Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-25
PERFEc1IMo PROTECTION.
Two slight Change. s.<se.t.s .. the

Two slight Changes SuRRested IN the
lRtercst Of Faymers and LeboFers.
The senate 10 now engaged In remedy
Ing the small imperfections of the Ding
ley bill. which. rs ell good protection
lists assert. Is one of the best tariff bills
over drafted. II distributes its bless
lngs TO oll-fnrmer. laborer and manu-
facturcr. Without doubling the good
Intentions of tho makers. NO wish TO
suggest one or two minor details which
might possibly help tho bill to fulfll
Tho expectations of its authors,
Frst.-Lubin's export bounty scheme
might enable the farmer 20 get q small
sllco OF tho benefits OF protection. OF
eourse the farmer docsn't expect-espe-
cinliy at frst-to get IN much Of tho
benefits rs the manufacturers have been
about 20 per cent.-that 10 ten cents per
bushel ON wheat, five cents on corn. etc.
would satisfy him, while II takes four
times ms much TO satisfy ordinary tariff
Infants.
This small export duty would not
make good the farmers loss because Of
import duties on manufactured prod
ucts, saying nothing about pnst losses.
but In course OF time. after his industry
had felt tho stimulating effects OF re,.l
protection what protects" the farmer
might muster up courage enough to fol-
low the example OF Oliver Twist
which example hns grown into GUS
tom with protected interests-and ask
tor more" Possibly also he might
form political truHts or combines TO de-
mnnd more" and rnIse millions of dol
tars to send Hobbies to Washington to
bride congress. While protection is In
order export duties ore the farmers
only hope. With them he mny hope not
only to change his losses TO profits. but
also to regain that power and position
which were once his. but which hive
long since passed into tho hands OF tho
manufacturers.
Second.-It Ia MISC fitting to recognize
the laborer In the distribution Of tariff
profits. Like the farmer, he now puts
his hand into his pocket to help swell
the profits OF protection. practically
mono OF which comes his way. II Ia not
an cnsy matter to equalize the benefits
OF protection no that the workingman
shnil get his full shnrc. A prohlhitive
duty on imported labor might In tho
course of time afford some protection
by restricting tho supply of lnbor. 30
that manufacturers could cnrry out
their good intentions (cxpresscd whom
asking for higher duties) and pay
american wnSes TO American work.
ingmcn."
At present the condition OF working
men In the protected Industries Ia pitia.
bic in tho extreme. Tho PHILADELPHIA
Ledger. good republican paper. told
us about May that In the protected
Iron and conl Industries OF Pennsyl-
vauin the wnge rate has been reduced 10
low "thnt Il In scarcely sufficient to pro-
vide the neccssarics OF decent, sanitary
living" II snys "thc lowest classes OF
allen cheap labor swarm In the iron and
coal districts OF the state" and tho
for work Is 30 fierce "thnt
they contend. not against the employ
crs for the highest wages. but among
each other for tho lowcst2' -As MP.
pears by the testimony presented to tho
Legislative committee, they
herd In squolor. subjects of abject pen.
ury. and nre bcsct by disease, dirt and
hunger" The Ledger thinks our i'm
migration laws nrc defective and i'm
provident" md suggests TINT Ito prop
erly protect American workmcn con-
gress should pass nm immigration ns
we'll Us n tArin bill" This Is n good
Idea and should be nctcd upon at once.
The only wonder Is that some OF tho
good manufacturers. in their anxiety TO
protect md raise the wages Of their
workingIncn, did not think Of this plan
before. Then. II they should hnve .
law passed which should mike II COM
pulsory for them TO give nt least one
half OF their protection and monopoly
profits to their employees, protection
would begin to DO an oil around bless
ing. Tho manufacturers might still
be getting the lions shnre. but they
would not get oil.
When these changes arc made In tho
bill Il will undoubtedly be what tho
New York Tribune declared It's proto-
typo. the Mckinley bill, TO be-'ths
bravest and best tariff bill ever passed"
VIII they be made?-Byron ". Holt
TIE Monkey s.A the Cote.