The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-19

SoEshe-n DEN oc-a-s fs- the szil-
ffsAzs TART becomes Las. wages nuss
corss .dowa 70 the Ez-opesa Standard
TIE trad. -hsea- z7asr the s.asesnaalixs
policy az Nr. Blaine. re have bG4lt up
sEfA sgzla, Bsazzl. fser-say s19 the West
ladies - 20 6e rssece>d 5v tie Cleveland
assmsrsssrasson aa5 ~ rsveane from these
so1rres Esay be expec.e1 IN such rererozs
ssDoznss rs szTe awarded the reciprocity
pas Wages reached n this country Tia
kigA water Eaxrk SurIse Earrsson's aa-
sa1nEs-ratson. ana II TIE Wilson tariff b.
con.s q lag wa-rs viii fali 20 the
l0wess ievea they hare reached n try
years The admission Of f-ee raw mate
riais means . great soss 10 farmers and
miners. The nsr tzrsE bail protects the
scaih a. the expense Of the rest Of the
country.
The wnsca tariff bill makes IN income
tar q necessity. Mr.. Clevelan6 reasons
tkas the people generally will support such
o tax because Is seems 30 exempt those
having small incomes and strikes cnly .;
tie rIEh. Il Is tbs bid for the sociziistsc
vote tAas Is expected % make ths ta-i1.
with N income .ax added, popular with
the masses.
The wilson tariff bill enis-zes The free
Ess, giving Mes England free rsw msteri-
ais, takes OF sI the wool duties, leaves
sugar free and knocks out the scgar
tegnty. The effect Of this tariff will he
severe UPON the collar, cnf and shirt in
cEstry OF Troy and Albany. New York.
Under the old tariff Law Of iss3 and the
rulings OF the treasury department. the
tariff duties On these three varieties OF
linen articles were 80 10 40 per cent,
or an average Of IS per cent So severe
was the German competition. however,
thai sharp reduction OF the wages Of
employees toward the German scale became
a. absolute necessity. little or no profits
being obtained in manufacturing The
wage worker in the collar. euI and shirt
industry from reduced wages. A specific
caty Of Is cents dozen on cotton collars
and cuffs, in addition 10 the existing nd
valorem duty Of IS per cent. was imposed.
On all collars and cuffs composed in part
of linen the specific duty was placed 81 30
cents q dozsn and the nd vaiorem 8. 10 per
cent. On al shirts composed In whole or
in part CT linen the duty was increased
from s. TO So per cent al valorem.
Now the Democratic tariff reformers pro-
pose TO cut CT the extra duties Of the Nc
kiniey iax ard restore the low duties Of
the tariff of iss3. the change" means
that the scale Of wages now prevailing In
the Troy and Albany factories must be
lowered toward the German standard. The
reduction may not be large. Ten, Is or -
per cent may suffice. But there mus; be
reduction; else the manufacturers, unable
to compete with the German. and ssll
their goods below cost, viii be compelled
TO suspend operations.
Without protection American wage
workers in all industries must accept the
scale OF wages paid foreign workers rho
are competing with them. and American
manufacturers must accept the foreign
rate Of profit or close their doors. The
Wilson tariff bill as q compliance with the
pledge Of the Chicago platform is an arr.nt
fraud. The objsct is not 10 increase The
revenue. STAGE the bail will inevitably
cause large deficit. The bill is the mar
riage Of al valorem duties 10 the taxation
of incomes. both of which method. of tax
alton directly encourage nnderyaluation,
deception. perjury and swin6linr. The
income tar encourages undervaiua.ions OF
incomes. evasions of law, triekery and de-
eei.; il places 4 high premium upon per-
jury aud dishonesty and places honest
men ~ Disadvantage.
The effect OF the bill upon the $50. 600
iron workers in this country can easily be
foretold. Part Of these men are getting
out ore: the bill makes ore free. and they
are discharged. Part are making pig iron,
and the bin puts the duty at $50 FER ton
20 s. Is per ton. so that Scotch iron can be
imported here in unlimited quantities q;
lower prices than similar grades OF Ameri-
can iron selling even At the unprecedented
part of the ere producers, and part OF the
pig Iron producers. must stand Idle, earn
ing nothing. in order that the rest may
have their materials cheaper.
What are the miners and iron producers
OF New YORK and New Jersey, Virginia
and West Virginia going TO do. with for
eign iron offered at their doors for less
than present panic prices. and with the
mills closed 81 the East which manufae-
tare such ironf With round iron 80 per
cent, now 20 per cent; with beams SIS PER
cent, now as per cent with boiler iron -
per cent, nov ~ to 50 per cent: with
forged iron - per cent. nov 50 per cent !:
with cotton ties. in which a grea, in
dustry has heen bailt IN. now Al
per cent. made free contrary TO all re-
gard for theories, or revenue either, in
obedience 20 a sectional demand; with tin
plates, In which many new establishments
have been employed. pu; al SIS per cent.
Instead Of % PER cent, and with steel
ingess =: - instead OF Is per cent, wha, Is
this manufacture 10 dof OF course the
manufacturing works must close, and
iooeo or more Of iheir hands must he
discharged with no hops of return. In
stead OF S5o.olo persons employed there
rnsv possibly he employed a. the most
l7Sao The loss of wages for these alone
would be about s75,ooa. 600 If not more
than 20 per cent. be taken from the wages