Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-08-29
TARIFF AND LABOR.

till elector. Mr.. Bryan voted for tin
Wilson tariff bill. The editor is asked
. how he can support Democratic
revenue tariff when he is Republi
can protectionist.
He believes with Senator Cameron
OF Pennsylvania, that silver and tariff
are two sides OF the same subject, ano
that we cannot have true national
policy without bimetalllsm. And
therefore protection without silver Is
a snare and deluson that enriches
the manufacturer, robs the farmer,
and does not protect labor.
Why?
Because the FARMER has to sell his
surplus products in the foreign market
in competition with silver standard
countries and pay his debts in gold.
We furnished sI7, ,OOO 900 silver bullion
lO huIuDcdu COuulllcS ih ioOo W Duy
farm products at half their price, and
the American farmer was to compete
with them.
Unless we can restore silver under
free coinage we cannot restore the
prices Of farm products, the farmers
cannot pay interest, cannot employ
labor, and cannot buy manufactured
goods. II all the factories are run
ming, they cannot employ half our
lburing men and can manufacture
twice rs much as the farmers can buy.
What results? The unemployed
laborers go to cutting down the wages
of liborers that are employed and
cheaper men dlsplace old employees.
The rest must be fed at the soup
houses or become tramps and prey
upon the poor In the villages and
suburbs.
What follows? The prices OF the
farmers products are so low he can
not meet his fixed expenses and en-
10y any labor at cash wages.
When the farmer cannot employ
labor at $l5 to $50 month, labor Is
driven TO the cities. The factories in
the cities cannot employ half the idle
labor.
How will little higher tariff raise
the price OF farm products without a
restoration OF silver? Demonetized
silver is the endless chain that is
pumping the gold out Of our
country, the laborer out of employ
ment, aud the fo""'"""
A little higher tariff without stop
ping foreign immigration, is nothing
but bonus or stlmulant TO bring
more laborers from Europe to compete
with those who are here. There is no
agricultural immigration coming to
our country. 1t is going to the silver
standard countries where agricultural
interests are 1ourlshing.
We would like some OF the darlings
on the public payrolls who are telling
the people to vote the gold standard
ticket this year to know that the ex-
ports of grain and cotton from tbe
silver standard countries are doubling
while ours are falling Off. Can they
grasp that fact ? Can they grasp any
fact except protection OF their sal
arles2
II they will show us how they are
going TO help the laboring man with
out stopping foreign immigration and
putting an end to the destructive
competition the farmer is subjected
TO by destroying silver as a measure OF
value we will vote for Mckinley.
We will ask them what interest have
the trusts and syndicates and corpor-
ations who make profit out OF for
eign immigration in protecting the
laboring man anyhow
We ask the Christian men and
women OF our country TO study this
question and not sell their souls to
Mark Hanna to further protect the
rich and rob the laborer and pro-
ducer.
Go TO church tomorrow where they