The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-15

Oar Labor the Cheapest ~ ehs Weird. says
.. - sargent
The following extract from the
speech Of J. h sargent. one 81 the
largest manufactures Of hard ware in
the United States. u the hard " are lin
ner. shows that our labor Is cheaper
than that % Europe. Mr.. Sargent has
Travelled round the world several
times ann knows what he 4 taking
about The app anse which greeted
every state mcnt he made shows that
the hard ware manufacturers agree
with his conclusions I'm sgriculiural
tools and inpleme atS at least We take
ha the trade II the foreign countries
outside OF Europe. and in I'll kinds OF
edge tools we take half the trade OF
south America and Asia Bur gentle
men. my time Is N ore than gone. and
wi bring my remarks 20 q closs BY
saying that with The manufactures OF
this country in then present condition.
ithour machinery. with our unrivalled
help. with our skilled mechanics. and
with YOU. gentlemen Of the hardware
and mercantile branches there Is mo
reason why We should not only hold
our own in our own country. but take
large part Of the trade Of all the
world
The American manufacturer. with
the American mechanic. has never
seemed to rcalizc his own strength. or
the strength OF his trade. We have. as
haze already said, the most willing.
the most energetic. and the most am
bilious workers. workmcn and me-
chanicS anywhere 70 be found. Al
though our wages in this countryside
earnings of men per day-are very
much more than those OF am other
country. and especially OF the untries
on the continent, who are our competi-
tors and alth ,uyh they earn so much
more per day. still their labor 70 the
man ufacturer i cheaper than that Of
laborers in other countries. In other
words the labor cost Of aim st any
article Of American hardware manu-
facturei is less than the labor cost of
the same article in any other country
The fear which so many Of us have had
Of the panper labor OF England is n
matter unworthy of consideration The
pauper labor Of England in the manu-
facture Of hardware, as compared
with our labor, may be compared
with the cheap farm labor of India
where that class OF labor is paid 10
cents per day. as compared with our
western farm lab Dr in the raising Of |
wheat With land as plenty and as
cheap with millions OF acres which are |
not used in India. but that are roamed |
over BY wild beasts. with land in pSn-
~ and with labor at 10 cents per day |
cheap labor in the usual acceptance Of |
the term. still in this country we can
produce wheat more cheapiy tnan they |
,an in India aud yet we pay 81 perday
Tor the labor. In other words. the 10 |
sents per day labor in India, under all
The conditions that they have there. is i
not 50 cheap in the product obtained as
: the 81 per day labor OF our western |
farmers AMI 50 il we will only take
courage and go out before the world
With our industries. with our machin-
Try, with our intelligence and with
'ur mercantile ability we can conquer
he world in industrial pursuits.
When look upon this intelligent
his energetic. this ambiti uscom pany.
/ seems strange tina, anyone should
hink that the industry and business
lbility Of any other nation on the
lobe can compete with Us ia a free
icld AMI in fair fight Il
II have only to add that know that
'ou. gentlemen. Of the hardware trade.
lou manufacturers and merchants, will
are fully consider the question that
must come before you-of the greater
rcedom Of trade; the question Of plac-
M ourselves with our raw materials
IN an equal footing with the manufact-
lrers Of Englani. Whenever we do
hat we can certainly take care Of our
elves in any quarter Of the globe" i