New-York tribune., 1888-08-26

selves In competition with the products OF the lower
priced labor Of Canada and their interests would be
materially injured. At Mr. webcrs suggestion, pe-
tlons circulated through all the border counties,
and signed extensively, without regard to the
political sentiments OF the signcrs many Of whom were
Democrats, who are now ouspoken In their dcnuneia-
ton of the Mills bill and OF Mr.. Clevcands free trade
policy While Mr. Weber Is Of German descent and
speaks that language, he is a thorough American In
all his ideas. lie says, among ether things: " 1t
would be Of the greatest blessings of politics II
VIC could sec voters divided In this country without
reference TO nationality color have regarded it
as calamity that the Irish people, for Instance Should
Republicans, as they were at one lime it is
calamity that the negroes cannot be divided between
the two parties In their voting strength II this were
the nationality would have the prepondcrance
in influence. The Germans in one party would ne,
party would neuirallze the Irish in the other, and
instead of appeals 10 nationality we should have =,
iommon sentiment Of patriotism. Tho tendency of The
time is toward this division. great many Germans
e nov ong ns Ss aea Te
and think the interchange works for the welfare % @ ot
naturalization in the manner OF which have spoken
When Mr. Blaine was in New-York a grcat many
persons astOnished by the familiarity with which
hc spoke of the details of the National Convention as
Chicago, and wondered how 1t had been possible for
1Im to obtain such full particulars on the other side
VI the water. Whilo It came about partly through
correspondence there other means of information
which illustrated with renewed force the devotedness OF
Mr. Blalne's friends. No less than three persons.
at the close of the Chicago Convention, came to New
took passage for London for other purpose
than 10 communicate TO him as fully as they were
NO one Of the three was acquainted with the Others.
and only one of them has Let his mlssGn az aPrSaa a
Francisco, who after spending few days In London
returned with Mr. Blaine on the City OF New-York.
General C. NJ. Dodge, of Iowa, who is well known
as a railroad and has Office In the Washington
Building, was mot In the corridors Of that structure
few days ago exhibiting copy OF The Times
containing tariff article by j. s. Moore uhe Parseo
MerchanD I'm attempted reply to Mr. Blaine The
General said: II It wero worth while to answer
this sort of trash l would like some protection
writer to anayze this table, with which Moore closes
his article and ostensiby cenches his frcc-trade
argument This is his tablo mind you, on which he
bases all his argument, and is extract from William
L. scotts speech in Congress:
And still further Illustrating the actual division
Of cost Of labor in producing steel rails look at the
following extract from Mr. scotts speech:
STEEL RAILS.
Under the terms and conditions of this contract
the following is the cost of manufacturing ton Of
steel rails OF 2,24O pounds, at the Edgar Thomson
Steel Works. situated near Pttsburg Penn, during
the wear 1887 one of the largest Establishments OF
the kind In the United States:
Market price Of ton OF No. Bessemer pig iron ~
Converting same, per ton 50
FiSisRng MSG%ias per per tom tom -: ~
Ia tons COnnelsvile coke, average 81 80 per Ton o-
Add for net loss on material first to last IS per
cent -
Divided as follows
Material saGer and waste . go 10
The percentage labor to the cost Of production
is 1926 per
In other words, capital gets so ton profit on
steel rails and swelterIng hard labor gets "a 90.
"Now want you to note that in this table the first
item of s1s which is set down as material Is steel
blooms, of which 90 per cent is labor S5 per cent
at the very least The Sl5 ton that he thus
charges up represents earth transportation and labor
OF which labor Is at least s5 to 80 per cont. Tc
proceeds to make out that capital gets $40 ton
| on steel rails but doesn't prove It, His own
figures show the contrary. We now pay 500 ton
FOR steel rails. IT is 30 per cent labor, too. He
represents that It costs 500 10 ton to make steel
rails and consequently that capital gets only 81 l 1
a ton. II Is with such absolute bosh as this that
fr,e-trade advocates and writer's seek TO gill tho
public and answer such unanswerable statements as