The advocate., 1890-11-05

| ol EuEope Whh Wiling 70 accept, and he was
given the benefit oia tarin. II works In this
wise, that everything that the capitalist manu-.
faoturer has 10 sell he sells In protected market
he sells namarket In which foreign capitalists
cannot compete with him.
How Isle with what he has 20 buy? For the
principal article he has 10 buy % wit, the labor
OF men, he demands free trade In the broadest
sense not only free trade In bringing IN aborers
OF our own race, who can soon accommodate
themselves 10 our conditions Of lfe, but the
bringing In class OF hbores who have been
Injured 10 poverty by thousands OF years OF train.
Ing The capitalist asks the brOadest free trade
for that, his own market In any event being pro-
tected
This is an explanation Senator
Jones gives Of the effect upon labor;
Now, how Is II with the laborer? Everything
he wants 10 buy he has 10 buy from his capatal.
ist masterln a protected market; everything he
has 10 sell, to-wit, his labor, And unlike the
capitalist he can not hold II away from sale; un-
like the capitalist he can not wait for better
times, or travel here and there where no pleases
20 sell II, but no must sell II every day, he must
sell In the Openest market OF the world This II
the theory In favor OF the Aborer that the gentle.
man Mr.. Dawes Of Massachusetts,, proposed 20
u.s. We reject H.
Here let the foregoing matter be
supplemented by the following brave
words from the Atchison Champion
The Mckinley law raises number Of peril
nent queries. Who are benefited by this meas.
ure? The manufacturers and capitalists. lIow2
By reaplng all the profits which accrue from the
excessive margins which this measure makes
possible Protectionists, when pressed 10 ex.
plain what becomes Of these large profits. tell W.
that they are divided between the manufacturer
and his workman Is this true? n So then
wages generally throughout the country have
been or are TO be advanced Where Is the ey.
dence Of ths2 What manufacturing establish
ment or employer has advanced the wages OF his
men since this law went into effect, or contem.
plates anything Of the kind? win owprotecton
friends please furnish us a list OF such II any
there be-?
II themechancs and labOrers are not benefited
by an increase OF wages is the bin nm advantage
TO the rarmers-those oi Kansas and other west
ern states2 II so what advantage? win they
get any more for their grain, or stock? VIII II
enable them TO buy what they need NJ less cost
than II there were no high tariff on the articles
on the dutabe lIst2 Has the tariff reduced the
price Of any manufactured article? II so, let II
be named, On the contrary, has II not already
and will II not hereafter, until that law ls re-
pealed Increase the cost up 10 the full figure OF
the duty imposed on the foreign artlCle2 No
intelligent and honest individual or newspaper,
In view Of the proof TO be found In any store,
will deny this
The article is finished as follows:
Where, In che name Of common sense, is the
benefit which the Mckinley law coniers upon
farmers? Perhaps Senator ingalls,, who boasts
Of having voted for this bll can satisfactorily |
explain all this TO his Kansas farmer constituency.
Perhaps the Emporla Republican and protection
organs can explain IL,
H. then, the Mckinley law does not operate to
Increase the wages OF worldngmen, nor TO Ell
hance the market value Of farm products, but
does increase, all the way from 20 to % per cent
The cost OF the necessaries Of life TO both mechan-
les and farmers In common with all classes Of |
consumers, and II II turns the increased profits |
charged into the already overilowlng Golfers Of
and capitalists, where Is the |
Doasted advantage Of such alaw?
The farmers of Kansas and the consumers Of |
The whole county would like some satisfactory |
explanation Of these things. Thus far Senator
ingalls, offers none, Sp aker Reed and Mckinley |
The authors Of the bill, furnish none, and yet un-
less some such explanation is forthcoming and
that nc once, thousands Of republican farmers
and workngmen In Kansas and all the western
states, will vote for members Of congress on the
Ith Of November who will see 10 II that this law
s repealed and tariff measure that will con
serve the interests Of consumers is substituted
for N