Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-08-26

protected employer to crush out OF cx-
isrcncc all labor organizations, while on
the other hand the labOrcrs with equal
determination prompted by the PLAIN dc
tatcs of conscience. and III the exercise
Of that inherent. inllenable and God
given right-thc right OF self preserva-
tion-arc bound TO maintain their organ
ization as their only shield against the
greedy grasp OF avarcc even at the cost
of their lives.
viii Fair Play he so unfair as to say
that labor stands IN equal chance witt
capital in this struggle? What law is
there to prevent Carnegie locking his men
out and filling their places with cheap
labor when he anticipates that they will
not acccdc to his unjust reductions
Yes the protective tariff makes work
for the workman and protects the en-
plovcr and makes him rich but the only
protection that the poor laborcr gets
comes by the way of labor organizations
for which he has to sacrifice dear lite to
uphold.
Eo;r PLAY. s,vs.-"F p :. must admit
tb,, ,r,o ,,r,+.c,;on;st has succeeded in
catching the wage carriers vote Now
dort ,ropnse IN do any such thing be
,..,,,s, = would IN. ADMITTING as true what
I.,,,,,,. =, n, f,Ise Neither shall | adj
NIT that they have succeeded i'll catching
said vote Inv this sophistical argument
that protection protects the laborcr.
Fair PLAY saws MIR Powderly ought
to know which is the Better tor the work
man free trade or protection" say let
the workman be accorded the blessed
priv;leuc of iudoinp for himself what is
for his own rood. Who has a better
r;rht
Fair play says;-Erec Trade has ruined
Ireland Mr. Gladstone does not dispute
# He ouuht to know as much about it
asr p Z Mr. Gladstone has had no
occasion to disputcit. F.P. s. assertion
has NOT reached him vet, 1t would be
well to say right here that W. L. Glad
stone. whose ability as statesman and
po,t;c,I Economist is not riyalcd by
any. T,;ru man ;s = free trader He SAYS
N,,+ +L. hatch. WINS tnupht there for
t,,e,tv.6vc vcars and free trade won. af
,,.h;cb ,IIhr,rcbcso f business revived
,,,,,,,r,c, ,,.;u,, increased which gave nd.
d;+;o,oI eun,nvmcrt IN labor NJ an en-.
bo,ced rcrurrr,t;ou of from 90 10 30
ncr cent
Free Tr,de makes chcon PRODUCTION
y.h;ch enables ENGLAND to undcrscll the
more expensive protected products of
the United States, which has the effect to
keep our manufactured products within
our own borders, while the English pro-
duct being cheaper on account OF free raw
material is brought to our American
shores Il mean the Countries of North
and South Amerca) and sold to the al
most entire exclusion of our manutac-
turcd product. SO we see that the protcc-
tlvcpohcy docsnot add wealthto our ma
ton, as 1t does England by an eNporta'
ton OF her manufactured product ior the
reason, That the duties on the raw ma
terIal that enters INTO our manufactured
products make them SO expensive tI'a'
they nave 10 stay At nome we uouDt
whether greater wages are pa'u 10 our
workmen than to English workmen
They ought to receive greater wages to
put them on an equal footing Tor our Ia
borers nave to pay hiShcr prices ior the
neccssarics OF lite than English laborerS 40
Fair Play says that protection pro
duces industries. Yes it does 1t pro.
duccs protected industries. for such in.
dustrlcs flourish under the shield that
protection offers by shutting OH all com
petitors and giving them monopoly Of
the business and compelling the consumer
to pay the tribute they exact or 80 DIES
ttutc.
Fair Play savs:-"Whv did the men at
homestead who received the largest
wages cause the strike ?" The men al
Homestead are locked out because it wa,
anticipated they would strike on account
of the proposed reduction of wages. Nc
one struck but Frick. Carnegie's tool o
oppression, who has an income of owe,
. 600 600 dollars year, and he strucl
blow at organized labor and it woulc
La ,,,,1I -, o,Id th,+ l,a &c +o I've indicted