Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-04-29

ton. As we stated in our Tin Plate
supplement, works with q weekly
capacity of $1,000 boxes are built OF
building, and others contemplated, that
will probably be built in the near
future, will bring the total up to 5000
boxes. The tin plate industry is devel.
oping much faster than the steel rail in.
dustry did.
A Short Tariff Talk which Means Some.
thing.
A few days before the election Ia
Rhode Island, Melville d. LAndon
{"Eli Perkins") addressed q talk 70 the
wOrkingnlen of that state. Wha. he
said is 90 timely and interesting that il
is reproduced in these columns, al.
though the election in Little Rhody ID
past:
To Rhode Island Worktngmen:
want to talk with you q moment about
your coming election. MIR. Cleveland and
ex-governor Campbell told you on Satur.
day that the tariff Is q tax. II is in En-.
gland, for there they put q tariff on neces
sites; here it is on luxuries. They do il
to raise money to support the government.
Here In America these necessities arc all
free.
While in Brussels, Belgium. last summe,
l saw some skilled laborers making spiral
w lAlkSs ouGH NS We USE Ol OuI lEVlnuV
cars. They received GO cents per day,
while our blacksmiths receive $2 for tho
same work. | asked the Belgian proprle,
tor why he didn't pay more. lie said: II
am handicapped. When l get 800 worth
of car springs into New York harbor-for |
sell my car springs in America-i have tl
salute your Yankee flag and give up So"
Where does that so come from " !
asked.
1t m of my mems wages? p he said.
"But suppose America had tree trade ~
Free trade" he exclaimed. "Why, ]
would flood the Yankees with car springs.
! would treble my works tomorrow"
'But wouldn't that break our steel cal
spring makers up 2" l asked.
"Yes, for a while"
slow long ?"
"Why. till your men worked for 60 cents
per day, as our men do
The proprietor of a factory in America
makes little more than the proprietor OF a
factory In Europe, but his men earn twice
as much. This is caused by a protective
tariff, which keeps this cheap foreign la
Dor out of our country. The freight from
England to America as only 10 cents per
lOO pounds II there were no other pro-
lection than this freight then the stuff that
you make would be worth Just 10 cents per
lOO more tlla the stuff that they make.
Now, workmen, use your brains in this
election. Don't let those educated idiots
fool you.
TIN, nails, cotton cloth, silks and carpets
are cheaper now than before the Mckinley
bill passed. Why? Because we are max.
ing more of them here. II we sent ali our
money to Europe for these things who
would pay wages here?
The cloth for a plain suit Of clothes does
not cost a dollar more here than it does in
England. That suit is made up for So in
Germany, here the workmen who make il
receive about s.. This il the s.robbcr
tariff Protection will not raise your
wages, but it will keep them where they
are. A lower tariff will drop your wages,
and the free trade Of Mills will make you
as poor as the foreign workman.
How many times In England last sum-
mer did l see the carpenter, mason, har.
ness and wagon maker, the blacksmith
and the locomotive engineer, working for
$3.50 per day, and eating bread and cheese,
while you, Rhode islanders, are getting
$3.50 70 $3.50 for the same work and eating
roas: beef and pie.
In writing from England last sun mer
my copy was set up by printers for IA
cents per thousand, while the typesetters
who set III, this little talk for the Press gel
81 cents per thousand in protected Amer
lea. MELVILLE ID. I.ANnnN
28 West End Avenue, N. Y.