The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-05

what PromInent' lEen or The
Party Have Had TO Say In fa-
vor or A Liberal System Of
Customs Taxatkons
CLEANED from Speeches II Con-
gress and Political Campaigns,
from Letters, Intervfews
and Omcfal Reports.


|yA-r- O. hAns. ssrr<s1sy dos ssss. lsus
The wages Of spinners aad weavers u
| Lancashire and IL Massachusetts. 81
|cording 20 The foregoing statements. i
were q follows. per week:
| Spinners: English, $50 % $50
l(master spinners running - high - I'D 81
American, o707 70 3l0-s0
\ Wesvers: Engiish, t3A % t8-64,|
subject, q the date % which these rates.
/ we're given. to Z reelection Of 10 per
Icent: American, o4.62 70 ts.53-
4 The average wages Of employees u tne
Massachusetts mills u - follows, accord
ling 10 the Official returns: Men. $50,
y vomen. $500: male children. SSH; r.
! male children. $50 According 70 Con-
Isul Shaw's report, the average wages q
1.-The men employed IN the Lancashire
.lmiIIs on the LEI Of January, 1850. waz
t!abouf 50 per week, subject 70 reductsou
'-lof 10 per cent women. from ~ ~ %
eIel-3o, subject 20 reduction of ~ Pc
IcenL
/. The honrs Of labor in The LArcs<hir'
lmiiIs are IS. il the Msssschusetss m'!i'
: !60 per week. The hours Of labor in ~
l-Imiils IN the other New England STATES
.el where the wages ere generally les ths'
/. lin Massachusetts, are usually - % - Pc
Es'week- =.
Is, Undoubtedly The inequalities II %
ls| wages Of Eaglish and American opera
B. -Itives are more than equalixed by o.
\. greater efIiciency Of the latter and tnei
nrIioneer hours or labor. IL this shoul'
= iprove 10 Be- fact il practice, = 4 seem
r. 10 be proven from omclai sSstlss !.
e would be very important element
y. .lrhe establishment of our ao1ilty % CO..
nj pete with England for our share o. -
re cotton goods trade Of the world
Bel From these returns Il y seen ~.
every American spindle consume. :
y. .lpounds Of raw cotton, while escn -,
snl ish spindle consumes only - poooo
'erlor less than one-haif The American CO.
- |snmpsi0n per spindle
II thus appears that each Amer1ca
sfloperstive works up - much raw maf'
IrisI . two British operatives. turns 9.
InesrIv q 50 worth Of msnufactnres
!. re British operatives 81 worth q
M even il piece goods, where the superi'
dsIousIitv ana weight of he Amerie1
e.. 9oods are % marked. the Amerle1
~ |eperstive turned ont 27s yards % =
o. By the British operative.
he -,
4 Itis due % the labor Of the nas'<
estlthst taxation should Be equAiized =.
te. reduced - rapidly - the national ~
so- will permit.
~ lxsnszAr krrrzrAs nsucrz- -:
q The Republican party pledges itself
led l->-~.rs the iueousIifies Of the enri4 q
'se, 10 reduce the surpIus-
~ ~ ls<,sssr Ass-ss. sfIs-s. n.rsA = iss'
49, The tariG of 1s46, although confessed
80 and professedly . tarid for rcvenues ~
- . lsr q regards I'll the great Insere
-, or the country. - perfect tarln ~
w that we have ever had
y. Rut I nav Be asked how this reds
y. zion shslI be made thiak Is should
". made upon I'll leading articles. o. -
aIl. and for snat purpose, ghen !
49, rei q opportunity IN he HOUSE. q
s geotIemsn does before ne. l shall %
shst the penSinx bill b rec0mmitteo
-. lshe COMMITTEES On Ways end Ne:
: vifh instructions 70 report : re0ucu
: anon existing rates Of dusy equlsa1ens
~ ~ per cent upoa the existing rates,
- ors- am reduction Even this VIII
a. ~ be fall equivslsas for The reeoval
is. laII ths internal taxes upoa manssscsa'
y,..,ss unEru. go U.Isss $780, $500 c.
maII Issn A1ssrzszsss - rsp<kA ssAH<-
lussl 70 Isy with one hssd ths poser q
Low (soverument o. he property q toe :
-. snd wieh ths osher % oessow q
ore - favored isdividuals % I'D privass
o. fsrprisss and buiId np private Sors;. !.
z none she Isss robbery beca9:e Y
,uId done under ~ forms of Iaw and = 2
liry. "a taxstion- This = noe legislat'
lake Il = J decree under legislative sor
uher Nor y q tsxstIoo. - -nxs - -