The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-11
EaE SALT LAKE HERALD. FRIDAY. AUGUST H. 1888.

knows. and everybody else should know,
that there are many thousands Of worthy
souls who would rather work tor low
wages than no wages atali. am not
friend or advocate of low wages, but by
driving competition with England we
as nation would set to work many thou
sands of men and women to mapp-
our own country, but high tar
if on raw materials prevents US.
Now you pretenders of the welfare OF
home laborers, is it not fact that while
you were making pretense to the tollers
ofthis cou ntry you were at the same time
negotiating and perfecting treaties that
We're flooding the country with power
ful competition against them? Yes, this
is recorded fact against you. How does
this look plastered against your boosted
wall of protection? 1t will oe put there
SO that every man can see and read it,
and don't you forget it, The BOMBS
finished in your manufactury will be hit
in such manner that explosion will be
sure. and the effect will not be apt to en-
nance the value of your kind of protec-
ton stock.
admit the necessity of wall of pro-
lection, but not the Kind OF protection
your party gave to silver when you
stamped it with your destructive de-
monetization bill; do you catch. the idea?
Your protection to silver is like your pro-
lection to labor. You killed silver SO far
as in your power, and labor by your acts
is experiencing the same death blow.
The mask you have been holding over the
eyes of the people is growing thin and
your destructive influences can be seen
and felt keenly. Your tariff engineering
has drawn away millions of money from
the west. If 1t had been left with US we
could have had it to operate the wheels
of industry. A great share of it did come
back to us, and mortgage was re-
turned bearing rate OF interest that
means ruin to them that have it to pay.
/ am favorable to immigration, but our
condition for many years has made 1t un :
profitable to our country and emlgrants
alike.
In conclusion / will state little work
which wish You to undertake:
Prove if you can, to the people in gem
eral and most particularly the people OF
the west, that your party act in demon
etizing and giving death blow to silver,
was for their mutual welfare.
Prove ii you can, to the people OF these
United States that your party act, In es-
tablishing in connection with your de-
monetization act, q rapid contraction
policy, drawing in the greenback money ,
burning it, and putting in its place a
gOlu INTERCHANGEABLE DOHu, was W llcil
advantage.
Prove to the mechanics and laborers in
general, that the ratification by your
party of the Burlingame treaty with
China which opened the gates of ouI
laboring channels, and was filing them
up with Chinese labor, was to their bene-
fit.
This last act is one of the corner stones
which was placed in the wall of protec-
ton you boast OF, but God help the
laborer if this is the only kind of pro-
lection wall you are able to build for him
And in the face OF those infamous acts
you have the audacity to still continue
your delusive doings. Your party have
had control of the ship of state for many
long years, and you have run her in upor
the rocks of contraction and demonetiza
| ton and stranded her, aud now you are
trying with all the powers you can com
mand to put the burden of your disaste
on the backs of innocent parties.
To my brother mechanics and friends il
the field of labor | will say, it is q fac
! the world over that one very effectua
way to down the value and price of any
thing is to create surplus. Now whel
we have proved conclusiyely that the rat
lfication by the Repu blican party of tn
Burlinga,ne treaty with China woui'
cause q surplus of labor in our market
we have proved to you that by one singl
act of the Repu blican party the value @
your labor must go down. Do you cate
the idea?
I. LA MECHANIC.