West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-15
"PROTECTION UNDER THE BROAD
SHIELD OF THE AMERICAN
LAW" A FARCE.


Ii is a singular fact that he bulk
of freight handled by the different
railroads Is for export. Thus do we
see the American products shipped
to the European man kets. whore tho
American products are sold in COM
petition with the "pauper markets"
and ''paupcr labor" Why should
We fear competition in the Ameri-
can market with any nation on the
face OF the globe when we can ship
our products into the foreign mar.
kots and underscll them America
can successfully compete with all
nations, either Mt home or abroad.
America is credited with having the
most Intelligent and skilled work.
men in the world. The skilled and
competent laborer will drive the
unskilled and incompetent laborer
to the wall every timc. We would
be ashamed to admit thnt we could
not compete with our inferior.
To more clearly illustrate CHS
point to the readers OF the ARoUs
and those who worship at the shrine
of tho Journal, we will take tho editor
of tho Journal, who is a lawyer by
profession and an educated man by
schooling, and the writer Of this
article, who is clodhoppcr by ere.
alton aud an ignorlmus by tho
towering intellect OF the Journal
man. Now is it not clear to the
unprejudiced that the editor OF the
Journal needs no "protection" in
competing with the writer in -
newspaper discussion, he being tho
superior OF the writer? Certainly
not. and he would brain you with
bootjack or the "broad shield OF
American law" If you intimated
that his superior intellect needed
protection. The writer is not afraid
TO tell the truth, hence it is that no
acknowledges that the inferior man
has no terrors for him, but the sight
Of the superior man makes him
tremblc in his brogans. The writer
does not recognize this acknowledge
ment as humiliation, since tho
truth hurts no one. But we do
protest against the Journal man
Haunting in the face OF American
workingmen that they need protec-
ton against the inferior WORKING
men across the sea. 1t is an insult
to their intelligence and manhood
to be continually reminded that
they are not able to compete with
the Republican "pauper labor Of
Europe" without protection. What
the American workingmen need
most is protection against such
demagogues and false friends. Is
there an American workman who
can honestly say that the strong
arm OF Capital was eUer used in pro-
tecting him against the "pauper
labor Of Europe ?'' Has not Capt.
tal used the so-called "pauper labor
OF Europe" in grinding aud crush
ing the very life out Of tho Ameri-
can laborer! Can the journal man
deny this ?
This so called "ProtecfIon to
American labor" has been curse
to the country. 1t has made mil
lionaires by the score and idle work
ingmen by the thousand. Amcrica
has been advertised abroad as the
land Of milk and honey and the
country Of high wages and prosper.
1 ity. The result has been that tbo
laboringmen Of all countries have
1ocked 20 our shores 10 share our
protection" prosperity and high
wages Just exactly what Capital
desired. The Government pro-
tected tho American capitalist from
the foreign capitalist and brought
thousand upon thousand Of ioroign
laborers TO this country 10 enter
into competition with American
labor, which our Government failed
TO protect. Then followed the nee
esssry evil Of Protection strikes,
lock outs and reduction Of yes.
Such ia the history ot your PRO
teotiou to American labor