New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-01
POPULAR OBSERVATIONS.
rpov , FREE TRADERS POINT OF VIEW.
AZ fxGiIsn INDIc>1IoN or TIE AMERICAN
TARIFF

Fk'IEI.
-,to Editor o. The Tribune.
-, The Ios'nigL'ly Review" Of December last
.,,,,. an article on The American Tarin ::
past aud T., i1iurc." from The point
:, NV 81 an ol.crring Ensli,hn.an whose
,,ir prriudi,cs have but ohscurcd his mental
',-,, If, evidently consider, that III, couniiymcn
-. u,c,aiurc I'm iac.r convictions 'haj under he
. democratic Gi-r"nssiion -" tariff will lee 20,
-, of .,d British products 81 manufacture poai H.
, D.. market here IN aood. NO Government
ma, At prescott TO h" strong enough 10 ,rc"r on
l, to,. flc statute book, The protective iain a'd
.,.i.h q iarin for revenue purposes alone. Il
GO. - lc further -ly-. "ufu>Ual tcmriiy to nj
,.. t, tam .yslcm 81 the United states las
,.ggrr. .or that country" lie then goes on
.. low tIc tinted states. Large, ruined hl the
a., o session. has ia nitle more than twenty
O., .,,. %, far The riches, country IN the world
,,.r.I.- Industries throughout th" length and
al, ,f .a. land. with debt almost cNr.neil>A"d
80 ,f tIr highest Greer and with prospect,
.,. aln,ai' 10 rival and impossible To- excel.
,,g.i,df c-~ of Tie United states IS shown
u,.i,o-,on cci.u, Bulletin. had diminished In
" ,,,.~,l between i-o and l-eo $e2o 900 ooo
- ,be drif Il TIA" rest Of the world lad increased
are interval s465.oOo.0CO. rle total amount
' a,,,,l embarked IN manufacturing during the last
v - a. i.c United States has Increased over
oa 49,, cont according censu, reports. The
~ ,ceordlng 90 this certainly impartial observer
a.. Largely developed American manufnct lures and
,e Lad the effect OF giving higher wages 10 workers
eo,accc therein. as he proceeds 20 show Nv tabular
,n.1e. Ten year, ago the United S,n'cs very
~. ward ~ compared with most European com
,J,s. from manufacturing rout OF view but In
$40 Interval thr percentage Of Increase has been
.,c,, .,ueclalv in all the large cities. In ciSl1'
vrhern cite, n appears that In 1850 1913 per cent
NJ Me whole population were engaged In manufactures
md tha, IN 1880 the number had increased 10 23.'
49,, cont Between 1880 and 1880 the actual nd
vance O: wages paid in manufacturing industries hal
Increased lars,r extent than ihc increase WHICH
TOOK place in the previous thirty wears In some
, ,l ca>cs the WAGES appear 10 Ice than equal
IA iic incomes OF professional men OF fairly Good
standing In the country. and they would he esteemed
absolutely handsome If enjoyed by professional men
OIL the Continent Of Europe"
I, nay not assumed that The increase In the rate
9, wages Is entirely due to the tarih, but may lee
due In part To the active and real competition III
bome which ncccsSitatcS efficient labor and GOOD
wsec therefor Our English friend docs not think
hat tie Mckinley tariff has lad The effect OF inci"a>
,ns rrices Of commodities generally. rs the general
course of prices has been downward for I" series OF
IF years nor has II aceccded in Stopping The now
icresa trade. IL >hor,. The American tarl!l now
rver mistaken II may he from Tie Ehehsh io,'i,. ni
* Goes for not afI5r oT H" egnr sT from Which We
have Suffered 10y the tarin. according to our cruz -
he failure Of the American mcfcdHtH' " ~
gain any part Of its former ascendancy whic, was 50
CONSIDERABLY le,scncd by tn" civil War ana W" rcN
luton In the shipping business caused by the SUB
Ni,u.lon OF iron for timber 49, -, a.
As 10 NE future critic ,hink. that when tue
nen expenditures remain stationary we sh1 ne COM
peled by the necessities OF pethoric pu'c p"iS' ~
lower tariff duties , - ~ ,or,g
Tie views Of an English Free Trader on our ta ih
are entitled 10 consideration. ana should open w.
~, not alone Of MS countrynen hut o. many OF our
own who have denied that all kinds OF tnsiheSs, rs
pec iay that OF manufacturing. have beeh hK.usN
rrosnerous during the last ten years. ara lilat ,le
condition Of the working classes OF the Vni'"G o,ae
hiss been greatly improved. ~ W.
New York, Feb. 4. 1888