New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-14
STRIKES AND THE TARIFF.
FIGURES ON THE SUBJECT FROM MAJOR
BROCK.
THE PREFERABLE STATEMENT THAT PROTECTION
BREEDS LABOR TROUBLES DlsPi'o' LII
TWICE As MANY STRIKES IN ENG
LAND AS II AMERICA
.,,,,.cr IN ruI TkiBCNLt
rBr TELEGRAPH TO TnE TkiBCNAt


Washington July 13-Jus at this 'l'nc pupnc ,,''er'
49,. h a,,od IN tha unfortunate condition OF affairs
twisting q, Homo. tcad Penn. and rom eHortS inaue
nv n few partisan papers and politicians 10 MAXI Po
liuc;,l capital out OF the affair." II w0''" e u'', o
ma,ier what disaster or misfortune mny occur herc
arc some so biased IN their Judgments W p"'''"u
zeal that t,et seek 20 ntsl themselves OF ever! Sueh
opportunlty no matter how remote iroh Po'iuoS "o
ouestIon at issue may be- how liioeicai ,"e oo'
,ns,on. thov draw: still they seek TO make such
d.,scrs n boss upon which to secure some party al
vantage. . -
Anxious to secure facts and figures, II they wero
available, Tribune correspondent calen upon "''o
Erock chief OF the Bureau OF STATISTICS VII" WV vi
securing what information might be at MS COMMAND
bearing upon strikes, their causes, c'o' no "'1
the correspondent an interview Substantially IL 'of
lows: ,. i.
at has frequently been charged by advocates OF
tariff reform that the protective tarii Is promou'c o
discomfort and strikes among the iAponhg on'SScs
What do you think OF such assertions
"In answer to your inquiry he T'p'i'p' S"ou'"
say that such n conclusion or statement, no matter
from, what source 1, may come Is great aosnruy as
any thinking person who Will free himself i',"
nrcudice will soon perceive. In the trst Piacc' IL 10
asserted by advocates OF protection ana P'houc''y
admitted by all that protective HhI'" = nv "''''
made for the purpose OF increasing wages D"t ""H III
fact Increase the wages OF abOrrIr DOM HN''''" anu
ms filed. II Is well hnONn lHhl '"'
Homestead In the Carnegie Mills, as we'll a. m'' IN
,,ror manufactures throughout the United states
recciy. double the wages that PAID ""Thmrh III
English flcorc, for the same class Of labor ana tcN
receive moro than double the wages that arc p'" Ill
belgium the ncxt largest iron producing ana iron MN"
featuring country. Now l. II no, r'asOhaDI' anu J">
To conclude that there Will be less discomfort ana mnch
les liability 10 strikes In community whcrc wages
are high than In one where the low 80 that 80
far from protective tar which more or less Increases
wages cau,lnc Strikes IL Is In fact preventative oil
strikes
"Ilave YOU any figures handy that will uphold 'his
viewl7
"Ycs.- replied Major Brock taking up big blue
covered octave volume here, for Instance Is IN"
British report on the strikes and lochontS Oh lS."
presented to boh House, Of Parliament by command
of Her Majesty Tbs report prinfcd In l0'l
In London Here IS "A large volume ~ nearly 4OJ
pages, which Is a ful and complete analysis ~ the
,t1k.s and l,kouts in the United Kingdom. France
Germany and the United states From tlh' report "o
learn that III 1870 there were N the United h'hsdHh
los strikes. affecting 3923-l persons. Ia the
United states during the same Year there were W.
srihcs affecting 2I00l5 persons. IA Germany, forty
Gy, trikc affecting $500 persons, ana ia France
In rty one sirk,>. ale ting O-,'oo persons ION VIII
sec that there greater number ~ s'rlk'A III W.
United XII gd,n than ia III United state. ho'"'h
shading ;hat Their. Is what i termed 'iree TRADE
IN tic Queens domains.
lnt II should lo remembered that IN l-oo inc
r,nu,.,,lon OF tho United X gdom wns 37.iGi9jl.
v--il ia The United State, the population was O2b2-
GO and that the number II strike Ia prop"Tu II -
The population 81 Great Britain was nearly d'uh'
The nuinlrr IN the Un.' states. FURTHERMORE '''a
likes mentioned In The British irpor d. "f lhoud'
;he numerous tread dots prevalent In tu0P'. '"'
unknown In this country resulting from Tie H''"'"
suffering Of the 'pic for food
tvtl
r-u.rtlou that each strike ia the United klDSlvih
affected on the average 81 persons. While 'h' Hh'
IN III, country affected but 30 pcrns e. thHi Hh'h
greater number Of employs WIS involved III IauF
troubles IL the Kingdom % Great Britain Than IN tns
Repnbrc From His you will see that 'iI;kes p''Ml
to n greater extent and more d'astrcn- IN Urea
Br. ain than they ARE here. There Is muoh i's'
occasion for strikes ia this country because j. an
undlsput,d fact that the condition 81 III" ""'f'ns
people Of America Is far superior To the oo'hN"n
a. the lalrltng classes the Tinted hlngi"an ohN
u,i,e reflection Is necessary to convince ANY one of
This fact As rule, the wording p7'r" ot u"
United states own their hou'@. This Is nrh
IN. cus. in any Eur,I-sln o,un'ry. We are '"!h
that IN the city of Leeds, great manufacturing o'hf'
o, England. With population u Over 5'oN"; nov
workngnnn owns ne zone cG ia ~,''" = T nm
while a. ilumc- tend over 90 pr ''n1 3" g. i,--yi,
workegs have homes 81 their o'i ~h'. - mr.
the in all the mnnufa, urn thw'' ~ u AIM
tanks dcpoits .lowl IN l7Ho. ne drprits ~ tho
f-.y!ug, bank, ~ The United N'n'ct Wrr' F.,'-' 80 .
50G: ~ depo~itor numbered $1,000 me a',i"-S
,n zach der, siiur atjr 81. Ih'Te ar" - VA.
ono fourth nis nuns ~ dcItSi"rs ana one .lu %
M. amount ~ deposits In the United klnphGh -,
what about ~. statement - frequently mh'' WA,
the cKinl.v ianf encouraged siHk'N, "4h mem
IA. tt4,iii, II tho owners ~ ih'~" IRON anu a"''
mills but WIS Oppr'~- 10 the "v-k'is IN,
Such statements are 'tc"r nonsense rs W Nni
readily 80. when yon undei-, aud That ih" VI, knlcy
iJll Gd not lncrcase the tariff on anding mnhum',u
~ lr,n and stccl. For instance. on ~tr.'lur.l HD
such AS beams glider. etc, the iariH unnf lno
r,ceut IAnH aw Is nine tenths OF cent per puma
Under The cd law 4 IA cents per l,'uhh
moro IL a reduction - boiler ~ piher Pote. ir,l ~
-trel also on fnr1ngH Of irDN and steel ana 'Ol"hy
bnrs Of iron ~ sieS. There W also Iedno'"h Oh
ctnel lngsts slabs, bllle,s ard ban. ETC.
prrpiy,y,; poF NAVAL RESERVE DRILLS.