The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-13
PROTECTION CAN GIVE NOTHING TO
WoRKlNGMEN WHILE LABOR
IS ON THE FREE LIST

suy bnuU VncY loVy VhflU lOf lnO DonO-
fit Of the wagoworkers i say to you
that any tariff bill, | care not from
whom 1t comes, that does not contain u
provision for prohibiting tho free in
flow of immigration from foreign coun-
tries Is oblivious Of tho rights Of labor
and is opposed to tho interest Of all
wageworkers [Applauso.
Protection is always asked in tho
interest Of others. Now, observe how it
is asked in behalf Of the poor laboring
man-just enough to cover the differ
ence between tho European scale Of
wages and our own, What hypocrisy
Who ever heard Of tho lNboring man
getting rich manufacturing The sta
tistioions clearly figured from tho oon-
sus Of 1880 that about per cent on
our dutiablo list would cover tho differ
enoo between tho European WACO sohod-
ulo and ours, or that about lS per cent
ad Yalorom covered the ontiro labor cost
Of our list Of 1880, Whilo tho manufao.
turor then asked for tho poor l0boror
his 0 per cent no got for himself at tho
hands Of congress six times per cent
Is thoro any reason why high tariff
affects wages injuriously9 Yosi by en-
abling employers TO build up vicious
trust system for tho manufacturer and
against tho loboror Tho high tariff
makes tho manufacturer complete mas
ter Of tho waRoworkor,
=" In tho royiow Of II, q, Dun a. Co.,
IN their weekly royiow Of trade, dated
Feb, 49, 1t y stotodl
" No other event Of tho week mp.
proaohos in Importance the disruption
Of tho steel rail pool In two days, says
the report, aftor II grootor tonnage Of
rails was probably purchased than tho
entire production Of the last year, re-
ported ut 800, 900 tons, And instead Of
s2S IN December and $50 IN January,
Sl7 IL now the price 0t which works
east and weGt are seeking orders, And
further, says tho report, tho Carnegie
company has been solng NJ Sl7 Chi
ongo delivery These sales viii employ
many thousand hands, with an impor-
tant dooroaao IN the cost Of track laying
on renewal Of railroads,
"Now my friends, let mo ask you,
was 10 tho rising or lowering prioo that
employed these thousands Of monY Our
friond Mr., Hopkins Of Illinois tolls Of
tho bonoAta OF u higher duty on iron
aud atool Did the steel rail pool need
moro tariff
What In the difference IN giving the
manufacturer u double profit through u
high tariff on through poolS DO they
ever share the profits Of the pool with
laborG No Win they ever share tho
profits of taiifG Never,
ut takes no political economist 90
answer these questions II tho United
States manufacturers can reap twice tho
profit under u high tariff by limiting
themselves 10 Tho homo mnrkot and
running half time, why should they
run full time and inyado foreign mar
lsota2 They never will They will eit
down comfortably and sell their limited
supply OF goods for increased profits,
making thom moro than whole, while
the lnhoror rampa tho country In aooroh
of work just M he now doea under the
trust Hyatem,
"tt IL unfortunate that the humdrum
Of the tariff has been sounded in tho
ears of the people until many Of them
really believe that foreign tfado IL un'
important, " not curse Why did tho
bronklng Of the steel rail pool put 10
many men 10 w0rkg II was because tho
consequent lowered price for iron and
steel brought most liberal orders from
abroad na we'll aa at home, Suppose
the thrift had been pfohibltiye aud
we would have boon confined TO tho
homo mnihot Would tho manufacturers
have made 40 many g00dsi No, but they
would have doubled their profits Oh
what they did make, Tho people could
not have bought 10 many because OF tho
Increased price, Who would have sufs
fored9 First tho w0rlmon, because they
would have had fewer goods 70 makel
secondly the consumer, because he
could net have bought 20 many ht a
higher price Who would have been benz
efitedf The manufacturer, beeauHe he
might have made aud handled less
goods, made II double profit, nnd really
have gained, M he would have had fow'
on 10 handle for tho same profit
"Thia bill will ineTease tho manufaes
tuieF'H profits on the individual aIti'
eles, but will lessen the power Of the
people 20 buy on use hiH wares,
''tt Ia tho poverty Of the buyer, not
the producer that must bo relieved be-
foro things viii thrive
'iThe manufacturer hos every facility
60 produce, but no facility TO SELL
htt IL tho consumption that must
first be stimulated, aud that viii stim'
ulnto productions
"'rhero arc but few crumbs Ia thla
bin 10 aid the oppressed farmer OF the
interior on the lab0rer, but thousands
of thinga tQfufther 0pptesA him, Higher
sugar, higher salt higher lumber, high
on clothing higher manufactured prod
uota nnd absolutely nothing 10 raise tho
prioo of lah0ran hlHh tarllf on lhhorh
produ0tH limiting the demand l0l llH
labor by narrowing the malhet but
throwing the ports wide open f0f the
free importation Of ether lab6fefs from
foreign countries to freely compete With
his work.
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