The sun., 1894-01-21

enough. speaking theoretically. but when We
diiions oi the employed in 1851 and 1892. as
far as practical workings are concerned the
GL., Grin.c,inIes, , Of tarliI reform must be wrong;
Yes. indeed" responded most fus.
Eut srs Slqcla,r as, aSsed the s5ronlslsr:
now S vins fns "nier ihe GSt DemoeTaIc pfpcpe o
No not yet. and hopc we never may; In
fact. don't think we could live under tarin
reform it would lie almost u physical i'm posi-
Lility. But as said before, the people Of the
the Democratic party as soon as It should get
IN mower. and although it ha. now been 10
taken M the question. ana is now
ihe. Wilson, bill, and supposed to BE- a Tarifr
Reforn hill: shall be passed or not; New. the
%y ns anu hy are * viii Se
come law they are STOPPING their fnctories
ntoSsheT or Else only mployiag .h9nt hait
used 70. This shortage "f work means no
money for tn" orking people. and what can
they do l9t 6" to the mission house or church
That is all righ. so far but are tho manu-
- think 80. md YOU know Mr.. Sinclair
erson. viii tell you now he Ia really az
iecied, The particular silk he man uiactures
my friends, You hav. bought it thinning il
came from China. Under the protective tariff
M" sell Tor os 10 the han hS Xix
husband makes. so It was fair competition,
but with ieriII reform ns this Wilson hil
mancnt control oi our markets. would place
his silk 10 the shops for 1o,or 70 cents a yard
cheaper than the American ailk. but his cheap
ness would only last So long ms the foreign
merchant was batting the American buyers;
the price would 90 nU far Leyond any amount
eyer paid by them for the American material
with % other indusres p ~ Now' s you Know eri Il we
can get good thing at n low price. We Will
Well MIR. Sinclair realizes this and he is so
nnirnil oi the imnorled CHINA silk under.ellins
s desds to h
Wilsnn hill or not pass IT."
Why must the AmerIcan silk cost more
know. said Mrs. Andrews.
Because the cost Of making silk here IL
China. You see. here our people get paid
yery. good wages, 40 good in fact that
cent. of what they help TO make costs to pro-
duce. But in China the wages arc very low
week whsrs he gets si5 here. suppose
wages there represent 80 per cent. OF tho cost
Sdaa a st'T rsr '' tb"Se arc hers nd 5 eSpss
80 per cent here, you can easily see that in
order to m"Ss any ny m9ns'' or indeed MAKE
charge NOR" 10 proportinn for his silk than the
CHI .'nese merchant for his"
just iI's way; Ty the terms oi the Wilson
That m vel, we had in in 1871 G aud G2 Tie duty was 50
silks ~ our disposal the Chinese merchant had
to ray i've Per cent Of the value OF The sils 10
added to the cost Obliged him 70 ask, We will
ssy m cents SSr psJ y S Tor ,b his s.ms s prcs TG%
his siiR. But under. the Wilson bill
IL; whole amount 81 the cost to Tho
TO sell u his silk Tor 40 rents per yard, aud the
American lnanuiartnrrr cannot AFFORD 10 sell
in producing. As told you. the wages being
tho largest item II cost. ne naturally tries 10
reduce thom, but his rkingmen won't ac-
cert any reduction. ana ho can't AFFORD to
manufacture at = loss. so he stops manuiac-
Tnsn. as / sss IT, the protective tariff re-
compenses the manufacturer for the larger
wages he PAYS than are paid In China" said
Yes, rnat is the object oi "a q protsc tarin"
rsrltrd MRS: SInclali Mhht ~ tHls has 70
that in all our largest cities thousands are now
idle: being ille thry are earning no MONEY;
tion. 81 what money th-rs is, i held only by tho
banks and wealthy inhiriduala You know the
part among our people, and even though they
spend money freely, It will NOT liz of much ben-
if ones husband has his mon"y invested in
sI1eks, his income y not as largs as II UastW
years ago, tIF'alHe Ine ulslueuHs hIo HHdlcF.
Ne Will say his money is invested in railroad
stocks the medium people haven't money 10
spend travelling. Hnd tie receipts OF the rail-
TuhdH are not large and they can't RnUrd %
pay theic Stockholders hiE dividends
But ladies. the time II uP.and mustn't 20
on. soifyou want to take Gp the subject further.
you must wat until the next IutstinG. I
question over. else il will NOT be a discussion.
and for one want discussions and not leo
tuTes"
But this has been = most interesting lee
ture." put in ATs- BerestOrd. and the rest OF
us would nor have known enough about the
question 10 discuss u. However u YOU decide
TO take the iarIn up again. l mean TO get
posted"
= We all expressed our qualification at whAtw
had heard. and II Was eagerly voted that the
next class We would all come better prepared
to discuss the relation OF politics 90 women.
ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.