The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-13

Crack This Free Trade Nut.
Now we are having real light thrown
upon the operations of the Mckinley |
tariff bill, as it affects the manufacture
ing Industries of Germany and from
IN entirely unbiased source, the Assoc
ciated Press Correspondent sent to
Germany purposely to find out the
truth OF the matter ard lot the people
know it. The results OF the cores
pondents Investigations wero pub
lished yesterday in many Of the lead
ing papers OF the country, including
the New York Herald, tho Baltimore
Sun and other Democratic papers.
Tho results of the working OF the new
law are much worse upon the mapu-
featuring centres Of Germany than
anything that we have heretofore heard
about them. At Chemnltz, a city in
Saxony noted for the manufacture Of
hosiery and knitted goods, utter stag
nation prevails.
The exports which for 1859 90
amounted TO sil, sa5, 5Is, have dwindled
down to IS, 45i, OsS. But this is not the
worst of it. The Chomnltz Inanufac.
turers say that the tariff is not re-
duced they cannot manufacture at a
profit at all and that II factories spring.
ing up in America will deprive them
completely of the trade. The story OF
suffering and privation amongst the
working classes here cannot 10 better
told than as the Associated Press tells
the following;
In one house visited q man was
making silk gloves OF very fine work
nlanship. Ills machine, an upright
loom, was handsomely inlald with dif,
forent woods. and lie seemed very
proud OF it. He said he was earning
ut present nine marks (S2 75y week
He had wife and child. The room,
were scrupulously clean, and the mnr
had an Intelligent and independent
bearing. lie thought OF going t,
America II he could get his loom ad
mitted duty free. All the men visltot
were Intelligent, solf-respecting ant
Industrious, Their earnings ut presen
average from Sl.50 to 81 week. On,
children-was asked how lie managed
to get along. well, We don't" he re
replied, with sad smile. Most OF u
had something laid by from bette
days. We used that up. Almos
everybody has his little house and bI
Of farming land. We have inortguget
that. We still have our looms left
which are worth $3.50 to $500, but II ",
should mortgage those tho end woul,
be near. Things cannot last mucl
longer this way" These people llv
almost entirely on potatoes and ry
bread. At the present high prices o
food staples in Germany they ge
scarcely enough of these"
Tho correspondent says there Ia
movement on foot to induce thes
people to emigrato to Amerlc
to establish their Industry her,
as they would form q very desi
able class Of citizens, and eventual
add much to the wealth Of the Unite
States. We would call tile especii
attention of our readers to the wage
that these poor industrious poop
make ut Chemnitz. Tho intelligei
reader cannot fail To see that If wor
men In the United States would wol
for the same there would bo no ne,
for the Mckinley or any other tar
protection. Which do our people ~
fer, Free.trade and German wages
protection and Unitcd States wages
Yet In the face Of all this our Dem
cratic papers are advocating Germnr
instead OF the United States, and WI
to keep up this system of chaap lab
in Germany, because it brings us che
knit goods, and our own people mu
either do this work at German wag
or not do it at all.
1t requires 10 EXTENDED argument
show that protection is altogether
question OF wages, the difference
wages between this country and G,
Iaany being the tariff put on import
goods. There Is AN extra good woi
man over in Ghemnitz. luboring stea
and getting So 70 week, tho avera
wages OF others being sl.a0 and 81
week and yet these free trade papt
favor these wages for American wol
men. and the worst feature of the ca
Is that thousands OF these workm
blinded by purtisim bosli ard gul
vote regularly with the party in ia,
of these cheap wages, A number
other manufacturing towns in G
many have been included IN the
yestigations OF the Associated Pr,
O.
casion to refer to in other articles, |
for the present VIC will let our v
mington opponents Of the Mckinl
thrift crack tAa Chemlitz iree.tra
nut.