West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-17
CAN'T COMPETE WITH US
TANSERY, Jan. IL, 1895.

ilIShh9, as IL seems IncY are unable
thus far to answer it In a satisfac-
tory way. namely Why do Russia
and Japan, situated as they are,
with such an abuddlnce of pauper
labor at their command, come
across the ocean here to this high
protective country to buy the armor
plates for their navies =! The lar
gest contracts ever let i'm the Uni
ted States came from those nations
lately to be filled in Pittsburg, and
will require years TO complete the
same. OCCASIONAL.
There is no one better able to an.
swer the inquiry more thoroughly
aud satisfactorily, to the unpreju-
diced, than our esteemed correspon-
dent himself. The inquiry suggests
the answer. Summed up in AS few
words as possible, IL is Jecause then
can buy cheaper, and get a better
article. There is rot a nation OH the
face of the globe that can compete
with US. We have, as q Nation.
the most skilled work men, the
greatest labor-saving machinery
and inventive genius the world can
produce. We can, and do, gener-
ally speaking, under sell wherever
we compete. We sell the American
moving machine, threshing ma
! chine, sewing machine, &C., cheaper
IN foreign countries than they can
pc bought here at home. This is
IN undeniable fact. 1t is the mad.
eiest absurdity that ever entered the
human brain to imagine that .'Pro.
lection" Is for the "bcneft of
american labor" A Protective
Fariff is for the benefit of the
lasses ms against the masses. No
otter illustration of this fact can
cited than the great Carnegie &
p. Steel Works, where no doubt
his armor plate referred to IN this
curry is mide. Andrew Carnegie
bd his associates contend that
is absolutely necessary for them
have protection in order to com
tie with foreign nations in our
vn country. But when the Amer.
IN workingmen organize into La.
or Unions to protect themselves
and keep up the standard of wages.
this same Andrew Carnegie politely
tells them they can take their
choice, withdraw from the Labor
Unions or quit his service. Car
negie don't believe in this kind of
protection. And Ill powerful us he
is, he has abolished Union labor
protection. No man who is a mem.
Der of II labor organization can get
employment at any Of tho Carnegie
" 20. works. lie will have to sign
contract that he is not at the
present time, and will not while in
the employ of Carnegie & Co. ),
become IL member of any labor or
ganlzitiou. And he is one of the
men, like Stephen b. Elkins and
others, who preach "Protection to
American labor - And the Re.
publican party, the party that fos-
ters the rich at the expense of the
poor; the party of selfish capitalists.
monopoles and trusts, advoc tie
Protection to American labor. ."
They enact Protective Tariff laws
which taxes the many for the bene
tit OF the few. The great Republi
can High Protective Tariff system
Is based on consumption, which
falls heaviest on the necessaries of
life. The man with family on "A
forty-acre farm in Preston county
must pay more in proportion to his
income for the support Of the Ma
tional Government than the bache
/ Tor multi.niIliondire of New York
or Chicago. The farmer anil laborer
pay their taxes on what they eat
and wear, when often they cannot
get enough of either. Statistics
show that 81 per cent. of the fami-
lies OF this country own 20 per cent
Of the wealth. and 8 per cent. OF
the population owns II per cent.
OF the wealth. There are il. 900 OOo
families Of the United States and
10000, 900 wage elrncrs making am
average income Of $3.50. and these
men ply the bulb Of the taxes.
There must be something radically
wrong with the legislation OF our
country for such state OF n(T,irs.
1t IS not very hard 10 determine.
by the above figures, who his
the benefit Of Protective Tariff
for the past thirty years.
There is scarcely anyone. possess.
ed OF the ordinary faculties Of q
reasoning being. who will contend