The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
HOW WILL YOU TAKE 1T1

Il W. AGOO wv
it. but 1 believe 1T IS better to open the
mills of the United States to the labor
of America than to open the minis Of
the United States to the silUer Of the
oUOrLd."
This declaration of Mr.. Mckinley is
seized upon by the single gold standard
organs of the country and placed at
their mast head, inscribed upon their
banners and presented upon the letter
heads of their campaign committeeman.
In this sentence, then, you are ex-
pected to find, in the fewest words, the
answer to the question: Where does
Mr.. Mckinley stand2 And it is plainly
evident from the treatment, and use,
made of his declaration as above quoted
that he stands
1st. For o. high PROTECTIVE tariff.
ID. For o. single GOLD standard.
If you do not want a high protective
tariff you certainly will not allow your
partisan prejudices to force you to vote
for Mckinley.
The opening "of the mills of the
United States to the labor of America"
is a catch phrase. It means to fatter
1.-The labor of America" into the belief
that if the Republican party is again
put in power, all the mills Of the
United States" will be opened at once
to the labor of America, III constantly,
produce abundantly, and that their
wages will be protected against the
competition "of foreign pauper labor"
How has it been along this line9
From June 3OSh, 1872. to June Both,
1894: Nearly all this period the Re
publican high protection party was in
power, and during that time how did
they protect the dear labor of Amer
lea" against foreign pauper LAHORE"
Did the moneyed men who invested
their wealth in manufacturing plants,
mills, open these mills to the dear
labor of American" The official figures
show that from June 3Oth, 1872, to June
3Oth, 1894, while the 'prOductS Of
foreign pauper labor" were shut out of
this country in one sense, there was
another sense in which they were not
shut out. The facts are startling. In
the period mentioned, the official fig
ures show that 9 AIS, O89 foreign immi
grants landed at our ports. Where
from9 What for2 From the foreign
mills, to take the place of or beat down
with their competition the labor of
America"
We fear that the reader has become
90 familiar with the sight of largo fig
ures, in the recent past, that the enor
nifty of this influx of foreign labor will
not be realized. What do the figures
mean9 Let US illustrate: The native
born white population in 1890, when
the last census was taken, of the States
of Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia,
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Ne
braska, with the native born white
population of the District of Columbia
added, amounted to the enormous ag-
gregate of 9,4l7, OIL only, or 178 less
than the immigration in the % years
named. So that when you begin to
realize what the foreign importations
Of LABOR to.compete in the mills of the
United States" against 1.-The labor Of
America" amounts to, you can begin
to realize how the dear labor of
America" gets the protection, and how
the wealth accumulated by the Corne
gies and that class Of labor Oppressors
goes to show for 1t. Certainly if you
want a continuation of the protection
the Republican party is pledged to,
the same it has always given the coun-
try, only with a little more emphasis
than usual, vote for Mckinley every
time you can; but don't vote at all IN
til you think, and think seriously, re
membering that if every native born
white man, woman and child had been
removed from the thirteen States
named above and from the District of
Columbia thrown in, the foreign immi,
grafton brought to this country in the
% years mentioned, would have more
than filed the vacuum. Think, too,
you who are a part of 1.-The labor of
America" these foreigners went
straight into the mills of the United
States" in competition with, and, in
numerous instances, displaced the hon
est labor of America" Thus the mill
owner was protected at both ends and
the tlahor of Amarican nnnrnssad lilo