The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-24

ly than any tax laid upon industry that
the foreigner did not pay.
Sixtb-Do not the labor unions do more
to sustain the wages of labor than tariff
billsP
Answer Sixth-Every truthful public
man admits that without question. But
there ars conditions which affect Labor
Unions which are recognized by every
conscientious member. Under hard times
and lack of employment. the unions lose
membership and influence, and are less
able TO keep their organizations In tact.
The true Trades Unionist WHIT. cling, to
his organizations and sscricfes comforts
and necessities to pay ris dues knows that
when labor is fully employed, the unions
are stronger and have larger member
ship and greater amount OF money In
their treasures. The rank and file Of the
unions, with rare exception, look upon a
tariff tax az of no benefit to them. II
the proprietors of protected Industries
were willing to give their employees the
full benefit Of the tax, instead Of cutting
wages after every election, to compensate
them for their political fat-frying, they
mi ght be more enthusiastic for a tariff
tax than they now are.
J Seventh-A statement is made that
statistics show that the wages Of labor has
increased In the last twenty years from
30 to 40 per cent II this Is true are the
idle men affected by this increase Of
! wagesp Are the millionaire leaders Of
the Republican and Gold Democrat
parties honest In their advocacy for
gold standard as permanent relief to
idle and illy-paid laborP.
Answer Seventh-All statements Of
that kind came fromSgold standard papers
like the Evening Post of New York.
Statistics do not show such condition.
I The rate of wages from 1860 to 1879 swi 8
, paid In greenbacks. Gold was ont Of
r circulation, and stood at premium Of
from 30 to 1856 per cent. The working
. mans wages were not'paid in, gold, but
t the statistics furnished by the Evening
a Post were put on gold standard Ex-
. perience of wage-workers demonstrated
that there has been Ga continual fall in
o wages since 1878 In all lines There is
no exception. although organized labor
0 has succeeded In sustaining wages better
: than the unorganized crafts. Coin
Harvey, in his speech in Cleveland,
answered the silly statements that wages
. had been increased by taking the number
Of or ganized workingmen and setting
. opposite their names their total Eyearly
: wages, end then the unorgaDized men
u and their yearly wages, and then the un-
employed, and gave their earnings as
. nothing. Adding together the number
Of workingmen employed and unem.
u ployed, and the amount sreceived by only
Il those employed, lie found the actual
y average sum received. .ssol low .sthats.t the
y amount would not,pay the yearlysrent Of
% tenement in the.slums sdistricts!of Can
. ton. There are now 5000, 900 days work
looking for dollars in the United Statee
D They are not in circulation. The unem
ployed have labor to sell. There will bt
70 no increase in wages In any craft aunti
this competition is removed by. employ
10 ment.
'. Question S-Are the millionairs homes
. in their advocacy for gold standard as {
means of relief to idle and ill.peid labor
le Answer Eighth-This can be best an
Dc sw cred by letter written by j. Franci
N Forsyth, a bond broker of Wall street
T. New York, to Hon. r. @. Bell, of For
D. Wayne, Indiana. He says in part; 81
~ workingman cannot get a dollar a da.
oi he refuses to work. They ought to TAX
70 rs cents or even 30 cents, 50 that W
10 might keep them at work. They ough
" to be taught that 81 per day on gol'
M basis is enormous pay In this country
D. No gold country pays more than 30 cent
~ day for labor, while here, living is tn
Is cheapest of all countries, providing tn
ID lower classes will live as they shoult
Ia live" The large employers of labor ex
D. pect to get cheaper labor and large
al profits by continuing our present golt
s. standard. If they believed that the fre
Vs coinage of silver would reduce wages
O. they would be the first to advocate It,