New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-24
DEBATE ON THE TARIFF AT LYONS
wAvyr COUNTY FARMERS ADDRESSED BY MAJOR
n ~ nAnc nonx AM T. Y WHEELER.

WAYNE COUNTY FARMERS ADDEEssfD Di ""'0
TX. PANGBoRN AND f. p. wHEELEH'
LYONS. y. v, Sept 30 (spccian,.-Thc hrst day OF
tho Wayne County fair broke bright ana cicdr' EN-
hitors were early astir putting the 'naf touches ~
tho exllb. tlon and the busy officials mad 1heir h~
t,I IN attending to the various wants OF their pa'Os
There va, a fair attendance, and when MAJOR q. ~
Pancborn Editor Of THE Jersey City JOURNAL "s
representative OF tho American Protection Lcas"e "
Everett L. Wheeler, Of Ncw-YOrk, president OF .ne
Tariff Reform Climb. appeared on the GROUNDS Z" ui9
cuss tho tariff, each speaker was auot'eu an "'" y.
which 10 cxprcss his views on the question. MT
Wheeler ., the champion OF tariff reform was the nrs'
speaj,er and prcfaccd his remarks by saying ln'
question OF tarIn reform the most important poi,
cal question before the American people, anu
then no endcavored to demonstrate that "'he
tariff IS tax" and appealed to the smpathies Us wei
as the pockets Of his hearers to bear him out III ms a.
sertion when he said The tariff makes ever! th'"B
you purchase In the way OF farming utensils uca'o'
but by so doing docs not nse the price OK aoor et0
Is no material used In building house but what 10
taxed and everything you wear is enhanc@ oy TAX"
uon.r On this limo Of argument Mr. Wheeler spoke
for IN hour and followed BY Major Pansborn' VINO
delivered able and convincing address In ia'or Vi
q protective tariff. lie said In substance:
II cannot agree with the previous speaker either
In his assumptions CONCLUSIONS simply because the
differences drawn from his arguments are not con.
tho citizens Of the United States some one with an
iuuu,,ing mind may ask, OF what use Is tariff for
prot. cton My answer is thls-tO foster nm. rirah
indn,ries build up new ones, md Increase Wages
Three clements enter into the manufacture OF all
articles namely. material. capital and Labor Ma'ctia'
and capta ar about the In AL countries but the
ices labor differ aud 1t naturally follows that "hero
Labor Is cheap goods can he manui% tured al Ies'
cost thAn WHERE labor coDimands iair reward AL
kind, OF labor the United states are pd b"tfcr wages
| than In any other country In tho World ana putu"e
on tho protective tariff obigcs the foreign na'Iii"t-
urer, who hire cheap labor to put their products on
the American markets on an equal footing with those
ot the American manufacturers. who pay more wages.
This tariff however. does not Increase the prtS 0i
our nlanuicturrs bu rather cuts down the prices OF
goods %. foreign Manufacture and By c"mpr'itioh a'
home creates industries In tho United sintcs gives
employ ricnt more labor and chcap'nS tie Cost OK
their products. The tariff reiOrncr, make tho state
mcnt that the protective tariff incIascS the cost OF All
| articles on which Il Is levied. This deny nni dcy
their representative hero u name single article ih''
| Is enhanced In cost BY reason OF tho tariff "h''
crocLcrywarc rar be bought {" day that 10 mahufa't
| ured In the state OF Hcw-Jer>ey cheaper than III
Europe. and yet We pay three times the wages our
| for,isn competitors do. Where l. the tah y Inc
sJeakcr cave several Illustrations Of similar nature
demonstrating to tho satisfaction Oh MS hc'Fcrs Inc
EAllacy that the Tariff - a Ia.
| Al the conc ,on Of Mr. r,ngb0rns argument. ra'
spca,.r tnnk ff"rn minutes Ia which 10 Sin up. hii
when the argument W. completed tn" "c'Ihf ui pi'si
WAS largely IN favor ni protection 10 American ~.
acauic, I'D Ia ty the citizens Of Wayne County In At
tendance at the debate.