Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-03-10
Tne msst
rh~ s.p-s,,~sn usser,,, News 90
the Nses mai

ha," probably rl-nt more time And mnd"
greater rarfihcer for the purp~" ~
maintaining wages and protecting the
customs peculiar to their industry than
Iprrsilly any other trade W. calling
Tha, coal II ur ~ the murt in,pprtan,
facto,p IN "Ir national progrrss ia r'c"g
niy'-i anil admitted un all sides Of II
/ Chairman wils"u, u the committee 90
way and means. rAys
"lruu anil coal are the basis II mulcrn
industry The abundance and cheap.
ness II their supply onerr us, in many
lines ~ production, the manufacturing
supremacy o. the world"
This II true ~ up, has been AMI IL true
~ Great Britain M we'll. Hence the great
impnrtanc. that attaches Ia the rlN.luc.
,i"n ~ coal anil the manufacture " iron
AMI steel This article. however, pro-.
posses Ia deal only with the prSlnr,iou ~
coal. the wages II i,H prsluceIs. and the
rfrrc, the passage " the Wilson hill will
hav" on th"r" wages.
LEGALLY our miners dn not as yet feel
any of the Consequences tina, mus, result
from ,hat bill u It paSSrS the senate aud
becomes = law. In our own immediate
vicinity work g,-s on prrciH.ly ~ IN
years gone past Wages for mining are
as high aa heretofore and will for time
49, remain but II nrela NO prophetic
light from heaven to enable one to pre-.
diet what shall come Ia pass aH the ~.
suit II taking un the duty 10 cents n
tuu--un coal. In the east the scaling
d"Nn II wages IL now going on and such
must ultimately lr the fate IL the south
and west. In every section II the coun.
try mines will feel the hancful effects IL
that measure
II II were PROPOSED by the owners II
coal Ia. TIES IN any one mining district ar
IA all of the United States tu put them
selves ~ shape to demand n reduction Of
their wurkmen'H wages to the extent III
ten ur fifteen yer cent, what would the
workmrn dot Sit down rupiuely aud du
no;hiugt IL ~, il IL very far from their
conduct in the past but Hooncr ar later
one of the cons, puences II the Wilson
tariff bill will be the reduction IL the
wages uf the wnrkmen In his argument
Mr. wilson nowhere sayH "a in words,
Neither dh the sauvr takers for the dem.
; ocrAcy in the campaign ~ ls.3. Indeed
they then veh-m.ntly denieSl the charges
when the republicans impcachci the pur-
,,orrs of the platform, Even now their
speakers in aud uu, II congress repudiats
+ the charge that the effect " the bill must
] b. tn lower the rate Of wAges or Surrrn.
der our home markets Ia the prsluc,s I"
the foreign workmen. One or other hort
, nf he dilemma must he accepted. Their,
in no other way 10y which cheaper Goa
under ia. delusivr name ~ free raw ma
trrial" can b. furnished manufacturers
II wages are not Ia be reduced 10y open
ing our markets Ia the whole world wha
is the use ~ the measure At ALI How
could it benefit manufacturers II the free
raw material promised dn+s not ,hra, ct
pruiuc,ioni Ia all ia. Democratic argu
:. ments = reduction ia cost Ia the cunsun
, 81 il promised by the lowering Or taking
I'll the duty, hut tue scaling down Il
, wages ar necessary concomitant, !
u, strrnuously denied Was ever create
humhug attempted on an intelligent PEG
I, pie
But this reasoning took with thousa nd
during the presidential campaign. Il
fact such arguments won the battle, an,
now II must he apparent, TO the most oh
:, fuse that democracy entr-nched in ,h
!, White House. in the halls Of congress am
=, throughout the country captured tn
votes with the knowledge and in,en, tina
il would array all the forces At its com
mand IN break down the wages Of Amer
= can labor.
j. Tn. petty strikes against the fate ,hei
4 own ballots cast in 1892 for that part,
e made possible, nay, almost inevitable
I will he found entirely impot.n, 10 arres
r its execution. They sowsd IA the wind
. they cannot evade resping the whirlwin,i
n Here Ii wha, the republican minori,!
4 say On tn. subject:
4 Zone Of The most amazing proposition
: II the bill IL that bituminous coal shout,
. he pnt on the free list. and the millio
i ~ dollars per annum tAimost) tina, we RI
Il ceive from its importation by way Of rev
e enue absolutely thrown away. Coal ha
T little value save As Il gets II from labor
y l, Ia worth almost nothing Ia the hill
i would he worth absolutely nothing wer
y il no, for the pr'spect Of being mined
4 Ia not raw material. for Il Is not works.
Il into any other shape, but In consumes
= and done for al once. Cali II raw ma
teriAl in the hill IL you pleasej II the
cuts no figure in tariff bill. ExceI
for short period Il has always borne
e duty. Under the revenue tariff II 1876
70 bore u duty Of 30 per cent. AL valoreu
y No change has been made in the duty o
" is since 1874. The Mills bill provided ia
'e same rate m the preseoi law--75 cen,
l. per ton. Now II Ia proposed IA make
m FREE. II is Difficult, to imagine why, 1t
70 the most universally prevalent Of all III
l. subjects II American industry. There ~
y few states and territories that an inter
IN ference with II will no, affect"