The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-25

a.nash<r8 threaten 70 break DOWN the
ssasses on these articles aud lie. in COM
setting supplies from abroad. which are
y..aodaced or manufactured by cheaper
labor.
.s0.OO wageworksrs sho are looking for
employment in vain today because the
;.sopis voted for Democratic tariff re-
:arm" Iass November. The workmen Who
Grated snss change have their victory. ana
sssfore they get rid Of their Democratic
ssee trade congress they viii Be miserable
s~.,ongh that they have won it. OF course.
eSse Democratic architects Who have
srought all this industrial ruin insist
with partisan heat that al the existing
tyoubls 10 caused by the silver act. and
ssaat its repeal il all that Is necessary to
sa,rrsct the alteration in the Democratic
saarines's compass. by which their fat
sssaiinurns il steering the ship Of state into
ssse harboF Of prosperity. The silver
question 10 . most important cause
<.f financial disturbances: its right
settlement Is necessary TO the restoration
Is public confidence I'm our future none
;Ssry policy among business men on both
sSdes OF the water; nevertheless 1t the
Sherman act were repealed tomorrow, ac-
esmpanied BY . solemn pledge that the
fsIrehase and coinage Of silver would not
hs resumed by tho United States save
under an international ratio. bi-metaiiic
t$nion. there would still remain the threat
e,sing specter Of tariff reform" meaning
fE7 that the repeal or fundamental mutiia-
ton Of the protective tariff
The iron industry has decreased $500
TINS in the weekly output since May !.
Earring the last three months the sales OF
wool from the new clip at the principal
rs.arkets have been only ~. 00O, 10 pounds
sssainst 62.0o0.o0o during the same time
LIST year, a decrease OF third. American
esstton spinners have taken 1000 bales
Isss for the current year. and the month
OF May brought decrease Of more than
eae-third in the imports Of raw silk.
rsanufacturs which had recently been
r.ost prosperous. The increase of failures
ffom 1000 last year to 500 for the same
G:sarter this year. and in amount Of Iiabiii-
tsss from $22.0O,DO TO $l3l. OO0, 00O, the
Intelligent workingman perceives was de
Iactly due to the belief that the great in
destries Of the country are no longer TO
b. sustained and defended ~ they have
teen for the last thirty years.
The intelligent workingman knows that
w;thout protection orr competitive indus
tr:es cannot contend against the cheap
labor OF Europe. The employees in the CO
operative stores in Scotland recently held
3 meeting In Glasgow and formulated
demand for $3.50 week after serving five
years. These employees were all men.
Does anybody believe that the men en-
rsoyed in the large stores Of our Amer
lean cities do not get oyer IS
wsekf This difference Of wages extends
through all grades of American a. COM
rsrcd with English labor. In tho matter
CT skilled labor the workingman in the
leading competitive industries in this
cauntry earns about 65 per cent. more
wages. while II costs him about II per
cent. more In the matter Of living expenses.
Under tho circumstances, Of course, when
tie Democratic monkey gets done fooling
with the buzz saw Of tariff. somebody will
surely be hurt: either the Democratic
monkey viii: lose his fingers or the saw
will BE- thrown out Of gear.
The Democracy cannot afford to let the
Mckinley tariff alone. for that would ssul-
tAy their whole campaign and justify tho
ebemy they have routed, and yet II the
Democratic monkey Hampers with the tar
~ he must surely inflict injury upon the
iadividual welfare of the country. If a
tariff for revenue only is enacted both pro-
sislcers and manufacturers will Be obliged
- cut wages or close their doors: II
fsee raw materials with protection
tg manufacturers is granted, then
tie producers viii declare war on
tse party which discriminates in
favor Of the manufacturers. In any
esent there will be plenty of object les
ss,ns Of closed mills. shops, fur naces; Of
discharged workingmen: Of reduced
wages, strikes. iockouts. etc. and all these
si,iugs will help TO make McKinley's call
log and election sure
The voice OF Democratic tariff reform
sill be heard amid this spectacle Of uni
versal industrial wreck and woe murmur-
sag to itself the self-aecusing words Of
ling Richard:
thate myself fer hateful deeds committed By
myself:
am Q Villain:
ssy conscience hath thousand several tongues:
and every tongue brings In = several tale
.tx4 foi, rtalr IT,
shall despair; there 10 no creature loves ne.
md IL de no creature AL nitv ma