The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-10-31

Aa tho cnmpnlgn 10 fast drawing TO q
cloao and tho tnrilf has received consider
ablo discussion during this ana tho lnal
campaign, and our protcctionitt wrlWre
and epenkcra argue that II ia the mriii thhl
mnkea higher wages In this country thhn
In Europe, particularly England. Here are
N fow facta bcnring on the discussion thhl
MIGHT be mibmlticd 10 Major Mckinley
yhen ho mnkca hia annual tariff Hpoccl
horo next Monday night and " protective
tariff h the cause OF the higher wages paitl
what h the cause Of the lower wages paid
in this country than In England
We tako tho selected occupations w
given by Hon. Carroll d. Wright IN nlH
frat Report Of the Bureau OF Statistics loI
the United StAtoa In 1886, ana conmoho'
ing ON page la5' ,.l,,.,, Ian,
shows n variation OF from 3toWpor cont
and In some over 100 per cent IN me dillor'
ont States. But | propose TO mko only
those industries In which Great brltnih "
compared with this country,
We will llrat take cnrpctinRn ana VIC
dvcra como frat, IN which comparison NJ
made with more than ono State IL SHOWS
| that in Connecticut their wagcs nro sl'il
nor day, In Massachusetts, N'OS, Grcnl
| Britain 81 cents; laborcra, Great Britain
| 50 cents, Massachusetts N.Ol, Now iorl'
| Si,2i, Pennsylvania W'2bi frlntors, ~
that same industry, Groat Britain, Si'l5
| Mnsssachusotta, Sl0S, New York IfS
Pennsylvania I'bO. .oo ..
| nlono. Mnesnchusotts 81 .b3 tomon, N'bl Y
women, New York N.b8 20 men and Sl'St
Ia women. Aud II should DO borno In mlnd
| tbnt American workers work longOr hours
md do more work than English workers
| Thero nro other branches In this industry
! I'm which women alone are employed N
| Gront Britain and tho variation ~ equally
great, .,,,
| and ore and give tho highest and lowest u
snyo epaco, vet Il will show the variation
| Blacksmiths, Groat Britain LOS, indiana
1.G0, Pennsylvania cal, holpora, Greai
| Britain ~ cents, Virginia and West Vir
| ginia l.2b, Missouri 1885 driyors, Grqa'
| Britain 90, Virginia 10, MISSOURI sv0
bumpers, Great Britnin ,00, Maryland l'6o
| PENNSYLVANIA 2,b0; ilromon, Grcut Britain
| .O7. Viralnln i,0i, Missouri 23i; minor,
| Grcnt Britain Ito, Virginia 1,23, Pennayl
| vanin 80; laborbrs, Grcat Britain 20, Vir
| ginia 10i, Missouri l.b0; tracklayers
| Great Britain 90, Virginia 1.2b, Missouri
1 2.36. II should be remembered that sine,
| that computation was mndo the waRce ol
/ Icnqliah miners and othor workers have
/ advanced "a per cent while American
| miners have beon reduced from 10 70 Y
| per cent.
We will now tako cotton goods .nbou'
| which 80 much hna boon Hniu, and wht
| have received 80 much benefit from pro
lection. "Bcamoreh Groat Britain 40
Maryland 10, yiryl.lln 80, Mnlnq 2,0l, New
York 125, Pennsylvonia 200 "earders,.
Great Britain 80, Maryland u, Mossaehu
setts 1.96, New Hampshire 00, North Cnro
lima and Virginia M and South Caroline
;sOj "tard'grlndcrsap Great Britain l. iOl
| York 1,i0, Pennsylvania 1.bl "drawers,
| Great Britain ~, Massachusetts .0l, Nov
Hampshire "A, New Jersey 20, New Yorl
.0s, North Carolina 80, virginia SO, Con
necticut 1.02; "drawers-in,n Great Britain
81, North Carolina ~. The othe
states given employ women. "Enginccre,'
Great Britain f.b3, North Carolina lao
Varginla tt3, Connecticut 2.b0 Vernon
4.88, "Biremen,n Great Britain 03, Nortl
Carolina 04, Virginia 107, Vermont l'b0
"Laborcrs,N Great Britain 8S, Georgia 80
North Carolina 10, South Carolina Sb, Yir
ginia 90, Connecticut 100 Massachusetts
LOS, New Hanpshire 1.2si NLeappesTrs,
Great Britnin ~, Connecticut %, New
Harnpshire SO, Massachusetts, i.1S, Nortl
Carolina 30.
| Follow the cotton goods industry al
through and the same thing 10 found
The wages OF other European countries I
also given but as our protectionist friend
seem TO have no fear OF the low wages o
protected countries although there IL {
great difference, the figures OF free trad'
England are given, for these are the wage
England, although the term Great Britain
iB used.
The next important that wo taho Is Met
ala and Metallic goods an'