territories and the Dis
trict Of Columbia. has twcnty-four 70 the
square nIlc. and tho average wages arc
q. n pcr day. What fact does this cstab-
II.hl poes il not prove that the moro
dense tho population the greater the COM
r~eti.Iou among -wa>c-carncrs and the
tho = and the reverse proposition,
the less competition among
the higher the wagcsi No man can deny
that who has any regard for truth
That Il Il. Now. my friends, yon
hear \ great deal said about the
pauper labor Of England. especially be-
cause our chief Imports ARE from Great
Britain. that Is England. Ireland and Scot
land. aud yet you sec In that most prosper
Gus state Of Massachusetts,. tho greatest
1 manufacturers State Of the country. the
averages arc only about four cents moro
than they arc IN England But IL you take
the purchasing power into account ~ you
. must do, the wages are just rs high In
England rs they arc in Massachusetts,. IA
| gentleman on the platform: "Higter.r1 I
| don't know but what they are. They arc
a. high certainly because In order 20 as
| certain how much = man is obtaining by
his labor. how much his earnings tend 10
support him and his family, you must take
what it costs him 10 live into account.
II il costs him more 20 live in one place
than it does IN another, although he gets
more wlee< in the first place than he does
In the second, he will not lay up one single
cent moro monoy. ! am ready q admit
that asa general rule American labor Is
pald higher wages in money than the labor
Of any other country. But what are the
reasons for III In the first place, labor Is
more effective in this country. The Amer
lean laborcr produces more than the Tor
c:gn laborcr in the same time All the
authorities admit that All o fthcm argue
that his superior industry, his superior
skill. his superior diligence. enable him to
produce more in the same time than does
the laborcr in any other country in the
world Labor Is. therefore, more effective
here than any where else and can be bct-
ter paid for. Again, American laborers are
better educated. more intelligent than
laborcrs elsewhere. and. therefore, they
can take better care OF their own interests.
That - an immense reason why they arc
better paid in this country than elsewhere
Vow. ] an not going 70 say whether labor
unions. Knights OF Labor. and organiz'
atoms Of that kind arc . benefit or mos z
benefit That Is = large question upon
which il Is not necessary for me 70 speah
to-day. Bat nb 4 do say. unf me tdoo'
snipns aud the knights of Labor hare don
m0rs % secure reasonable rd0<s Tor nc enoo'
An, rn<n fhan al me frrtf I1rs that erSr sru
pc.srf IN ns uorid Loud applause Their
l i another reason why American iaborer'
. receive more wages. and that IS tho IN
/ mense area Of uncultivatcd territory IN IN
! United States. tbs effect Of which Isl
. free the laborers Of that dependence whic'
3 nav exist in other countries where Ian
il very dear. that Dependence upon u
manufacturing or capitalistic class 10
r work in this country. A mar can get Ian
. a. Iahor uuou 70 support himself and ~
FAMILY by simply asking IL OF the Sener'
4 Government and settling upon u and =
q manning u1on Il = given length o. slm
; Tho consequence - that witn tnes1 -
|. vanta-e~ M man need be- q dependent upc
the good win Of any nonopolist In q
world. and that gives our laboring men 2
81 fndeuenienco which il not seen elscwheI
AZ on the Globe. and enables them thcrefoi
"a 70 deurnd and receive somewhat nlSns
w.-e@ than Iaborers receive elscwher
~ ! Then there Is the fact OF our free instit'
tion< and there is the fact Of the pride "a.
~ every nan in this country, be ne laoorIi
e. man or not. feels in the consciousness IN
u Ne II an American citizen; that nc helps
govern this country, and makes peop
h govern it as far as possible Tor ms ocaen
but there IS another thing that - conclu
- - a This point and shows that . hii
~ ur1terfivc tariff docs not increase y
WAGES OF the laboring men II Is conciu
NJ ivc,v shown BY the fact that laborcrs
~ unrrotectcd industries are as well paid
tho=e in the so-callcd protected industrit
How many laborcrs are there In what Q
- ~.,lel protccted industries. that Il engag
IN uanufactur1ng articles, which when "
49, brought from abroad are charged WI
y. = tariff tax. and how many laborers 2
- there IN the United states whose intcre'
~ are in no wise protected by any such hin
He and can not in the nature Of things bc p
~ tertcd by any such mcansi II has q
estimated that there are soo,vo OF ~
laborers. including women and children
cr. the protected industries, but VIC al
the figure Il l.O0o0o0. There are "a;
II IIH4E% - AAA< ~
ests and occupations are in nowisc p
for tecfed by the tariff Therefore. u the y
Ar lection Is for the benefit Of the labor
lrn men. the WAGES Of tais million engages
ne The protected industries ought 70 DC mig
ma than those Of tie men employed IN ?
protected industrics. In round numD
e the lsburcrs in the unprotected ndn
the receive a. Il vh wages a. those IN the :
RI te~-cd industries ! don't know what
xed warc< Of farm hands are In Michigan.
nv state they receive about one unli'
day. and you see IA tic State a ma
4. enusetts. accounting TO the returns OF
own board OF indusfr the average wa
but i 81. "a a day IN manufacturing industI
has 50 there "a no difference worth tail
IL about between the wages the one rccc
i Of and the WAGES the other receives I
/ bv ar both substantially the same. Looi
NJ 4 III tie Improved condition and Q MI
II Il The constant elevation Of the asricult
ling hnnl in tie State Of Ohio. u will be
for that he receives quite As good wages
asel the Iaborcr in any protected indnstr
I do the country.
FrFrcr rror THE RAEsrH
, ia Nv friends. nothing Is more crmn
10 for those men appeal % everybody
20 hear q protectionist orator say that
sc~.ion has benefited the farmer.