Telegram-herald., 1890-10-24

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Can VOC give an illustration of this
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Iroa, tie B0st sbundSnt and useful
Of Hlsgais. . " 40 value Whatever n ia
lAtuE4l sl4te.
How : iron made valuable,
LAtOF taxes the orc from the ground,
labor extracts tAs non irom the crude
material. zad labor fashions the Ton
into thousands Of to0ls. machines and
utsns.ls snieh are "a daily Use.
Are other industries equally depend
eng on labor
lss. Without LABOR no industry could
exist day
should not labor, then. be rewarded
les; 'the lsbOTer Is worthy OF his
hire"
Are lsborers well pSidY
Ia soae cases they are; IN some they
are not.
How j. their reward regulated,
Ia different ways-sOmstlm by sup
ply and demand; sometimes by comb
| nation.
What do you mean sy combination
| mean the organization OF the labor
ers IN yarous trades whereby they are
enabled 10 make concerted demands
regarding hours, wages ana other mat
I ters.
Are these demands always granted
| Not always; but organization has. on
| the whole, been productive or benefit
10 the labOrers.
Where are the highest wages paid for
labor?
In the United States.
Where are lower wages paid?
In England.
/ How much lower?
| From % 10 90 per cent.
| Can not manufactured goods, then,
be produced cheaper IN England than
IN the United States?
They can.
Why, then, do we not buy all our
! manufactured goods in England, IN
stead of making such vast quantities of
/ them at home?
Because OF the protective tariff.
What IS the protective tariff?
\ Ii is system whereby dealers in for
eign-made goods have TO pay for the
/ privilege OF selling them 10 the Amen-
can people.
What Is the result of this system,
IL enables vast manufactures to be
maintained IN this country, giving en-
ployinent at good wages TO millions of
our own working people.
! Ii the protective tariff we're over
thrown, what would be the result?
Our country would be Hooded with
| foreign goods.
What effect would this have on Ameri-
can laboNrs?
1t would either throw them out of
| employment or compel them TO accept
the low wages which are paid in Eng
land.
Would this be acceptable to laborers!
No.
What would the labor organizations
| do about II?
They could not do anything. They
/ might ask for the old wages, but the
employers would be helpless and could
/ only say: ''lt is cheaper 10 import
than TO manufacture. We cannot COM
pete with English manufacturers unless
we can get labor as cheaply as they
can"
Then free trade would not be of ad-
vantage 10 American labor?
No; 1t would at once establish lower
scale of wages all around, and undo all
that has been done to better the condi-
ton OF laborers. Any further effort in
that direction would be utterly hope
less.
What is the man reliance of labor
ing people for maintaining, and if pos
sible, improving, their condition?
The protective tariff.
Who makes tariff laws?