The herald., 1896-07-12

the land but not jot for labor. Buo-
caneering Mckinley bills despoil the
workers of their hard earned wages by
forcing upon them usurlous tariffs on
every needful thing in life. while they
must starve or sell the only COMMODITY
they have, their unprotected labor, for
any price they can. For insist that
labor Is as much commodity as provis-
ions, clothing, silver, coal or iron, whose
selling price is ruled by demand and
supply If this is so, then why in the
name of universal justice foist such hlgn
restrictive tariffs on every necessary ar
ticle the workers need, from the house.
wife's tin pots to the laborer's overalls.
and deny the labor of our land equal
protection? Why such high import du-
ties on staple articles in general use. as
agricultural implements, sewing ma
chimes, watches and thousand other
things, thus enabling our manufactur-
ing trusts to exact such uSurious profits
from the American consumer as allows
the trusts to export largely to foreign
markets, sell to foreign customers (at
an apparent loss) So to 80 per cent cheap
er than our home producer pays. and Still
grab profit enough wherewith to pay
large dividends, in which their workmen,
the real producers, have. except in few
isolated Instances no share? Who does
this protect, I ask; the workman? No,
most surely no! Because labor, his only
commodity, Is on the free hist and liable
to be imported from abroad in such
quantities as shall compel him to sell
his labor at a lower price, accept lower
wages or be ousted to make room for
the unprotected foreigner. Many nat
ural products from which are manufac-
tured articles in daily use cannot be
found in this country, for instance, tin
! The tin mines throughout the whole
United States cannot produce enough
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tin horns for Mr.. Hanna, his .henchman,
Mac, and followers, wherewith to toot
their last despairing Shrek of danger
while fioundering up Salt river next No
vember. Then why put a prohibitive
duty on such necessary product? The
crafty, unctuous, unco' guild Carnegie,
fearing curtailed profits on his ste(a)l
and iron, whiningly pleaded against re-
duction of the tariff on his wares. He
gained his point at Washington, thankit
the dell and Mckinley, went home and
ca'ed his protesting workmen muckle
fools and promptly docked their wages.
The Mckinley bill enables Carnegie and
his conferees to bid successfully against
European manufacturers for supplying
steel rails. which they are now selling for
the equipment OF foreign railroads rs
per cent less than American customers
are charged for precisely the same ar
ticle. Who does this protect?
The contemplation of these facts ought
to satisfy the wage-earners of America
1t is useless folly to expect any protec-
tion of their interests from the autocrat-
ic. greedy moneyed element that
rule and swing the Republican
party, as they will. In direct
and vivid contrast maintain
that the prolonged and earnest opposi-
tion displayed by the Democrats to all
formidable money trusts, unjust tariffs,
unrestricted importation of foreign la
Dor and every other villainous institu-
tion conceived and fostered by Republi-
cans should suffice to insure the efforts
of our country's wage-workers to vim
dicate their sacred rights to justice and
protection by electing none but Demo-
Gratis to guard them. So mote it be.
Yours respectfully, ARTISAN,