St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-18
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Protection andLabor.

ETotcctt0u anu LaDOrs
"Now what does this tax do for the
labOrer? The men who support this
tariff intamy would never support it If 4
it would put dollar in the laborer's
pocket. That would make him too in
dependent. Labor is to-day COM
modify. Every man knows it who has
been told that his services are no longer
required because some one can be Sc
cured who will do his work cheaper. 1t
depends upon the law of supply and
demand. I'll try to show you how
the workingman is protected. Here
is good man who wants to protect the
labOrer. He buys a stove which under.
tree trade would cost SO. But he wants
to protect the laborer, SO he pays SIS
for it-Sl0 for the stove and S. for pro-
lection. He can't give S. to the work
ingman, so he sends it around another
way, by giving it to the retailer. who
passes the IS to the wholesaler, who
sends it to the manufacturer. This gen
tleman doesn't give it to his laborer.
He goes out and buys labor where he
can get il the cheapest. But he has to
buy his raw material from the mine
owner. That fellow wants some of the
s.. SO the manufacturer and the mine
owner split the IS. That is how your
protection goes to the labOrer.
ut is said that wages are higher In
thS country than anywhere else. But
tl.at is not OH account of protection.
England is nearest to being free trader
OF any of the great countries. yet
Wages Are Higher in England
than in any other European nation.
Italy has tariff much higher than ours,
yet wages are lower there than any,
where else in Europe. France and Ger
many have protection. yet wages are
much lower there than in England. An
other illustrations: Your workingmen
have learned that the tariff does not
raise their wages. but goes into the
employers pocket. Then they say to
the manufacturer, Raise our wages or
we strike They strike, and their en-
plOyer goes over to Europe. picks up
load of Italians and HungarianS and
other 'arians. He brings them over
here. There is no tariff on Italians. so
the American lahOrer is thrown out
upon the world. The clothing of the
American labOrer is taxed, his food Is
taxed, his fuel is taxed, but his labor,
aye, his life, is free and he must com
pete with the world. Everything is
protected but his labor. The American
labOrer gets more for his work because
he earns more. But labor needs
chance. Give her the freedom of the
seas and America can take care of her.
self.
Years ago, before the days of Garri-
son and Phillips. men were preaching
against slavery because it didn't pay.
Then arose those noble men, who said:
we don't care whether it pays or not.
1t is wrong So we say about the tariff.
We don't car whether it pays or not
1t is wrong, ana must not exist. Every
WI re n
divide man from man is step toward
darkness and ignorance"
A Word From Castle.
Not speaker who has been thus far
heard in Minneapolis has reserved more
tumultuous applause than awarded the
close of Mr.. Darrow'S brilliant effort.
j. n. Castle followed. His address was
brieI.
II want to say just one word." said
Mr.. Castle, ''about something which
has occurred within twenty-four hours.
Look at the platforms. Up in the
Fifth district they declare for
free trade; down in the First
the don't declare for anything;
In the Second they say they don't like
the Mckinley bill. but tnat they had to
take it; in the Third, "Dar" HalPs dis
trict, they say it tasted strongly of crow,
ouc WIZ iOtSSN W Stto. \ We OCCA
waiting to see what my-l'll call him
my predecessor-my predecessor, Capt.
Snider, would say about. it. He says
It's good, and he likes it. Then they
get my friend, Senator Davis, out to
explain it. The senator is brilliant
man, but he doesn't know much about
politics. What Gov. Merriam doesn't
know about politics isn't worth knowing.
He goes before the Farmers Alliance
and declares for free trade. Then he
comes up to Minneapolis. as he goes
over the state, and says; 'I've madeaa
pretty good governor. Pm running on
state issues. I've nothing to do with
the tariff which these other fellows
tinkered up. I've Endorsed the AL
lance platform. / stand on the Demo
cratic platform. and I've been nomi-
mated by the Republicans. You'd
better elect me governor He
takes Senator Davis around the
state to explain the Mckinley
bill and laughs in his own sleeve. When
/ read the report of Senator Davis
speech this morning, in which he re-
ferred to those fool foxes, meaning the
Alliance, and read his explanation of
the Mckinley bill. it occurred to me
that Senator DAVIS is tied to the tail of
a crafty fox and is being rushed around
the state making a spectacle OF him
self"