The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-21


Of to-day, that the Democrats could afTor,
to buy it up If the Republicans did not ge
ahead of them.
The Yankee narrator says:
At first glance things appeared to be ex
ceeding prosperous in this little tr.butar,
kinsdom-whose lord was King BAGDEMAGUs-
as compared with the state OF things in my OWL
region. They had the protection" system in
full force here, whereas We were working along
down towards free trade, by easy stages. ana
were now about half way. Before long DowLEy
ana L were doing all the talking, the Others
hungrily listening. DowLsY warmed 70 his
work snufed an advantage in the air aad be-
gan TO put questions which he considered
pretty awkward ones for me, and they old have
something of thar look:
I'm your country. BROTHER, what is the wage
OF master baliin mast-r hind, carter. shep-
herd. swineheri:''
Twenty five milrays day; that is to say, a
quarter or a cent
The smiths face Deamed with JOY He said:
With US they are allowed the double OF it,
And what may u mechanic ge,-carpenter
mason. painter, blacksmith. wheelwright and
the iise:
''on the average fifty mil aTs half cent
day.
fA'f nv ''ANA uS tAcJ AAc di4ONcu
With us any good mechanic is allowed q cent a
day. count out the tailor. but not the others.
they are all allowed cent a day, and in driving
times they get more-yes, up TO a hundred ana
fifty milrays day. I've paid q hundred and
fifty within the week. 'Rah for protection, to
shoel with free trade
And his face shone upon the company like a
sunbeam. But didn't scare at ali. rugged up
my pile driver and allowed myself fifteen
minutes 10 drive him 0H in-driye him in till not
even the curve Of his skull should show above
ground. This is the way started in on IN
asked:
What do you pay pound for salt:''
a hundred mIlrays."
We pas forty. What do you pay for beef and
you buy it:'' That was a neat
hit; it made the color come.
1T varieth somewhat. but not much One |
may say 40 nlrays to the pound
I'VE pay thirty three. what do you pay for |
eggs:" |
Fifty milrays the Dozen
ave pay 20; what do you pay for beerr'
1T costeth US 81: mtirays the pint
I'VE get it for 8; - bottles for cent: what |
10 you pay for wheats''
AT the rate OF 900 milrays tho bushel-
I'VE pay 500; what do you pay for a mans
.ow linen suit:'
Thirteen cents"
I'VE pay g. What do you pay for a stuff.
gown for the wife OF the laborer or the me-
chanic:'
I'VE pay s.4''
well, Deserve the difference. You paw
cents and mills; we pay only four cents
prepared now to sock il to him / said:
Look here. dear friend. ,rtat becomes of your
Ugh srages you rsre Dragging about a ye,c min
ties agor' And looked around on the compa-
" with placid satisfaction, for had slipped
pon him gradually, and tied him hand and foot,
ou see without his noticing he was being tied
t all whats become Of those noble high
'ases Of yours: seem to have knocked the
tuiiing all out Of them. il seems to me-"
1t was a crusher
But alas. It didn't crush. No. had to give II {
p. What those people valued was Aiqh srdgss; {
DIDN'T seem TO be q matter OF any consequence J
, them whether the high wages would buy
nything or not. They stood for Al rejection"
nd swore by it, which was reasonable enough. y
ecause interested parties had gulled than :
ito the notion that 1t was protection which had
'eatec their high wages. 1 proved to them
lat In quarter Of century their wages had Q