Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-27

i United States than in Great Britain If instead of saying that wages are higher ill this country than in Great Britain, we should say, they are lower in Great Britian, the matter would be better understood. Wages are lower in Great Britain than they are in the United States, viz, because labor is less effective in the former than in the latter By this l mean i that manual laborers do not accom- l plsh as much in the same time in Great Britian as they do in the United States. do not speak of other European countries because know but little in this respect about 1 them. No American who has spent considerable time in England has failed to discover that it requires more men and women to do the same amount of work in that country as in his own. l speak adyisedly when say that nearly twice as many ser wants are required to do the neces- sary work in house in London as are required in New York. The same is true of all kinds of manual labor. Estimating by whatit accom- plishes there is very little difference in the price of labor in the United States and Great Britain. Where ever l went in the latter country noticed the same sluggish movements of the laborers, on the great landed estates, in shops, in factories, upon the docks. The late Mir. Griswold, of New York, was strongly impressed by what he witnessed in this respect. When he was in England and Scot land he spent good deal of time in their shipyards. and in the last con versation which l had with him i'll London. he said, "that after close observation of the manner in which work was done in those yards, he had come to the conclusion that if the foreign materials which are needed in shipbuiding were freed from duties, ships conld be built in the United States as cheap as in Eng land or Scotland. English and Scotch workmen are paid less per day than we would have to pay, but they don't do as much work as we should require. Either the climate or beer makes them sluggish, Be- 1 sides said he, we should do scores of things by machinery that they do by hands.
 The protective tariff can no longer be defended on the ground that wa ges are lower in Great Britain than in the United States, which is not only the most productive but the most inviting of countries, with doors wide open to all corners. If labor was not more efficient than in other countries, the foreign laborers who every year are coming by thou sands would equalize it's cost.
 To me it seems very clear that all the great industrial interests in the United States are greatly in need of a freer trade with other nations, and that this can only be brought about by radical change in our financial policy.
 | l congratulate the members of the club upon the progress which tariff reform is making, as indicated by the recent elections, but it must be borne in mind that the protective in- terests are strong in wealth, if not in numbers; that having controlled the economic policy of the government for nearly quarter of a century, and been enriched by it, they will not yield that control without se- we're contest. If, however, such as sociations as-yours do their full du- ! ty, if the great body of fair-minded people, especially the farmers, are made to understand to what extent the many are taxed for the benefit of the few, how prejudicial the tariff is to all our great interests, especial ly farming interests, which under lies all other interests, the results of the contest will not be long doubt ful.
 With constantly increasing faith in the soundness of the doctrine of which l have been for many years an humble advocate, that, as a rule, taxes should be imposed for revenue only l remain, very truly yours,
 HuGH McCoLLoUGH.
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