The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-12-15
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Louisville B0utzers3 uHrnsAi
Ever since the Republican party deter
mined to ontlive the reason fer its exist
3Hoe. or, say for the last quarter of q cen
tury it has persistently claimed the
credit for all the prosperity which the
coHntry has enjoyed for every fortunate
event that has occurred, for every success
that anybody has achieved, Ii has even
assumed to be the daily accredited al
nnoner OF heavens bounty, and has com
pleasantly pointed 10 every good crgTas a
triumph Of Republican craftsmanship.
( I'M recent years it has peEsistentiy clam
Cd that ali the marvellous results of the
inventive genius of the age achieved
both before and SINCE the Republican
party came into being, are not due TO in
gennity or enterprise, but can only be
accounted for ly the Republican policy
of taxing one man for the henetit Of an
other BY this policy 81 spoilati0n, they
! sag All tla vast increase IN production
and consequent eheapness Of tho Heeessa-
ries OF life are TO be explained. III amy
notice Il taken Of improved machinery At
/ all, 1t is insisted that the ma cEineEg 1T
self Ia dine 10 the system Of sPeilation.
The protective system Is q method Of
keeping mp prices hy restricting supply
and Thus reducing decomposition. The field
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bya constitutional pFovisisn that insures
free trade among the states, 30 only for
eign aeomlletition esn be shut out, but
with this limitation it pushes the TO
4 strietive policy to the utmost, and RESIN
forces Ii by the formation of powerful
frnsfs that seek to crush competition at
Ehanae. So far as Ii seeks t0 reduce the
supply Of the neGessaries of life it is III
Il exact harmony with the war which was
4 made 1naIfy wears ago upUn improved ma
4 ehtAeFy though its methods are different,
When machinery began to enable one man
~ do the work Of two or more there were
working men who Thought it meant star
walton 10 at least half Of Them, and they
organised IRots to destroy the machines
which were, as they believed, about to
take the bread 8ut Of their mouths, In
this way they imagined that they might
restrict production and improve the con
sfiEi0n Of laberlng men by increasing the
demand for their labor. They were un,
Il liable TO grasp the idea that the enormous
increase IN production meantnore OF tbs
neDsssaties Of life for eyerS b0dy employ
srs and employees alike, and an enormous
improvements the ditlon of the labor
ing classes. The fund to be divided be
ing greater, every one haGlta larger share
but II has turned cut that the Increase u
the laboFer3 ehare was relatively large
than that of the employer.
81 The pretsnae that this has been tia
! Irasult Of the protective policy is 0ne o
) | the most gigantic frauds ever attempted
z 1T has been the pesaltof increased supply
& while the object Of protection has bee
! to limit supply. At has resulted fre1
\ the failure Of protection TO accomplish
!. its purposes in some instances, in spit
IA -
. EFeaeheil under all sorts 81 tariffs, for th
i effect Of improved processes has been &
4 great that no system Of tariff sp0ilatio
has been able wholly to Ruilify ii.
England repealed tine corn laws j
{ 1886, that act being the first movement
the direction of free trade. All yestlgt
of tbs protective policy, however, wei
q Botswept away until 1861. 4Aecordin
y To protection logic wares shoHld hal
y declined What Is the faet8 We quo
~ from the Edinbarg ReriefV:
y During the last thirty years q
q incomes Of the richest class Id EnglaE
+ have decreased tbirty-three per cent
y while the incomes Of the middle class
e have been Increased thirty-seyen lpl
" cent. Iii the same period the wages d
p labor have Increased tifby-nine per cen
y Tie rapid additions which have tlfl
z been made to the rate Of wages ha'
Il probably been chiefly attributable (
4 the introduction Of machinery intoe eve
I Industry Nothing that had ever pI
viously happened in the history s8f Z
n world had done so much to improves
er condition Of the Iab0ring poor When
~ ever the employer, either ly impfeyI
II his machinery on til any other way,
'e- able 10 increase the efficiency Of the q
played, he Is eoaeuTrently enabled a.