The Penn's Grove record., 1889-01-19


not be so well protected by a reduction
OF the tariff on glars, he says, amount
ing to 1925 a pot per day even If he
could procure free raw materials as, &C.
cording to GLAssBLowER's estimate,
the making of materials Tree would on
ly lessen the cost sos a pot per day,
therefore the manufacturer could not
live under ''free trade" But, when
you or any other man assert that the
reduction of the tariff Oh glassware
from an average of $50. IS to S52.17 on
the 500 worth imported into this coun-
try, us the Mills bill proposes, is ''free
trade" you are guilty of uttering a false
hood, self evident to yourself, and also
deceiving and teaching others to lie
who depend on your vera ;itv for their
information.
That manufacturer would make peo-
pie believe that all his protection his
workmen receive and GLAssBLowER
makes the assertion that wages paid in
this country are double what are paid
in England" His assertion, like many
other untruths uttered to deceive the
people, will not bear the light of statis-
tics.
The Irish World a protection organ,
two weeks af. er election shows by fig
ures from the National Bureau of Labor
Statistics that the average wages OF
glassworkers in this country is only
80 5 per cent. higher than in free trade
England while the manufacturer has
an average protection of 3d. So per rent.
20 per cent. in his favor. Still he wants
more protection for his workmen. Why
don't lie stop lying and give them what
he claims they receive now, but do notT
GLAssBLOwER in his article esti-
mates the amount Of tariff On a spot
furnace duringlthe blast to he $S,125,
still Mr.. manufacturer wants more put
on which will increase the cost of glass
to the consumer. GLASsBLOwER says
the duties on the raw materials for this
furnace amounts to So, 100. Now give
the manufacturer free raw materials
as, we propo 20, and the cost of the glass
made from that pot will be tina: much
less to the manufacturer and nobody is
injured, as the soda ash is nearly all i'm
ported. Then he will have a protection
of S11, 245 on the glass made from that
pot instead of a net protection of$5, O05
now, an increase of 1875 per cert. Then
the consumer need not pay any more
for it than now and the manufacturer
a afford to-pay higher wages.
Or by giving the manufacturer free
raw materials for a furnace, amounting
to So, 100, he Can stand that much re-
duction In the tariff on the products of
that furnace and still he protected
$5,005 the same as now. In other
words, by having free raw materials,
he could stand a general average reduc-
ton of the tariff on glass from 60 to 80
per cent. The Mills bill gives free raw
materials and only makes a reduction
of 1888 per cent. on glassware. yet you
have the audacity to say it mean "free
trade" With the reduced cost of max
ing glass with free raw materials the
manufacturer can better compete with
foreign manufacturers and have n
greater demand for his wares because
they can be sold cheaper to the consum-
er. Consequently he will have better and
steadier market and can afford to pay
better wages.
The same schedule in the Irish World
shows that workmen in the unproie cted
industries of this country receive high
or wages over foreign workmen in the
trade than the workmen in our
protected industries. Unprotected work
ers in brick receive l07 5 per cent. more
wages than the foreiln workmsn; I'D
the builders trade 9l.5 per cent more
than the foreign workmen. Workmen
in the boot shoe industry, which has
free raw mater ais, receive 1859 per
cent. more wages than the foreign shoe
maker. This industry is iourishing,
does not play the baby act by crying
for more of the peoples pap and COM
petes with the work in export trade.
Brother Barber, please show this to
your glass manufacturing friend who
wants to suck more of the peoples blood
money to get back that assessment also
please hunt over your files for the past
AZ years and see if there has been ii cor
respondent who has answered this be-
fore it was written. If this is not an
swered in a month we expect you to
publish this article.