The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-01-05

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farin Reform and ~, Trsi..
The Ma,.sci,us~it. Isnh II torn Cab
10 saturt hp-toH it- tane.
Russell l9srl - stt,j All ne t+tlt.
I pi. nt srre Dem Gratis AL Nag u.np,
President Cleveland vas rlarH-a ,ua 90.
tn.ssAs pfsi-rd Oliy obr ,p,.,k.
/ pralsri Cirvrlald's civil service rrturfi
record aud II j. bceJirs 30 say ttpt t,s va.
a Democrat Tor Mus jumps have roth
/ log T. ray go lbpt scnre hnt some Of them
heartily iudurse bis free trade recommend
all0n. II Is very obvious tat they AZ.
| free trai, rs Il heart aud followers Of the
! Euglisi u,i,toctaoy IL their ideas lowell
was minister 70 Easland lor ,veral year.
aud became thoroughly inburi vim the
glorits oi The E4gli-it npper clssses.
None oithe speakersever did a. ho0ertdaJ $
work Win their hauds 80 their lives and
yet they claim to kuas What Is best tor
the lahonug people
lt'Noai h'AlnNif - az hbNNhl Hui ut4ttN q
10 protection ior bis own work He not
only obtains copyright Tor his own
publications ahich gives uim "monop
oly as far NJ they are concerned but be
is an earnest advocate II 40 international
copyright arrangement which viii pro
tect him in other countries as well This
is right, but should not the labor Of the
mechanic be protected as we'll There il
no argument that will bit bis case that
will not apply equally well to the work OF
men who labor with their hands Instead
Of their brains.
The chief argument OF the Boston ora
tors was that protection fosters monopo
lies. The rich manufacturer gets the ben
etit OF protection Instead of the aboriog
men The result shows that this is not
true. England has bad free trade for
forty years aud America has had high
tarlff for twenty live years This time is
sufficient to prove which system is best
for the laboring men. Statistics show
that the labJrlDg people get much higher
wages, aud live much better ia this coun
try than 10 England. To, re arc DOT near
ly as many men idle here as ia that coun.
try. single illustration will show the
difference 10 wages. Tue Singer Sewing
Machine Company has a factory at Eliza
hat / h.ar -. ~
Though the Scotch establishment EN-
ploys one third more hands than the
American, It's weekly pay roll is only ooe
hall as large, the figures Sls 900 and s35. (.
900 respectively. ln this case the aver
age weekly psy 10 Sc ,llanl i, MT Que
bali as large as IN this country, while the
cost Of living 10 s Utlapd IS almost or
quite as great as ~ this ciuntry The re-
sult is that laborins men there must live
on the cheapest possible food and 10 with
out thousand things which the American
laborer has 10 abundance
We quite the following from recent
London paper,
whether II be faii tltku the unem
ployed who hsse beeh tiiii .tna demonstrs-
tious ln Loud % as u a : -fsrs srniAiIyrs OF
tbe wUrnlrg glasses o. gUi, their hEltntioB
10 undoubtedly tne - . ,t,,,n ~ the acute
poverty which rsiggs ~ ,nr great metre
polls. Nosh-fs, IT, tf-I;h. can one br
more forcIbly struck D. ts- contrast br
tween wealth sDd pYyeay ihtn 10 THIS
~. l..
population OF The United Kingdom has
Increased at lh. rate of ~ per cent Sc from
26 000. 900 ~ 1887 to 81 Opu. GOO 10 1857
but durlng ,bst p~riui toe increase IA
wealth has been at the tai,, If ~ pr
cent, or nearly threo uiufs greater than
the rate Of Increase IL iir population
Yet II the atmosphere aud n,'i'inn 10
which the humber ci.,.'s live AZ, cU.l
sidercd II mu,t he admit d lhd little or
90 headssy la, been mi!' iasafi TIE
elimination OF the terrible desiituiion
which Is such sad fta'nat ~ on soci.i
life Indeed, w- app-f 80 hsy'. gone
backwards iusteaI Il iorward' The mis-
cry ahIeh tbnu1As ~ onr isrgp r.niefs ~
populstIan. ana the pfs otfllss. II mea
women and ctil.'ren 0ita ~sauat obtain
sufficient cloth, %. les,i irm q sp~cia
Gle as spsilins a. aut ,.r presented
amongst a.
We might ~ 2. rfsi. 'asay marrar
ticles from Eal1 ,sp p. -i,o~iug me
same facts. Etars n irr.sfs even.
Admit that IA ~ l,ai,t an - bepefllsd
the laboring p-oia~ - ibsl country II
has benefited rlel sl iAr ,tpsnse oi
the poor, W ne .fis u has instered
monopol,es CO.. sfYani dgen The
laboring ellsae, sp '.s e~c.t possii l. |
limit UuIrr fh 5-,lcao policy 81
protection latinf SOC r.st 'seniy ise
years We ave esrtj- o8s wsf that would |
have made baakfu2 49, Ifopeao nation
Wheu this poll = q. aiop'sd cur rra-
ufy was biukr9l,t ana oar az per csft 4
bond. sli D, ieavy iscouai
80 ttst ~ faliy rsti a. hisb 1
a. twelve per esqi iaisresi = noaey b
r1wed b raa 'a- A.Dary ,fpH4srs Of toe
& aFerHment A. ih- rsl - t+vriy fs-
years ~ hi4A ttua oar f9ut per cent
bsaA. commsal aisi 20 llian .HI cor
sAtioasl treaHl8 j. nsdd His II ~.
rsait ~yfe see pli.he,l 70 lbe drtrineni
u ne labasias prsple, Il ihey wefe worse
~ THAI ia egasifI-. 4befr Tee trade is
ne rule. thea ae spuii say ibsl il las
ssen bai policy Bat The G nirsry il
he fact.
Aud Row our Magsuup aud Democrat