The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-27

One Of me mysteries OF life IL how any
waye-worksr IN this country can be fres
trader. II Is wholly unreasonable for
workman 10 expect his employer 20 pay
him the highest wages when bis business
r. constantly at the mercy OF foreign com
petition. When q vast force Is constantly
operating 20 cut down the employers
prorta, or wipe them out altogether. no
workman who Is possessed OF good sense
can expect 10 receive as good wages es
when that force Is neutralized by Huf-
nclent protective tariff. Wage-workers
should view with suspicion all attempts
TO persuade them that their condition can
be betterei by injurlng the business OF
the men Who employ them; ant they
should be constantly on guard lest mar
row Jealousy. suggested and stimulated
by free trade politicians for mere party
purposes. should lead them to so act that
they would become unwit,iExly. their
own worst enemies.
The free trader Il altogether the cham
pion Of the consumer who has money 10
by with and wants things cheap. utterly
without regard TO The wages or welfare
OF The man who makes the articles. II
Is the hog principle par excellence. the
desire on the part Of those who have as
sured Incomes to get their wants cheapiy
supplied. even though the wase-woriSer
who iahors 20 supply them has 10 live In
cellar and subsist on rats. u IS incon-
sfserats OF the workers welfare. and
treats hsm and hts labor as mere gross
commodities srticlss o. ordinary mer-
cAanaiss Ike potatoes ana FISH. The
Iahorer who thinks that there = any hope
for him IN sys;ssn such "a this must
surely have mistaken his reckoning. or
eaten OF the insane root that takes the
reason prisoner"
u IL strange Inconsistency 20 see q
free trader and a trade unlonlst COM
hlnes In the same person. RsooFHlxlng IS
a unloa man that system o. limited ap-
nrsnticeships. = nxst sale ~ wages ana
tie exclusion OF non-unl0nists from com
petition wtth TIE trade ~ lowering price.
are the three essentials q protection for
his craft. hs YET turns arouns ara g.
nands that - employer ssaE have acne
Of these safeguards against competition
n ~. business - trade. Dat shan nget
to uneausi Battle against tire nrs6uoss
- fSresga raspsF IaSer. vhi1s compelled
20 pay ire unten scale % The LABOR tAAt
- employs II this country. Ts not sucA
a standpoint BY - traas untonist eotA
unreasonable sra unfastf Nay, 10 It net.
60 FAR - rs ewa welfare = ca-cerrs3.
both inierfous ans suscssais Wow can
America employers - = wAole ee sx-
p>cts3 TO baAr So ard continue 20 s-us,lsy
men a. gco6 wages. = ths very uaea vassn
thsy employ mako a T.E'5 demand eor =
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against fha catsiss forces taAt are crowd
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way should there nes - a -eutoa>ssy q
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