Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-01
A SEDUCT ": OFFER.
MIR. Milis's Meaning Exhibited so the
AMERICAN TJrkinGman.

The Press was the first newspaper in
the country to give prominence to the
fact that Roger O. Mills, in his speech
before 10000 Democrats az East ST.
Louis, H., said: 1--WE will put cur own
intelligent and skillful and productive
labor upon plane of equahy with the
laborers Of all other countries Mr..
Mills has not denied that he said this,
but he denies intending il to be con-
strued in the only way in which it can
be construed by any intelligent work
ingman who knows tha5 the condition
of American wage workers Is better on
the average than those Of any other
country in the world.
Mr.. A[ills's protest against Interpreting
his fatal remark in the light of we'll
known facts was made in speech at
Edwardsville, H. lie had lust figured
1t out that the English wage-wOgl1@r III n
slice factory gets $3.50 d week; in Amer
lea SIC rs: that the Englishman makes
fifteen pairs Of shoes a week, the Amer
can forty-six, and consequentfv th.t5 the
labor cos5 Of an English pair OF si,oei Is
50 cents, while The labor cost OF AN
American pair Is ONLY % GEMS. Alr
NILS carei5ssiv states these figures
*. 81 and % cents respectively, ami his
anation, rs reported by d Demo-
c!asjc paper, the ST. Louis Republic, is
a Follows:
- stated that I wanted that condition
.of hing in This country by which oar
In .orcr would get 81 cents a pair for his
SHOES instead OF %: would get as much
a : the E4eIi ~hman got for each pair Of
shoes, ami ms cad OF making $10.73 viii
make $16.64 Some of these Republican
people here told the stosy up side down,
and said l wanted to reduce our laborers
to an equality with tse foreign laborer.
| want our laborer to get as much az ne
who gels the most, and / know if we
vii remove the barriers out OF the way
u.T iaborers will get greater wages,
highcrpriced wages, than they get
lipv.
This is particularly acknowledging
the corn. Mr.. Mills wants our laborers
70 get as much as others who get more
Oh paper, but less in hard cash and less
in the realities of comfort that the hard
cash huys. and he wants to do this by
* f;=I5vItt;vzir
Representative Mckinney Of New
Hampshire. the one Democratic congress
man from that state, said he wanted a
free and open market, breaking down
of the barriers that false system has
principles of true democracy, which he
defined as the God-given right to buy
what he needed where he could buy it
most cheaply. Is Mr.. Mckinney a pro-
tecJion1st?
Roger @. Mills said in the house that
we should levy taxes to obtain revenue,
but not to restrict Importation, and that
a wise policy dictates the lowering of
duties and the admission of those things
which can be produced cheaper in other
countries than our own. Is this free
trade or protection?
Bland of Missouri said that he was not
in the house for the purpose of voting
for tariff on lead or tariff on wax or a
tariff on anything, but to get the tariff off
everything he could. Does that not
sound very much like free trade talk?
O'Neill of Indiana said that as a free
trader he protested against making a
tariff so high as to destroy foreign COM
petition Surely Mr.. O'Nei1 cannot be
classed as protectionist?
Thompson and Biggs of this state voted
to put wool and quicksilver and lumber
and salt on the free list and to reduce
the duty on raisins. Are they not try
ing to make the voters of the 1st and I'd
congressional districts believe that they
are in favor of protection?
During their debate on the Mills bill
Reed of Maine called attention to the
fact that no Democrat had raised his
voice in favor of protection, to which
McComas of Maryland replied: '.No, and
you will not if you stay here until
doomsday."
Is the Democratic party for free trade
or protection?-Sdn Francisco Chronicle.
Of the 10000. 900 feet of lumber in