The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-11

Uru1l0e04 mofE1eooe - -"
The presidents disposition NOS 20
talk politics ON his bennington trip
vas NOT proof against the Temptation
ofFercd by an audience Of working mem
a Troy. n. Y. II avs sure" said ne.
ssthst YOU realize here In large de-
gree the benefit Of policy that keeps
the American market for the American
workmen." This elected applause. ous
whether Il came from the oflicchoiders
IN the crowd or from the workingmen
themselves Is not stated
II the workmen from the Troy shops
applauded the presidents remark tney
ala 80 because they had been misled ~
interested parties. There b no policy
that keeps the American market tor the
American workmen- There never mas
been such policy in this country. ANA
the president should hare been aware
Of the fact
A market = place where men buy
and sell WorLmen. like other people.
desire both TO buy and sell. and. unlike
some other people. their sales and pur-
chases usually balance, or nearly so
They are Is much interested In having
= favorable market to buy in as TO sell
in. Under the policy advocated oy
Ar. Harrison and his associates neither
II 50 favorable 20 the workmen as =
would be under system less restricted
and artificial What the workmen mas
70 sell Is his labor. This he sells IN
free-trade market in competition with
all the world There is no tariff on
the importation Of labor. There - no
Legislation to check imports OF foreign
laborcrS. The contract labor law may
be mentioned as an exception. but II =
well known that the law is constantly
violated or evaded by the pampered
minions Of protection 1t Is clear
from the statistics Of immigration that
IL has not had the effect Of checking
imports OF cheap labor from abroad
The republican party seeks TO extend
protection TO the domestic manufac-
furer by shutting ont foreign competi-
tion, in whole or in part, and there Is
= constant tendency toward prohibit
ory rates In fact the beneficiarics OF
the tariff are never satisfied with any
thing lees than prohibitory rates and
numerous instances may Be cited where
the Mckinley bill increased rates that
were already virtually prchibitory. no
doubt for the purpose OF offering pre-
miums for the formation Of trusts.
The republican party i very fond Of
terrified 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 declara
lions that they have framed high tari1s
FOR the benefit Of workingmen. they
would apply the same policy to for
eign labor that they do to foreign prod
nets They would seek to shut i out
from competition with the American
workingmen; TO diminish the supply o.
labor, and % To augment the price
That they do not do 20 shows
/ that they are seeking TO benefit the EN-
| ployer and not the employe-
We do not wish to be understood =
! advocating the exclusion Of foreign u
borers- 1t is no part Of the derocrati
\ policy TO do this; but il Is logically
| part Of the republican policy. Il tina
policy were really what they say il !
I when they address themselves to tn
J workingman- They advocate polio.
( Of restriction. Of exclusion Of tn
products Of foreign labor. They ~
strict foreign competition In pred ucts
but they leave competition in labor un
trammeled. This shows the insincer
ity Of the claim that their policy is dis
tated by regard for the laborer.
There Is no effort 70 keep the Amer
can market for American workmen
sell their labor in. Our worimen sci
their labor in competition with chea
labor from AL paris Of the world. e.
cent China Go to the factories an
the mines owned by the men that Al
allowed TO write the monopoly section
Of our tariff laws and you will fin
them filed with Hungarians. Italian
and other foreigners. few Of whom ca
speak our Language. and vast number
Of whom have no intention Of becou
ing American citizens These me
were employed because their servics
could be had ut lower rates than tho:
Of American laborers, and their pre-
ence shows how baseless is the clai
: that the American market is kept Il
American workmen-
Now let Us look At the other side
the American market namely, the ma
ket in which the American wori<me
buy their supplies Is this regulate
. for their benefit? Quite the contrar
They must expend their wages. earns
in . free trade market for labor. in Il
, purchase Of merchandise rendered ar,
. ficially scarce and high BY tariff LEVI
for the benefit Of their employers Al
others engaged in protected industrie
/ On all dutiable articles they find Z
, average protection % about 90 per Ger
When they expend sl5o Of their wag
! for dutiable articles they get only VIII
500 would buy abroad; the diffcren
. OF 500 goes either into the treasury
into the pockets Of some rnonopolis
. That is the sort o. market that j. pr
: vidcd for the American worknen
|. which TO expend the wages which III
4 earn in competition with the labor
the world.
!, The claim that protection Is for II
:. benc tit Of American labor has nothil
! % rest on except the difference
7 wages here ard abroad. That dih'
Z ence existed before the revolntid
when the American colonies were