New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-02

years showing how It Is possible constantly to
raise the wage, of who work with their
hands and at the same time cheaper the prod
ucts of every great manufacturing establish
ment Every new improvement which enables
farming implements t. be made with less Of
human labor. every Improvement which enables
machinery TO utilize the laws and forces of nat
ure more and human hand, less decreases very
largely the cost OF the product and should al
ways end in increasing the wages of the men
employed In the factories 1t Is possible 10
make and sell moving machines for $50 each
which twenty-five years ago made and
sold for 1925 each. and yet the man making these
machines to-day can pay the men working in
his factory better wages than he paid twenty
five years ago. while selling his machines for
less than half. In part this is because ne trans
acts larger business but 1t is partly due to
improved methods of production.
No man who cannot understand this PROPOSE
tion has studied carefully the history OF mechan-
ical improvements III this world. | repeat a
proposition right here which l have 50 often
stated before. one Of the best tests of civili-
Zation will be found IN the fact that human
effort Is constantly receiving better pay and that
manufactured articles are constantly growing
lower in price My argument from the
start has always been that there is no dan
ger in cheapening the price Of manu'actured
EXPENSE of human toll. The moment the re-
duction results in cutting down the price OF
labor the reduction in the plce OF the article
human labor g,Ni pay for all the work done
both in a manufacturing establishment ana
on the farm. 1t should incluae every person on
doing work with his hands his head. or his
The next question Of W. is as follows: us
It lust that farm hands should receive me same
wages as when the farmer received double the
present prices for hts products? reply that
the products Of the farm are not subject 10 the
law OF cheaper production 10 such an extent as
ctii
the farm the same law applies 70 some tN,ehl:
The improvements in machinery ana httthods 81
cultivation have cheaTened the cost or farm
nnoducts Wherever the production u any art-
Gle has been thus cheapencd BY ma 'hlheIy' lhe
farmer should take less pay for his product
and should never attempt 10 cheaper ms pro-
ducton by reducing the wages Of his hired hands
The price OF farm products should never De 81
low, however. as 10 co.npel iari" nd'lns u, w.
for low wages. or the farmer 70 1--we WITHOUT thr
comforts Of life and the means 81 educd""b ms
family.
". says: "In other words, should not wages
be reduced In proportion TO the cost OF living
BY no means W. sets forth a tenet Of the Tree
traders all over the world. II is a doctrine
which would end In the degradation not in me
elevation OF the human race. The cost 81 hNiNE
should be constantly decreased. ana the Wds'
paid FOR human effort should be- constantly IN
creased. Consequently the products 81 me ihrih
should always be protected against similar pr"u-
ucts from other countries. whore small wages are
paid for human toll. and they should De- mus
protected with more care than any oiher class 81
products The products q the farm are no"
SO cheap that Il seems almost impossible for the
farmer To grow some OF them ana pay farm
hands the high wages prevalent In THIS country.
Hence the folly OF the present Congress, we one
We elected in 1892, in placing wool on the iree
list and reduced tariff ufe on 50 many oiher
farm products Whenever the products OF "A
farm are chea pencd bv the improvements II ma
chinory such chcapness should not be taken ont
OF the wages Of men who work on the farms.
But when such products are chcapcnei by being
brought in contact with the same Kind II prod
ucts made by the low priced labor Of the Ola
World. then the farmer cannot meet such com
petition excep; by reducing the pay 81 ms own
! help. II is against this latter necessity that
have all the time been entering ny protest.
WAS IT DUE TO RUM7
w. states that he is a "Prohibitonist" and
| that he believes that the real cause OF the
hard times is to be found in the immense amount
| OF money wasted in the Ingody liquor traffic"
Personally l desire state that during my
entire life have practiscd as much temperance
| as w breaches. Yet l never voted the Prohibl-
| ton ticket aud intend never 70. No man can
overestinate the suffering and distress growing
! out Of the excessive use OF ardent spirits /
| DO not propose, however. TO discuss that branch
| OF the subject in this article. | simply desire
| to reply TO the statement OF this writer ana 10
| tell him that he is certainly mistaken In his
| cause for the present hard times" They were
not brought about by the immoderate use or any
| Kind OF use. OF alcoholic drinks. unless 1t was
| that the voters were drunk when they cast
! their ballots in 1892.
am aware that Prohibltionists insist that
the enormous expenditure Of money Tor AGO
| hole drinks has caused most or the poNeIty az
this world II has caused gQou oe"i, a H!,on
| Of sin are expensive 70 the human race Even
| the eoibles of fashion, the slavery 10 custom,
| | am told cost yearly more than all me hVncy
| expended for alcohol in the United states. ON.
| ~rean urho seemed TO me TO be almost crank
on the subject Of dress Informed me mar ,n i
money paid for alcohol and tobacco cO.a t ,b
a mere bagatelle when coIhpar'u WI" w a.,
| s,ns expended IN this country every year III
! accordance with the demands or 1oohsr idSliID,
This may be true. ana yrt nav ', rn,nan'e
| bonnet or the amount OF gcods she i'a'" SO go
! dtanIav on each Of her shoulders. II peopu
| have ire means and desire TO use IL LOT crI :.
,sS - sbovy Il is not Of much consequence 10
| me- whether they do 50 or not JUST nov pDvp'
| Who have large incomes shouid use theIi mn
| &c not a question That Do'heI rii9 -. 80 f,r
Hout I, IS not the expenditures for drink OF ioI
| dress however which have caused ''e ''''
times -, .,.-,oo, ,oonlo ALWAYS 10
-, - .tosr eynerses within their means, never 70
m anvtbing which they cannot aiIoro TO- . pug
would consider 1t the ,rili Pne ~ more money
90 thn,r command than they well Know wha' 80
do with Is a matter that 90 no. o.. hi,,seIf
H"o,1n zach individual must decide TOT himself
~, should be Incorporate In anything
| yscause live happily without the use oI peet
or cnstIv champagnes or liquors. however, IL
does not follow thdt h'i"e III. 60, mine
| a dinerent view Of this question iroih ni'''e
II I'M ~, so,nctirnes drink a glass Of lager or a
i;,fie vy5ne without becoming either vagabofld or
an enemy Of the human race II wT'u " ,anro
cmt "a make one of our German felow-cl'lZens
believe there is any more harm IN ms temperate
use Of beer than in eating bread ana 5ut,er r,o
To oppose jntemperance by word anu e"1 nH &C.
through ones entire life is one thing ana Is
proper To assume to compel the entire human
family TO follow some plan which may seem u
me 10 be best is quite anotheE H. w. iiO''''
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GODSPEFD TO YOUNG MSMONAhIH"
| AT the conclusion Of the sermon by the rev br
Charles L. Thompson. at the MaHisoh avenue ITO