Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-08

, ,,-ei1Se NJ their pantaloons, ana one OF
tbem- ic reply to the question, asAeu
relatiye 10 his ability to buy FOOD, saiu'
Lord bless you, sir! I'VE don s'w 10y. ;
eat when we are hungry; VIC Juss
tightcn liD our belts.
And so, Mr.. Chairman, this thlng mas
zone on aud on. Tariff taxes have oeen
billed no higher and higher still Inc
added profits they have given nave
nonred into the pockets or the manu-
fscturers. and whenever from any cause
thew have failed to realize such prohts
as fully as they had hoped, instead OF
allowing the loss To DO distributed over
the piled up millions OF their wealth'
they have almost invariably sought 20
rccouD 10 by cutting down the wages OF
their employees, or, worse even thau
that thew have entered INTO pools,
combination" and "trusts" 10 advance
prlces by decreasing production and oe-
Srrovinr competition. And in order TO
accomplish this they have shut down
large portion Of their works and turned
ont their workingmeD, even In the dead
OF winter, 20 shift for themselves as
best they could, aud in many cases 10
freeze and TO starve! Is Il any wonder
sir. that after having heard IL so OFTEN
said that the tariff taxes were leVleu
for their benefit, the worklngmen'
when confronted with such conditions,
have grown desperate In their blasted
hopes and sought By force 20
right the wrongs OF fraud? Ana
what has been the answer
then? Bullets instead OF bread!
All, gentlemen Of the Republican party
who have had much 10 saJ about olacK
slavery q the South, Is IL not about time
to lnaugurate a crusade against WHITE
slavery in the North?
You have had much to say about the
"crack of the Slavo-driver's whip -
what think you about the crack or the
Winchester rifle in the hands OF Pink
erton detectives? Maintaining the
dignity of American labOrw Protect
ing IL against the pauper labor OF
EuropeP Why, sir, whenever l hear
one OF these benevolent-looking Repub-
Hcan politicians talking about getting
better wages into the pockets of WORK
ingmeu BY putting more money into the
Dockets OF the manufacturer, thereby
making him the trustee for the laaorer,
i an reminded of what took place be-
tween an old farmer and his big son
John. lie called John in and said TO him;
only son, I have made my will, and as IL
may perhaps make you better boy to
know the good part l have done by you
I will tell you its provisions. have
given you my property Of every Kind
and appointed your Uncle Jim executor
TO wind 10 mp for you" 70 which the
bow replied: ''YOur intentions, dad, are
good, but / have my doubts OF Uncle
jim: and il 10 is all the same TO you. l
wish you would just change that thing
around-giYe the property 10 Uncle jim
and appoint me the executor TO
WIND IT UP FOR HIN"
Laughter.
No wonder, Mr.. Chairman, the boy
had his doubts about Uncle jim" de
was one of those sanity Republican
monopOlists who sit IN the "amen cor
ner" OF protected privilege, and whose
sanctity is so great that they even open
oysters with prayer. Laughter. Rs
publican politicians are forever harping
the claim that the employees In the pro-
tected industries OF the United States
are paid higher wages than in free trade
England; and they say that this is due
90 protection. But il that is true, why
is il that higher wages are paid liz free
trade England than in protected France
and Germany? The truth OF the whole
business is that protection, so called,
has no more TO do with the case than
1.-THE flowers that bloom in the spring
timer Laughter.
WAGES RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD
are simply the share OF its own products
which capital pays TO labor. II labor
produces more IN given time, 1t is en-
titled TO be paid more for that time.
The average American performs
from one and One-half 70 twice as much
work in a given time as the average
European workman.
See report OF Hon. William NJ. Evarts,
Republican Secretary OF State, May II,
1873, page 80. Not only does the aver
age American do about twice as much
10 o given time, but he puts in more
time. Hon James e. Blaine, in his re-
port as Secretary Of State, June %, 1881,
page 9S and 90, says:
The hours of labor In the Lanca-
shire mills are So. in the Massachusetts,
60 per week. The hours Of labor In the
other New Euglaud States, where the
wages are generally less than in Massa-
chusetts. are usually So to 60 per week. !"
The wages OF spinners and weavers
in Lancashire and In Massachusetts,
according to the foregoing statements,
were as follows, per week;
Spinners, English, $50 to SS.4o;
master spinners running as high as Sl2;
American, 81 to $1,000.
Weavers, English, So "a to IS. Ga, sub
iect so the date at which these rates
we're given 20 a reduction OF 10 per
cent; American, S4.SS 70 SS.73.
It thus appears, Mr.. Chairman, that
when the matter is brought TO the
proper test Of wsGes namely, that Of
output, or the products Of labor In q
DAYS work, the American workman is
not paid as much per week as the Eng
Hshman. Not only is this true, sir, but
when YOU take into consideration the
further fact that one OF the outgrOwths
OF protection is the Trust" which
closes up large numb Of the factories
for q great part OF the time, 10 order to
enhance the profits Of the 'pool, ="
thereby forcing labor out of employ
ment, you can readily see the utter fall
sity OF the Republican pretenSs that
"protectlon" furnishes steady employ
ment and produces higher wages.
That pretenSe, sir, is the colossal
fraud of the nineteenth century. So
utterly insuferabie and insupportable
has il become that ia the present Con-
gress some OF the most intelligent Of
me RennhIican pOlitlclans themselves