The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-05
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r1LtS9 NEsen tntED.
ryeslasnt rssrriasn,s sop a. American
Workinrnen.
HE president,s disposition NOT ~
fsIk politics on his Remington trio
was not proof asrainst the temptation
offered by II audience 81 working men
III Troy, II. Y. Liz an surc.r said he.
shat Won realize here n I Iarpe d.
gree the benef;t ~ : nolicv that keenS
the American market for the Americsn
wor1rmen.r This ELECTED .nnlanse. Int
IL came f.,om the ofiiceholders
III the crowd il from the workingmen
themselves il NOT stated.
If ire worlxn,en from the Troy shops
applauded the presidents remark they
did SO because they had been mislcd Sby
interested parties There Il no policy
that keeps the American market Tor the
American workmen. There never has
been such 4 policy in tins conntrv. and
the president should have been aware
of the fact.
A market is q place where men buy
and sell Worimen, like other people,
desire both to buy and sell, and, unlike
some other people. their sales and pur-
chases usually balance. Or nearly ID.
They are az much Interested il having
a favorable market "a buv IN AZ 70 sell
in. Under the policy advocated bv
Mr.. Harrison and his associates neither
Is so favorable 10 the worlxmen as IL
would be under q system less restricted
and artificial. What the workmen has
to sell is his labor. This he sells In !
frce-trade market. In competition with
all the world. There il no tariff on
the importation Of labor. There is no
to check imports Of foreign
laborers The contract labor law nav
be mentioned as an exception. but ii IS
well known that the law il constantly
violated or evaded BY the pampered
minions Of protection. II is clear
from the statistics of immigration that
it has not had the effect Of checking
imports Of cheap labor from abroad.
The republican party seeks to extend
protection to- the domestic manufac-
turer by shutting out foreign competi-
ton. in whole or in part. and there is
a constant tendency toward prohibit
ory rates. In fact, the beneiiciaries Of
the tariff are never satisfied with any-
thing less than prohibitory rates, and
numerous instances may be cited where
the Mckinley bill increased rates that
were already virtually prohibitory, no
doubt for the purpose 81 Offering pre-
miums for the. formation Of trusts.
The republican party Is yery fond OF
fairfield trusts, because combinations
Of that kind are Obliged to contribute
literally to the campaign fund In order
to maintain their privileges II the re-
publicans were sincere in their DECLARE
tons that they have framed high tariffs
for the benefit of workinrmen. thev
would apply the same policy to for
sign labor that they do to foreign prod
nets. They would seek to shut it ont
from competition with the American
to diminish the supply Of
labor. and 30 to augment the price.
That they do not do 80 shows
that they are seeking to benefit the am
ployer ana not the emplove.
We do rot wish to be understood as
advocating the exclusion of foreign la
borers. II il no part of the tlemocra tic
policy to do this: but il il logically a
part of the republican policy. If that
policy were really what they saw 1t is
when they address themselves to the
They advocate a policv
Of restriction. Of exclusion Of the
products Of foreign labor. They re-
strict fore;0n comnat;4ion IN ,,rod ucts