Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-05-06

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EysSy psolectionist admits that the
pstmaSy e0sct 81 . protective duty may
eleto merease the prics Of the article TO
- c0aGomes; bat he also claims that
!hts !nctseae d psfce, 4 y does occur,
j. only tem{,esafy, and tbes very soon
prices Will al. And whyf. Because Of
hone cQmpsttion, which bcEete
shili, lsade TO the iintroducton Of
!nysntion Of improved machinery.
hon, With each manufacturer strain.
tnG every nerve to rot his products on
The market beSOso 6is brother mAnufact-
usere, these results cannot but follow.
Americas labor once given . chance to
exert Itself, soon becomes more skill
81, American Ingenuity devises new
ploceeoe0 and better methods, and
American inventive genius having .
Held Tor application has ever given 10
Improved machines and laborsaving
devices. In this way protection tends
- lower cost Of production, and thus
that same competition. which Of itseit
sIoA4e 20 higher wages because Of in.
cseased demand for labor, also leads
10 lower prices because Of better meth.
oda and greater skill.
The second reason why manufacturers
can exist Ia the face Of rifing wages and
1slling prices y becanse protection, by
The 1a5eguard Il places around tho
American market, insures continuous
production, although on . lower scale OF
pfo6ts. u, und0f ffee.trade, Ameri-
en- manufacturers could live NJ all,
thei! existence would be ct best but .
6tf1l one. Exposed at al times to tho
danger OF being swamped by the sur
plus production Of other countries,
thsir own production would be fuctuat-
Ing and unstsady;and - . result, they
charge higher profits In times OF com
!sooap .h sa9ssiis,sy' lo or ehe lo 10
which might occur ut o time,
and which they cannot foresee.
Under protection, on the other
hand, our market ID safe. The manu-
fhctuies does mot need to charge higher
profits et one time to make up for loss
q another, end he can web afford,
therefore, to reduce the rate or scale OF
his profits, because his total earnings
ere greater on account of the steady
production, which 10 the result OF pro-
toctaon. 80 We see that the condition
which exists all around us-that of ris-
Ing wages and falling priests not an
anomalous one, but 10 the natural and
logical result Of the home competition
started into being by the protective
tariff. which guards alike the interests
Of manufacturer, laborer and consumer
-of the hrst, BY increasing his total
eaSnines; Of the second, by arising the
wages received for his work, and VI the
lest, BY reducing the prices Of the arti.
e' ess e Sq ~ !. How AZ. American good. to
:, sl lcss a., 1: |, e: =. n. imposed on the materials Of
II BY ''tax," tariff 10 meant, we reply
that any manufacturer who 10 ambitious
70 Try his hand ut capturing the worlds
markets can get free raw material for
that purpose now under the drawback
providon Of tho Mckinley tariff. 1t il
not the duties ON raw materials that
keep him ont Of those markets. II is
tho high prioe paid for American labor
which d entirely responsible for what
osor American products cost above the
ps5ce Of FOREIGN goods. That free raw
materials would do NO good is strikingly
proved In tho ~ OF cottons. The raw
material y FREQ, yet We export less
manufactured cotton than We import.
The same d true of manufacturer Of
1lk, paper stock and hides, although
Ahn ea~ ~AAnS&al In nank OAaA - oh@n.
lutely free. We must reduce wages
bofofe making any very extensive cap
lures Of foreign markets ct present.
Question No - Why take the duty on sugar
. make y cheap and place IL ON tin plate TO
TO semove . duty like that on sugar
always lowers the prlce, because We
could not supply more than one-tenth
Of the quantity needed. The duty VA
put on tin, because wc have the re.
sources for producing oil the tin plate
this country can consume. The princi-
pie 70 this-to admit free what We can't
produce; aud to protect what we can
produce In abundance.
oss.sioa No e would fss: stads b more
~: s.S e z "a, z: : :;.s:, q making the poor poorer
Capital, which 10 rich, buys labor,
which 10 poor. Free trade reduces the
pIiCe Of labor, about the only thing
the poor have to sell, and In
croaoes the purchasing power Of capital,
thus giving u more control over labor.
Free trade makes the rich richer and
tho poor poorer. The monstrous IL
equality OF wealth in the United King
dom, whore under free trade Thousands
starve In the very. shadow of the gor-
gsous palaces Of the wealthy. il stand
Ing proof Of . statement, Ninety
nine Per cent. Of the great fortunes that
do exist hero have been amassed in
pufquite that are not touched by the
fasid.
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u keeps the warns of laborers in the
cities employed in factories and else-
whore who Otherwise would descend on
The country distrtcts in countless num-
boss, each In search Of job. Cultivat-
i'm the land 10 the ultimate refuge Of
men whom they src driven from other
employmonts. With three men look.
ing Tor one Job ON every farm In the
country, how would the farm laborer
larof
Question No n why does my tailor charge
INV vOk wv e0tk UsNWs m0US VI EUBAbnu 8OUOS
and insiss that American go,ds Of % ane quail.
~ cannot % h9d?.
II b . notorious fact that ' the
foreign goods are imported just about
- cheapty into this country under the
now tariff - they were before. Aud
most Of the clothing goods sold - i'm
ported are made here. There ID . fasci-
nation about the word imported"
which, - . rule. will beeuile the l'ur-
chaser into paying more liberallv for an
inferior article than he would be willing
TO pay for . better domestic fabric
AMerican Ecom0miss.
We ~ Orsw Carpet Wosls.
When tho question wal put to Judge
lawrence, Of Oiic ~ to whether carpet
wooh can 30 raised In this country, he
said "yes," and then went ON to say:
This county needs q, 000, 900 sheep Of the
best mutton varlety-the Downs, Shrop.
shires, Lincolns, etc, producing m average
Of seven pounds Of wool per head. or in all
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