The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-01
HOW THE M'KINLEY BllI1 WORKS.

From the Nesc York Herald of yesterday.
Mr.. Carnegie affords us a ONE hat
painful illustration of the practical work
ing of the protection theory.
His immense we 18th il based on certain
laws passed by Congress and Oh a certain
| policy advuc tied by the Republican party.
We nave always complained that what
is called protection is a humbug and an
| oppression, because it enables one class 10
get rich at the expense If another class.
70 lift all classes to II higher level of
prosperity Is very desirable. To lift d few
and leave the Others in The lurch Is not
only undesirable. but politically criminal.
When Mr.. Mckinley talks ABOUT high
tariff he takes great pains to "s'ert that
the laborers are specially Interested in 1t
because they are specially Benefited by 1t.
Ard when Mr.. Carnegie tiscourSed on
the subject some time ago lie assured us
that to protect the manufacturer was
equivalent to protecting the worktngmen,
| aud he a !ded that the ~aundoubted result
of the easure weuldE be 10 increase
wages as well ~ proHsS9
IL looked as though we were to have The
! millennium right On top of us, and such
/ was the persuasive power of Republican
| oratory mat the people stood ready TO ap-
plaud MT. Harrison and his Parry us the
inventors of Il panacea thar was to abolish
| poverty and place us all in com Portable
| circumstances.
But now comes the, hat Mr.. Car
ne9ie is TO make aplcaIdin The
laborers expected a rise, for had he not
predicted the resntE2 And is he not ID
| practic j manf Isemsp tci
1he Mckinley bill is in full blast, but
where Is the promised millennium ? In
stead of raising wages they are to be low
| cred. Mr.. Carnegie has tffIanaged to make
both ends meet under the banetcent in-
fluence OF the high. tariff, but his laborers
are hereafter to recaiVs only half a loaf.
The proprietor of theo steel works has a
larger income than he can spend. but the
men at his work bentIf SAM FORCES. with
a reduction of 80 per- cent. their incomes
are well nigh desperate. They don't OBJ
ject to Mr.. Carnegie's ownership of q fine
estate in Scotland and another in this
1 country and a plethorlc bank account
which enables him TO be chart able. but
how are they to educate their children or
pay their rent or purchase food and
clothing That Is a matter in which
they have a personal interest, aud they are
asking what Republican promises
amount to and whether they are merely
dec sptive ante-election Establishments.
Mr.. Carnegie answers these questions
by his actions. He has four thousand
discontinued wage earners in his employ.
They rebel against a thirty per cent. re-
duction. partly because he once told them
that il they voted the Republican ticket
they would be financially benefited, and
partly because they believe it no more
than fair that If he receives the old profits
they should receive the old wages.
Then he builds a wooden wall niue feet
high about his works. as q Middle age
baron intrenched himself In his castle.
aud on top of this wall he runs an electric
wire which will benumb II not kill the
mat who dares to touch II.
He is also ready with hose to repel in
vaders by dashing boiling water on them.
L III sr 49, N.~ o.,a AAA fAH NynH IL 49,
the gage Of battle down and deffes his
laborers to pick it ND. The doctrine OF
protection must protect him at all hazards.
but asfor his employees. they may look
out for themselves.
Without uoubt Mr.. Carnegie has some
arguments on his side and without doubt
the lab ,rers have strong arguments or
their side also. 1t is a controversy in
which words are dispensed with and cleo
tricity and hot water are substituted.
Unless concessions are made the con-
test is likely to be prolonged and bitter.
1t is not true that the Mckinley bill has
created this condition of affairs. 1t finds
its origin In human nature. but the Nc
kinley bill MAKES occasion, by its mani
fest raj of fairness. for just such spec
tacles. It favors a class. 1t makes a
moneyed aristocracy, It affects the poor
and forces up the pFices Of the necessaries
of life. 1t is therefore in antagonism to
the spirit of our institutions.
The wage Garner has been cajoled, but
he is learning his lesson through bitter
experience. The government is his, but
he is neglected. He Is supposed to make
the laws which rule his life, but he has
been hoodwinked into approval of me IS
ures which have wrought him grave in-
jury.
There Is just one idea that ought to run
through public policy. 1t is that the
means of living and the means of educa-
ton should be abundant. Rent. food,
clothing ought to be cheap, and the party
which makes that dear is an enemy TO
the ommon wealth. This is a working
mans country, aud the laws shonhi
equally encourage and equally beHeate.7
You may bubble about q tariff for rev
enue only or a tariff with incidental pro-
lection, but what we want Is a tariff
which will support the government and
give every citizen ii chance to buy what
he needs at the lowest possible price.
Il William Walter Phelps Gift to Yale.
New HAVEN, July /. l892.-At the au-
nual meeting of the Yale alumni Wedues-
day, President Dwight announced that
for the election of a member to succeed
William Walter Phelps. who refused an
other term, there had baen 2,075 votes
cast. OF this number. Henry E. How