The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-29

and imported. OUTSIDE % mat ascd in
carpets. werr made into pure WOODEN
gco'.s. ~ would have MT over co,ooo.-
~ pounis ~ ciot,'> drr>s goods hats.
bl. nkets. aEsierwear. etc. for our cl.-
coJ.Oo1 pesPlr. ~ listie over IL
pound fur each iEfivida,l-
Who da- ct ! THAI this = stt-icirus
% keep us frsn ieconing nation II
shakers at the aii>htess bast Of cold,
and who darcs % say shnt 100000
pounds will cover Ill thu goods sold -
the American pubisc - an-wooi manu-
features in = year, One mnss te silly
indeed % believe thi- HIT - must
not forget that they have learned 70
manufacture wspl BY putting old CO.
on clcshinx tisrorsh chemical proees
which eats out all nut ~ woa n them
and this residue \ REGARDED and used -
mix with other wool. but - th< life :
out Of il IL is no better than cott<1a. and
thus between the cold and diseases
transmitted through the old clothes
there j. AZ least one infant industry
well protccted-that Of the doctor<
with reference % the difference b.
tween American and foreign wages we
are prepared u show that in many
branches our rates are even below the
English rates. and the same is true even
Of actual earnings The rate paid for
WOODEN weaving in the Huddersfeld
tEnglandl district varies from cent for
eight picks TO cent for six picks. nc
cording - the grade Of work. with ex-
tra pay for extra heddleS. extra coloEs
and extra beams: while ours IS from
cent for nine picks 70 I cent for i've
picks. with no extras Thus for sixty
pick work the English rate is ~ cents
70 10 cents per yard extras 70 b. added.
while our rate is from 8 cents to II
cents per yard and no extras
IF the American weaver earns more
money in week. il Is simply because
he works faster and turns Of NOR
product
Now We declare. without fea- Of con
tradiction- that there is not now
wooden manufacturer in Philadelphia
who doe~ not privately long for free
wool and those who openly advocate
tariff wool are actuated by partisan
rancor- and we are still more emphatic
in the declaration that there i not in
Philadelphia one WOODEN worker in
hundred who would not openly ask for
free wool If he were free from the sini>-
ter influences Of the bosse~. As we pre-
fer our own prosperity and bread and
batter 70 party success. we ask for free
wool without reference 70 its effects
upnn party
The stubborn pervcrsity and dishon-
esty Of Tie protertionist l. nowhere bet
ter shown .han in their steady refusal
% correct the glaring inconsistencies
and misehievous discrimination Of the
tariff laws even after their attention
had been called to them repeatedly
One Is the Determinations against
American manufactures involved in the
adjustment Of duties between the raw
materials and the finished products. and
the other the placing Of = heavier tax
upon the pour mans necessities than
upon the rich mans Injuries We called
/ their attention to these points - far
back IS the spring Of 1855, and the pro
4 t-ctionist national association oi
/ WOODEN manufacturers pointed ont sub
stantially the same errors in their let
( ter 30 the secretary Of the treasury in
| the fall u lss5. and hence they could
not consistently overlook it. and yet in
| the makeup Of the Mckinley act this
| Internal piece Of injustice was not only
\ retained but made worse than ever
This shows that in vicious and de-
| t<rmined purpose 70 serve few mas
| tiers they lost sight entirely Of their
| duty To do justice to the people. In
| fact il appeared 20 be . pleasure o.
| them 70 shift the burdens Of taxation
Oh the shoulders Of the rich 70 those
of the poor-to make labor the pack
mule of the rich. The unanimous cry
~ the protectionist manufacturers now
| i that the Mckinley law be let alone
! because il i doing the manufacturers :
great deal Of good Yet in the face Of
( this there has yet 70 b. recorded one
| important instance of raise Of wages.
while Instances u the pairing down of
wage4 are imminent