Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-09-02
FAIR PLAY"
To the Editor ofthe Herald

the discussion. We were not anxious IN
have IT continued; our invitation must
nave been an indirect one but we are
Sldh that T.. L. ). has chosen to consider
our restatement OF the question at issue
as q Challengc to continue the discussion.
We think tins discussion need not be
prolonged, tor in this latest production
Oh +. L. ,. he admits all that is necessary
10 establish the truth of our assertions.
fHSt-We claimed that +. L. :. in the
article gwen to the public August II did
not answer our question. This +. p. 5.
ADMITS. We quote his own words. The
reason | did not answer II was be
cause | could not see much sense in
1t. lie declares that: The question
amounts to this II fish live in the
water and nowhere else how can the
fisherman catch fish without going to
the water - +. Z. S. here admits there
IS sense i'll the question. He also admits
that he can see the sense therein con-
tanned, and the irresistible logical conclu-
sion has wrung from him this admission:
We shall agree with Fair PLAY that
the protective tariff cannot make the
employer rich without making work for
the workman"
+. +. 5. athrms here that the protective
tariff cannot make rich the employer
without benetiting the workman. He
further athrms that the protective tariff
does make the employer rich, thereby
, declaring that the protective tariff must
necessarily benefit the workman. Here
are his words. Yes the protective tariff
makes work for the workman and pro-
tects the employer and makes him rich ="
What need OF urther argument on these
points at issue? f. F. S. comedies all we
claim.
FirSt-He did not answer our qucs-
ton, III his article of August II.
SecOnd-That the protective tariff can
not make the employer rich without
making work for the workman.
Third-That it docs make work for the
workmcn and enables them to accumu-
late wealth; or if they are employed by
some one other than themselves thcr en-
ployer has IN opportunity to accumulate.
In connection with the last clause we
ind these words: "But the only pro-
lection that the poor laborer gets comes
| by the way of labor organizations for
which he had to sacrifice dear life to up
| hold"
Labor organizations are worthy the
|
they were the workingmen sole pro-
lection against the cupidity of the en-
plOycr. But we fail to see where We
would need them less il we had free trade
have never met free trade English.
man that was any less selfish than
Protective Tariff Yankee +. =. S
asks: "Wlll Fair Play be SO unfair as to
say that Labor stands an equal chance
with Capital III this struggle? :" No; nor
in any other struggle; neither here i'll
protected America, nor in free trade
England.
+. p. S. inquiries What law is
there to prevent Carnegie locking his men
ont and filling their places with cheap
labor when he anticipates that they will
not accede to his unjust reductions ?" We
don't know of any; but we do know
that the Republicans are trying to get n
law to that effect. Ofcourse Democrats
could not aid III getting such 4 law passed.
because they do not believe i'll Sumptuary'
| Laws.
We are assured by F. p. S. that pro-
tcCtionstS have not succeeded in catch
ing the wage carriers vote. We claimed
they had. He declares that he knows our
statement to bc false. 1t is we'll known
BY every school boy that Rcpublicanism
(Rcpublicanism and Protection are syn
onymous) has been i'll the asccndancy
and that Republicans have controlled
this nation for the last quarter of a
century. 1t is also known to the school
boy that they could not have been elected
to office it the wage carriers had not
voted for them. Those who are not
wage carriers are a very small minority
i'll this country.
+. I. S. takes exceptions to the state.
ment made BY us that MIR. Powderly
ought to know which is the better for
he workmen free trade or protection. u
+. =. s. SAYS Let the workman be &C
corded the blessed privilege OF Judging for
himself what is Tor his own good. Who
has a better right ?" We declare that
no one has better right. We also dc.
clare that he shall not only have right
to Judge for himself, but to declare his
Judgment, even if it demands the passage
of FORCE BILL to give him this oppor.
tunitv We now ask is not Mr.. Pow.
DERBY n representative worklngman
Has he not been chosen by the working
men to represent them, and to give ex'
preston to their convictions on this
matter of protection We have beer
connected with labor organization
We have championed the cause of Labor
when we ran the risk OF losing our only
source of maintenance, and more than
that we are still honorably connected
with one of the grandcst labor organiza
tions in this country. We know whereof
we affirm when we assert that working
men generally are Protectionists.
In answer to our Statement-"FrcC
, Trade has ruined Ireland. Mr. Glad
: stone does not dispute it, F. p. s. de
E clares: MIR. Gladstone has had nc
occasion to disputeit. F. p. 5. assertion
has not reached him yet" Thank you
4 for ascribing to us originality. But W.
are constrained by a sense OF fair play
not to accept the honor; it belongs tc
another. Who docs not know that be
fore the Union Act, Ireland was pro
, tccted, hourishing country. She manu-
: featured irieze and serge in Dublin, Cork
Kilkenny, Waterford, Ross, Droghcdf
and Trim. She had iron mills i'll Tallow
- in Dingle, in Desart, and mines i'll Fer
managh, Roscommon and Leltrim; ant
London itself was supplied with iroI
from Ireland. The Stuarts attempted
r the destruction Of Irish protected labor
and William of Orange when petitionet
r by English manufacturers to repres
r Irish Protective Enterprise" replied II
!: these words: 81 shall do all that in I'M
K lies to discourage the trade OF IRELAND
and promote that of England" Does +
p. S. mean to say that Mr.. Gladstone
has not heard of these facts A few year,
ago before Mr.. Gladstone espouscd TIL
Home Rule Cause he used to have i
dinned in his ears every time HOME
Rule member made speech. He doe
not attempt to wipe out the facts. III
asserts that free trade is good for Eng