The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-11-03
VIM. E. eLAsscooK. Clerk.
The Unreasonable Boy.

III Is system OF duties levied on
all goods brought in from foreign
country, my son."
What for, pap
"Why, my son, to keep the blasted
foreigners from bringing their cheap
goods into this country"
Don't you want cheap goods, pap
Why did you say you would not get
the Acme Laundry to do your laun-
dry work because All Sin, the China
man, would do it cheaper?'
"Oh, that's different thing, my
son."
"Why is it, pap
Because, my son, if we allow the
pauper made goods of Europe to
come into this country it will keep
our own people from getting work"
ooh, yes. understand now, pa
If the foreigner comes into this coun-
try and then does his work cheaper
than our people, you can take his
goods as you do from All Sin, can
your
swell, well, my son, you are too
young to understand these things
properly"
Maybe l am, pa, but / thought it
must be different when the foreigner
came into this country, for you and
grandpa have got Italians to work
in your mines and on your railroads,
you know. Now. pa. doesn't it make
great difference when the foreigner
comes into this country and you can
get him cheaper than YOU can get
Americans?"
my son, that goes on entirely diff
ferent principles. You are TOO young
to understand it all now"
"Well, pa, I'll wait till I'm older
for am sure | can't see through it
now. But, pa, does this tariff raise
the wages of men in this country"
"Why, my son, one would suppose
that you were an ignorant Democrat
to ask such questions as that, of
course it does"
The wages Of all men, pap"
Certainly, my son. The manu-
facturer can pay higher wages on &C
fits the laboring man."
Glow many men are working at
these protected industries, pa, and
how many are engaged in other oc-
cupations?"
"There are about one and one half
million directly and indirectly engag-
ed in these protected industries, my
son, and about twenty millions in all
kinds of money getting occupations;
about fifteen million in what we would
call laboring work; that would leave
thirteen and one half millions of men
who are working at things not helped
by the tariff. Isn't it clear to you
nowY
"Yes,pa, and you say these 15,000,-
900 workmen have their wages rails
ed by the TARIFF
Eyes, my son."
Are carpenters and bricklayers
protected, pa2''
"No, my son."
And isn't their wages as far above
carpenters and bricklayers' wages
in England as the protected laborers
wages is above the wages of like
workmen in England?'
''Yes, my son; but don't you see
/ by raising the wages of the men
working in the protected industries
we raise the wages of all laborers.
"Do you mean to say, pa, that
high wages for 100000 men makes
high wages for 100000 men, that
the rate of wages of the smaller num-
Der controls that of the larger2 1t
looks to me little like the tail wag-
ging the log"
my son, you must not use such
an undignified expression in speak
ing of Republican doctrines, they are
sacred.
'Well, pa, didn't mean to be pro-
fame about it; but was over at I'm
Gle Johns yesterday and his nine
hired men told him he'd have to pay
them 81 so instead of $1.25 because
Jim Morgan who hires one man, had
raised his wages to $3.50 day, and
Uncle John did not use very sacred
language to them; and when they
told him that high wages to few
, meant high wages to all and they
wanted the higher rate of pay, he
told them to 90 to--not to Green
land"
my son, you must not listen to
anything your Uncle John says, he's
an unregenerate Democrat"
Il thought so, pa, for he said that
all this talk about tariff making
higher wages was all blank foolish
, ness and that every son of-a,gnn of
manufactures was trying to get la
Dor as cheap as he could and were
only kept from putting wages down
by the fact that other trades and
callings not protected were keeping
their wages up"
, "And did you listen to all that
nonsense, my son.
Eyes, pa. bat ! argued with him
and told him some Of The facts about
how protection mad made this coun-