Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-25

man as you are. but II he VIII lay brick In
new cotton factory in South Carolina at
half the prices you are paid, if he will
paint and plaster at the same low rate, he
is inevitably erecting an industry which,
IT the same rate of wages be maintained
throughout will drive you Gu. of business
or lead You to the gates Of his own poy-
erty."
A prominent ma ufacturer of Bradford
England, said not long SINCE
The truth is the higher the foreign
tariff the lower we must make our goods
and
THE LESS WE CAN AFFORD TO PAY LABOR.
The latest possible reduction in the
United States tariff will be a grand thing
for Bradford, but how it will affect your
industry cannot hardly say
In 1870 Abraham S. Hewitt wrote:
Free trade will simply reduce the
wages of labor to the foreign standard "
When free traders seek to entr..p persons
like our correspondent let him call to
mind what Golden said of John Bright,
which convulSed the house of commons
with laughter: The principal occupation
of my learned friend is that of spinning
yarns Of low quality" Such is the chief
occupation of free traders at this time. To
pursue this matter further the main point
is this A protective tariff in the United
States enables our workingmcn to get some
wages, which, if similar products were
made in foreign countries, under their low
wages, which are made here our working
men would have to do one of two things
either work at the same wages paid in for
eign countries or not work at all Con-
firmatory of the above. | find in The
Courier, published at Manchester, Eng
land, the birthplace of English free trade
the following as to the condition of Eng
fish workingmen at this time: Free
trade destroys employment and lowers
wages, and cur working people are finding
it OUT they do not exactly see that hand
ing over their work to be done by foreign
workers will land them in an earthly par
adise; the conviction must dawn upon them
that If there is no work here for them to
do they must leave the country or find
shelter in the poor-house.
In another issue the same paper says;
"Tne protection the country so sadly
needs is protection for British labor
against the lowest forms of foreign labor,
either in products or here in the flesh.
Workingmen have been led by the nose
for political purposes) to believe that pro-
lection is to the advantage of the rich and
bad for the poor: let them see that it is a
question of work or no work and they will
soon regain their reason and common
sense. At present they fight their masters
under the leadership of socialists; they run
the risk of shutting up the shop rather
than their employers should thrive and
prosper, etc.
No better proof can be furnished that
the interests of employer and employee are
identical that the following report in the
house of representatives of Mr.. Niedring-
hua's, of st. Lonis Granite-ware works,
during the discussion of
THE M'KINLEy BILL:
"Mr. Chairman, as we are abaut to vote
upon the bill, wish to draw attention to
statement made by my colleague from
Missouri (Mr. BlandO on Saturday last,
wherein he proposes that under the rules
my vote as representative may be challeng-
ed, being directly interested in protection.
Now, let me state that am not interested
in this bill personally. ] could to-day lock
up my factory in the United States, go to
Germany, where | could hire three men
for one here, who would work &c Der cent
more time; could there manufacture my
goods, impor' and paw the duties unoer
the Mckinley bill, and make % per cent.
more than can make by manufacturing
in the United States. (Applause.) This
only verifes my statement made at the
outset of this discussion, 20 the effect that
the manufacturers do not ask for protec-
ton except for labor and that only on the
strength OF protection scale of wages at
least three times higher than that of Ger
many can be maintained.
| In a letter to the same paper the Man
chester Courier Mr.. John Walker. an
Englishman, exposes the fallacy of Eng
fish free trade in its effects on English
labor. He says LET me draw your at
tention for moment to the great contrast
between the condition of the English and
the continental poor. Do not the later APP
pear to be not only UNNECESSARILY cleaner
and healthier, but cleverer and shrewder
The same gentleman gives the following
exposure of the English free trade effects
upon the result of English egoti.m which
has built up other nations while it has
lowered the standard of England. He
shows bow the English prophecies have
failed giving list of the countries that
have adopted protection, which, il every
case, has les,ened England's grip in
foreign makets: Canada, the United
States of America, Mexi"o and oil the South
America States. Germany, France, Italy,
Spain, Portugal Denmark Australia lex
cept New South Wales). Russia (which
we must now included, and some countries
of minor importance
VOTE FOR PROTECTION,
and the population under this regulation
is about 40 100000! Switzerland, Nor
way, Sweden, and New South Wales levy
a system of moderate import duties osten-
sibly for revenue purposes, and the popu-
lation of these countries Is in the aggre-
gate about 100000. Say 435 600 900
of people ranged against 38,000,000 Of
Britons who are supposed to thrive and
grow fat under the system which admits
absolutely free of import duty all raw
materials. fo5d stuffs, and almost, but not
all manufactured articles, placed an i'm
port duty upon tea, coffee, chicory. cocoa,
tobacco, dried fruits. silver and gold
plates. beer, spirits, lace. and few minor
articles. IF it is not egotism that makes
.., dill, ,L,4 tho % 900 00O arc III uht