The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-20

The taflI 10 induce the uellel tnal pro-
lection is no protection to labor. A
redundancy Of words can not prevail
against facts. The only well protect
ed country in the world is the United .
States and to this country must we
look for natural and honest solution !
Of protection. An axiom that will .
cause no contention Is that whereethe |
most labor Is, there will be the best |
wages, The demand for labor regu-
lates the supply and at the same time
regulates the wages. The Every Even |
Ing wants us to explain why labor is
lower in protected Germany than in
free-trade England. We have already
given our ideas Of why labor is cheap
er in both places than in the United
States. and we have asked it in return
to tell US why labor is so much dearor
In the United States than either pro-
tected Germany or free-trade England
but it has not done so yet.
We have told it that Germany was a
Monarchy and America was Repub-
ANl bub ~ lulLho llihb luhNe5 llD ulltI-
ence. We have told it that Germany
was a military station while the
United States is not, and that every
able bodied man from Is to IS was
virtually in the army leaving only
women and children to do the drudg-
cry OF labor, but it retorts that while
Germany spent only 800, 800 900 on
her army, England spent $l57, 900. 900
on hers, as il that was.a clincher, but
indeed we fail to see what bearing
that has been upon the subject, and
we imagine that the readers OF both
the REPUBLICAN and Every Evening
will fail in like manner.
Then, we are told by our contem-
porary that we cannot ascribe this diff
ference in wages to the national debt,
as Germany has s99,00O,OOO funded
debt, and about S3S 900, 600 floating
debt, while England has public debt
OF IS, 732, llo,52o. We really cannot sec
what this has to do with tho question
at issue. But we would say in pass
ing that we were never aware before
that an immense public debt and still
growing larger. was any evidence of
the prosperity Of nation. Then we
are asked in the summing up of our
neighbours argumenl-on lis point:
'Why is Great Britain prosperous
under free trade, while Germany lam
guishes under protectionT
This is the first intlmation we have
had that England was In very pros
porous condition. Her dependency,
Ireland, certainly is not, and since the
tin-plate industry is about to be trans
ferred TO protected America, part OF
Wales, dependent upon that industry
is in about as bad condition as Ire
land. The recent labor demonstra
tons in Trafalgar Square were no in
dications of great prosperity. II oui
neighbor wants TO know one OF tht
reasons why the public debt OF free
trade England is so much greater thar
that of its so.ealled protected Ger
many We think we eau tell 1t, Is it no
that tho government provides labor
for her hungry thousands in puhlii
improvements Is this public deb
not increased also by paying tremGn
dous subsidies for her floating CON
merce in her easernes5 to grasp th
trade of the world2
Our neighbor then comes to our owl
country and tries to III Ike out a cas-
because we said on Tuesday; "Brea
down protection, our manufacturer
would he compelled TO reduce wage
to u level with European wages On
neighbour actually tries to controycr
that, by flying on TO D. comparison o
wages in Germany ana England again
and asked that as Germany could pu
her goods into England in "a to .
hours, why she has not swamped til
labor market OF England?
There are various reasons for thl
Germany had better market in Amer
ca, and the Balkan provinces of L,
rope and Asia. We want to say ligt,
here that these high wages spoken {
In England only exist In Imagination
Where u sliillful workman like goo
platter OF tin is good ruachinlst an
Rhandy man in any branch Of labC
Is found, his wages arc advanced I
keep him at h0ue but whero skille
labor Is better paid, common lab,
shows no advance, and We need onI
TO refer To the letters of the editor
Every Evening from England to pro,