Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-04


country, and therefore bfickiayer is not
mnch protected BY tAr1 law; cabinet
MakerA carpuntsFs-of when TIRE sane
tlains way hoss;ld a. Of brickiaycrs, com.
mon lnl,srcrs. farui lahorrs, machinistA
Bassns--w6o lay stnne 10 wall which
cannot be iuapcvtrd-ulcldegs Of iron. psirt
erss plumbers, utonccnttcrS tsiiors aud
tinSniths, These are the fifteen goneIzl
Occupations salcc;ed by the tonmRtee and
they aro the eceup9tions upon which the
rates x wages rnae Ts-iOGths Of per cent
during the period covered BY theinvrsti-
RatiosA, and they 1~pra that much higher at
it- Glove than they were "a the bcginpln3.
The SENATOR mona Rhode IaiaRd stated
gencr@lly. a. will be seen frem his printed
speech, that the caniInitsec had found that
while therr had been decline Ia prices
therr had bss,n an increase x II toaths al !
per cent, IN wages, wherein | a~vscrt now
with the tSl,ies before me, that the only
INSTANCES in which any Increase of wages
occurred. taking the whele together. were
in those afteon Substantially unprotected
industries and will show presently that
in the fifteen highly protected industries
in which The rates Of wRFus bad Increased
before the Mcltialey ill passed. thore was
a daoruasc after Il paescd, II aay Of thasc
fftesn general occupations are or cAn Nc
protected or m any way assisted By tho
tariff, st must be cabinet makers aRa
molilors ot iron, and yet, ahhoagh thr No
kiniey tarin act ineroaNcl the duties On
household or cabinet iurnitura, the wagos
Of oabiuot makcrs t,ll after ia passage.
aud although It reduced tho aatios upcn
all forms OF iron cnstiugs except hollow
ware, coaioa, glazed or timed, tho wns,oa
in that occupation inorcascd aftor i,s pas.
sage,
do not make this stAsemcnt for tho
puFISse Of showing that the act itself in
orcascd wages in the yne oalo ordsesrasod
them in Tho ether. Ny purpose h sisuply
10 show that the tarih does not Affect
wages ~ all except 10 tNmiaish their pur-
chasing power, because IL 10 did Ne could
prove two wholly Inconsistent propositions
10 bc true-nnit. thnt tarlns raise wsaeeS,
and seerndly that tariffs reduce wArea.
phe man who wants 20 employ labor does
iust what lis done by every other mga who
wants 10 prooura any thtngAe gets u at
the vory lowest rate s.. which the law u
sRnply and dcannd Viii enable him 10 ret
II. tariI ~ ne tariff. THO oinaioser pur.
sues the same eompe, whether Ne Is Ia
free trade country or ia a pnooeotive conn
try,
The eouemi statement made W the sen.
stor frogu Rhode leland that me warva o.
lnboerose 71-l0oihsot pr cent asNug the
period II iuYcEigntipn was trur only OF
the nstccn unprotected uoepiNtionH and
should have heen qualified accordingly
have plrcaay uaid THAI We o.euriaiDed
tho rotaa OF Wages IN fifteen ether iudus
tries, aud / win now enumorate them Ia
order tl,y,t senator's may determine for
thsn,selvus whether they nrh induatriaa
which the tariff H iRtcnacd 60 project,
they arr tho manufacture " bar iron,
boots and shoes, cniscn foo11. cotton aud
woelen ,cods, ciurible eteci, hiut ell,sa.
green Elnas, lunber, machinery pla iran,
utcvl inEat'S steel blowers. steel rails, win
dow glRss and wooden goods liere NM
Gfteen ofthe most highly protocsod indus,
tricsin che United ststae, and the wages
OF She hburris employed IN tluln fcll 90
ioGthsof ircr cent after tiio paspgp o. Tho
Mckinley ret, Notwithstanding thc rlsc
Of 1sluoths OF pur cent in the wc'rcs az
aborrrs engaged Ia the nonprotooted 50
dustrics.
One Of the most significant facts die
clorc'i by the report IN relation to tlisairi,
isrt h that the rates Ut wages Ia Nivte pyu
tecied iudus,rias hAd Increased O. ll0thg ~
= lNN ANNNs fN'a"|NNN Wv NfNltfAlNNANh va AlNN
nyca.igation md tho approved Of The tariff
act on Oct. 1, ie10, nnd conaeaurnlly the
entire decrease a 50 ie0ths ~ peFeont, %
CURED after this law was passed for She
brncft ~ tic ,goriinuBau
Now, Mr. Pral3ent, on thrr question:
concerning wholesale and ruts.il prices, cost
" living ard rates " wages } have rr'
rrnted ihe g cures na1a by The 0tntlrtifiHa
~ the committee, lassd upon the act1W
returns made 90 u5 BY Chr ustuis Whn W0re
fcrt out, not TO take anyln1yn WHlHneHt
or gnyl0dyg testimony or bar HNy.wiy'n
argument, bat 20 10 10 lie luoss showing
tho actual trana1ctionY 10 fhe retail stores
IN these seventy Uitiesj 70 90 10 the pgy
rolls iu The MANIFESTATIONS tntahilHhmcniH,
aud take froai them the UAuct amount ~
WAGES paid on tho Gmt " each munth
covered b. this igycaiiiatinn and conf.
dently subnlit the results 20 the srgata
aud the country ~ "A eoiaf4ste yiudieatlon
Of the Judgment pronounced ly the people
uponithe policy 81 high protection At tho
election IN 1870, TheH was NJ attempt ~
misrepresentation o. deception eNcgpt upon
the part Of tl.osu who had hoenne alarmed
~ the e5nsequences Of their own fsyogite
measure Of iegialatlan. The pourla wuro
not deceived thon and they viii not be de-
fnlNto now " my lNhHt NNAhlHAfNfb HhaAf
/ frotn this ucpors, or by any frantic appeals
to @vo the o0nutry from the imaginary
horrors Of free trade
A Tas on Posr Peoples ClotiiaA
A. have already sid the articles 80
| leeted by the committees vera, with few
| insignificant exceptions, the products %
our own country, and the smna which |
| have given 10 the senate ~ representing
the increase Ia prices End Ia the cnat u
| liyiug are based upon them.Aud not upoB
any rise winch msy have taken place IN
! the prices oi imported Griiliea GA aco0unt
/ nf the VERY iargs inereaees IN the rzteB 81
| duty cont4iBed ia the taria act Of f1o0
| WHY. MIR President, ths increased price al
, Tue ti9, sgl 60 worth .0f WOODEN goods which
were Imported Into this country betwgrn
| OFT. I. $40 TIE date Of the pAstaGe q the
| Mckinley hili aid tho 0Ah day o. Janr,
1891. the end Of that fiscal year. smostn1cd
70 iaany millions Of dnllaH.
The repogf Of imports and eo1lHtla ptisn
for Tie ascsl yoaf 1891, ftgHished 70 as BY
the tPnaury department.. eiphrEasa and
niingies togsthar ell che iinpcr.atioils
which wers inade during thai year, for abe
| purpose Of showing thy I'D valaEaal fAaS u
tax, whether I4oy were faAde before pr
after Oct. 1. ls0o, aud viteruiofs Erdanusdhe
average ad vzlascsa rate q u,xstion 10 a
lnnon losqef Aguro than 4 actually Wsa
under the Eci.iHiey act. ~ TIE ezpSuas
! of 4 great dead n time and ianor hA2o no
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