The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-02


IrIekcry Or : Recon; Article ~
senator NORTH Absy Expossd.
Senator Justin 5. Morrill,. OF Yer
mont, in the North American Review,
says: Happily, Mr.. Gladstone does
not swccten free trade by another name,
and conceal Y by what in America has
been styled It's 'varioloid' revenue re-
form" There Is no Democrat or tariff
rcformcr who wants free trade at once,
but 10 grow 70 that as the people be-
come prepared and ready for IT, Mr..
Morrill, knows that to be fact, but Is
trying TO influence the Republican
votcr-largely the farmer-to believe
that Democrats and tariff reformcrs ad-
yocatc absolute free trade or tariff for
revenue only now. and in advocating
tariff reform are trying 10 deceive the
people, thus making the tariff reformcr
appear before the voter as tricky and
dishonest. Any man who will read and
honestly think will see that all the
trickery and dishonesty Is with such
men as Mr.. Morrill,. What ! under
stand tho tariff rcformer TO want Is this:
Free raw material OF all kinds, so that
the manufacturer may be able to com
pete with the world with his article Of
manufactured product, and by SO doing
export more than any other country.
England has about % per cent Of the
import trade Of South America and
Australia. and OF . large portion Of
European countries, and we, as manu-
facturcrs. with our burden OF high
taxes on raw material, have to
stand by and see England taking
from US and from the people
what honestly belongs to us. Mr..
Sargent says that the only goods
he can export are the goods that the
cost IS in the labor put upon them in
finish. and then says that the goods
where the cost is in the material and
made with little labor are the goods
that it is impossible for him to export
This. to my mind, shows that labor com
pared to the quantity Of articles made
to the individual is cheaper in America
than England. Now, il you give the
American manufactu rer free material
he will be able to export . great guam
tity OF goods, creating . demand for
more manufacturers and more laborers
in this country. Supply and demand
regulate the prico Of both the manu-
facturod ~erticie ana The mice n lahor
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"a Greatest numbcr
nj. Morrill, saws: sWorkmen in Great
britain when out Of employment have
no resource but the work-house. but
American workmcn generally own their
own homes. take their v newspaper
and have money in the savings banks.
This is not generally the case. but very
far from IL III MI. Morrill, will take
The trouble TO look il no he viii see. as
prof. Carroll d. Wright shows. that
there are ooo. 600 men in Massachusetts
able ana willing 10 work who can not
ret work 70 do. The laSor bureaus OF
two Of our best States declare that the
average wages Of ~workmen are not
enough 10 bring up 4 family upon even
IN the most mcarcr way unless supple
mented by the wages of wife or child.
.srhrce hundred and ATTY dollars a year
a the average income OF the working
men Of our land and millions have not
= this In New York City there are
whole sections where the oyercrowdinQ