Sharp County record., 1890-09-11
, con HERE AND THERE.

: ..'o-.f-ctlon" Against Dearer Labor
-" o.. &zrns Some Valuable Testl-
rrona Ex-Secretaries Evarts ana
Tbcy Found That We Can Com
~ With europe by Reason oil Our cheap
sber.
] tho debate in the Senate on the
IA bill the wages question came up
IA 4 In a away that was very annoy
' q tae protectionist Senators. Mr.
,,oe Of Mississippi, made the state
r nat the labor cost of making a
a ateel rails in this country was
SMu This statement was denied
denounced very earnestly by Sena-
Platt Of Connecticut and Senator
sley. Of the same State, supported
colleague in his denial.
,en Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, under
70 conirm Mr. Georges statement
h steel rails by the official report OF
Carroll D. Wright in pursuance OF
, :; imposed ID; posed upon him by Congress.
raw material of the steel rail man
| turer was the steel ingot, and Mr.
hit had given the cost of making
| all from the ingot as Sl.54 per ton.
|, Senator from Mississippi had said
. Jones argued nothing to the con-
u
reupon Senator Edmunds, of Yer
W attempted to convince Mr. Jones
VI he was entirely mistaken in the
"a ,r His EXPLANATION was that the
R ence in cost between the steel
~ and the steel rail was S2.27, OF
III amount labor got 81. 81.
By even If Senator Edmunds be cor
all is statement here is nothing to
'g ,oint. The orthodox protection
As on is that the labor cost in this
OA ~ must be compared with the like
The d Europe; and when the cost of
ron is greater here protection must be
h equal to this excess Of labor cost
Ng is what Ben Butterworth means
III famous Expression, equality of
E@ unity"
The If Senator Edmunds had exam
from be report which was referred to in
ntn bate, be would have learned some
I IN about the comparative labor cost
ling a ton Of steel rails here and
ufep ope That report of Labor Com
Q ae ner Wright contains highly in
great ng table giving the labor cost in
tram. z q ton Of steel rails in two Amer
sll Wo English, and seven Continent
atM mills This cost is given simply
"a, A process OF making the rails from
reyA BEL ingots OR bars, and it is $1.54
Ovn American mill and S1.3S in an
Aa the average being 81, 46 per ton.
two Eaglish mills the average
Ca h 95 per ton. On the Continent of
o,s a the average in seven mills was
VAN, ans fact brushes the explanation of
,in, Edmunds rather fiat The
l.,,,, D chief interest is that the labor
wv" ','I ! turning ton of steel into rails
.S' I" \, less here than in Europe.
'rt., % long been known by those who
il'4' M trouble to inform themselves
" % 'M lis "pauper labor cry" is nine
.''. %'ls lumbug, for when the labor cost
avn" given article is taken into ac-
u''l merican labor is found in nearly
' 'A1 Stance tob be the cheapest labor
ave- n@ world. This is caused by the
! llgn e{lciency Of labor with us and
VUSls greater use of labor-saving ma
% them
'Ou anA kopublioan wants to find out
wan'" about this matter he can very
ii m' ttheniN and does not have to
Oh 700 % from "Brtish free traders"
rOSsaa M Blaine and Senator Evarts
ouEVnp own Some very bright light on
hildNl tion.
andN President Hayes administra-
$ aOIeN WilliamM. Evarts, then Secre-
inherit tate made q reporton the Estate
Sanot' "a Europe." This report bears
lay II, 1870.
:, nerican Oonsuls / n Europewere
:" y examine into the condition
,,Aodh Icter Of European labor, and to
elr observations to the Depart
tsOmsq tate at Washington. THOR ro-
on were 50 striking that Secretary
ciu bu, ne sS liberal LIBERAL extracts from them,
n ladies ng these extracts with the fol.
,Dos Aa Fong assertion;
,,' n.,isop rage American workman n,r.
YUM ono and one half to twice as
Jew York workman, This is s. SO Oh Importast n"Stnst
by tN'i 'nnsctlon n with our ability to
me chqup labor manufacturers
ID lars'l MI Viii tronblo @ yo~ with us", aom"' so
N by tOen " quotations from the reports in
no Of no Fetary thon gave a number of
IatherM' " 'ne reports Of the Consuls,
ID, fifteen ';Uu ny n.y. worthy of reproduce
They arc as follows;
,is amOun ~ work ,hc French loboror or
=, hn,M sno cntrgy Of tho American
3D. Ou'"' ~, and tho amount of work
own naDlN MN u much less In the same
art In N pouA Tho hours OF labor are
N@d twel7o, but IN average Amer.
y ' ..,n viii nccomplsh us mucn in
real VS'" IRON tho Report OF the Consul
.ros In he ~ 1atl>hed that an ordinary
shoB@ wiil cne sV N INV St',Hs G,s,i wlll 40 as
LoulsV'" Fom me Boport of tho Consul
rccn taiS sss9ny q
"a ,olls hd H1noaflcan Workman will do na
y =. Al and svon t'mo, ut any employ.
TO uO :" O. three German workmcn
os' o. cue Consul ut LcIpsIc,