The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-02-08

higher civilization could not contend on
free level with the lower that that
higher civilization had to put brains in
to the scales to protect itself. If, then,
we protect ourselves against Chinese
labor here, why should we not protect
| ourselves from lower level of labor, as
represented by imported goods Lower
| priced labor can compete with our labor,
whether it take the form OF goods or OF
imported Cinnamon.
| "Does the Englishman when he comes
here bring his rate of wages with him
| l should like to see any immigrant who
has been here long enough to know his
| bearings who does not demand as good
wages as the rest. That is what they
come here for.
"As compared to England herself as a
market, our people are equivalent to
20O,OO0,OOO. As compared with the rest
of the world, England included, we are
equal as market to 715,000,00 These
figures more than justify the adjectives
of the Englishmen, and the cold facts
of mathematics surpass the spasms OF
rhetoric.
'Is there any example in the history
OF the world of any nation situated like
ours who has taken the step to which
we are invited Some gentlemen, per-
haps, are fastening to say that England
| affords us the needed example; that we
| have but to turn to her history and find
all that we need by way of examples,
| inst as in the statements OF her political
| economists we shall find all that is nee.
essary for advice, for guidance and in
stluction Mr. Speaker | have looked
| there and am amazed to find how little
the example OF England can teach.
OUR OWN MARKET.
| Mr.. Reed eulogized the home market
as heing the best in the world, owing to
the high wages paid enabling our work.
men to purchase largely of the comforts
| of life. Instead of increasing this mar.
ket, he said, by leaving it to the steady
increase of wages which the figures OF
the Aldrich report so conclusively show,
and which have not only received the
sanction OF the members from New
| York, the Secretary of the Treasury and
the Democratic Bureau of statistics, our
committee propose to lower wages and
30 lessen the market and then divide
that market with somebody else, and all
on the chances of getting the markets OF
the world
"To add to the interesting impossible
tiles of this contention, the orators on
the other side say they are going to
maintain wages. How can that be pos
sible? AL things sell at the cost OF
production. Ii the difference between
cost of production here and cost of pro-
duction in England be not equalized by
the duty, then our cost OF production
must 90 down or we must go out. Our
laws have invited money and men, and
we have grown great and rich thereby
"The gentleman rom Illinois (Mr.
Black has noticed that men come here,
and he does not want them to come !;
hence he is willing that our wages shall
be lowered to keep people away. Well,
this is not the time to discuss immigra-
ton but while people are coming, am
glad they have not imbibed the gentle
mans ideas and have not begun to clam
or for lower wages. To sum it up, il
this protection gives us money and men,
and our vast country needs both, 1t may
show why we have 80 wonderfully pros,
pered If it does, am inclined to think
that the way to have two jobs hunting
one man is to keep on making new
mills and try to prevent the Committee
on Ways and Means from pulling down
old ones
AS TO THE FARMER
"But what do you say about the farm
) er? Well, on that subject l do not pro
fess any special learning, but there il
one simple statement l wish to maxi
and leave the question here. If, will