New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-30

the industrial conditions mentioned are the same Or
| substantially tho same. protective tarn mas no
| honest function 10 perform. l mean BY this thht
AGAINST q neehboring province We hold equal oppor'
tuny or the coigne Of vantage by reason OF
| resources fiscal policy. means OF transportation OK
port workmen. supply Of capital substantial equsut'
1 Of W. yes paid to workmen, there Is no ONCE ior
| protective tarir to perform; although tarh lor
| revenue may he perfectly defcnsibc and necessary.
TOO OBVIOUS TO NEED COMMENT.
But suppose across the Mexican, Cuban or Bes'ah
bsrders A. B. Co. conducting tho same business
| with workmen equally expert, With as ample cap'"'
machinery ns complete. but owing TO OLD ana es'ao-
lished Industrial conditions the workmen employed Dy
A.. B. e. Co. are deprived Of fair compensation ior
their labor and SKILL receiving. II you please % nr 'o
cents a day. while the wOrkmen OF c" D. d co. re-
ceive from 81 so to 81 per day and A. b. oo' as
result are able u produce the articles "hch thes
propose TO put upon the American market rs CON-
pe1ors Of c., D. Co. at 10. "o. 40 or 90 per cent
less than the latter produce them. 1t Is clear that
r. n Co. must close out or the competition must
be made equa, In some way. 1t is too obvious TO
need comment that In all such cases and there are
scores Of Them the American manufacturer must quit
the Geld or have the conditions equaiiIco IN one Vi
two ways lie must either cut the wages OF the
| American workmen down to that paid by his COM
petitor or We must nterpose the shield and barrier
Of the protective tariff. which would be to compel
A. b. Co. before placing their goods upon the Amer
lean market to pay into the United States treasury
an amount equal to the difference In the first cost OF
the article resulting from the difference In wages PAID
to khe workmen by A., B. Co. abroad and by G., D.
Co. In the United States.
aNow stop here to ask the following questions OF
NV countrymen: Shall the industry conducted BY
c., d. g. Co. perish, and they seek other lines OF
employment; and shall all the Industries which mo
themselves In q like condition, PERISH or shall the
Inequality be removed In some way, so that our Own
resources may be developed, anl our own industries
maintained? 1t must be apparent to every one present
that there are, before stated two ways In which
this inequality can be removed and the competition
become equa-tha Is to say. the Democratic plan on
one hand and that proposed by Republicans on the
other. First, We can reduce the wage OF the Amer
can workman to the scale OF his competitor IN
Germany, Belgium Cuba. Mexico. or Fnnce which
Is the inevitable result Of adopting the Democratic
policy. Is 1t we'll to do this Do you think 1t
should be donel II so, 1t Is your duty W vote the
Democratic ticket.
TIE REPUBLICAN WAY.
"Then there is the Republican way, which nave
already mentioned. 1 don't whether you call
1t tax. trade regulation or commercial arrange
ment. 1t Is not OF concern by what name you call
IT. 1t is enough that in its application it would re-
ouire A., h. & Co. TO pay into the Treasury OF
the United States, not to G., ID. d Coz hut ihto
the Treasury of the United states, an amount equal
to the difference between the inadequate wages A. Is.
Co. pay to their wOrkmcn and the fairer ana more
humane wages paid by c., ID. Il Go. to their work
men. am that some Of my friends say That
It don't In any event Increase the cost OF the goods
to the consumer. That statement standing alone.
disconnected from anything else. is misleading be
cause II 1t did not In the first instance enhance the
price at which a.. y. & Co. would be compelled 10
sell their goods In the American market the pro-
tective duty would be Of no possible use or aid to
G., d. Co. In fact. If the protective duty did not
compel A., b. & Co. to sell their goods ut higher
price, the whole system would be a sham ana II
fraud 1t must be obvious 10 every one present
that the real purpose OF the duty added Is to pre-
below that at which the same goods can 10 proaucea
in the United states, The duty added to the nrs cot
frst cost Of like goods manufactured In the United
states. and. OF course. American consumers Ply that
difference until by the development Of new Industries
and better methods Of manula cturine the first cost
reduced as has invariably been the rSss IN every
deniably that while wages have steadily Increased
under 81 e Sosh With the a nav
steadily fallen In price: 1t Is said that the amount
Of the duty goes Into the pocket Of ne mannmr,af'f
the tariff for Protection performs only Its proper
junction. the MANUFACTURER cannot reap any "a
except being permitted TO continue In business aud
without robDng his workmen compete In our home
We stand face to face with the two syMoms =, We are
confronted by the two propositions. They are dlamstf
champions the one-the Republican party the other
The people Will decide between them on the 9Th OF
i do NO: desire to be understood claiming for the
protective tariff more than is due. am not stamd
enough to insist that II has direct effect IN ana OF
Itself u reduce the first cost VI any 'hihG' ana don
think any who has carefully studied the question
can honestly claim that II does, nor doc II In and OF
itself crcut. any Industry. II Will AMI IN fact
does, result in the c,n'li,h"n Of ihau,'r", that ar
new 10 the country. \ new Industry l. IN" man
nfacture or production OF u now thing 10 matter h."
great or how lr or how ineoms!r;''i n" ' ,
produced. and employ labor Ur machinery not thereto
fore employed TO produce the .lnr rc''h ' me In
nueicc Of the protective system is 10 establish new
plants. to start dozen n p, ro.'iI. Wire one
rAiscd before amd to multiply the nanl"r o factories
place or at most. much limited extent. II our
industries not encouraged and protected against
1 NEW n a%rc o. we re to tie inv"v9
creative genius In men, hi, faculty is ln'chnoi nS
uses Of iron steel and wood, and Of the forces Of
nature. Of which our fathers knew nothing: ca,h ~
donnl use giving to the world new industry. AMI
opening another field OF employment for labor and
capital Inventive genius create, new @pp"iT,an,s mite,
mant. The protective tarin can do thnt Their" j.
left also another waytha Is. tho humiliation of Am"r
There can b. no objection t" competition. 20
matter how vide the rnnsc pr"vda ar hr I" na n
entering the field Or competitor seeking u secure nha
hold given market II, the cost Of The humIia,,"a ,la
articles ;9d tn that nrk @ no , t Ga", sx 1 ion" a"
'%p am U charged a%si' With Nth n""nSscncy h.cas. c
TA D mus Il %ss ss" to
sad. in sp"aking on that measure ne, no more and no
gress condemn certain tariff duties called protective.
and did that because they we're levied upon articles
without justification or excuse, md hence were an
abuse and III no proper use Of the protective
policy. TO illustrate. there was duty Of ] think
fact that could produce copper cheaper than any
nation upon the globe. Not only that, but 1t had
occurred that through the manjpulafons Of copper
syndicate organized In France Americans were com
PEELED to pay more for copper. the produce OF Amer
liar Vls nj llcr
nation upon earth. But beg to remind my Demo
cratic friends that that wrong had existed durins
the entire fourteen SESSIONS OF Democratic Con
crosses without any attempt to correct the evil. II
remained for a Republican Congressman 10 point
ont the wrong and Republican Congress 10 put
the seal Of condemna ion upon 1t. Another instance
Of which spoke related to the protection of nickel
bad q SIinuY OF nickel In this L SmulI nd