The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-06-12
Pnn Law or WAGES.

an Interesting and Able Discussion by a
Wage Earner---Worth Heading Care.
fully,
EDIToR NEws-DEMooRATi--In pre-
yloua article on the economic law OF
wages ! endeayored 10 show that n order
10 Improve the condition OF any people,
financially and socially II ~ necessary to
Increase their ooneumpllye power That
production depended on consumption FOR
lta support, and that production neoessa.
rly carried with Il distribution, That tho
paying OF wages distributed the wealth as
y was produced and ! closed by saying
That the conhumptiye power OF wage earn
erh could only be Increased by rnihiuq
their standard Of living,
There 10 law Of nature, which Induces
animals 10 make a sufficient effort Ia sat
lafy Immediate wants, and when lmme-
diate wants are satisfied the effort ceases,
THIS same law holds good with man,
bahliat shyai "Ihe economic law Of
wages may be expressed In want, effort
and satisfaction, No effort In ever put
forth only 10 satisfy some want or desire,
and for the same reason that no effort
VIII be put forth only 10 satisfy some
want, no more effort will be put forth
Than Il. necessary 10 satisfy that want or
dealre,n
Aud this law Of least Resistance
explains why real wagoR the world over
will always rise 10 tho level OF the social
wants Of wage eArnera, unless prevented
by some arbitrary power, aud for the
same reason cannot be sustained above
that point. | said real wages because
nominal wages may In certain localities
and from certain causes rIse above or fall
below that point, but cannot be kent
there. And this same law OF least resist.
anoo explains why women receive less
pay for the Same work than mon, and
why IN industries whore the wife aud
children assist the man In keeping the
family tie mans wages are alwayn lower
than In Industries whore the whole bur.
den rests on the man alone, We find
from statistics and reports OF travellers
that every whore aud In all ages and
nations, the wages OF wage earnera arc In
keeping with the cost Of their living na
measured by their social standing and
environments We find In England
today the highest wages and also the
highest state OF civilization OF any other
nation In Europe. This has been attrib.
utel by lnborlendera 10 tholr higher wages,
while the truth Ii that wages always FOL.
low civilization, mover prOcode Il, and ID 10
q significant fact that the wages In Eng
land are steadily on the Increase, while
statistics show that Drunkenness and
crime are on the decline. Moreover we
notice their strikes are all for higher
wager, while our strikes arc 10 prevent
cut or decrease In wages, and statistics
show that drunkenness and crime are on
tho increase, and wages on the decrease
IN this country, Our civilization N going
down and our wages follow. Our ciylllla.
ton ~ llk0 the civilization Of ancient
Rome, II may DO question whether
ancient Rome ever was civilized. She
was brilliant, and her brllllnncy shonc
through the wealth Of her plutOcrnta,
which was gathered by rohbing the people
ofothornntionab by thopowcrof hOrhrmlca.
ThOro was no Justice I'M hCr civilization.
We frat see her as she appeared to be-,
Whom the booty was exhausted we thon
see her aa she was, We boast Of our civ.
lizohon our brillinncy 10 simply the rc-
llcctod luAtro OF our mlllonairca, where
wealth was forced from our own people
by the injustice Of our tariffs and such
like legislation In favor Of monopoly
We see ourselves as we appear 10 be.
Whom our sources OF wealth once become
exhausted (nnd the time IN rapidly np-
pronching) then We will sec ourselves nH
we are, In addition 20 tho Injustice Of
our tariff laws and other monopoloa,
much OF our disorder arIsca from the
snort hlghtcuncHA OF our manufacturers
IN importing the lowest grade OF foreign
laborors thereby lowering tho social
standard Of the average laborcr, for no
other reason only 20 get cheaper labor,
and have thereby not only injured thcm-
selves but the prosperity Of the country
And allow me tosny here that while thoro
Ia much complaint against this kind Of
immigration, with just laws and right
social conditions this kindof immigration
would be q benefit instead Of a curse.
We all boast that machinery ls u benefit
and 30 II should he, but mOchinCy " q
factor In production only, while the for
oign labor0r IN also factor In cOnsump-
ton and contributes his share 20 the
economic channel OF trade according 20
his standard OF living. But Il will be Asl,-
cd II the foreign lnborerls satisfied with
low standard OF living, and consequently
low wages, how can bis standard OF living
be raised, whom no effort will be made on
his part TO raise it2 On this point will
continue. A, j. KiNT2,