The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-11-07

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Ep, WEEKLY DFMOORAT, Starting at
the beginning Of lllls government when
We liaI niue else, except land nnd labor,
dnhn smith h digging potatoes with q
spade, his only capital, having no hoe,
While DANES brown II digging a ditch with
H hoe, his only capital, having no spade,
smith says to Brown II wG exchange our
| capital Tor our present work, We OHn both
save time aud labor They make tho OK
| change aud both save time enough by the
| transaction 10 earn an additional shovel
| aud hoe, thua thoy both increase their
capital aud power nf production, This ls
lllo only true philosophy Of capital aud
labor
Hut while Smith aud Drown
arc thus mutually helping each
other 70 Increase lhUIr capital, VIII
| lpuci u digging potatoes with hIH hnnda
and Mike Film ~ digging q ditch with a
! board shovel, while have both hos aud
shovel, now Hrn nn opportunity lu lu-
! crease my capital M tho eKpcusu Of ihHir
Igpnr, Hly 10 jonea, give mo % certain
| 9Nlro OF your potatoes and usg my hoo
] say 10 llnn, giyemr 80 many days labor
U.i. uag Wy 1uuyol, lhcy tului, my price
NJ hlgli but they HCropt, THUS / AM on-
lhlrd "a Increase my stock Of ahGyus aud
noes nnd atlll further secure I g products
ol uunlhrrH labor uB shpyrla and hnrB urr
i demand, Thus by NY slircWd and one
iorpfIHIng disposition, I soon gather cnpi-
w, enough with what ! can Rot from tho
giNHrnH and business men Of the town, tn
boom tllo town. IA build a factory to
manufacture bhuyolB aud huea aud other
farming implements, Mycntorpriac meets
Win Hplcudld HurcoHi fora tlnc, Hut iu
some other part Of Tho world, tho
.rlllaNucHH Of man with tho aid at Cnpltn
hna already reduced labor a. puupoflHm
ana low wages, and from thprO shnves
ana hoes are sent, and am uudrraold, j
immediately rush a. my COnprcmmuu, / |
nave hero un Important industry about "a !
ho ruined 10y foreign competition, Ms |
worl,mon won't labor Tor me for less than |
they can make by employing themselves. |
There h yot plenty of chonp land and mai |
ural opportunities f0I them, / must hnyo |
protection for my industry, Well |
Mr Congressman huyH my scheme
W plnumhlc, about 500 or 30
viii make Il practical, Wen ID !
N worth more than that % mo, go
get protection, don't raiae tho wngca
OF my w0rIlmcn, but do raise the price
OF my goods lAnd the foreigner don't
pay ~ cilhcrD
lilh lonllh my UWilnrHh, Uh iufrlUu |
competition b now cut oil, aud got In,
creased prollH on my goods, | soon have
capital and credit enough "a commence
buying up the vacant land and natural
resources OF The ucIghborhoOd, thus abort
oning Tie natural opportunities Of my
workmcn, making thOm moro dependent
on my work HH u means of living, Soon
] conclude Il would ho safe Ia mako IA chi
IN wages, tell my employees foreign pnu.
per labor competition aud dull trade
miNcA II necessary 10 make u cut In the |
wages, They see that natural opportunl.
iob being monopOli1rd aud out II thoir
reach, aud they accept, This again in.
crcuNca my profits, and the rapid raise In
lund values, owing 20 rapid immigration
nnd increasing population, soon bccomc
u millionaire, and az am looked upon az
q respected citizen, u successful huaiuoHa
man, ana above ull, a piOuH christian, my
Ncllluhncsa becomes contagious, Smith | ,
and Brown are now both la comfortable
but not rich a. compared
10 me, Thor philosophy Of capital and
labor II little thought Of, A everybody
wants loRct rich, they all want the philos.
1ply OF those who RCt thOrC,
] now have q good thing hut mlght ng
well have hcttcr thing " can got Il. /
could now afford lopay 100000 for doublp
tho tNrlll on my goods, The natural on.
for my wOrImcn on which 10 |
employ themselves " entirely confined 10
the far wcsti they could, not got thoro II
they wanted 10, aud " they could cnpitnl
Invested IN railroads and other Cntcr-
prscs would eat mp Hll they could mnko,
They understand This and could make "A
'ut 70 pay mo back my 10000, / lay tho !
matter before my Congressman again,
The 100000 makes Il look favorable 10 |
MN, but says hc, We must mako this
thing populur
There 10 presidential campaign pond.
INK, we will mako that the issue. You can
'0ally scare your employees with foreign
DOupcr labor, We viii hire q Mckinley
!nd othora, that the people hOyO conf ,
lonco In, 10 20 all over y
ho county aud preach protection
We can then double your tariff by a ycr. ,
lict OF Che people. ] 20 homo aud tell
NY worl,mcn how We are being showed
inlcr 10y foreign palpcr labor, aud will
AVE TO- shut down II we don't get moro
They Immediately got up and
lurroh, and tramp through thc mud In 4
inCn busters FOR the good of the cnusc,
md We win ! get moro protection he,
'uusC the people want II, and thCy want
Z 80 bad, too, that thoy walk up and vote ]
or Il In "bloCks Of ilyCw, Aftor the clcc- 4
ion X over don't need 10 argue the mo- O
cssliy OF making my contemplated cut, g
aud Il would not be- u pleasant thing 10 i
10 under the circunstnnccsl / simply y
tick up notice that on aud nftur II ccr- y
ain time cut of 20 per cent, viii be- Y
nndc, A
My men may kick or gtrl,c, but | have u
okCn the prccOution T. have enough
orpign p0upcrs 10 take their plncnA for Il
while, knowing quito well that til9 all NJ
all In when they yet hungry enough. u
But every good thing hHsiWdraw bncls. "
ly success has started other factories of
hc same kind and soon thcrc h an over
PRODUCTION Of shovcls and hoes and com
ctition threatens TO destroy our profits, A
iut we get over that 10y forming a trust
)ur employees are now absolutely nj our
mercy aud we can hold them " we only
York half time, And we save our profits
y manufacturing only Cnoigh 10 supply N
he demand, thus shortening our cx- g
unCOs. u
And what holds good with my industry Il
olds good with every other industry In q
lC country, p
This has reduced labor to paupcrism II
nd has caused the present dGmorali1cd q
ondition of business, ruined farming and cI
He'd this land with tramps, q
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