The Dickinson press., 1892-12-10

give increased work to foreign work
men upon products to he consumed hy
our teople without Il minishing til,
amount Of work that will be done her.
that will enable the American manufac
turer to pny to his workmen from so {.
l0O per cent more in wages than is puid
IN the foreign mills. and yet to con- pet,
III our market aud in foreign markets
with the foreign producer; that will
iurthe: reduce the cost of articles oi
wear and food without reducing the
wages OF those who produce them; thu,
can be celebrated, after its fieo,s have
been rehl;z'd, as its expectation las
been. in European as we'll rs in Ameri
Can countries. the authors and rromot-
efs of it will be entitled to the hiehe 81
praise.
We have had in our history several
experiences Of the contkusted effpote Of
revenue aud o! u proteative tariff; bnt
this generation has net fels them and
the experience of one generation has
not been highly instructive to the next
The friends of the protective sys-
tenn, with undiminished confidence in
the principles they have advocated will
await the results of the experiment
The now strained aud too often dis.
turhed relation existing between the
employees and the employers in cur
great manufacturing establishments
have not been favorable to calm con-
sideration by the wage esrners' Of the
= fleet upon wages The faos that the
wages were the highest paid in like
oallings in the world and that main
ter ance of this rate of wages, in the alb
sencs of protective duties upon the pro,
duct OF his labor was impossible, were
obscurdd by tho passion evoked with
contests. He may now be- able to ra
view the lestlon in the light OF his
personal experience under tbs opera.
ton Of tariff fox revenue only. Ii
that experience ehall demonstrate that
tie present rates Of wages are thereby
maintained or ino;euet, either abso-
intely or in their purchasing power, and
THAT the aggregate volume of work to be
done i'll this country liz increased, or
even maintained. go that there are more
or as msny days work in a year ut as
good OF better wages for the Amerioau
Eofkingman as has been the case under
the protective system, every one will
reJolce. A general process OF wage r..
du,tlons cannot 'be contemplated by
any patriotic citizen without tho grav-
est apprehel siop. 1t may be, indeed
believe if, possible for the American
Manufacturer to compete tuccessfully
with his foreign rival in many branches
of productie n without the defense cf
protective duties, if tho ply rolls ute
cqualized; but The cortlict that stands
netwcen TIE producer and that result,
and the distress of onr working people
when ii is attained, are not pleasant to
co1tem ,late
The &c cciety of the unemployed now
holding its frequent and threatening
parades in the streets of flreign cities,
should not be aloH we'd to gain an Ame.-
:cln domicile.
OTHER FOREIGN RELATIONS
All troubles with Uh!li have been
settled, aud every possible fort made
t, maiutain friendly relations with
the South American country. He re-
views troubles of American citiz, ns in
managing schools in Turkey aud con :
tinues to urge u remedy. international
copyright has been extended to Italy
aud Germany and negotiations are in
progress with other countries. He
urges that ad. q14te support bs given
the Nicaragua ship canal. Congress
has besn already advised thas invita-,
tlons OF this government for the
assembling OF international monetary
conference to consider the question Of
an enlarged issue of tue silver bill was
acc .ptt d by the nations to which they
we're issued. The conference assembled
ut Brussels on the 90 I'D Of November,
and has entered upon the consideration
OF this gr;at question. have not
doubted, and have taken occasion to ex-
press that the belief was we'll f,uudel.
Invit, tons were issued for this con-
ference as suggested in my public
message. The free coinage Of silver
upon an agreed information Al ratio o. I'D
greatly pron- ote the interests OF our
people and equally those of other ma
tons. 1t is too early to predict what
results may be accomplished by
porary check or delay intervents, l
believe that very soon com meroi4l oon-
ditions will compel the now relu stan,
governments to unite with us ln tins
movement to seeare tho enarg.msnts
If the vclume ct money ne. dad for tn
transaction OF the business Of the world.
RELATIONS WITH CANADA
He says the conference with Canadian
reprtteL tatives failed because they only
offered concessions for the admission o.!
products, and r fers to other matters
That concerning the controversy as to
the tolls upon the Wellund canal. which
was presented to congress ut the last
session by the preside Mt in message,
have failed of adjustment, l felt con
strained TO exercise the authority con
ferred by the act OF July 1G. 1892, und to
proclaim suspension Of tae free nse OF
st. Mary IS falls to cargoes in transport
in Canada The secretary of the treas
ury established such tnI!s as wsr.
thought TO be equivalent TO the.x
actions VI justly levied upon our com
merce in the OauadaisE c4na's. If. is
We must suppose. the political relations
Of CANDIDA AID the disposition OF the
Canadian government are to rem ain uu-
changed, q somewhat radical revision OF
our trade relations should, l think, be
made. Oar relations must continu. to
he intimate and they should be friendly
[ regret to say, however, that in m4ny
of II e controversies, notably those ss to
the fisheries on the Atlantic, the sealing
interests Of the Pucifio ard the canal
tolls, cur negotiations w:th Great Britain
have contiI uously been thwarted orle
'arled by unreasonable ana un'riepdlJ
objections and protests from Csn :da
la the matter Of the canal tolls our
treaty rights were fl grautly disregard:d
1t is hardly too much to SAY that
the Canadian Pacific und oih.r railway
lines which parallel our lorth-
ern boundary are sustained by
commerce having either its
origin or terminus or both
i'll ,hs United States Canadian rail
roads compsts with thoss OF the United
5tntte for our traffic without the re-
stra,nts of our inter state commelc,ecs
lhs!r cMs pass almost without lsteL-
tion INTO and ont Of our territory. He