Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-01

Mr.. Elliot's statistics on the finan.
cial growth OF the United States
since 1850 We're: 1850, 81, 900, 001. G1I:
1860, Sl6, 600, OO0, 900; 1870. $50. 900,
600, 600; 1850, S33, 900. 600, Goa: show
ing that the national wealth more
than doubled between 1850 and
1850, and Increased only - per cent
between 1870 and 1850. Mr.. Elliott
explained that the figures for 1850
and 1850 are for taxed property only:
while those for lS1o ami 1850 are for
all property, taxed and untaxed
(see Compendium, 9Th census, page
53G).
The census figures are: 1850.
S7,lS5, 80, Dos; 1859, Sl6, l59, 6l6, 05S;
1870, S30,O5S, jlS, 500; 1850, Ss5,642,-
900, 900. Compendium 9th census.
pages 65S-9; and 10th census.)
As an introduction 10 Mr.. Bur
rows figures, his words should be
quoted;
manufactures say they cannot
manufacture certain articles in this
country unless n tariff keeps out the
products Of European pauper labor.
The protective tax Is levied so
that the manufacturer can afford 10
make the same goods as are made in
Europe, and yet pay his men Amer
lean wages.
"The protection on pig iron is So
- a ton. Pig iron sells in this
country at SlT per ton; the price OF
foreign iron before the duty i aid
on il, is SI0.25 per ton. Tat Is, the
tariff Of S5.T2 per ton enables the
home producer to charge Sj.T2 more
per tor for his iron than iron is sold
for In other countries, and he
charges that much more for il. We
therefore pay 10 the iron master S.
- on each ton ofiron that he makes,
in order that he may be able to
make iron and also pay his men
fair wages According to the re.
turns Of the last census, the total
labor cost Of making each ton of pig
iron is SS.:5. But we pay the man
ufacturer S5.72 per ton for making
the iron, and he pays only S5.S5 in
wages for each ton made. He there
fore steals S3.S7 on each ton Of iron
he makes, besides getting his labor
free ofall cost. We pay this S6.72 TO
the iron master, solely in order that
he may pay good wages; no one ever
heard of a protective tax levied for
the purchase Of lands, machinery.
or materials for the manufacturer.
but only for the payment Of wages.
"The census OflSS0 shows that for
pig iron
The value Of product was........ So. SIS. So
The total wages paid was.-..... i2,6Sa. 200
Tons Of pig iron made........... Ssh u2I
Thai is, labor cost per ton. SJ-g5
tenth census Of the United States. $50.
vol. II. pages u and Il Of the Report on n :
Manufacture OF Iron and Steel
"The iron master pays Ss.35 on
each ton in 3,75l, 02i tons, aud steals
from the money intrusted to him 10
pay wages 1887 on each ton in g.
Isl, 02l tons. The amount thus
stolen In 1850 was SO, $50, 7O3.
The article says OF the sugar fig
ures:
Now they mean that the labor which pro
duces ssi2 worth Of sugar Is paid only q.
TINS Is preposterousi 50 would cot pay for
from the field.
He declared the figures were taken from
theUnited States census. and was undoubt-
edly honest IN the enthusiasm with which
he pointed ont and denounced the wrongs
OF n protective tArih. But no such figures
were ever contained in a government pub
licAtisn.
The compendium Of the Tenth
Census Of the United States, part ..
pages 24O-l, gives for refined sugar
and molasses:
Value Of product, ISse. Is, .9ls
Total wages paid, s,s75.0ls
That is the labor that refines (uot
'sproduces'') S242 worth of sugar is
paid only 81.
The article also says "FrOm these
figures it would appear that the
manufacturers pay their employees
81, while stealing $40 from them. y
Yes, such is the case; the manufac-
turers withhold $40 out Of every SO
entrusted to them TO pay wages.
The number Of pounds of sugar
refined in 1850 was l,asT ,6I3, 556;
the total wages paid, s, s75, 0S2; the
cost Of labor in refining 100 pounds
being II cents
1t was not stated by Mr.. Burrows
that without the tariff the sugar re-
fining workers would receive ten
times more than they now receive,
but that we pay the refiners, by
reason Of the tariff; ten times more
than the total wages they pay their
The tariff en- refined sugar is 81
cents pound; the tariff on the raw
for sugar is cents a pound,
II cents per pound for the
refiner after paying his tax on raw
The only question there
can be about how much the refineT
steals, is how much does he charge
for refined sugar, and is the duty Of
3 cents actually paid to him?
The average price for refined
sugar abroad for the last two years