The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-10

sa.as-comparativs Cost 10 TIM c.r-ss,
me Europe : Protection Not q 49, ~
~ress % the Workman Some Pronte.
Under the existing law the tariff dutv
on steel rails II ~ ton. In the M.
Ainiey Dill, IS u passed the House. Till
wss reduced TO STA - : ton, and II thaI
o'ii' - reported from the Senate Finance
committee. II was still further reduced
20 Sll.2O ton On the basis 81 tha irr-
portations for the year 1859, these al ties
amounted respectively to ~ 81 and q
per cent These figures should be care
NOW the men for whom ConRrsss TIM
kindly iegislates should be able "a 0iv~
some good reason why such favor.
should be shown them. what 49,
sney TO say for themselvesS
The whole story Of protection 70 steal.
ts'imakers-as 70 every one else-is
.nat the cost Of production il 90 much
higher In this country than Il Il ~
european countries that our manu-
iacturers can not successfully compete
even IN the home market with The
cheaper foreign goods, unless the CO..
eminent helps them out II AZ wer>
not for the tariff, 90 IL Il -.
gued' we should be flooded" with i'm.
portations Of 'pauper made" stun on
own manufacturers would be bea ten Qua
OF their homo market, and thev wouId
nave to shut up shop and turn their
workmen adrift Therefore wa musx
maintain our industrial defense. :
mat y Is believed, is . perfectly fair
Of the protectionist position.
rusning the inquiry little further. il
= found that the chief reason WHY va
'an not manufacture so cheaply a thev
" abroad Is that the rate Of American
wages - so high. We have the besA
nacninery and the most economicailv
organized mills In the world: We have
~ abundance OF raw material; there a.
% scarcity Of fuel, and in Pittsburgh
'aturai gas 70 used; but the great
rouo ie - that labor costs 80 much Ana
ureiy you would not say these ereas
zen. have Us depress wages Ia orde,
nat you may have cheaper rsila W.
On beat the world making raiis. brs
. feel that the American vork.
IAN must be paid sufficient wages
enable him to maintain HE inde-
endence and self-respect The tariff
axes II possible for US TO do this Il
~ Us on an even footing with the for
gner; u Is meant 50 the phrase poeaL
equaiixe conditions" Thus IL a
at We get back the excess that -
we to pay in wages over and nhc,~
hat the Englishma an paya
90 y comes 70 the question OF labor
st. and We have some very valuable
formation upon that question ~ I q.
g prepared BY Mr.. Carroll d Wrieht
. Commissioner Of Labor. on the 80
production Of pig iron, steel inrota
- . rsiis etc' IL bears date July /
p pages - and IS Of this report ths
=: are given about steel raiia Tve
soiisnmenn sre taken IN the North.
district n the United 0tatea aevs.
continental Europe and two ~ 0roa1
tsin. 1t eppears from this table fhs0
COST % making one ton OF steol rnlls
ne arst American mill (ths estimaH~
aade On eleven days running tfms.
ing which ASA tons OF rails vere
auced) IL S2A79 and In the second
Is s276s OF these sums 81 81 Ana
represent the labor cost That a
whole labor cost OF maxine I tan A
\ rails In these two mille Ana -
seem that duty OF ST.. a. s1s ~
ven SLIGO Is considerably more thar
lRn 20 cover the margin betwee.
tho labor cost here) and any len
Unit abroad II the foreign manu-.
lrer gets his labor for nothing. -
q only be sl.N better Of in the ton
MS American rival. And 80 I dutv
!. - ton would be ample 70 .'eouai.
labor cost
: this foreigner doesn't got his Il.
Ior nothing. In the seven Cont.
y establishments the labor coat -,
4 q follows: 81 o.; - 81; q "a.
200; -. o.; s2.0l.
II IS, In every instance. excant -
labor costs more than IL does with
90 she margin. instead Of beine
o Us 10 In our favor
the two English mills The labo,
Or ton - =. 81 and 81. 50.
Mould be clear from these neures
N exhorbitant steel duty Il ma
'ary on account Of great I sbor coat
should also be clear that Il Il nos
? interest Of the waRe-worker
Iner fact In this connection: Tho
'soie shows that tho total cost -
3 ton Of steel rails IL betvssr
S2s; call II seo so. The prlce q
they sell st the mills il nov "a
'snce q g : ton within : year,
profit Of IS 90 . ton The -.
IAN mills that figure n NJ
- tables have daily capacities u
80 sons- That means that q
y price for their product. ths~
rom Sssis0 TO q. 40 dsy. An9
% price goes up TO ~ and ga
two or three years sro. ther'
ne projection Of SIT ton. vhicn
q for the benefit Of the vorr.
>. the gentlemen realize fullv.
40 now partially. the blesssd.
tho American System.
whole thing IL . fraud. II.
q gets all tho protection: ths
gets none Of Il And Il IL psid
eople who travel on the rai!roads
farmers who ship their products
q Ar III duty IL better thar
?. put y - just III too much. ~.
less Mr.. Carroll D. Wright s.
"a mistaken. it 10 the forsienep
high labor cost who needs pro-
'gainst us.