New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-20

Is fully established we shall employ more than
| we did in England, for the reason that we shall
| add the spinning of yarn and other branches TO
the business. In England we bought large guam
| titles of yarn already spun"
| DO You see any reason why you cannot as
successfully manufacture your goods in this coun-
| try as in England?"
mo reason whhtever IN this Northern lake
region and with the existing tariff, which will
enable us to pay the difference in the rates OF
wages here and In England. Without this pro-
lection it would be impossible for any manu-
facturer to pay American wages and compete
with England"
How does the American market compare with
those Of other countries9"
| "Our experience is that it is the greatest and
best market in the world and is continually i'm
proving. The population is nots'only immense!
but the per capita consumption ia greater than in
any other country, which, is accounted for by the
fact that the American working and middle Glasses
are more prosperous than anywhere else. and buy
more freely. while In England. I am sorry to
say the buying capacity OF the masses is seriously
decreasing"
How do the wages paid In your business In
| England comporc with the wages paid in the
United States?'
"A warn dresser whom paid 32 shillings.
which is So Of your money, / found working 10
mill here and receiving S1s 80 a week. This
is difference of 60 Der cent in favor Of the
| United States / find that unskled laborers in
mills in the United States earn from Sc to so
week. while in England they do not earn - a
week. Loom lxcrs with us are paid on the
average Sc per week, while here l find the same
occupations, earn from 81 50to 50 % per week
| Then wcavers with us In England will earn less
| than Sc Der week, while here they are earning
| from SO TO $40 week Young help, such as
| girls and boys, engaged in spinning and similar
| occupations, earn from 80 to $225 per week
| in England, while they are paid from 81 TO -
per week for the same work in this country
| find similar differences in all branches of factory
work In short, YOU are paying in this country
| for the kind Of labor employed in my business
| from so 70 100 per cent more than we paid IN
England
,, "How does the cost Of living here compare
with that in Englahd?"
MY observation is that it does not cost
workingman any more TO live in this country
| than in England, if. indeed, it costs az much
=" Please lie more specific"
Meat is cheaper. eggs are cheaper, so are
| butter, cheese, flour, fruit and vegetables. The
finer grades of clothing find nre higher here
than in England. but in the more ordinary grades
| used by the masses there is little, If any. dii-
ference House rent is higher In this country.
| What do you find to the domestic ana
social conditions Of work people, as compared
with those of Enolsni?7
There is comparison in this respect Ihero
the working people enjoy not only the nec~saries
of life but many Of it's luxuries, while in England
the majority Of them simply have difficulty TO meet
their pressing demands. Their houses In England,
Lii, md
| them as yours have, mostly built IN rows
| closely together. four rooms Ia the house When l
| came here and saw the comfortable quarters oc-
cupied by your work people could not help think
ing that man leaving the conditions existing IN
Great Britain and acquiring those here must feel
| this country to be Heaven
This being the case. can You account FOR the
| fact that so many OF the foreign workngmcn, on
coming here, unite with the Democratic party,
| which il the party Of free trade
/" cannot, unless upon the theory that they 90
| rot understand what they are doing. Free trade in
this country, or q material reduction OF the pres
ent tariff, is as TO lower the rates of wages
| not compete with English manufacturers ana pay
ST. so q week TO warp drcsscrs, which Is the rate
| here while the English competitor only pays ~
a week for the same work and a corresponding
difference in other departments unless the United
States Government. through the tarih, protects
| Americans against the cheaper wages IN England.
| Ireland furnishes a good example OF what might
Ike expected here with free trade. Before free trade
was forced upon her by England, there were ex-
| plovmcnt to Is, 900 people large calico works at
lsalbriggan, flannel mills at Rathdrum and blanket
factories at Kilkenny. Free trade enabled England
| n food the Irish market with these goods, and
| the result was that these industries and nearly
all other manufacturing enterprises were crushed
! ont in Ireland and il makes ones heart acne ~
travelling through that lovely country 10 "T the
dire distress now prevailing
| "Woud you have engaged in this enterprise az
jamestown II you had supposed there was u ProS,
| pcct Of an early repeal OF the Mckinney farm
| act ~
| The firm of Ashworth & Wentworth have DE-
| termncd to erect yarn factory. another pro-
tected industry" and are now in England buying
| certain kinds Of machinery for II. a good deal
| Of the machinery will he American made.
| Jamestown, under these circumstances Of pros
| perty and contentmcnt among us lnhapl,ahts,
| is a sturdy upholder of the Protective farm.
| Postmaster IIanchett said to-day: This city gave
| Harrison and Morton 500 majority In 1883. l
| believe it will give Harrison and Reid 1000 ma
iority. in view of the successful operation Of the
| Mckinley tariff"