The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-01

A LOUD wAENINa VOICE.

The election Of Republican congress-
man In the Fourteenth congressional dis
triet of New York city Is an unmistak-
able indication that the drift OF public
sentiment. even in old Democratic strong
holds, is against the Wilson tariff bill.
The returns In the Fourteenth district
sbow that the Republicans gained nearly
10000 votes over ths vote of November.
is92, and in the Fifteenth district. while
the Democratic candidate was elected, the
Republicans gained J. is2 votes.
The Republicans in both OF these strong
Democratic districts made direct issue of
the Wilson bill. Hundreds of Democrats
voted against their party on this national
issue. The audiences addressed by the
Republican speakers wers largely COM
posed OF Democrats. who were ont of
work or whose wages had been
heavily reduced. The workingmen OF
New York city have az last
learned by practical experience tina, pro-
lection means wages. and they rcpudiste
by their votes the theory of the trainers Of
the Wilson bin that an industry which
cannot be conducted on paying basis in
competition With all the cheap degraded
labor In the world has no right to exist In
America. The workingmen who belong
to the unprotected trades. such as masons,
hFicklayers, house painters, car drivers
and the like. were told by the free trade
Democratic demssogues and doctrinaires
in the presidential campaign OF 1872 that
the tariff did nothing for them exeept tax
them. IL gave them no protection. be-
cause they needed none. These uupro-
tected workingmen were asked why
should they pay higher for clothing and
furniture aud cutlery when they had no
interest whether those things we're made
here OF abroad p
These non-proteetei workingmen who
voted againat protection in November.
isas, know more today than they did
when they vol ed for Cleveland and ''free
trade" they have found ous that their in
dusiries were not protected hy the tariff.
because they enjcyed absolute protection
by nature. Tom Reed in his late cam
paign speeches in Massachusetts pointed
cut e. the non-protected workingmaa
that We cannot rapport houses or barns.
but must build aud uaint them At home
that the demand Tor nes house. and
harms aud the ability 10 repair and repaint
the old ones depends on whether the com.
munity As whole is rrospeS.ng. The
pressure upon the labor market in these
non-pFoteesed industries depends on the
amount Of employment 10 he found else
where. The workman who is cut
of Job because ne building Is go
ing on, or has TO take lover wages
because huadFei unemployed gnea are
waiting for his ioh. hss fouad cut that
when the protected Industries are doing
we'll the non-rro,sctea Industries do well
along With the rest, aud whsa the pro-
tseted worksngmen are .die or short Il
work then the non-proseeted workingmen
feel the rtaeh. 900. BY ,his argument
Tom Reed carried ths worksnFman vote
In Massachusetts Tor &hs Republican
ticket for he made them see that ell
worklngmen. protected or nen- protected.
are in the same boat ana that Yea eannst
rob the competitive Industries of the eosn-
try 81 protection zad thus eomYe. a gen
srai discharge Ct protected labor, or cut
ia wages without Roa-psosected lasos sat.
fering severely in Consequence.
The worklagnAn has found e0i that tie
practical consequences - Democratic ta4iss
legislation Is 70 deprive workius people Of
employ ment. 70 cut aown thsir wages aaa
10 reduce .hsu - the lsYe, Of Europsan
degradation, helplossaess and hopeless
ness. Iats severe ooisos lssson tns Amer
lean wosAlngmsa wsa no; so9a forget; he
laay aos Pay much As.sa.4oa 10 sAe swee-