The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-10

emancipator. The speech was dema-
gogic to new degree, but the Ameri-
can workingman this year Is amenahlA
to reason. and as against Bryan's
rhetoric we ask nim to weigh the fol-
lowing statements of fact from the
Chicago Times Herald;
Under the Wilson tariff law. in the year
1896, we paid to foreign labor sll6.iii5i
more gold than we paid in the year 1851
under the Mckinley tariff law That Is,
we imported over one hundred million dol
lars more In manufactured goods in 1873
than we did in 1891. Can the shopmen ana
millmen of America stand the loss Of a
hundred millions y year? Does this poncy
tend to increase the demand for American
labor? OF this amount $22,O0OO0D were
taken from the men who work in Ameri-
can rolling mills; $li,GOo0O0 were taken
from theI employees of American cotton
mills S3S, ,00a,0u0 were taken from the men
who were formerly employed in the man
ufacture of American tin In the new fac
tories that were established under the
Mckinley law of 1890; and SiO,000.0Jo Were
taken from operatives in American wool
en- mills. The census OF 1890 returned 3i5,-
4lJ manufacturing establishments in the
United States, which had i,7l2622 EN-
ployes, to whom were paid that year So
2s3, 2l6j29 in wages. If each employe repre-
sented family of five persons there were
over 23,0J0,OO0 depending upon these man
nfacturing establishments for their daily
sustenance. If to these we add the tar
Elers, bakers. Grocers and others VINO
make their living by supplying these EN-
ployes, II is not too much 10 say that
one-half of our people are directly inter
ested in the continuance and prosperity
Of these establishments. In the political
contest this fall the question Is clearly at
issue whether capital and labor shall
both be employed or not VIII the free
coinage Of silver at l6 20 I restore this
Sll6,O00.CCO which labor lost In one year un-
der the Wilson tariff law? Ii might if.cv-
cry !aborlng man had a little silver mna
in his backyard. Mr.. Bryan has not cx-
pioined how the free coinage of the silver
miners bullion. into 53-cent dollars Will
give employment to idle labor or increase
the wages Of labor. He will not explain
It 10 the satisfaction of an intelligent man
during the campaign
The wolkingman is accustomed, IN
campaisnMimes, to hear seekers after
| office eXpatiate on his hard lot and
''~' P''iu'N pi'aiiStS VI Itip. bryan
is not a pioneer in this field. He may
| be little more expert in his blarney
than the run Of campaign orators are.
/ but his play is the same old trick with
| enly'a few new variations. -Four years
, ago Bryan talked the same kind Of
talk in behalf of Cleveland and free
trade. When The returns shall show
, next November how badly he will have
been defeated on the free silver racket
/ he W Il Immediately set to work trying
! to rig up new scheme with which to
fool the people and fish for power.
The new president of the Pennsyl-
! vania League of Republican clubs is O
T progressive and aggressive young Re-
publican who has performed valuable
service for the league and comes to It's
chieftaincy in the line of deserved pro-
| motion. The Republicans of Lacka-
| wanna, who have been twice honor2d
! in the presidency of one of their own
number, accord to the Republicans Of
Erie their heartiest congratulations
upon the election of Isadore Sobel.