Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-12-19

country"
"Why,' said Charley, figuring on
paper, I'VE would have over 100000
100000. But why didn't we keep it?
Why didn't we manufacture our own
things? Amt we never going to
manufacture ,hem?'
eyes, said, I'VE are to now. Now,
Charley | continued, suppose they
are paying GO cents per day to poor
aborers in Europe for making knives
and silk cloth and tin, and the freight
from Europe is only 10 cents hun.
dred, aud our worknen were making
~ day here, what would our work.
men do if we had free trade?'
"Why. they would have to work
for the same wages that they do in
Europe plus the treights. OF course,
any one can see that; can't they,
father:' and Charley looked up at the
father of the Mills bill.
"But, Charley, if we put on pro-
tective tariff Of about SO per cent.
against these European things made
by cheap labor, how would tina. aGecs
our laboring mep?'
"Why, we could pay them more
wages, OF course; that's plain as day.
"rhen, Charley, what do we gain
by putting on protective tariff
against European manufactured
"'Why, then, we have to make them
here we pay big wages and keep our
money home; any fool can see that,
can't they pap
"'Here, Charley said Congressman
Mills, taking off his glasses and wiping
them with an American bandana, lie,
me ask you a question now.
"'Don't you see all the pauper
laborers Of Europe coming over here,
Charley? Now, my son, how can we
keep them back?
" Why, papa, we could take off
this tariff, couldn't we, and then our
wages would go down as low as theirs,
our factories would stop and their
factories would start up, and they
wouldn't want to como here, would
they? They wouldn't want to come
here. papa, if our wages weren'.
higher than theirs, would they?
"Mr. Mills didn't answer, but went
into the smoking car to think.
awhile he was gone asked
Charley what he thought would be
the effect of putting tariff OF 25
cents against the wheat, corn, rye,
oats, barley and potatoes raised in
Canada in country twelve times as
large as Dakota.
"'lt will keep that stuff back, won't
it, said Charley, 'and raise the price
here?'
"And how will that affect the
price Of land, Charley?'
"sWhy. better prices for wheat
would make that go up, too, and |
heard farmer telling papa this morn
ing that tie land all over Iowa and
Dakota and Illinois was going up fast.
Is it?'
"Yes, Charley, it is said. The
farmer is getting on top again. Thou
sards Of manufacturers are making
sugar, silk, chiccory, linen, tin, glass
and pottery. They are moving over
from Europe and soon our manufact
uress will eat up a | our surplus wheat,
and then what Charley?'
"'Well, guess they'll have to pay
a good price for it in gold, too, by
ginger! and that will make the farm.
ers rich, won't it? And SO we will
have lots Of gold and lots of manu-
facturers, every body will be prosper
Gus, wages will be high, competition !
will make manufactured articles chesp
and We will be great country, won't
we?'
"'You let we will, Charley. said,
and when you get TO be man. if you
are as sound on these questions as
you are now, we will make you Speak.
pr OF tho house.
"Mr. Mills now came in and said:
i must take Charley bacl: to Cors,-
cana. Those Northern schoolbo,s