Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-23
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CoAAOMtuE ID y CuINSuAhtAul VI 5SuatOA
Gray's demonstration that there is only
10 cents protection to American labor
in the steel rails tariff. The reader may
fnd the speech and the statistics set forth
in full on pages 1i,70l 6 Of the Con
sressionGl Record Tho figures are COM
piied from offieisl reports OF the Com
missioner of Labor, Mr.. Carroll D.
Wright, and cover all the elements of
cost. from the ore in the mines 10 the
finished product. The comparison is
made between the cost Of labor in the
United States and the cost OF labor ia the
same processes rs averaged by nine estab.
lishmenis on the continent Of Europe aud
in Great Britain. In the Congressional
Record table each item OF cost in each of
these nine establishments is also set forth
separately. describing fractions Of cents,
the labor coat of producing ton of steel
rails in the United States is made up of
the following items: Production Of 4, 1877
pounds Of iron ore $2.14; production of
1897 pounds OF limestone, 20 cents; pro-
duStion OF 4,608 pounds Of oituminoas
coal, $780, conversion OF the eoel into
3,0S2 ponds Of coke, 60 cents; CONVEX
sion of the ere, limestone and coke into
2,469 pounds Of pig iron, $l.5s CONVEX
sion Of the pig iron into 2. ass pounds Of
steel ,eots, S1.69 fuel for conversion Of
iron into steel ingoss, 81 cents; CONVEX
zion OF steel ingots iato 2 $40 pounds OF
steel rails, $i.54i bitumincus coal
for conversion Of ingots into rails,
So CENTS total labor cost In one
ton of steel rails, $11.69. The average
labor cost in the nine mills OF Europe,
for the corresponding items, runs as fol
lowe: $243, 20 cents, $3.50, 43 cents,
50 cents, $1.2Sl So cents, $2.49, 9S cents;
total, $ll.40 (rhese items add up By
cur calculation gil, 48, but in the original
tables ali the calculations ore carried ont
TO four decimal places and we give The
: fetal as it appears there. The ,otal cost
of ton Of stael rats, including material,
labor, salaries Of officials aud clerks, fuel,
supplies, repairs and taxes is: United
States, $25.7s; Europe, $22 rs. Com
menting on tits showing, Mr.. Gray said
MIR. President, is it not mors.rous in
justice, is it not shame and Fepr?ach
to this Senate, that they should dit h&rs
day after day with these facts ascertain
able staring them in the face and vet
gaining their own consent TO place
burden like this upon the necks OF tie
American people, q tex Of $l3.4t 10 cover
mere labor cost Of 10 cents, and q co 10,
covering all possible charges, taxes. ma
terials, salaries, and all, OF only SIS BE-
tween the production Of ton Of steel
rails in Europe and in this country? Mg.
President, that same analysis might be
pursued IS to the ether schedules in this
bill, and in every case you would find
that the tax, instead of being made to dit
the difference in labor cost in this coun-
try and abroad, would multiply that dir
ference many-told; and that ia the face,
so far as steel ID concerned, OF the evil
dence that has been quoted here more
than cncs of Major Bent, who il tie
president, / believe or manager, of one
of the largest steel works in the United
States, that il you gave him free material
he wanted no protective tax al Sill and
could compete with the steel rail makers
Of the whole world upon equal teFms.n
Following lie an extract from the United
States staLutes setting forth part Of the
powers supervisors and deputy msrshals
are to be clothed With. Other sections
clothe them with very broad police pow.
ess, too diffuse to quote hsre, among
them, however, neing provision requir-
ing any pesaous who may called upon BY
supervisors or deputy matshals TO render
such assistance as The supervisor ca
deputy marshal shall demand, under
penalty Of instant arrest and punish
ment by imprisonment not exoee4ing
two years, or . hna Of rot more than
$4,000, or both. Ald this Ii the ayatsm ~
Intimidation and usuEpation that ia pro-
posed to De Saddlsd upon free and law
abiding peoplo II only needs the
muskets and bRyonets and an 1876 re.
turning board at Washington TO mike il
. full fsdged Force bill. If this usErpa
tion could be cstIied out would il not be
as well TO abrogate our own election laws,
dismiss ouf election officers end say "a
the administration ia power at Washfaq-
ton: We are your most humble and iu-
capable servants; no longer fiji to govern
ourselves we entrsat that you Will be
graciously plepseA to appoint rulers over
u.s. Read tEis extract, being Section
2,o22 Of the Revised sthtutes Of the
United States, enacted va presume ear
ing the days Of the eivil war
Ehe marshal and his general deputies
and such special deputies. shall keep tha
peace and suppors aud pratsct the supsr=
Vtsors OF eleet,un Ia the discharge az TIER
duties preserve ordar a such places 81
Registration ana at Ueh polls, prevent
fraudulent reg str1tiou and ttauiul rl y9t-
ing tbereat, or fraudulent r6ndueE On sAe
part Of any ofilCer Of election, aad immedl-
ately, either IT the place OF regi5ttatiOu Or
polling place, or elsewhere, ara either be.
fore or after registering or voting, to arrest
and take into custody, With or without gro.
cess. aly person who commit, or attempts
or offers 20 commit, any Of the acts ag n.
fences prohibited herein or who comuits
any offence against the lava Or the Luifed
States; but no person 5rall BIZ erfested
without process for any offence not COM
mttted IN the presence OF tbo marshal or
his general or special deputies, or altGer
81 chem. or OF the supervisors ot election Or
either OF them, and Tor the purposes 81 ar
rest or the preservation OF The peace, Tho
supervisors OF election slall, ia the ahsen9a
OF the msrshal's deputies, or q required 10
assist such deputies, have tho same duties
DENNY 4 q e .g3t5 i
any per9on, on The day OF such election,
ha arralted RLLhnnt Eraeaaa. Ear nm .lIv .nnL.