The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-09-20

AT last being graeiously favored with
Mr., Harrls0n's letter, we note as per
hapa its most important utterance the
following; LESS work and lower wages
must DO adopted rs the result OF the
Increased Offering OF foreign goods IN
our market In attempting an analy'
sis OF this proposition we may inquire
first, what Is this thing work" that
Mr., IL Is 80 fearful we shall have less
OFF II may be defined 30 be the effort
one makes 10 obtain some desirable
thing, food, clothing, shelter, etc IL N
then only q means 10 an end; aud II 10
not more work that we want but more
OF the thlnga that work obtains for us,
Mr., H., however, seems 10 look upon II
aa "A boon or gift 10 be gracl0uHly be'
slowed upon the toilers by their mas
ters, the pr0tectloniats, and for which
they should In duty bound give thanks
TO the Republican ticket. Certainly
that would be the proper thing 10 do
for any man who thinks he 10 being too
well paid Protection will make him
work harder and longer and give him
less In return for his labor,
The second part OF the proposition
amounts 10 thia, that the bringing In OF
foreign goods viii result In lower
wages, NUw II he had said lower prices
TO the consumers of these goods, he
would have stated n truth Instead of q
fnlslty, but II would not 40 we'll have
answered his purpose. So take u home
ly and timely illustration. llli Is the
fruit canning season, How many OF
the provldent, frugal house Wives who
are now putting up their supplies Nf0r
the coming winter would DO frightened
were they offered (what they should
haye) twenty'four pounds Of sugar for
u d0llhrY And would they buy any
more or less fruit Of tho farmer and
would they pay him higher or lower
priCesp But the consumer seems 10 be
deemed unworthy OF any consideration
from the protectl0nist standpoint.
Leaving the unfortunate creature out
OF the question, lot us inquire
In protected industry will
be lowered, as fearedY According TO
Mr. Blaine, who Is surely competent
witness, II Is not protection that raises
them for he says: "rhe inequalities
In the wages Of English and American
operatives are more than equalized by
the greater efficiency OF the latter and
their longer hours of labor" So that
In Mr.. Blaine's opinion the reason why
an American workman gets more pay
than an Englishman, is not because he
Is protected but because ho does more
work In less time. That In thus deny.
ing that increased wages are due TO
protection; Mr.. Blaine Is right, there can
be no doubt, as may be seen from the
fact that workmen In unprotected In.
dustries get better pay than In pro
tected.
In truth the plea for protection as u
means OF raising wages Is an after
thought-an argument but lately
thought Of, and only advanced by cap.
italists and monopolists (who alone
profit by protection), TO delude the toll.
Ing masses whom they plunder---a rot.
ten prop TO bolster up falling Chinese
wall. Hear them out OF their own
mouths condemn themselves:
"a pr0tectlonist committee In con.
gress In the winter of 1871 and 1912
called upon protectionlst manufactur.
ers TO testify before them, as TO what
they wanted in the way Of Il tariff. The
subject Of wages was not thought of
much at that time. Down TO that per.
iod no one ever said that he wanted
tariff In order 10 increase wages. And
accordingly this protectionist commit.
tee, having no idea of what differences
could be drawn from the facts, asked
the iron manufacturers who wanted the
duty Of Sl2 n ton on pig iron renewed,
what wages they had been paying TO
their men. They said about seventy.
five cents day. The committee asked
whether there had been any change In
the rate Of wages. No one of the man.
ufacturers said; no change since 1898
Just think Of II They had thirteen
years Of high projections certainly for
ten years the tariff on pig iron had not
been less than $40 a ton; and vet they
had not raised the wages Of their work
men one cent"
"0ur working men have the settlement
of the question in their own hands"
Right you are Mr.. Candidate Harrison,
and well for us IL Is so. Too long have
we left II In the hands of those who,
basely taking advantage of the faith
and trust reposed In them, have created
system OF fraud and injustice and
robbery-protection so.called which
now, by every argument that appeals to
ignorance, prejudice and the blindness
Of party passions, they ask to perpet.
uate. Too long indeed have we tried u
system which, under an alluring but
false name has made and continues to
make II hard and increasingly harder
for a man who tolls for his daily bread
to get an honest and at the same time
. decent living; a system Of taxation
which, under the mask Of protection,
protects us like the wolf does the lamb;
\ system which In twenty years has
made more millionaires and more
tramps aud beggars and starving poor
than any unclaimed tyrant In any equal
period Of the worlds history. Now we |
are about ready TO try In place Of this
remnant of slavery that patronizingly |
gives us leave to toll Ave days for one |
lays wages, measure Of freedom.
ays Mr.. Cleveland. unnecessary tax
ltlon Is unjust taxation Says Mr..
Harrison: no not stop to refute this
heory as to the effect Of our tariff du.
les" The battle Is on; the bugles OF
he leaders have sounded. The lines
ire drawn. Choose ye this day whom
10 will serve. The unprotected masses
n the protected classes. Right or rob.
'ery, Freedom or slavery, and now.
.ay on MacduH,
nd damn'd bo him that first crios, hold. enough
LANCE.