New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-18

has also enabled the American workngman to aems bn
and receive higher wages than are paio N aS n N
co,,ntrv The result Of higher wages mas Deen t ~
niaee the social standing and progress OF the Soa
ngman far ahead, his opportunities ana S 20
arc bettor, and his skili ana lh'cllso"'0
'Ise MAINTAIN that these conditions chiefly me
result of the last twentyegat years prtsb working
man has progressed as rapidly In the same Rowever
time the American w9rkngh Names The dress, the
table and tie oer Surroundings OF te inE S ittie
the Bh , wO fs2 v slssiGs sss Og The breakfast
fable with It's simple fare Of bread p1 s bSmes show
about the same TIE adornmS1s Oh about the same
thew have the same carpetless floors the same one
room for Kitchen sittngroom ana P ct the people
b,t very little improved indeed the general condition
Of Tho people show but ve nSop S mace IN certain drsc
lions heartily submit but these are ell the natural
developments of CIVILIZATION.
THE LABoRER's LUxURIEe.
with the American working classes. however
marked and apparent progress has taken piace-ho
home the dress the table and all their surroundn g
ara very much improved. In 1850 carpeted floors
ver. an .xoeption IN the workingmans home, and
such Garnet as was used generally the homemade
rag carpet To-day the home Of nearly every In
dus trious thrifty worbngman is adorned with an ln,
Carpets The furniture s more profuse, and beanuiui
brio abrac beautiful wall paper and other useful ana
Evidence of progressive ovilizauon-muslcn the form
of an organ piano or other musical instrument Is 70
Ss s tSs s Il Sns nG home they tie
ception not the rule. worhngmen here also own
their own homes country IN the world can presen
such phalanx Of workingmen who are owners OF
their homes. .,... ho,..r rovv
man he could In 1850 Then the average working
man considered himself we'll OF II he was tho possessor
his evening suit Of American goods s far superior TO
what his suit was then. am by no ncans stretcnlng
the families Of our worzIngmen now dress in as neat
and tidy way though not In as costly p syoS a
question the Apsroan wOrkingman is the neatest
cleanest and best dressed artisan In tho world zap
His table, again. gives evidence Of progress. It
NAV not IL u true In some respects be more prorse
SIN Il ndC.ts great or%cd er ne e0 Ss%ae
whether in pottery china glass or CUTLERY ,bs new
BE- said that in $780, If workingman desired TO drsss
we'll adorn and bsautfy his home. or supply NJ;
table with fine ware, ne would have to buy imported
goods Now he can get all these r ana han some t
Ssss mpc n.s 1neT 70 @ os the podc Of American
skill and enterprise. the product Of the labor o. his
fellowcitiZen
COMMITTING FREE TRADERS
But know that Free Traders argue that protection
q c. tho tarif-has nothing to do with these hingS
say II has all to do with them. Without It our
woringmen must enter into open competition With the
world. Wages. all conditions being the same would
be about equal. The doors that open the way to
progress those Of proper Limitations and resTia
Semsa N othef words seltrss ictsons The unda,
mental principle e protection Just ana Sa d poPss nation
upon another 20 as 10 give itself the opportunity Of
advancing and building up ifs OWL intercsts This
Is the ess undsryng principle Of R a9S5s9 ''
Worh1n gInen form themselves into trades unions
spd Other labor orgsDsTns 70 carry SSS ans sns Pom S9n
troll competition among themselves. They believe
there can DO no progress or protection without com n
protection admit that the worlngmen's organizations
have done much TO advance Their Interests So
IL be readily perceived that II organization Is
necessary among wprkingmen properly to restrict com
means employed TO restrict compethon between the
% e cur snasT and he S0s s q aos Tine
Government stops In and places duty sufficiently
h o. ~ foreign dSSs a 1 sast anT S SS%R
men "a the higher wages thsg receive here
Isd s, re u pe:en sys etc not poscon to labor
because foreign wcrhmen arc permitted 70 come Of DO
ever. This argument however, only comedies tho
fact that The yorkmon protected IN 50 far As hs
sn Is 70 perfect tSs system q proecOn by pscnS
,ssrcH0n or 70 be a p2e amend Ggs
SOTS By 9p ssGSTs sR Of , Ss s
Institutions, and permitting only such persons 10 land
end engage IN Industrial pursuits as can present CIR
tentions Of Becoming lawabd,ng citizens Of
try. Applauae)
At this point Avery S. Winston. Democrat Of
Lexington KY, proposed three cheers for Samuel
!. Randall q lifelong loyal Protcctionist' Ills
proposition was warmly Endorsed.
WHAT J. F. HANSON SAID.
Colonel Hanson, Of Georgia, was assured sew
eral times that he was "all right by the audi
ence when he rose 20 speak on Southern Indus
trial Growth, the Strongest Bond Of Union and
Peace" These are some of the points he made
poitcsi sOu,S. the D soi G South The South OF sx
sip.iys Agriculture, Of the9Iy and failure; The
Of diversified Industry Of practical pethOds, the
South Of progress, They were evolved hom different
different sentiments, hopes and purposes. one
lives IN The nenory Of the past and is guided by
iuture Learning wisdom from expensive eS perience.
Each was designed for nission-to MI place IN
and Is IN both of them we love them, while not un-
ooa o. h ne f aos s ssgc en 'hs
Sailed and 1t has been In jeopardy more than once,
the sentiment that opposed mat sought to dis,
lhe breast, dsndled upon The knee, and rocked IN
The cradle Of free trade hrs statement Is rg
Carolina the Confederacy formed at Montgomery,
Ala II Is true because The philosophy Of free tr&as
country has been, and is, bassd upon segregalion
States sasses A and s docSo Is com
trsry 70 the spirit OF the Union, which ceases 20
be union In fact when It ceases 10 DO union Of
interest Applause.
The mai6flty Of the people at the North, large
minority Of the Southern whites and nearly ali Oh
the southern blacks IN favor of protection while
minority OF the people Of the North and majority
Of tho Southern whites in favor OF free trade II
this true the question OF continuing the protective
policy and Of wping out entire Internal revenue
system becomes simple question Of submission T.
the Will Of the majority opposition TO tho VIII
Of the majority Reduced 10 It's last analysis
this question assumes this shape and for the future.
Now always the political south-the solid South
relied upon TO furnish the bulk OF Congressional
votes In opposition 10 protection, and In support, In
these latter days God help us Of the proposition TO
make the present onerous, unjust infamous system
Of internal taxation permanent. whatever may
be the sentiment OF the Southern people with reference
10 the question OF protection they overwhelmingly
opposed 10 internal Federal taxation, and viii coop
efate In any movement for Us speal. The political
South, known 20 you as the solid South, Is not the
South In progress IL Is not the SOUTH nor the rep
resentaive Of tho South, that builds cotton mills
and iron furnaces. II Is an Injustice to tho people
Of the whole country, as It's effects arc felt In ouT
Federal legislation. / make no criticism OF my