Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-06

Outy was lcvlcU, duu WHICH nave De0n
constantly growing cheaper and
cheaper, notwithstanding the duty!
Certainly l AN. Here is the list:
Steel rails. Paper.
Cut nails. both steel Paper and wood pulp
and iron, Starch,
Wire nails, Salt,
wire. Soda ash.
COtton ttAe Plate glass.
Bar iron, Common window glass,
Cutlery, Goblets.
Hoes. Glass jars,
shovelss Tea cups and saucers,
Axes. Plates.
scytheSt Bowls,
Cotton cloth, Earthenware,
Calico, Horseshoes,
Gtnghams. HOrsenells,
Thread, Hats and caps.
Yarn. Mittens.
Flannels and blan. Pitchf0rks,
.kets, Curtains,
lnderWear.. Carpets.
Silks and ribbons, Tapestry.
Stockings. And many othera
Shoes.
/ could readily double this list from
memory. The price these articles used
to bring and the price they are selling
at now are q matter of memory also
with me. / will defy any free trader
to name q single article, not a luxury,
which We are manufacturing in this
country, and is protected by a duty,
which has not been cheapened in the
same way. ] mean, of course, any arti-
Gle that We have been producing for q
length of time sufficient to get our fac
tories well in hand. My first PROPOSE
ton is true beyond all question. 1t Is
question of fact. The facts are all on
my side of the case.
Now comes the second question:
Would this cheapening process have
been the same had we never produced
the articles in this country? / answer.
No. Why not? For many reasons.
l1.) The supply of such goods would
have been less; and that always tends
to keep prices up. Any increase in the
supply tends to cheaper the price of
goods bycreatinga sharper competition.
~ So long as no such articles were
produced in this country. American in
genuity, system and funds would not
and could not be utilized in p~erfecting
Of production. (3.) More than that,
the history of the past proves the cor
RICHNESS of my position.
Nov comes the last question of Mr..
Collamer: "It we are now un~derselling
the foreign producers of those articles,
why not put them on the free list ?'
The reason is that We do not claim to
be able to produce protected goods as
cheaply % they can be produced in the
Ol0 W0flo. so long as Americans pay
more than twice as much per day for
their labor as foreigners pay for theirs,
we must protect our manufacturers
against foreign cheap labor, or else re-
duce the pay of u workers to q level
with the wages paid in the Old World,
or else shut up our shops and go out OF
the manufacturing business altogether.
The free traders say, ssOf course. Shut
mp the shope." The protectionists say,
"No, keep them open and keep them
running.n II We shut them up our
own people will be thrown out Of en-.
ployment. Our consumers will be in
the power of foreign producers. The
supply will be diminished, the price Of
the goods will again be advanced, and
the ruin of this country will surely fol-
E4low.
: The first object Of protection is not to
make the price OF goods high or lONs
The first object 10 to put American
manufacturers ia such . position that
they can do business prosperoukly, pay
the high wages customary in this coun-
tty, and hold the home market in the
United States AGAINST the foreign inan,i:-
1acturers who pay low xaRes. It 10 Just
- nece6ssfv TO keep the duty on eteeI
rails whom they are selling Tor $40 = ton
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