New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-12
4 BUSINESS MANS TIEU.
HE GIVES TEXAs FIRM HIS REASONS FOR Be
IIEvING IN PROTECTION.

Following Is an extract from a business letter
written a few days ago by "A leading merchant IN
Nebraska to a large firm in Texas. II may properly
b.. regarded as expressing sentiments Widespread
among practical industrialists in both the West and
South.
We have prosperel for thirty years under Protec-
tiOn. AMI now that the present ADMINISTRATION
tire country is thrown into sudden CONFUSION anu
~ H., ne c,,nn. Two ears man We dI in 1883 II Is
The employed workman that utilities and consumes
the production Of the farm. 1t Is also N" en-
rloved Iaborer artisan and clerk that sustain both
the wholesale and retail stores u this country ana
a. A large proportion 81 our manufacturing estab.
llShmen;s are closed thousands are thrown out OF
employment and the unemployed consume only II
small percentage OF what they would had they en-
ployment at fair wages liy the closing or manu-
featuring establishments aborers are discharged on
the various lines 81 railway and In every kini ot
employment needing labor. Besides iaDoI Is Ding
reduced not only IN manufacturing "siahishnenIS;
but IN every line Of business ana also the tarm ana
INK element ~ the United states il cnusel solely
Is the agitation ~ the tarr question. ana ne r.
cent passagc ~ " Wilson biil ""i no, I", We,
matters While Europc may ,akn . small gre.
portion - what W. raise and naiuiactuie II IS
r,st assured they Will not purchase anything in ne
onies dep ndcnci"s. and the reason lHrchi~'S ar"
made I'm this country is hrcaus" they cam Z g.
ins 20 s'll for much Icss money than th'y can
By the party now In power trying their very best
To- make POSSIBLE" for an foreign countries - snip
into the United states on an equal bass WIN our
producers hnd manufacturers our hiIiu,,i, i''S,
farmers and every on" else That employs Itoor are
compelled to recuc" the price ~ that Labor 10 the
lowest prices paid In Europe. Even the poorest OF
people have not been In the hanit ~ HNnG IKE
the common working people OF Europe, ana the
crumbs that fall from the tables of American Ia
borerg who are employed would keep an equal mum
Der 81 poor laborcrs ~ England and other foreign
countries For every dollars worth o. manufact-
ur,- raw material entering tho United stats
that can be raised or manufacture IN the United
States. our labOrng element loses !" cents.
l. makes no difference how cheap
purchas. from other countries II W. have not the
- tho. NO II,r
and degrade labor that the wages ar" scarcely any
thing We must expect all sorts Of things to happen
and II permit foreign countries 10 snip thelr
manufactured products into this country for less
money than they can be manufactured In this
country. we certainly must expect a great majority
Of our mills To close and this has already been
accomplished by thu tnkering with our present tariff
laws We believe that You have within you the
material to change the opinion of great many
IN the South-that IS, providing You believe in the
protection Of American industries and American
labor against foreign manufacturers ana foreign
Jaupcr labor.