Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-11-03
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The 'Solut5oz Not Acceptable to Man,
fsefsrers 2na Protecxfonists-
The yew YORK Press of SEPT =. says
that about 30 immigrants Land weekly
AZ New York 70 find eEnploTrneus In do
nestle service, and thz< the s-Oprags Of
iu1rusgrzt5on has raised the wages Of
girls doing general ho1sework from
twelve dollars 70 from sixteen 70 twenty
dollars per month
Nov. what A object lezson this i for
Mckinley, Harrison. Carnegie and the
other tender hearted friends Of labor
ThO hare been trying II vain 70 raise
Eages- This cholera scare has cost u
millions Of dollars, but II VIII be pay
ing investment 10 the present admins
trstion If X has given u q solution Of
this wage question Hundreds Of mil
lions have been invested IN the MeKin-
ley bill and other high tariff measures
to 10 purpose. Wow, almost by acri-
dent, the question l. solved right In
front Of cur eyes And how simple and
complete. No thsory and no guess
work. Wages actually advanced 80 per
cent IN few weeks, and the cause VIII
mot Be disputed by any party. 1t was
not caused BY high or low duty or by
any duty AZ all On goods
II was caused by the stoprage Of i'm
migration Nor is it strange when the
mater is considered under this new
light, for isn't the labor market ruled
by the same law Of supply and demand
that fixes prices everywheres And is il
not the immigrant who has been bring
ing In fresh supplies Of labor to reduce
wages here almost TO the European level
when product PER Garner is considereds
Ii l. by checking immigration and not
goods. then, that we may hope to main
tain higher wages here-if they really
are higher. ArM now you would think
all Of the generous and sympathetic mil
h0nairs friends of Labor would at once
begin to make laws to stop immigration
No; guch Is not likely to be the case. In
fact these good manufacturers are likely
to fight against duty On imported labor
a. hard as they fight for duty On i'm
ported goods They hadthei contract
labor laws" In the sixties to induce i'm
migration here to keep wages down, and
it is their boast that protection en-
courages immigration
The New York Tribune said on this
same day Sept. 22): protection has
been our policy for thirty years. Ten
millions Of aliens have been brought
from Europe and supplied with renu-
nerative employment under the stinu-
latiye effects Of tariff policy" The
same New York Press also boasts edito-
rally that our high tariff policy is
draining Europe Of the cream Of her
laborers, ard that the monarchs there
are doing their best to keep subjects at
home. What is the poor laborer to do:
Shall he continue TO place his trust in a
party that for thirty years has been ex-
perimenting in the wrong direction to
raise wAges, and that will not adopt the
solution now that il comes from another
direction? Shall he form new party
to stop immigration, or does this big
and thickly settled country have need
of the Drawn squeezed out Of the mon
arches Of Europe? How would it do to
take duties off Of the necessaries of life
and raise wages at once by increasing
their purchasing power? Perhaps after
all, it is less and not more interference
with trade and commerce that Is in the
interest Of labor.