The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-08-29

1 - n"t" r. pe huiieat ana lhlf tnpy Woulu say
usnaeny, both arc old eouniFlsa both have largo
standing armies and II both had the same iArin
syslem vaGes Ia each would be about tho sans
sas inhsnn hhs we Ansrlean system % tATiii
lATlH and what 10 the resuliin Wages III Hnaland
| instead OF being lower because Of what II often
ealiea NEE lrade, ere much higher than In Der
| N uermany % IN England II both had ihe saIia
/ klnd Of iaflif arc much lower than la HnRland.
| hul lhe disadvantage 10 the working man Ia tho
hah protective iarln land of Germany does not
ehh WIN MS lower wages, Tor tho protective tariff
There as u does here n0Ieases lilo coal Of nearly
Hll 10 has 10 buy that hls wages are really vi
M iher TedlHed and he actually because VI Der
many Y Foolish Hyslem of tariff taxation (which
uupatHs.lH And mol over clever Republicans
want us 10 ,lil The American nysieml gels liills
mora than hai. hh much WaReb aA tho HngliBh
workman reeeiyea since England adopted, In
isi7, tho American sys.fm, NJ.
Travelling all over Europe lhe same damon
siRtlon, ifai sOaailed protective laEes lsuoll aa
our American workman suffers irpnD produce low
Wngea 10 found, All that 10 needed u 10 hnd the
rats of tarit taE IN order 70 deiermne whether
wages aTe high o. low, In Austria, whore they
have = high iann with great naiual resources
and advantages, Including wonderfully pfoduo'
tive soil, they have low wages, aud IN hWiikef'
land her neHt door neighbpr, where ihey have
little elaa than rocks, loo and water, they have
lower taTtf lages and ~ a consequence higher
wages, A. cold weather forces tho mercury down
In the Thermometer 10 this foreign system Of tass
alton, imported ff0m China by way u England
crowds wages down and keeps them lower Than
they would naturally be, China, fpT hundreds,
perhaps thousands, Of years has had the mOal
perfect system of protection The world haa
ever seen practically exclusion, being N llill
Iespeot the professionals Hplnnls honl and today
nef worRmdn got m average dr AnOut nve cents
per day have flee ioI steady diet and . dfied
rat about once week ~ luxury MEXICO ono
of the richest landa on tho earth, y land IN
which wages ought 10 DO high, has protective
tArifi, yeiy high one, and wages average twenty
oenta pot day, In England nltef hundreds oi
years Of proledlon Whgea were low, pauperam
and oriIne, wTeiohedneas, misery aud suffering
tho lot of tho working people, but amer she
adopted tbs American system VI q iarln foT
revenue only, wages began ~ once 70 advance
and have since 1871 advanced iAhler than they
have risen In any country n tho world, and
today England pays the highest wages IN tho
Eastern half of the world while her working
people are the best clothed on the entire globe,
ia ireland, under the American system, wages
farm laborep N Daniel 'OConnell the great
Lbemt0r, aud our pfoieell0nisi Consul lin 1919
at Cork, are 70 DO believed, The wages of hm
too, by tho London Engineering of July laih, on
page 10, that another advance of ~ per cent In
The wages " steel workers IN England has taken
place jusi when Camegie'H men have had ihelTu
reduced 20 per cent, England ID today paying ~
per cent above tho standard rate, and believe
tho actual cost " making steel rail 10 anywhere
IN England nom my cents 20 tllO Per ton more
than ~ CaneHe'a works aud yet Carnegie has
a tann taH of VIZ paf ton 10 protect lAbor),
II might be right aud proper here 10 ask what
has the American working man done that the
Republican party should rob him " the blessings
OF The American system Of ftaNail0n aud put upon
him the curse Of foreign system of elAyiah iaN,
alton, q system which rOha him and hlh family Of
many Of the hleaalnga he Ii heir 10 aud which he
has tie same right 70 enjoy ~ he has iree speech
free religion, nee presA and personal liberty,
Ruhala has the Highest tariff In Europe, taHn
which would delight our great Republican states
men and High Pfieha 0f Protection, and pays
tho lowest wages on tho continent, while her
natural advantages are such that she ought 20 pay
larger wAgeh than England uermany has for
years been increasing her thfln taxes unill now
she N no well protected that she Inns almost con-
slant strikes and lookoula among her workmen
aud wages have declined 10 much that tho report |
of the German Chamber of CommeToe says "fho |
heavy duties have greatly enhanced the cost Of the