Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-12

wages We have never made such claim
in any form. Free traders have set up that
claim for us IN order 20 triumphantly knock
It over. What we do say is that where two
nations have equal sklll aud equal appll-
anccs, and market Of nearly equal size, and
one Of them can hire labor ut oue.half less,
nothing but a tariff can maintain the high
CT wages. and that we can prove.
n there bc two balFs OF goods side by side
mado by the Same Kind OF machinery aud
with the labor OF tho human being Ia both
Of the same degrcc OF SKILL, and II the labor
OF one bale cost only half. for example, as
much as the other. that other bale can new.
or be sold until the extra cost Of the costlier
labor Is squeezed out Of It, provided thoN
Is an abundant supply Of the product OF
the cheaper labor. II the bale with the
cheaper labor Of England IN Il meets the
bale with the dcarcr labor Of America In Il,
which will be bought at cost Of production
leave that problem lust there. The selc
of the English hale Will DO only Hunted by
Englands production.
a sound, sensible Policy.
Now, a. 70 Fiancc aud Germany. The
gentleman from Ohio (Air. Hnr,ofl makes
the same blunder which he charges ua us
He says the tuflii makes lower wages aud
asks us to compare thethruc countries. say
ing they aru all the same, except the tariff
do not read history that way England
had centuries OF peace or distant war, while
both FrOuce aud Germany were the battle
fields Of Europe. Until Bismarck made
Germany nation she was not even big
enough to enter successfully modern Indus
trial warfare. no compare either Of those
nations IN machinery or wealth TO ing.
4. q -. N...NN A.. N..I
reason OF her history heiorc ls5D and he,
Tributary provinces ia absolutely fRrclral
Let Germany aud France get thoroughly
established within themselves as good ma
chlnery as England now has, together with
her factory system, and uothng but higher
wages IN those countries or tariff Ia THEFT
own will ever save the English people irom
ruin. Loni Armstrong know what ho was
doing when he established an English iron
mandatory ia Italy with English appli.
ances and italian labor at half price
No, no, tariff does not make the blind
nee, the lame walk nor does &c raise the
dead TO life. but u isagool, sound. sensible
policy for tho United States Tor TIA growth
innchcs and civilization, and lit isstriekon
down tho people whu iu their secret hearts
will think us the most shurtHightad will
be tho foreigners who profit by our folly.
There Is eull another argument which |
desire TO present out Of Tho large number
yet unused. What has made England tlohi
Il Is the immonse profits which come Of
converting raw material into manufactured
goods She lisa huge Workshop, doing the
most profitable work Of thr word-ohang
ing material 90 finished product, So long
as she can persuade the rest OF the world ca
engage IN tho work which Vs. the least
| profitable aud leave her the most onrichlng,
she can well ha content
The Pioa of Lincoln.
Let me give one item, and the figures
shall DO furnished by the gentleman from
| Alabama tAir. Whoclprl, who told me In
your presence that the value of all the cot.
ton raised Va the United States was only
S9O0,OO0, 600 while the finished product ot
! that cotton witg 81, iln,OO1,O0O. When cotton
le0scs lc field, 10 IS worth t1QO0QO,001,
| When it loaYua the mill, 10 Is worth Giy
times Az much On our own cotton crop
alone we might 10 time make the profits on
| ei,50prolO.O1J Of manufactured goods, Nor
is there Gftything 10 prevent uuol a result
In protcctlrs>larin
Nobody knoWN,o well "a do how much
have failcd 10 prcstnt even Of my own
comprehension Of the great argument which
should control this vote, have said not "a
word OF tho great fall Of pricos which hnl
always como from the competition OF the
whole world rendered possible by rrotec.
ton and substituted Tor the competition ol
single island have said not a word OF
the great difference between the attitude Of
employers who lud their own workmen
their bcst customers In their own land and
who are therefore moved by thUir own best
interests 10 give th1r workmcn fairwages,
and those who sell abroad and nre there.
fore anxious flr low wugrs 90 homo aud
on whom works uurostrictrdly that per
nlcious doctrine cas- wages fnll profits rise.
Those and much more have / omitted, fof
there is limit 10 all speaking
We know, my friends, that before this
tribunal we all Of M plead Ia vain. Why
We fail let thofe answer WHO read the touch.
ing words " Abraham Linuolns ilst iu
augural and remember THAT he pleaded ia
vain with these same mUn and their prede'
celsofs Where he failed We cannot expect
tGsuccced. But though we fail here today,
Ike our great Leader OF other days, In The
larger field before the mlghtlcf tribunal
which will finally ana forever decide this
question we shall be more than oonqusrola.
for this great nation, shaking on ~ u has
once before the influence Of u lower olvi-
llzGtion, will COON 10 fnihll liz high destiny
until over vac south as we'll ~ over tide
north shall be- spread the fell measure Of
that amaziug prosperity which is tho won.
der Of the world.
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