The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-07
LAB0R'S SHARE.
CAN GIVE NOTHING TO
WoRklNGMEN WHILE LABOR
IS ON THE FREE LIST.

The Laborer Now Completes with Lowest
Responsible Bidder of the World Low
Prices Stimulate Both Consumption and
Production-Example Of Steel Rail Pool.
One of the best speeches made in tho
house while the Dingley bill was being
discussed was made by John G, Bell Of
Colorado, With facts which are indis.
putable and logic which is unanswor-
able he exposed many of the fallacies Of
protection. His exposure of the absurd
claim that protection helps the work
ingman is especially good. Here is
part Of 1t:
But our friends upon the other side
say that they levy a tariff for tho beno-
fit Of tho wageworkers | say to You
that any tariff bill, / care not from
whom 1t comes, that does not contain u
provision for prohibiting the free in
flow of immigration from foreign coun-
tries is obliyious Of the rights Of labor
and is opposed to tho interest Of all
wageworkers. Applause.
Protection is always asked in the
interest Of others Now, observe how it
is asked In behalf Of tho poor laboring
man-just enough to cover the differ
enoo between the European scale Of
wages and our own, What hypocrisy
Who ever heard Of the lOboring mou
getting rich manufacturing The sta.
tisticians clearly figured from tho cen
sus Of 1880 that about per cent ON
our dutiablo list would cover the differ
once between tho European wage sohod-
ule and ours, or that about 10 per cent
nd valorom covered the entire labor cost
Of our list Of 1880 While the manuf0o.
turor then asked for tho poor laborer
his per cent he got for himself at tho
hands Of congress six times Q per cent
us thore any reason why high tariff
affects wages injurouslyY Yes; by en-.
abling employers to build up vicious
trust system for tho manufacturer and
against the laboror. Tho high tariff
makes tho manufacturer complete mas
ter OF tho wagoworkor
"ln tho review of h, G., Dun g. Co.,
in their weekly review Of trade, dated
Feb, 49, II Is statod
No other event Of the week up.
proOohes in importance the disruption
Of tho steel rail pool, In two days, says
tho report, aftor IL a greater tonnage of
rails was probably purchased than tho
entire production Of the last year, re-
ported at 500, 900 tons, And instead Of
$2S IN December and $50 In January
Sl7 Ia now tho price at which works
cast and west are seeking orders, And
further, says tho report, tho Carnegie
company has been selling ut $l7, Chi
cOgo delivery, These sales will employ
mony thousand hands, with nm impor-
tant decrease In the cost Of truck laying
on renewal Of railroads,
"Now, my friends let mo ost you,
was IL the rising or lowering prioo that
employed these thousands Of monY Our
friend Mr. Hopkins Of Illinois tells Of
the benefits Of n higher duty on iron
and steel, Did the steel rail pool need
more tariff
What IL the difference in giving The
manufacturer n double profit through Il
high tanll or through poolS DO they
ever share the profits of the pool with
lObor2 No, VIII they ever share the
profits Of n tariifF Never,
ut takes no political economist Go
answer these questions, II the United
States manufacturers can reap twice tho
profit uDdor n high tariff by limiting
themselves 20 tho homo market and
running half timo, why should they
run full time aud invade foreign mar
kota2 They never will, They will sit
down comfortably aud soil their limited
supply Of FOODS for increased profits,
making them moro than whole, while
the lOhoror uHmpa the country In search
of work just ae lao now does under the
trust system,
ut In unfortunate that tho humdrum
Of tho tariff has been sounded in the
ears Of the people until many Of them
really believe TINT foreign trado Ia un.
important, II not curse Why did the
breaking Of the steel rail pool put 10
many men to waTkg II was because the
consequent lowered price for iron and
steel brought most liberal orders from
abroad M we'll M At home, suppose
the tariff hnd been prohibtiyo and
we would have boon confined 20 tho
homo market, Would The manufacturers
have made no many goodaf No, but they
would have doubled their profits on
what they did make, The people could
not have bought 80 many because Of tho
Increased price, Who would have fuf'
forodf First, the worhmon, because they
would have had fewer goods TO mahel
secondly, the consumer, because he
could not have bought 30 many NJ a
higher price, Who would have been ben
ehtedf The manufactures, because he
might have nude ANA handled less
goods, mudo n double profit, Ond really
have gained, M ho would have hud few
or 20 handle for the same profit
"This bill will increase the manurae'
mfeF's profits on the individual mt'
ales, but will lessen the power Of tho
people to buy or use his wares
10 Ia tho poverty Of tho buyer not
tho producer, that must bo relieved be.
foro things will thrive
"The manufactures has every facility
to produce but no facility TO sell,
at ia The consumption that must
first be stimulated, aud that will stlm'
uloto production,
"Thero are but few crumbs In thla
bill 20 aid the oppressed farmer Of tho
interior OF the lab0rer but thousands
Of things TO further Cypress him, Higher
sugar, higher salt, higher lumber, high